Urgent Assistance Requested – TBZ48 Secure State & Battery Capability Behavior (Homey Pro 2023)

Questions & Help
, ,
1

Dear Homey Developer Support,

I am developing a custom driver for the RCS TBZ48 thermostat.

I will be leaving the country on the 9th of this month for more than six months. Since debugging requires physical access to the device within the same LAN, I urgently need to resolve the remaining platform-related issues before departure.

Repository:

I am encountering two platform-level inconsistencies.

:one: Secure State Fluctuation

Observed:

  • Secure (S0) was successfully negotiated in earlier inclusion

  • Developer Tools now display secure state as: Secure: x

  • Facts:

    • COMMAND_CLASS_SECURITY detected

    • No identifier changes

    • Same hardware

    • Same controller

    Questions:
    Under what conditions does Homey mark secure state as “X”?

  • Can Homey downgrade a node from secure to non-secure post-interview?

  • Does a failed nonce exchange result in non-secure classification?

  • Is there any caching behavior affecting secure display?

  • :two: Battery Capability Status

    Facts:

    • BATTERY_REPORT received

    • Battery percentage logged correctly

    • measure_battery capability implemented

    Issue:

  • UI occasionally displays battery state as unknown

Questions:

  1. Does Homey require explicit WAKE_UP handling for battery capability stability?

  2. Is measure_battery dependent on polling configuration?

  3. Does Homey mark battery as unknown if no report is received within a specific timeout?

  4. Is registerCapabilityListener required for battery devices?

Condensed Log Extract:

Node Interview Complete
COMMAND_CLASS_BATTERY supported
COMMAND_CLASS_SECURITY supported

Battery Report received: 87%
Secure: false
Wake Up Notification received

I would appreciate clarification on:

  • Secure state evaluation logic

  • Battery capability state handling for sleeping devices

Given the time constraint before my departure, your prompt assistance would be greatly appreciated.

3

Why does AI add an empty line between each and every mf sentence? (I know, old folks annoyances here :rofl: ).

On topic: does VPN ring a bell?
You can safely connect to your home LAN from remote places.

2 Likes
4

This is a community forum, not official support. You can contact Homey’s support team here:

1 Like
5

Thanks for the heartwarming help.
Have just done as this.

6

Empty line is caused by my copying method.

Good ideal, I will try VPN.

7

Yes, I would also recommend a VPN. Do not open up ports to your Homey via port forwarding, that’s not a safe way to connect.

If you have a desktop PC, you can also keep it powered on and then install RustDesk to remotely access it. This is what I use to remotely connect to my PC for developing my apps while I’m away from home.