[SOLVED]Zwave: added new plugs, but they are in different groups

[AleAle (Ale)]

hi all

I use 6 NAS-WR01ZE Wall Plug with a z-stick gen5

four of them (9-12) are from the first batch that i had acquired one o two years ago
and two (14-15) were added some weeks ago after the fault of a plug (node13)

I do not understand why they stay apart in the graph below.

the sockets are very close, max dist.2-4 meters, but why are the nodes 14-15 in a separate branch?

Thanks in advance for your reply
Ale

[robmac (R Macdonald)]

That graph can be a little confusing and may not (well in your case can not) reflect reality.

This tries to explain z-wave routing

Z Wave Routing Basics

There is a lot of misunderstanding about z-wave routing. This is a very simplified bitesize description that avoids explanation of how the routes are established and managed, how preferences are defined and the types of attempts at communication that are made to get a command or acknowledgement through. It deals with the simple and ideal source route example. All of the clever things z-wave does to get the message through will be described in a later post. [image] Unlike routing in networks…

[robmac (R Macdonald)]

The probable reason it is so odd is that the heal may have failed. This is now reported as fixed in the latest release of the binding.

Even then it is worth considering that the diagram may still be missing connections that do work. The diagram reflects nodes reported during a heal. As the heal test for neighbours at -6db it does not necessarily get all nodes in range. It does get those that responded.

[AleAle (Ale)]

@robmac thanks for the very kind reply, I read the link and learned something new

Thanks again.
Ale