I have a Tuya button next to my bed, that supposedly , when activated, sends a message to my family if I feel ill.
Unfortunately it does not work well, Any suggestions of a well working battery operated device (Wifi, Zwave, Zigbee, Matter) ?
With those criteria’s I would say a phone and a button/script or whatever on the home screen.
But I suppose you have already ruled that out?
Battery operated that may or may not have reception and/or battery is tricky. A phone at least shows if it’s on and if it’s working (most of the times)
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That I’m aware of, no FDA registered Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS) buttons integrate with HA (or anything else). All of the ones you can get have layers of software / integrations to get to and out of HA
If it was for me or my loved ones, I have a lot of confidence on yosmart/yolink products. They make battery rf remotes. Very reliable and I use their LoRa rf products for my smoke/co sensors including station calls, sump pump monitoring, others. Very stable and reliable rf as well as a well supported integration.
Wireless buttons can do fine for this if:
- the networktechnology you are using (WiFi, Zigbee, …) is reliable
- the battery life is decent
I have a few of these: Sonoff SNZB-01 and I’m really amazed of the battery life.
I have several of each of these and they work well and battery life is good.
https://www.getzooz.com/zen37-wall-remote/
https://www.getzooz.com/zooz-zen34-remote-switch/
The remote can stick via magnet to the provided wall plate or be used away from the wall plate as a remote. I keep some of them on my nightstand or coffee tables, other stay on the wall plates unless guests want to have better access to switch at bedtime.
I have a few of these Aqara WXKG11LM control via MQTT | Zigbee2MQTT and they work fine.
The battery life is good.
Many thanks. All good ideas and I’ll one of these option.