Device connected

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Hi Folks

I have a device connected to the platform by way of a Webhook which then updates the device state. However this shows as offline even though there are actual message being updated, because it’s obviously not a direct mqtt or rest connection.

Is there any way to update the status of the device in a workflow so that it shows a proper connection history?

Thanks

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We’ve received a number of similar requests for calculating whether a device is “connected” by some factor other than whether it’s currently connected to our MQTT broker, so we’re brainstorming on how to allow users to mark devices as connected – and more importantly, when to flip them back to a “disconnected” state.

In your case, you’re using a webhook to report state. I would assume that if a device reports state through this method, you’d like it to automatically be marked as “connected” even though a continuous connection to is it not open. Would you expect that the device flipped back to disconnected if it did not receive another state report within a certain timeframe? And what if state was reported on the device through some other means besides the webhook?

Thanks!

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Hey Dylan

Yes I was thinking it would report connected unless a programmable time delay was surpassed without any updates.

Would it be possible to make a fake mqtt connection to the device via the Webhook just for the purpose of showing connection.