Suggestions on z-wave issues

[bob8]

So I have an Scene called Good Night that my wife invokes during bedtime.
It turns off 16 devices. They are a combination of Leviton Z-wave dimmers, switches, and outlets. Lately it seems two of the Z-wave Dimmers and one outlet seem to fail. I believe the dimmers and switches are Z-Wave plus as I see the 0x5E in the Clusters for the device. I am not sure what to look for on outlets.

I have a C-7 Hub with 229.134 firmware and all the switches are Z-Wave Plus with the latest Leviton Firmware.

Looking Settings -> Z-Wave details I see no zombies. Everything has routes. I have done repairs on some of the more problematic lights.

I have an automation that turns on the lights before sunset and they all turn on fine.
However the statuses on some of the lights don't change to On. I can do a refresh in the device and it will change.

So when my wife will calls the scene Good Night via Alexa to turn off these lights when going to bed. The problem lights will not turn off. I presume its because the statuses still say some of the lights are off, as a result they do not turn off.

I have played with different drivers

• Generic Z-wave Smart Switch (and dimmer version)
• Generic Z-Wave Plus Smart Switch (and dimmer version)
• Leviton DZ6HD Dimmer

but really don't see much of a difference. Also All these somewhat repetitive overlapping drivers are very confusing.

I have also power cycled the various circuits as well.

Suggestions? Here is a screen shot of one of the devices:

[Sakman]

My first guess would be under your Good Night scene there is a setting near the end of the screen page that says "Enable activation optimization"...I would check to make sure this is off

[bob8]

Thanks I turned it off and we will see what happens the next couple of days.

Another question I have I’m trying to debug this relates to the “Enable Debug Logging” in the device screen. I have turned this on, save settings and it seems get turned off later on. As a result I do not debug messages on the device. Is there a reason the flag would get turned off.

[Sakman]

Yeah the system automatically turns off debug logging after a while. Try turning it on right before you go to bed.

[bob8]

Thanks I thought I was going crazy. Too bad there is not an option to disable that function or set the period of time before it gets disabled.

[Sakman]

If you still have issues with some devices after turning off activation optimization the next step you might try would be to turn ON "Enable Metering" with about a 50 - 75 ms delay. With 16 devices being turned off the Z-wave radio might get loaded down. This switch would insert a delay between the various commands.

[bob8]

Thanks I will try that next. Any thoughts on what the best driver to use is?

Reading the forums it seems the non plus versions seem the best but I have not seen any official recommendations although the 229 updates may imply something but I haven’t tried deleting/adding to see what it would say.

[Sakman]

@bob8

Any thoughts on what the best driver to use is?

I have a few Leviton DZ6HD dimmers and I use the Leviton DZ6HD Z-Wave Dimmer driver. On my Leviton DZ15S switches, which are Z-wave Plus, the Generic Z-Wave Smart Switch driver works for me.

[bob8]

Well I did as suggested on both counts. The lights turned off but the statuses did not update to off. I had to go in a few mi utes later and do a refresh to get the status changed. I did have the debug flag on.

Here is the log:

712021-10-20 10:41:13.864 pm infoFireplace Lights was turned off [digital]

dev:712021-10-20 10:41:13.861 pm debugparse description: zw device: 08, command: 2603, payload: 00 00 00 , isMulticast: false

dev:712021-10-20 10:41:13.796 pm debugrefresh...

dev:862021-10-20 10:40:50.144 pm infoFamily Room Backlight was turned off [digital]

dev:862021-10-20 10:40:50.141 pm debugparse description: zw device: 18, command: 2603, payload: 00 00 00 , isMulticast: false

dev:862021-10-20 10:40:49.985 pm debugrefresh...

app:7122021-10-20 10:40:47.977 pm traceNo updates

app:7122021-10-20 10:40:47.181 pm traceChecking for updates...

app:7122021-10-20 10:39:49.263 pm traceUpdates sent (124 / 2129ms)

dev:8592021-10-20 10:39:49.258 pm infoUpdated 5 objects (102ms)

app:7122021-10-20 10:39:49.131 pm infoPolling 318354040945 completed

app:7122021-10-20 10:39:49.031 pm info0 updates for 0 sensors

app:7122021-10-20 10:39:48.956 pm info5 updates for 1 thermostat (Home)

app:7122021-10-20 10:39:47.861 pm infoRequesting ( equipmentStatus runtime extendedRuntime sensors weather ) for thermostat Home (318354040945) - [false]

app:7122021-10-20 10:39:47.848 pm infoPolling 318354040945

app:7122021-10-20 10:39:47.160 pm traceChecking for updates...

