Im trying to figure out how to speed up the lag between a 2 button press scene on my inovelli dimmer and a sengled smart bulb on a lamp in the same room. If i turn off the delay on the physical switch the scene doesnt work.
I believe with no delay on the Inovelli switches you can’t do any multi-tap scenes. Try the shortest time that you are able to successfully capture the multi-tap scenes you use.
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What kind of delays are we talking about? If it's a second or so, that could be normal with the default settings. By default they wait something like 700 ms after a tap before sending the scene report to the hub (this is to make sure you aren't doing additional taps--i.e., that you're not aiming for a different scene--though many people happen to find this particular choice of delay annoyingly long). As mentioned above, if you use the option in the driver to completely disable the delay (parameter 51), you'll lose all multi-tap scenes--it just sends them as soon as you press (or hold or release) once, since the delay is completely gone and that's all it can do.
What you probably want to do instead is modify parameter 50 while leaving the "delay" enabled. This lets you configure the actual delay. For me, around 200 or 300 ms is comfortable (the driver you're using will probably tell you those values, though the "raw" parameter value would be 2 or 3). This requires dimmer firmware 1.52 or greater. I assume the other parameter was just a stopgap "fix" for people who were OK with that while they figured this option out.
But...if you're talking multiple seconds, that shouldn't happen. Something could be wrong with your hub, Zigbee, or Z-Wave networks, or perhaps the devices, drivers, or apps you're using in the automations.
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alot of the times its like almost 2 seconds. iv configured parameter 50 to 100ms and i still have the delay on because i have to. My zigbee networks feels much quicker than my Z-wave network. I have about 8 Inovelli dimmers around my house. and the delays usually only occur when im using the switches for scenes, or for contact sensors.
So i was working on this today, i just went to try my switch, the first time i tried it, it took 4 seconds to come on, then after i tried it again, it was instantly.
Any idea what i could do differently to fix this?
What does the zwave mesh details look like on the switch?
I'm not sure how to read the mesh details. I downloaded the app from the manager.
Can you post a screen print?
Couple of things stand out:
- 18 route changes
- 40kbps connection
- RTT 126ms
Not the worst that I’ve seen, but I’m guessing this is located toward the edge of your mesh; looks like you could probably benefit by having another repeater or two between this switch and your hub.
Yeah I would say its on the edge of my Mesh, Although my house goes more upwards then outwards, and from that outlet down to the hub there are dimmers on all my light switches.
Should I be doing a repair on my mesh? I know that I didn't install all at the same time.
It’s a strange animal, but I’ve had the same issue with a couple of mine - actually had one with another switch in the same room; didn’t get consistent response until I added another repeater in between the switch and hub (I added a Ring Extender).
In that list my the bathroom light, bedroom light are 2 feet aware from each other, and the nursery light is 4 feet from the bedroom light. If I do a repair on my mesh will I mess it up?
C7 should only repair an individual device and then only sparingly - mesh should adjust itself over time; how long have these switches been in place?
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I put them in at different times they have been in roughly 6-4 months
Should have stablized by now then. Was the nursery switch an earlier add or a later? May try air gapping the switch for about a minute to see if it forces a new route (won’t be right away, think 4-5 hours if it is going to happen).
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The nursery was probably the first switch put in along with the bedroom light. What is air gapping?
Thought as much, the switch already had preferred routes when the other switches were added and will be reluctant to build a new route unless it can’t use one of them.
Air gapping is a removal of power to the switch. At the bottom of the Inovelli’s there is a small small tab that you can pull out for this purpose.
If the air gapping doesn’t work could also try flipping the breaker to the switch for a minute or so.
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Can I air gap multiple switches at once or should that be done one at a time?
shouldn’t hurt to do multiple but may not yield the result expected
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