Thank you for the fast reply, but I'm a bit confused by your advice to move the repeaters "more to halfway..." because I do have 1 each about 1/2 way between the 2 primary legs of my house.
BTW, when I reboot I shut it down via the webpage, and then unplug it from the plug, not the hub. I virtually never wait 20 minutes though before bringing it back up. Usually I only wait about 1 minute. Why wait so long? I've never heard this before.
The metal boxes are what's killing you I think. Maybe take a look at the External Antenna thread to help boost your signal. External Antenna - #28 by lewis.heidrick
I wouldn't do this very often but it might help if you have a problem route as it puts all the devices in a panic mode and they try to find new routes as the old ones are marked as failed.
I saw the thread about adding the antenna, but that is beyond my capabilities. I do wish Hubitat would come out with a new version with the ability to add additional antennas as optional plug-ins.
I can always try the long reboot. Once I reboot it how long should I wait before using anything? I'm guessing maybe hours to allow the mesh to rebuild, so I'm thinking of doing this just before I go to bed to let it sit overnight. Is that correct or does that even matter if I pull the plug for say 20 minutes?
You can use it right off but it may take a day or so to stabilize. I would also give a +1 on metal boxes creating interference. My thought process on the repeaters is to have them half way to your most distant from the hub device and the hub. A balance so to speak.
I saw that a lot of traffic was going to through the Inovelli Black dimmers that I have in my 3rd bathroom and only 1 device through 1 of my Aeotec 7 extenders. So I moved the Aeotec from where it was and put it between the hub and my 3rd bathroom. Hopefully, the mesh will start re-routing through it now.
I'll try the reboot tonight.
Assume your range is maybe 7 feet from the metal box and figure out your placement from there. You should invest heavily in repeaters in this case because of the metal interference. Also because of the radiation angles each box will have varying degrees of interference. Some maybe will have none at all. You can also see the reconnects in the details page to identify the problem devices and place repeaters near them. You don't need to buy repeater only devices as any plugged in 500 series device should repeat. Think about replacing some regular power strips with zwave power strips for example.
Since none of my 25-30 devices are battery operated and all mains powered, they are all technically repeaters. But I am getting some strange results. For example, my kitchen Inovelli red dimmer is literally in the same box as the dinning room red dimmer. The dining room is making 4 hops and is at 100kbps
but the kitchen Inovelli red dimmer is taking a different path for its 4 hops and is only at 9.6kbps
Likewise, my Master Bathroom Sink and Entrance light switch, which is also an Inovelli red dimmer, is connecting directly at 100kbps,
but the Inovelli red dimmer for the Shower and Tub lights, which is in the same box as the Sink and Entrance lights is taking multiple hops (including going through the Sink and Entrance lights), but at least it is also at 100kbps.
BTW, the dinning room and kitchen were added at the same time and the 2 in the Master bathroom were added at the same time.
I could go on, but I'm sure you see my point. There seems to be little or no rhyme or reason as to the path and/or speed.
It seems Inovelli is going Zigbee, but I wish they would come out with 700 series red dimmers so I could (probably) get them to connect directly.
And since the kitchen and dinning room were added at the same time, I have no idea why the dinning room has 57 changes but the kitchen has 229 route changes.
Where are all the zwave power strips these days? The ZEN20 looks like its been discontinued.
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