So I have checked my system and there are no zombies. Everything has a route.
The drivers are all the recommended drivers. Everything is Zwave Plus with the latest firmware that I can tell. I have:
C7 Hub running 2.3.0.119
Leviton Dimmers
Leviton Switches
Innovelli Switches
2 RGBW Driver Dimmers ZV-1008 for TV Backlighting
Phillips Hue Hub
2 Bond Hubs
Alexa/Envisalinlk/Ecobee/Ring Integrations
Everything works fine except sometimes the RGBW driver dimmers fail to on/off and a few of the Leviton dimmers also fail to turn off. It especially seems worse after doing an upgrade like devices either have the wrong statuses or have a mesh lock. I have to either tell it to turn off multiple times or go into a device status screen and change it.
Also the Dashboards also sometimes appear to be wrong.
I almost want a device test run through after an upgrade to make sure nothing is locked.
There are a couple of switches that seem to be the most problematic. I suppose I could unpair/repair them. I have done power cycle from the breaker on them as a result of other projects but it really has not changed the behavior.
I have two different off methods. One via automation at 11:30PM and another that is defined in a scene that is exposed to Alexa. The scene has metering that I have played with between 50 and 150. The voice command via Alexa seems to be the most problematic.
Last night I tried creating a virtual switch and associated it to an turn off lights in a group rule.
That did not seem to work well either.
Is there a way to tell if I have a bad mesh / switch. As I said everything has routes.
Well the platform updates don't affect z-wave (there hasn't been a z-wave update for a while). So either you have database corruption (which a lot of times updates reveal) or you have a bad device or just a weak mesh. You have some high transmission numbers (meaning delays) so it's likely one of your devices farking everything up. Or at the very least you need to add a couple of beaming repeaters into the mesh...
I noticed the extra hops and some of the hops seem strange. For example:
Large Tray, Small Tray, Down Lights, Fireplace Lights are all in the same 4 gang box and about 12 feet away from the hub with the wall that the 4 gang box is in as the only divider. Yet the routing only has the Small Tray as direct. The other ones seems to hop around.
Patio Lights is in another 3 gang box that is nearby in the same room but about 10 feet away.
Is there a problem with multi-ganging Z-Wave switches creating collisions?
How do I read the RSSI? Small Tray is Direct and is -1db and the switch next to it is 92db and switch next to it is 17db
The box they are in is plastic. The Hub would be in the back left upper shelf of the room created in this picture. The 4 Gang switch mentioned is visible on the right and the Patio Light box is visible on the left wall.
z-wave finds it's own routes based on what's in the mesh, A bit of voodoo.... Having multiple devices on one box doesn't affect anything... When you add though it's best to do from middle out. That said, based on your above chart I'm betting one of your devices isn't good and is bringing the mesh down
So do I just unpair them one at a time and wait a day to see when things start behaving better?
Any other suggestions to find a bad switch that appears good?
It's an app - search for Hubitat Z-Wave Mesh Details
Once installed you go to the apps page then select it and hit mesh details. You can also edit columns displayed as well.
A sample of mine:(Not my complete z-wave mesh) Overall you can see it's fairly healthy though my locks tend to change routs alot even though they're are beaming repeaters right next to them)
