Light Switch Status Issue

[ritchierich]

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@ritchierich did you ever get this functioning in a stable manner?
If so, please point these folks in the right direction.

I know the "Physical Events Not Logging..." thread is long. Here is what I ended up doing:

@ritchierich

I had 20 second polling on devices I needed near instant status on that had automations set. I also had 3 minute and 4 minute polling on other switches, the 4 minute was triggered by the 3 minute so they wouldn’t overlap. I experienced lag from time to time with my closet lights that are triggered by Motion, expected them to turn on near instantly but sometimes it would take 20-30 seconds.

I ended up changing out all the switches I was polling 20 seconds with Zwave plus switches since they report physical events which helped a lot. I also installed the zone motion app and use it to trigger refresh so I am only refreshing those devices when someone has been in an area vs all the time. This has also helped.

Hopefully these ideas will provide some help as I have tons of older GE switches that require refresh, over 50 of them. I have a string mesh but the frequent refresh was straining it from time to time.

Since this time I have also installed/setup the Zone Motion Controllers app to create a motion zone and then only refresh switches in that "zone" after motion inactivity. So for example I have 5 motions in my downstairs master suite and I only refresh the older GE devices after motion inactivity on this zoned motion virtual device vs polling every 3/4 minutes. This has helped greatly with my closet lights that are set to turn on via motion. Before I did this sometimes I would have to wait upwards of 20 seconds for the can lights to turn on.