I cannot keep my P2 door/window sense alive for more than a few days. I have it paired via Matter through Apple Home and to Home Assistant.
Thankfully, Home Assistant alerts me to the battery drain. It’s quick - will hit 50% with a few hours, and then dies a few days later.
I haven’t even installed it in place anywhere - so it’s on with a fresh battery and just staying put w/o opening or closing.
Anybody else see this?
Are we meant to use this forum for support?
I see this as either a battery quality issue (what brand are you using, and how old are they) or something keeping the P2 awake (config issue with your hub or a defect).
Energizer. Brand New!
What would keep them awake? It’s paired to Apple and HA - but no automations or anything are configured. We’re not even touching the thing.
It sits in our bedroom - where we plan to install it - all of 4 feet away from the primary Apple TV for the house. So, it’s matter connection must be very strong given the distance.
Yeah, I’ve seen similar reports; especially when using the P2 with both HomeKit and Home Assistant via Matter. It seems like it might be over-communicating or getting stuck in some high-power state.
hmm. might be slightly different but my U200 door lock is battery operated and connected to both systems over Matter - it’s battery is good. Degradation is fairly slow - need to change the lock battery every ~4 months. Haven’t had to change the keypad battery at all.
Plus, it’s much further away from the main hub. Arguably, it has the lowest reception point in the house.
Here is another topic speaking to the same issue with Matter devices eating batteries. Maybe remove it from the system and try to reconnect it?
Only thing that comes to mind for me is that it’s constantly connecting/disconnecting possibly due to weak signal, can you move it closer to your hub/dongle?
Does home assistant offer any clues as to what might be going on when you look at the Logbook for the entity?
Coincidentally - I’ve disconnected it and reconnected it several times. In between fresh batteries it doesn’t connect - so I reset it and reconnect it.
It’s four feet from the main hub.
No - HA just gives me the battery status. It goes from 100% to 50% within hours, then drops to ~25% a few days later, then quickly drops to 0 within 24 hours of hitting 25%. I have the history of it doing this pattern twice
You could also check that if you are usign something like home assistant etc that its not making 50 billion calls per sec to it or something. its rare but it does happen and it will nail the battery.
HI @john110 - I wish it was that easy. It was paired, but not configured in any way. There are no event logs for it - only sensor logs
It is an Apple TV with the necessary radio to support the type of connection you think you’re using, right? (Assuming Matter over Thread)
I have experienced this issue with one of my P2 motion sensors. In fact, this same sensor developed another issue where motion is always detected even when there is motion. At the end of the day, I threw it away.
@andrewr_amberc - yup, it’s the latest. We have a robust home w/ matter, thread, zigbee, and homekit native devices.