Is there something you have to do to turn on the hub z-wave logging? http://{HUBIP}/hub/zwaveLogs I ask because since the last update to 2.2.7.126 I am no longer seeing anything appear on this page when it is open. I have done a number of actions including trying to send commands to devices, indi…

Nah. Sometimes the page shows stuff, sometimes it doesn't. I will say that even when it does show stuff, it never shows everything. I'll see a lot of zwave traffic, even that originating from the hub, on my sniffer that registers nada on the zwave log page. That log page is pretty useless in my opi…

[image] JasonJoel: That log page is pretty useless in my opinion. I certainly wouldn't rely on it for anything. Thank you for the clarification. Is there a good way of monitoring z-wave message traffic to see what is going on at a that level?

Not internally to the hub, no. Really need a sniffer on an external PC - with the sniffer located physically close to the hub - placement matters! (EDIT: see csteele's post).

Zniffer is just a USB stick on a computer so mobility has its virtues. :slight_smile: However, I didn't go that path for my Zniffer. Placement relative to the devices you wish to sniff is very important. It's an entirely independent radio and thus if you want it to "hear" conversations, it needs to …

There’s also zwave toolbox. A little pricy, but you can see all the traffic.

Blockquote[quote="aaiyar, post:7, topic:72767, full:true"] There’s also zwave toolbox. A little pricy, but you can see all the traffic. [/quote] What is this? Never heard of it, would like to investigate.

[image] doogles: What is this? [image] Z-Wave ToolBox - ZWP-TBX The Z-Wave Toolbox™ is UP TO DATE NO NEED FOR ANY UPDATE The Z-Wave Toolbox™ is a self-contained tool that enables the user to easily troubleshoot Z-Wave networks, regardless of the client's Z-Wave controller or panel…

Thank you both. I was hoping that there was something which allowed for "promiscuous mode" or something like that to show all traffic. It's a shame the hub does not have the capability of trace logging of all z-wave messages it sees/sends - that would be really helpful to me at this point. Maybe I…

I wouldn't like that at all :smiley: I want the hub to do my Home Automation functions. Now if the hub had an 8 core M2 (Apple's next CPU) I'd be all over this request. :slight_smile:

Hmm, yes, this is interesting to me since I'm always Zniffering around looking at stuff. Something a little more polished (and can presumably better-interpret Zniffed data) could be useful. Thanks for the pointer.

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