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At home my fibaro's and neo's seem to have the same great range and reception.
At the Office the NEO's preform slightly better.
At my second home at the edge of a forrest i cant even get the NEO or a Fibaro to pass 7 meters of open space (yes open space). There the Fibaro is slightly better but both have a the worst range i ever have seen.
When i do a wifi sweep there are just 2 wifi networks mine and someones pretty weak.
Can't snif any other signals either so is must be my great aura leaking big time when i'm in relaxed mode over there or the laylines that are people Always say that are responsabel for mystical fields .
But .... I just landed again with both feet on the earth..... So what i did try to say is every area where you are has a different reaction to the radio signals. But every homey has a different makeup and signals bouch of walls with reflections that can be good or bad for the signal. Then there are those 1970 - 1978 houses where the concrete has mixed in metal compounts and so on and so on.
But your personal experience gives quite some insight. I guess you're still the person who owns the most z-wave devices connected to homey
My experience, more grid powered devices = better and more stable z-wave coverage!
In my z-wave mesh I also have a couple of Aeotec mains powered sensors, Fibaro relays and Greenwave powerplugs; all in all this proofs reliable and stable! I have 1 Fibaro battery powered door sensor. That works flawlessly too!
So, z-wave is working great for me and I am happy with the Neo power sockets (have not tried any other Neo stuff).
2/3 sensors doesn't have this issue. But the one at the front door does.
Tried a PTP, Re-pair and adding another (spare) sensor....
I thought that z-wave devices checked if their commands are being received????
The things I would like to accomplish are;
- Get the devices connected
- Get succesfull readings (like power etc.)
- Extend some range, but this is not the most important because I understand it's environment dependent. Although it's in an open room situated...
I've tried very much in the past, but so many things that I lost where to begin in a default kind of setting.
Also, could it be that my motion sensor is interfering the sockets?
If not, this is probably another variation of the environment variable.
I have noted this type of behavior before too. Placing a grid powered device closer to the issued module fixed it for me.
Yes, z-wave devices do check their status send/receive, but when you look into the logs you might find that they encounter a timeout and then stop the action.
Maybe you can add some "Expert parameter" at the specific device to extend the time-frame for the timeout? I don;t have this knowledge, maybe someone who does can step in here.
I'm not sure about your PIR, is it also z-wave? If not, the easiest way would be to simply shut it down and do some testing...
Hmmm, seems to be range related. Replaced Homey nearer towards the sensor and now it seems to work.... Even 3 meters seems to be too much.....
I hope my wife gives me an OK for some Grid Powered devices to strenghten the signal...
There is a thread around addressing WAF; you might find some good idea's there to convince your wife
Below the chart from Homey this morning and the settings for my sensor.
I assumed that there should have been a dot on the chart for every 3 minutes
You have set both the interval and threshold to relatively low values; 180 seconds and 10 lux. Meaning that the sensor will report if one of these conditions will be met. A higher reporting rate will deplete the battery faster... please consider this. Unfortunately there are no universal settings; you'll need to optimize them based on your conditions.
in addition to @bvdbos comment, it could also be that the settings are not received by the sensor (yet). If you update the settings and press save, the settings will be applied by the next wake up interval; by default we use a 12hr wake up interval (to save battery life).
You can accelerate this by using the following steps:
1) take the sensor in close proximity of Homey
2) triple press the button of the sensor (to retrieve old commands); the LED will light up, wait until out again
3) change(=different values) the settings as you like, DON'T press save
4) wake up the sensor by triple pressing of the sensors button (led will light up again)
5) during light up of the sensor (= awake), press save
The settings should now be applied instantly. Above steps (most robust and way to update settings) are also provided in the readme of th Neo app.
So yes, it will be supported.. (by the time you receive your switches)
I'm trying to install my first Neo Coolcam Door/Window sensor. I added the device to Homey and paired them. Everything went ok. When I trigger the sensor I see a red light blinking, but Homey does not update the Contact Alarm tag. I found out that the sensor has to be really close to Homey to get the updates of the sensor. It about 1-2 meters!!
According to the specs the range is about 30 meters indoor. I want to use these sensors at several places in my house for doors and windows. Also first floor and maybe attic.
Can someone help me? Am I doing something wrong? Is this a knows issue which someone knows hoe to solve?
Thx in advance!
At what location did you install your Homey? Next to a Television or stereo? Try moving around Homey a bit to see if that significantly improves the distance towards the door sensor.
The strength of Z-wave is relying in it's mesh network created by it's non-battery powered nodes like power plugs or build in wall switches or dimmers.
Do you have other Z-wave devices (non-battery powered) that are able to build the Z-wave mesh?
The Network graph in Homey settings shows all devices nicely btw:
This one has much better range and works much better. Also I see a line between Homey and this door sensor. This line is not there for the door sensor which gives me problems. What does this line mean? Can it be I got a new door sensor which seems to be broken?
thanks
Issues with the dual wall switch (V1 vs V2) should be solved with the next app update...
I created a flow that when the door sensor gets triggered it writes a line in Simple log.
Unfortunately when I check the logs at the end of the day it missed like 1/3 of the times the door was opened..
Connection issue? It's about 10m from my Homey and I have 2 z-wave powerplugs nearby.
Is it capable of handling wash dryer? Or is the consumption of a wash dryer to much?
Thanks
So, 2200 Watt doesn't kill the NEO. Check the dryers Wattage and compare the consumption.
Hope this helps! Good luck!