Hi, My Z-Wave network looks like this: [Z-wave network] I am unsure how to interpret this. Node 2, 4, 5 and 6 seem to have good connectivity. Node 3 is not included in the network but it seems responsive enough not to mark it dead. Is that a correct interpretation? (It shows as online in the t…

[image] JoveToo: I am unsure how to interpret this. Johan, the lines between the nodes indicate mesh network routes. Not all nodes can act as repeaters. Battery powered device can not act as repeaters. In your screen shot all nodes are included in the network and the ones with lines between t…

You’ll find some useful extra details in this discussion: [image] Strange Z-Wave Network Beginners As far as I know, a Z-Wave network is only built up by things that are not battery-operated. That means only devices that are connected to the power supply route…

Actually the lines depict neighbors which may or may not correlate to routes.

The difference between a neighbor and a route is not clear to me. For example, in my map above, my controller (node 1) does not have any neighbours.

And that makes no sense. PErhaps there has not been a network heal done recently to compute neighbors and report them to the binding. I know the old map showed nothing much until after a network heal.

There has been a network heal. I added a new device (node 6) yesterday, it is in the diagram and the connections are different today. I am also not getting any information in my items from the 3 unpowered devices (CO Sensors). There is about 5 meters and a wooden floor between the controller and t…

Personally, I have not found a good use for the network map. Sorry.

[image] JoveToo: The difference between a neighbor and a route is not clear to me. Any given message sent by any node in the network may not take the same route from device to device through the mesh. So really it makes no sense to worry about routes at all except on a message by message basi…

Just to pile on: One way to examine actual routing and the radio strength (not just neighbors) is with a zniffer. Before I had one, I did waste money on devices that I thought would help routing, but found out they did not. I don’t know your rules, but for me it’s important that as many nodes as p…

[image] rlkoshak: And to be specific, it’s showing which nodes have heard from other nodes at some point recently. That’s not correct. The neighbours list is built up during the heal. There is a specific command that is issued for devices to query their neighbour. Neighbours are only listed i…

Z-Wave Network map: how to interpret

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Andrew_Rowe (Andrew Rowe) June 27, 2021, 10:34am 15