Hi all,
I’ve been playing with openHAB and z-wave for quite a long time now, as my spare time allows. I have had some spare time recently and was hoping to make some progress, but have struck a problem that has repeatedly defeated me.
My z-wave network suffers from delays. I have done a lot of reading around this and as far as I can tell it usually relates to having a bad node in your network, but I’m unable to identify the problem with mine.
I have erased and rebuilt my network a couple of times and each time I experience the same pattern; I add several nodes and the network works very well. Then at some point the network starts to experience delays. I send commands from paperui, or the sitemap, or the console, and either get no response from the device, or a delay of several seconds or more. Typically, I will get long delays when I first start sending commands, then the network becomes responsive again. This pattern is not perfectly consistent though.
I have set up debug logging for the z-wave binding, but I really am not able to interpret what it is showing me. I’ve uploaded the log to https://www.dropbox.com/s/by3nfzvc2w25bv5/openhab-zwave.log?dl=0.
The associated event log is as follows;
2020-01-22 22:46:03.918 [nt.ItemStatePredictedEvent] - DiningRoom_Down_Lights predicted to become 42
2020-01-22 22:46:03.948 [vent.ItemStateChangedEvent] - DiningRoom_Down_Lights changed from 100 to 42
2020-01-22 22:46:26.669 [ome.event.ItemCommandEvent] - Item 'LivingRoom_Floor_Light' received command ON
2020-01-22 22:46:26.710 [nt.ItemStatePredictedEvent] - LivingRoom_Floor_Light predicted to become ON
2020-01-22 22:46:26.730 [vent.ItemStateChangedEvent] - LivingRoom_Floor_Light changed from 0 to 100
2020-01-22 22:47:06.989 [vent.ItemStateChangedEvent] - LivingRoom_Floor_Light changed from 100 to 0
2020-01-22 22:47:40.405 [vent.ItemStateChangedEvent] - LivingRoom_Motion_Sensor changed from OFF to ON
2020-01-22 22:47:56.893 [ome.event.ItemCommandEvent] - Item 'LivingRoom_Floor_Light' received command 100
2020-01-22 22:47:56.930 [nt.ItemStatePredictedEvent] - LivingRoom_Floor_Light predicted to become 100
2020-01-22 22:47:56.951 [vent.ItemStateChangedEvent] - LivingRoom_Floor_Light changed from 0 to 100
2020-01-22 22:48:10.133 [ome.event.ItemCommandEvent] - Item 'DiningRoom_Down_Lights' received command 100
2020-01-22 22:48:10.170 [nt.ItemStatePredictedEvent] - DiningRoom_Down_Lights predicted to become 100
2020-01-22 22:48:10.207 [vent.ItemStateChangedEvent] - DiningRoom_Down_Lights changed from 42 to 100
2020-01-22 22:48:14.767 [ome.event.ItemCommandEvent] - Item 'Kitchen_Down_Lights' received command 0
2020-01-22 22:48:14.805 [nt.ItemStatePredictedEvent] - Kitchen_Down_Lights predicted to become 0
2020-01-22 22:48:14.833 [vent.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Kitchen_Down_Lights changed from 100 to 0
If anyone can look at this and tell me where to start tweaking I would be very grateful. I really want my z-wave network to ‘just work’ so I can get on and do some actual stuff with openHAB rather than just tinker with making it work at all. I’m getting frustrated and close to abandoning z-wave altogether.
If it’s any help, the nodes mentioned in the log correspond to the following devices;
Nodes 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 14, 17: Fibaro Dimmer 2 (FGD-212)
Node 18: Fibaro Single Switch 2 (FGS-213)
Node 19: Fibaro Double Switch 2 (FGS-223)
Nodes 20, 24: Aeotec Multisensor 6 (on battery power)
Node 29: Aeotec Z-wave LED bulb (ZW098)