ZWave node more often dead than alive

One of my plug in nodes is reported as Dead most of the time, however, every few days i will get some activity for it.

Below are a log example and the Node in Habmin. I have moved the node to much closer to the Z_Stick now, to see if that helps, but doesn’t appear to have made any difference. There are 2 neighbours listed along with the Z_Stick.

Any advice greatly received :slight_smile: :slightly_smiling:

Thanks
Colin

2016-03-06 07:36:41.159 [DEBUG] [z.internal.ZWaveNetworkMonitor:341 ]- NODE 17: Sending periodic PING.
2016-03-06 07:36:41.159 [DEBUG] [c.ZWaveNoOperationCommandClass:72 ]- NODE 17: Creating new message for command No Operation
2016-03-06 07:36:41.159 [DEBUG] [o.b.z.i.protocol.SerialMessage:109 ]- NODE 17: Creating empty message of class = SendData (0x13), type = Request (0x00)
2016-03-06 07:36:41.159 [DEBUG] [b.z.i.protocol.ZWaveController:898 ]- Callback ID = 30
2016-03-06 07:36:41.159 [DEBUG] [WaveController$ZWaveSendThread:1171]- Took message from queue for sending. Queue length = 0
2016-03-06 07:36:41.160 [DEBUG] [b.z.i.protocol.ZWaveController:580 ]- Enqueueing message. Queue length = 0
2016-03-06 07:36:41.160 [DEBUG] [o.b.z.i.protocol.SerialMessage:233 ]- Assembled message buffer = 01 08 00 13 11 01 00 25 1E CF
2016-03-06 07:36:41.160 [DEBUG] [WaveController$ZWaveSendThread:1228]- NODE 17: Sending REQUEST Message = 01 08 00 13 11 01 00 25 1E CF
2016-03-06 07:36:41.166 [DEBUG] [eController$ZWaveReceiveThread:1441]- Receive Message = 01 04 01 13 01 E8
2016-03-06 07:36:41.166 [DEBUG] [eController$ZWaveReceiveThread:1365]- Receive queue ADD: Length=1
2016-03-06 07:36:41.166 [DEBUG] [b.z.i.protocol.ZWaveController:1123]- Receive queue TAKE: Length=0
2016-03-06 07:36:41.167 [DEBUG] [o.b.z.i.protocol.SerialMessage:233 ]- Assembled message buffer = 01 04 01 13 01 E8
2016-03-06 07:36:41.167 [DEBUG] [b.z.i.protocol.ZWaveController:1124]- Process Message = 01 04 01 13 01 E8
2016-03-06 07:36:41.167 [DEBUG] [b.z.i.protocol.ZWaveController:190 ]- Message: class = SendData (0x13), type = Response (0x01), payload = 01
2016-03-06 07:36:41.167 [DEBUG] [b.z.i.p.s.SendDataMessageClass:38 ]- NODE 17: Sent Data successfully placed on stack.
2016-03-06 07:36:46.162 [DEBUG] [o.b.z.i.protocol.SerialMessage:109 ]- NODE 255: Creating empty message of class = SendDataAbort (0x16), type = Request (0x00)
2016-03-06 07:36:46.162 [DEBUG] [o.b.z.i.protocol.SerialMessage:233 ]- Assembled message buffer = 01 03 00 16 EA
2016-03-06 07:36:46.162 [DEBUG] [WaveController$ZWaveSendThread:1254]- NODE 17: Sending ABORT Message = 01 03 00 16 EA
2016-03-06 07:36:46.163 [ERROR] [WaveController$ZWaveSendThread:1269]- NODE 17: Timeout while sending message. Requeueing - 2 attempts left!
2016-03-06 07:36:46.163 [ERROR] [b.z.i.p.s.SendDataMessageClass:141 ]- NODE 17: Node is DEAD. Dropping message.
2016-03-06 07:36:46.459 [DEBUG] [eController$ZWaveReceiveThread:1441]- Receive Message = 01 05 00 13 1E 01 F6
2016-03-06 07:36:46.460 [DEBUG] [eController$ZWaveReceiveThread:1365]- Receive queue ADD: Length=1
2016-03-06 07:36:46.460 [DEBUG] [b.z.i.protocol.ZWaveController:1123]- Receive queue TAKE: Length=0
2016-03-06 07:36:46.461 [DEBUG] [o.b.z.i.protocol.SerialMessage:233 ]- Assembled message buffer = 01 07 00 13 1E 01 00 00 F4
2016-03-06 07:36:46.461 [DEBUG] [b.z.i.protocol.ZWaveController:1124]- Process Message = 01 07 00 13 1E 01 00 00 F4
2016-03-06 07:36:46.462 [DEBUG] [b.z.i.protocol.ZWaveController:190 ]- Message: class = SendData (0x13), type = Request (0x00), payload = 1E 01
2016-03-06 07:36:46.462 [DEBUG] [b.z.i.p.s.SendDataMessageClass:74 ]- NODE 17: SendData Request. CallBack ID = 30, Status = Transmission complete, no ACK received(1)
2016-03-06 07:36:46.462 [ERROR] [b.z.i.p.s.SendDataMessageClass:141 ]- NODE 17: Node is DEAD. Dropping message.
2016-03-06 07:36:46.462 [DEBUG] [b.z.i.protocol.ZWaveController:595 ]- Notifying event listeners: ZWaveTransactionCompletedEvent
2016-03-06 07:36:46.463 [DEBUG] [.z.internal.ZWaveActiveBinding:433 ]- ZwaveIncomingEvent
2016-03-06 07:36:46.463 [DEBUG] [z.i.p.i.ZWaveNodeStageAdvancer:1011]- NODE 17: Node advancer - DETAILS: Transaction complete (SendData:Request) success(false)

If it helps, here’s the Status of the node, which is the same type as Node 13.

Should i exclude/include the Node 17?

guys, is there a danger in trying to remove the node from the network?