After connecting a node everything is just fine and it seems to be working 100%. All values come in, all scripts based on the node work etc. However, after a while, issues start occurring.
This is my setup:
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Issues that I am running into:
- The Fibaro smoke detectors get reset to their default parameters
- The Aeotec motion sensors do detect motion, but don't send the signal to the Domoticz server (while in the mean time every 5 minutes illumination and temperature values are being sent to the Domoticz server) this can be like this for hours or days and then all of a sudden it starts working again
- Every now and then some sensors have the values: Unknown: id=0000 Unknown: type=0000, id=0000
- Greenwave power nodes stop sending energy consumption and are not switchable
- A lot of devices show having timeouts in the logging.
In general what occurs is: the list of nodes shows for each and every device that it has been seen recently, but underlying devices can be last seen days, weeks or months ago. No matter what I do, that doesn't change. Removing the node and adding it again does fix it.
My questions:
- Do people recognize this? Or do other people have a stable Z-Wave network that hardly needs any maintenance?
- How do the Z-Wave "groups" work? Would that perhaps help me?
- I think it would help if I add some Coolcam power nodes, so I have some more hubs. I see separate range extenders being sold, do these work better than a power node or have other advantages over using a power node?
- How can I better control my Z-Wave network? Is it possible to switch on or of a device as being the hub?
- How can I revive devices under a node?
- Is this something typical to Z-Wave in Domoticz? To put it differently: if I were to change to an Atom Homey as controller using the same Z-Wave devices, would that fix my problem? (It is however a rather expensive experiment
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- Removed the three single Greenwave power nodes
- In case I had to re-add a device I first removed it, reset it to factory settings, add it again and logged it in an Excel sheet. Now I am trying to see when things go South again.
I appreciate it if people think along! Any other suggestions are welcome!
I have seen several threads on Z-Wave and its connectivity, but they all ended up without real closure.
Strange enough: the Zigbee devices seem to be connected always! Even the old 433Mhz devices 99,99% of the time receive the correct signal..no matter how far away from the controller.
It is becoming even wearder,
