Zoos ZEN15 range test

[attyraymond]

I've installed the ZEN 15 and it reports to hub. But outside of adding under Z wire diagnostics, I can't figure out how to access the range test capability that Zoos ad says is in the device.

[bertabcd1234]

What steps did you try to follow, and where did you get stuck? Here's what the manual says:

How to test Z-Wave network range for my ZEN15?
You can easily check if the Power Switch is within your
Z-Wave hub’s range:

• Press and hold the Z-Wave button for 6 to 9 seconds
  until the LED indicator turns violet. The LED indicator
  will then report signal strength.
  • Flashing green = direct communication with the
    primary controller is established and still being
    diagnosed
  • Solid green for 2 seconds = direct communication with
    the primary controller is stable
  • Flashing orange = direct communication with the
    primary controller is intermittent and being diagnosed
  • Solid orange = communication quality is fair
  • Solid red = communication with the primary controller
    has failed
• Press and release the Z-Wave button to exit testing
  mode.
• NOTE: This function may only be activated once the
  Power Switch has been included to a Z-Wave network.

That being said, I don't think there's really much use to this kind of thing. You can see the same information, plus more, much more easily (and without performing a colorblindness test) by checking out Settings > Z-Wave Details in Hubitat. And if the device included and functions in place, you know it at least has what matters: range to the hub itself or through a repeater.

This kind of thing is probably there for either hubs that don't really give you much (or any) diagnostic info or maybe jsut because it looks cool in marketing/ads.

[attyraymond]

Thanks! I missed the range test info on the ZEN15 instruction sheet -- for me, a steep learning curve is a love-hate relationship with the mountains of documentation available.

I tried the flashing light test, but wasn't sure I interpreted the output correctly and some of the text was ambiguous e.g. ". . . and still being diagnosed."

It would be nice to have a field strength meter like the ones I've used for wifi -- I've used them to optimally locate repeaters etc. But, as you point out, if the unit is reporting, it is within range -- now onto creating exportable data files with power use over time . . .