I am not here to rehash the extremely limited functionality in the HOME app with regard to Nest Protects but trying to explore some scrap of functionality. I have a total of 10 Nest protects between my main house, granny unit, and shop. All but one of them are wired.
According to the HOME app, the Protect can be used as a STARTER in two ways: Case 1 being "Starts or Stops Charging", and case 2 being "Plugged In or Unplugged". There are no other STARTER cases such as motion detected, fire detected, CO detected, etc.
I reasoned I could at least use the "Plugged In or Unplugged" as a STARTER for a routine to advise of a power outage for any of the Protect locations that were wired. Alas when I tried to develop a simple routine to just turn on a lamp, as a test of functionality, it SAVES the routine and then eliminates the STARTER portion of the routine.
Has any one been able to actually make use of this rather obtuse application, and yes I do have other means to detect power outage but if this really worked it should give a finer resolution to power outage location.
