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Chowmain - Battery Indicator Driver


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Overview

Chowmain release Battery Indicator driver for Control4. The Chowmain Battery Indicator driver for Control4 will provide you with a battery level indicator for any device that outputs its battery level in a variable as a percentage. This indicator is expressed as an experience button and can be viewed in any Control4 navigator. On top of viewing the level in navigator the driver supports low level events along with automated push and email notifications.

Driver Features

  • Supports any device which has a variable for percentage based battery level.
  • Shown in navigator as an experience button
  • Can select from different battery level indicators graphics.
  • Has events for low battery levels
  • Provides automated push and email notifications
  • Has the ability to ignore 0% based levels (some devices show 0% battery when asleep or on reboot).

FAQ

How does this driver work?

The nice thing about this driver is that it will work with all products with a battery level percentage variable.

This driver is extremely simple. Just select the device in the driver properties and select the variable for that device. Add the experience button to any page you want in Navigator (we recommend services).

What devices will this work on?

  • This driver will work with any device that outputs its battery level as a percentage
  • Devices include (but not limited to)
    • Bond Sidekick Scene Keypad
    • Control4 Halo
    • Control4 Neeo
    • Control4 SR-150
    • Control4 SR-250
    • Control4 SR-260
    • Control4 ZigBee Contact Sensor
    • Kwikset Z-Wave Lock
    • Qmotion Roller Shades
    • Shelly devices
    • Sunsa Wand
    • Switchbot
    • Tado
    • Tedee Lock
    • Wiser Z-Wave Lock

Are there any other considerations?

  • Certain devices (eg SR-260) report 0% when they are restarting or offline. As such we have included a property to ignore 0% battery levels.

Can i change the icons?

  • These icons were designed and owned by Chowmain Ltd. We have included multiple icon sets that you can adjust through the driver's properties for both light and dark backgrounds.

Do you offer showroom discounts?

We offer dealers a free showroom licence for demonstration and educational purposes. See link below for T&C's and signup procedure.

Chowmain Dealer Showroom FAQ

I want to try this driver out before buying it?

All Chowmain drivers for Control4 come with a 90 day trial.

How do I find out more information about the driver?

Please see the links below for more information about the driver.

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  • 11 months later...

I picked up a trial of this driver yesterday but noticed that you can only use this with device variables, not the variables you set yourself with the variables agent.  Is there any plans to add this functionality?

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9 minutes ago, malelan said:

I picked up a trial of this driver yesterday but noticed that you can only use this with device variables, not the variables you set yourself with the variables agent.  Is there any plans to add this functionality?

That is not on our roadmap.

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