Delay from motion sensor

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Delay from motion sensor

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Hello,

I am using Aeotec USB Z-wave dongle together with aeotec multisensor 6.
The issue is that looks like motion is detected quickly (green led on the sensor blinks momentally when I move) but on domoticz sensor value switches after 3-5 seconds. It makes it useless for me as I want to switch some light when there is any movement.
What can be the cause of this delay? Does it happen for other sensors ?

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Re: Delay from motion sensor

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kilowat wrote: Sunday 28 January 2018 23:18 Hello,

I am using Aeotec USB Z-wave dongle together with aeotec multisensor 6.
The issue is that looks like motion is detected quickly (green led on the sensor blinks momentally when I move) but on domoticz sensor value switches after 3-5 seconds. It makes it useless for me as I want to switch some light when there is any movement.
What can be the cause of this delay? Does it happen for other sensors ?

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Did you try to trigger a light with a script already?
Ask this because if you look at webgui and take that as reference then it's correct it that it will take a while to update.
But thats the Webgui cache which has to be updated.
While if fact the light is already on.
Setup:
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Re: Delay from motion sensor

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Siewert308SW wrote:
kilowat wrote: Sunday 28 January 2018 23:18 Hello,

I am using Aeotec USB Z-wave dongle together with aeotec multisensor 6.
The issue is that looks like motion is detected quickly (green led on the sensor blinks momentally when I move) but on domoticz sensor value switches after 3-5 seconds. It makes it useless for me as I want to switch some light when there is any movement.
What can be the cause of this delay? Does it happen for other sensors ?

Wysłane z mojego SM-N910F przy użyciu Tapatalka
Did you try to trigger a light with a script already?
Ask this because if you look at webgui and take that as reference then it's correct it that it will take a while to update.
But thats the Webgui cache which has to be updated.
While if fact the light is already on.
I didn't check it yet. I was just looking into the logs and Web GUI.
Do you think there is some delay in the logs too?
I have to check it... Thank you

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Re: Delay from motion sensor

Post by Siewert308SW »

Don't trust the update rate of the log and webgui.
That's just a bit out of sync, not a domoticz issue but more a refresh rate issue in browser.
You have to check with a script which will trigger a light when the sensor is triggered.
100% sure it will fire instant while log and webgui isn't updated yet.
Setup:
- RPi4 - Domo Stable / Aeotec Z-stick7 / PiHole Unbound Gemini
- RPi4 - PiHole / PiVPN Unbound Gemini
- Synology DS923+ / DS218j
- P1 Gas/Power, SmartGateway watermeter
- Fibaro switches, contacts, plugs, smoke/Co2 ect
- rootfs @ USB HDD
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Re: Delay from motion sensor

Post by Egregius »

Watch the logfile with tail -f -s 0.1 /var/log/domoticz.log, then you'll only have 0.1 seconds delay. The default tail delay is 1 second.
The Domoticz GUI has a 10 seconds delay, the GUI log view something about 2 seconds.
And of course, best test is switch a light on with the PIR. Should be switched on in less than 100 msecs, view the logfile to verify that.

2018-01-29 06:55:25.994 (ZWAVE) Light/Switch (pirkeuken)
2018-01-29 06:55:26.001 User: Admin initiated a switch command (11/keuken/On)
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Re: Delay from motion sensor

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Hi

I'm experiencing something similar and seeing that the dzvents or lua script events are not starting until nearly 1 second after the event has occured. I'm using a Fibaro Multisensor (v3.2 version) and a Zwave.me Uzb on Windows 7 machine with the latest version of Domoticz. See pic below
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There is also another issue with the Multisensor where the Burglar sensor is triggered with the PIR sensor but I've been unable to resolve this, seems that this is a common issue with the v3.2 version.

Any ideas how to reduce this latency? I heard that pass2php might be quicker but this looks difficult to setup on Windows.

Thanks
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Re: Delay from motion sensor

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30 seconds for response? OMG. Are you sure your scripts are set correctly?

Pass2php should be possible on Windows with something like XAMPP.
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