I saw something about an smart app that is a called watchdog. Was suppose to help with keeping speaker active…
uleAug 30 joelw135
The status “No Present” happen when the connect does not receive answer from player, the causes are:
1.- The speaker is not powered on.
2.- The speaker is it in sleep mode and the network its disabled
3.- The speaker its in Bluetooth mode and the network mode is not working (some speakers disabled other modes)
4.- The speaker has changed the ip or port or uuid (frequently in software speakers)
The connect check the status every ~5 min and update the ip and port based in uuid, but if st crash the timer, the refresh ip is stopped, I suggest:
1.- Set a static ip for your speakers, to make more stable system
2.- Use a watchdog app to verify the timer.
[Release] WatchDog Timer
Community Created SmartApps
Hi, This is other work around to schedule events fail. The problem: schedule events fail without notice and when is restored the schedule could not start until the smartapp is refreshed or launched again Solution: To use some events to verify if timer is working, if not, relaunch the timer. This is not accurate, because depends of the events in your system. In my case, the change temperature works fine, its frequently enough to verify if timer works. You can use some events to verify the timer: motion contact acceleration Switch Presence smoke water temperature signalStrength powerMeter energyMeter button
