# Zigbee Thermometer & Humidity Devices **URL:** \ **Category:** Flows\ **Created:** [February 6, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-thermometer-humidity-devices/150707 "2026-02-06T19:36:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gareth\_Roberts](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gareth_roberts/32/123192_2.png) [@Gareth\_Roberts](https://community.homey.app/u/Gareth_Roberts)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-thermometer-humidity-devices/150707/1 "2026-02-06T19:36:58Z")
I am new to Homey and struggling my way through flows. I have a number of generic zigbee temperature sensors associated with the rooms they are sited in. These are very basic sensors and only update infrequently. I want to get them to report every 15 mins whether there has been a change or not. Does anyone know if this is even possible Many thanks ---
**Author:** ![SunBeech](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sunbeech/32/111391_2.png) [@SunBeech](https://community.homey.app/u/SunBeech)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-thermometer-humidity-devices/150707/2 "2026-02-06T20:03:11Z")
> [@Gareth\_Roberts](#): > > generic zigbee temperature sensors Do you mean that they are not connected via an app on Homey? Thus as a generic Zigbee device? Changing device settings (if possible at all), like reporting intervals, normally requires an app (through) which configuration of the settings is made available. Also, many T&H sensors have a built-in reporting interval that is often based on a minimum change threshold. E.g. new humidity values are only reported if the change is more than x percent. If the device tile’s settings does not contain any options related to the reporting interval, and there is no app available for your sensor brand/model, then you will likely not be able to make any changes to the reporting interval. ---
**Author:** ![Gareth\_Roberts](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gareth_roberts/32/123192_2.png) [@Gareth\_Roberts](https://community.homey.app/u/Gareth_Roberts)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-thermometer-humidity-devices/150707/3 "2026-02-06T21:27:46Z")
The only way I could get these into Homey was via the Homey app ‘Universal Tuya Zigbee app’. There’s no card with this type of action but I was hoping if someone had found a way of forcing it Thanks for the information ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 9:47pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-thermometer-humidity-devices/150707/4 "2026-02-06T21:47:43Z")
What’s the purpose if I may ask? Just curious as I don’t see it. I mean, when a room is around 20° for an hour, why would you need three updates reporting 20°? My guessumption is, most sensors are event driven, like, when some value changes past a threshold \> send update; mostly in order to extend battery life. If you want to keep an eye on (network) availability, there’s a nice Homeyscript you can use: > [@A script to check sensor last update](https://community.homey.app/t/a-script-to-check-sensor-last-update/63142/25): > > Updated script I posted above - added counter of non responding devices - eg, in case you would like to initiate some action based on number of not-responding devices - please note this is the version I’m using, so feel free to change relevant variables below the section // Filter devices to check Changelog : 0.1 - update - converting notReportingCount to a number - if you used previous version of script, delete tag by await tag(‘notReportingCount’, null);\* 0.2 - added filtering based on dev… ---
**Author:** ![Gareth\_Roberts](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gareth_roberts/32/123192_2.png) [@Gareth\_Roberts](https://community.homey.app/u/Gareth_Roberts)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-thermometer-humidity-devices/150707/5 "2026-02-06T22:02:38Z")
Eventually I wanted to go onto automate a system where if the sensor temperature differed from the tado radiator temperature displayed by +/- 1.5 degrees then send me a notification. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 12:27am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-thermometer-humidity-devices/150707/6 "2026-02-07T00:27:39Z")
This is a way to accomplish that, Gareth: ![788](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/e/9/e90e20b87fe1cb2884c42a1b869fea9129662611.jpeg) It needs a timer to prevent it from multiple notifications. ---
**Author:** ![Gareth\_Roberts](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gareth_roberts/32/123192_2.png) [@Gareth\_Roberts](https://community.homey.app/u/Gareth_Roberts)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 7:28am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-thermometer-humidity-devices/150707/7 "2026-02-07T07:28:55Z")
Very many thanks Peter. I haven’t got on this level of flows yet but this will be a lesson for me. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-thermometer-humidity-devices/150707/8 "2026-02-07T22:57:09Z")
No problem, Gareth. I agree it looks quite advanced, but it’s basically just a sum, which compares a value [tagA] with the value of [tagB] minus or plus 1.5