A short delay when switching 11 plugs?

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I'm getting my Christmas lights ready, using 10 zig plugs and one z-wave switch.

In testing them with a switch, I find that a lot of times 1, 2, or 3 plugs won't switch along with the rest, with a short delay, like a second or two, before they switch. Sometimes they all switch at the same time.

I'm not complaining, because they all switch, but is this by design?

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Do you have all of them in a group? If not, try that.

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First time using groups.
Didn't work at all.
Not sure what I'm doing wrong.
edit: Got it working.
About the same. Going to leave as-is.
Thanks.

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I suspect the delay is just the time required for a clear signal to get to the switches. If you enable metering on the group, they should in theory come on one after the other in sequence.

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I would enable zigbee group messaging, that at least will manage all the zigbee outlets with a single command, and you won't need to enable metering...

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