Can someone explain how to read zwave logs?

Can anyone explain how to read zwave logs?

What does it mean that the first line says everything is 0dBm and no channels and everything is Unknown?
Why do line 2-3 seem to show repeaters and info, but no rssi or speed, but line 4 does?

Do any of these log lines tell me anything about why a device isn't working? I can't find any documentation on how to interpret any of it,.

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well 0dbm is output power. About 1 mw. The fact that it's showing unknown seems to me to indicate a problem with the physical device. What is the device? How is it paired? Is it hard wired or battery powered? (seems to be battery but unsure)

Hardwired. Only 5ft from the hub. These messages show up randomly for many of my devices but most of them are working fine.

I believe that Tony Fleisher (@tony.fleisher) reported in his Z-Wave Mesh Details app thread that this info takes a while to populate after a reboot.

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I donโ€™t recall how long it was exactly, but that was at least a few hours after a reboot.

It could also be dead pings from your ghost(s)

The ghosts have all been removed

Does a z-wave repair come back clean?

Nope. But anyway, while I appreciate the help, Iโ€™m less interested in suggestions on troubleshooting my mesh, Iโ€™m looking to understand the zwave logs and what those messages mean. I can find no information on this. Like why does it list 5 signal strengths? Why do each of those messages have different fields?

You could go to the z-wave alliance website and download the sdk and specs which should have a lot of that in it

Uhh, I mean I understand basic RF. Iโ€™m looking to understand the logs Hubitat produces. Seems like the HE team should be able to explain the logs their system produces?

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