Double "Turn on switch" from motion rule

[wiegout]

I don't know why this bothers me but it does. My logs show that two commands to turn on a Z-Wave switch are sent about 500 ms apart when a rule fires. I have this simple rule:

Figuring that it is a bug in the simple rule engine I paused it and rewrote it as full RM rule:

Both versions end up sending TWO commands.

Is this a bug in the Rule Machine?

[rlithgow1]

That is strange. @bravenel any thoughts?

[thebearmay]

I would bet on the driver/device sending back two responses …

[wiegout]

The physical device is a pretty vanilla Jasco Z-Wave Plus switch. Using generic built in driver. In case this helps. I agree, it's a mystery and I don't care for mysteries when it comes to technology. Movies are another story.

[wiegout]

The device events tab only shows one "command on" though.

[thebearmay]

Only creates an event if the value changed

[sburke781]

Are the Basement Stairs controlled through another rule / app? They also appear in the logs twice. Could be unrelated I know, but could also point to something else that is at play...

What if you check the "In Use By" for both the motion sensor and the lights involved?

[wiegout]

Funny. I hadn't noticed that. Yes, both are logged twice. Yes, there's a Motion and Lighting app that manages the basement stair lights. It's separate from this app, though that's for historical reasons.

[rlithgow1]

disconnect it from the other rule (put a virtual in it's place) and see if that stops the double log entries.

[wiegout]

Sorry you misunderstood. Only the staircase lights are managed in the other one.

But @sburke781 made a good observation. Both are sent on messages twice. Or respond twice. I take it that this doesn't happen to anyone else then. Hmmm.

[wiegout]

It does seem that all of my Jasco Z-wave Plus switches (but not dimmers) are getting logged twice.

In this scenario the one motion sensor turns on both sets of lights. They are two adjoining rooms. Perplexing. I don't know if it's always been like this. I was troubleshooting something with that one light or I might not have noticed. The entries about about 300-400 ms apart. DOn't know if two Z-wave commands are being sent or what.

[thebearmay]

If you go to the device's event page does it show where the command came from?

[wiegout]

Yes but it only shows up once. As seen in this post: Double "Turn on switch" from motion rule - #5 by wiegout