# \#polling **URL:** https://community.openhab.org/tag/polling/2221.md [Latest](https://community.openhab.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.openhab.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.openhab.org/tags.md) --- ## [Polling intervals optimization, manual refresh via widget etc](https://community.openhab.org/t/polling-intervals-optimization-manual-refresh-via-widget-etc/166304)
**Author:** [@alda1](https://community.openhab.org/u/alda1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2025, 6:21am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/polling-intervals-optimization-manual-refresh-via-widget-etc/166304 "2025-09-18T06:21:12Z")
I have question regarding polling intervals optimization. I have few devices on the modbus. From this device I can read actual values, but also their configuration. For the actual value it’s clear I must read it in any… --- ## [Getting Power Consumption Updates from Meross Switch over MQTT](https://community.openhab.org/t/getting-power-consumption-updates-from-meross-switch-over-mqtt/139919)
**Author:** [@colinfitzpatrick](https://community.openhab.org/u/colinfitzpatrick)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 11:03am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/getting-power-consumption-updates-from-meross-switch-over-mqtt/139919 "2023-11-22T11:03:46Z")
Hi, I have a Meross Wi-Fi switch configured to run connected to a local (On-Premise) MQTT Server. I want to trigger an event based on Power Consumption changes. Unfortunately, the Meross switch doesn’t post power cons… --- ## [Modbus polling](https://community.openhab.org/t/modbus-polling/148779)
**Author:** [@edo88b](https://community.openhab.org/u/edo88b)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2023, 9:30am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/modbus-polling/148779 "2023-08-18T09:30:44Z")
Hi, In my Openhab installation (version 4.0.1) I have several devices connected via Modbus TCP. I have always encountered a slow reading problem that causes a 2 or 3 second delay, which makes some devices (for example a… --- ## [Z-wave Disable "Polling Period"?](https://community.openhab.org/t/z-wave-disable-polling-period/141041)
**Author:** [@putrid](https://community.openhab.org/u/putrid)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 10:08am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/z-wave-disable-polling-period/141041 "2022-11-16T10:08:29Z")
Whats the minium and maximum “Polling Period”? A Namron 1402756 LED Dimmer got a bug that reports faulty when polled. So i would like to disable the feature. I tried setting 0 but that results in 15 The Command Poll P… --- ## [What decides which channels are updated when polling on Z-Wave?](https://community.openhab.org/t/what-decides-which-channels-are-updated-when-polling-on-z-wave/118466)
**Author:** [@sfthomas](https://community.openhab.org/u/sfthomas)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2021, 9:25am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/what-decides-which-channels-are-updated-when-polling-on-z-wave/118466 "2021-03-08T09:25:46Z")
I set the polling interval to 30 minutes, and turned on debug logging. The logs show that polling is indeed done every 1800 seconds, but it’s only one of the channels that are getting updated. This is a Fibaro Heat Con… --- ## [OH3 - Polling FGT-001 on Z-Wave, but the Items are not updated](https://community.openhab.org/t/oh3-polling-fgt-001-on-z-wave-but-the-items-are-not-updated/118434)
**Author:** [@sfthomas](https://community.openhab.org/u/sfthomas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 10:00am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/oh3-polling-fgt-001-on-z-wave-but-the-items-are-not-updated/118434 "2021-03-06T10:00:16Z")
I recently upgraded from OH2, but I did not migrate anything, I set up everything from scratch. In OH2 I had 1 Hour polling of my FGT-001s (5 pieces of Fibaro Heat controllers), and it worked like a charm. Now it does … --- ## [\[SOLVED\] Polling only for linked channels](https://community.openhab.org/t/solved-polling-only-for-linked-channels/77625)
**Author:** [@ramack](https://community.openhab.org/u/ramack)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/solved-polling-only-for-linked-channels/77625 "2019-07-07T19:18:10Z")
Hi, I am quite new to openhab development and after struggling a lot with setting up de dev environment (again, after migration of the build system) I come now to a real question: How do I find out which channels of a … --- ## [OpenHAB behavior on polling](https://community.openhab.org/t/openhab-behavior-on-polling/48595)
**Author:** [@wawa79](https://community.openhab.org/u/wawa79)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/openhab-behavior-on-polling/48595 "2018-07-30T14:34:57Z")
Hello, I want to understand why the MQTT channels get flooded by messages reporting the state of items whereas they have not changed (ZWave binding, RFXCom binding, Amazon Echo binding). I suppose this is due to period…