Counter Looped detected: what's wrong Topic is solved

[Doler]

Updated from version 2025.2 (build 16922) to version 2025.2 (build 16954) and found next status in the log:

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Status: ZWave-AD: Counter Looped detected on first received value for: PN1 (PN1_electric_kwh_value)/zwavejs2mqtt_0xfe88fc1e_8-50-0-value-65537, could be an old retained value?

This status is repeatedly reported for every zwave module with an electric_kwh_value device (even though the devics are unused) and thus flooding the log.

Can somebody help me to explain what the cause of this is and how to prevent it?

[HvdW]

The error ZWave-AD: Counter Looped detected for your energy meter (PN1) usually means:
Cause
- The meter value rolled over (e.g., exceeded 65535 and reset to 0 or 65537).
- An old retained MQTT value was republished.
- A Z-Wave communication glitch.
Possible Fix
1. Clear retained MQTT messages for the topic:

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mosquitto_pub -h [broker_ip] -t "zwavejs2mqtt/0xfe88fc1e/8/50/0/value" -r -n

2. Reset the meter or reinclude it in your Z-Wave network.
3. Check for firmware updates for the meter or Z-Wave controller.

[commentator]

same problem here since update.
Only in Domoticz it is an issue. No problems in HA

[waltervl]

It is only a remark Domoticz found a possible incorrect value and ignoring it. You can also ignore it.
From the code (implemented last week):
https://github.com/domoticz/domoticz/bl ... .cpp#L2173

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				//There could be an anoying situation with MQTT retained messages
				//If a user enabled a retained message, and later sends a new value not-retained,
				//the retained message is still here, and contains a old value.
				//So if we detect a loop on the first message, we ignore the previous value
				Log(LOG_STATUS, "Counter Looped detected on first received value for: %s/%s, could be an old retained value?", pSensor->name.c_str(), pSensor->unique_id.c_str());

If you do not want to ignore it check your MQTT retained messages for this sensor and delete them. See wiki page https://wiki.domoticz.com/MQTT#Delete_retained_topic
If you do not have retained messages then something else is wrong.

[Doler]

Sorry for the late answer but I've been hospitalized so couldn't try things out. I'm getting better now but not this problem.

I checked for retained values: there are none. To be sure I deleted all value messages using MQTT Explorer, log messages keep coming.

I excluded/included one of the error devices (Neo Powerswitch) but result remains the same.

My Z-Stick 7 has the latest firmware, Zwave JS UI is on latest release/version.

Ignoring is impossible since the log messages keep coming at every poll interval.

What can I do/check next?

Regards, Mark

[waltervl]

Copy and paste here a history list of those counter values from MQTT explorer around the time you get that counter loop status message in the log.

[gizmocuz]

If you get it on every poll, what is the actual status value ? (0)?

zwavejs2mqtt/0xfe88fc1e/8/50/0/value

(You can use MQTT Explorer to find this)

[Doler]

I analyzed/tested things last night and this morning: I get (got) the log messages at every poll with the actual value being 0. As soon as the accumulted value is non-zero, the message no longer appears.
So I made sure that the 'faulty' devices had a non-zero kWh value and I have a clean log now. Makes me wonder though what would happen with new devices?

Thanks for the support,
Mark

[gizmocuz]

With new devices you would see this status message until it increases...
Is it your own MQTT/Device? Why does the counter not increase at the device point? Nothing connected?
We could silence this warning when it is 0.... maybe that is better

[Doler]

This happened at regular z-wave devices but indeed not connected or connected device not used (yet). Silence the warning would be a good idea to prevent future concerns.

Grtz, Mark