dev:2252021-10-20 10:39:19.831 pm infoMickey’s Desk is off [physical]

dev:822021-10-20 10:39:18.898 pm infoDining Room Uplight was turned off [digital]

dev:862021-10-20 10:39:17.941 pm debugparse description: zw device: 18, command: 8201, payload: , isMulticast: false

dev:712021-10-20 10:39:15.943 pm debugparse description: zw device: 08, command: 8201, payload: , isMulticast: false

dev:2252021-10-20 10:39:14.779 pm infoMickey’s Desk is off [digital]

dev:682021-10-20 10:39:14.402 pm infoSmall Tray was turned off [physical]

dev:772021-10-20 10:39:14.161 pm infoUnder cabinet Lights is off [physical]

dev:772021-10-20 10:38:58.209 pm infoUnder cabinet Lights is off [physical]

dev:772021-10-20 10:38:57.125 pm infoUnder cabinet Lights is off [physical]

dev:772021-10-20 10:38:55.617 pm infoUnder cabinet Lights is off [physical]

dev:772021-10-20 10:38:55.252 pm infoUnder cabinet Lights was turned off [digital]

app:4502021-10-20 10:38:54.167 pm infoActivation complete

app:4502021-10-20 10:38:54.108 pm infooff: Counter Lights

app:4502021-10-20 10:38:54.044 pm infooff: Family Room Backlight

dev:862021-10-20 10:38:54.038 pm debugoff()

app:4502021-10-20 10:38:53.978 pm infooff: Family Room South Wall

app:4502021-10-20 10:38:53.918 pm infooff: Dining Room Uplight

app:4502021-10-20 10:38:53.857 pm infooff: Fireplace Lights

dev:712021-10-20 10:38:53.850 pm debugoff()

app:4502021-10-20 10:38:53.790 pm infooff: Office Ceiling

app:4502021-10-20 10:38:53.727 pm infooff: Down Lights

app:4502021-10-20 10:38:53.662 pm infooff: Bob’s Desk

app:4502021-10-20 10:38:53.597 pm infooff: Office fan

app:4502021-10-20 10:38:53.074 pm infooff: Mickey’s Desk

app:4502021-10-20 10:38:53.010 pm infooff: Family Room fan

app:4502021-10-20 10:38:52.793 pm infooff: Large Tray

app:4502021-10-20 10:38:52.729 pm infooff: Hallway Outlet

app:4502021-10-20 10:38:52.658 pm infooff: Small Tray

app:4502021-10-20 10:38:52.553 pm infooff: Under cabinet Lights

dev:882021-10-20 10:38:52.498 pm infoFamily Room Lamp was turned off

app:4502021-10-20 10:38:52.438 pm infooff: Family Room Lamp

app:4502021-10-20 10:38:52.365 pm infoBeginning activation

dev:5452021-10-20 10:38:52.326 pm infoGood Night was turned on

[Sakman]

I am glad the lights turned off. Not sure about the status. I have seen threads about updating the firmware on the Leviton dimmers, such as...

Leviton DZ6HD Z-Wave Dimmer

@dunkin, only thing that made the dimmers stable in my case was upgrading the firmware to Version 1.2. You can check using the 'Basic Z-Wave tool" driver written by @mike.maxwell, I believe it's in the Hubitat public github Drivers directory. There is a command provided by that device driver called 'Get Version Report'. After adding the driver to the hub, you can then change the dimmer's device type to 'Basic Z-Wave tool', execute the command, check the logs, see what firmware is in the dimmer,…

I would first check your dimmer device page for the firmware version. If it is not listed you can use the Basic-Z-Wave tool driver. You can check Hubitat Package Manager for the Basic-Z-Wave tool driver.

I have not had to update the firmware on my DZ6HD dimmers because they are all less than 2 years old and the firmware is up to date, Version 1.2.

[bob8]

As I mentioned in my original post they are all upgraded to 1.20

[Sakman]

Sorry ...didn't catch that. I am not sure why the Leviton switches/dimmers don't show the correct status.

Perhaps someone else can chime in here if they have any suggestions.