Hi all,
I have just finished installing 10 or so dimmer switches and all work.
All operate each individually without effecting another but when vera does its own automation of things it seems a command to turn on a switch sometimes effects anouther?
How best can I set up each device to make its comunixation comands from the rfx totaly different to anouther instead of what may currently similar signals that sometimes effect other switches un intentionally?
Any thoughts? Any best practice?
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if you just installed them (and you have not done it already) then you should wait overnight for a zwave heal. They will reconfigure their respective adjacencies during that process. You will likely be a lot happier with the zwave response tomorrow.
Hi thanks for the reply i have done 1 successful heal but i do not have the auto heal on every night however since these are lightwave rf devices how will a z wave network heel help interference between devices? Do you suggest i just do more and more network heels until everything settles as i know it’s necessary to usually do a few heels be for a network fully settles as required.
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Morning All,
Just an update. so my issue seems specifically related to one dimmer switch (LightwaveRF).
I have run several zwave heals as suggested (although still not sure how this helps given its month a zwave signal?)
I have also gone though all logic and checked I have not accidently set any functions related to this light in other scenes and can confirm it is only selected by logic I want it to be effected by. This is much easier to check with PLEG now 
So what could be causing it to miss behave? I do have an off logic that checks last trip of a motion sensor and if no movement for 6 minutes then a turn off command is sent but this is the same set up I have all round the entire house and works fine everywhere. This too would not explain the “on” that happens at a level that is not set in the logic?
If all else fails perhaps I just remove all PLEG logic - remove and re add the device, and then create logic again?
would be good to understand things though
you could try posting your PLEG status report
you are right, the RF devices won’t be affected in a zwave heal, I missed that in your post
Hi Bulldoglowell,
Okay thought so.
I will try removal and re adding of the device first and re-do the pleg stuff and see if that helps. I have been through the pleg Status etc with a fine tooth comb today and am certain all is fine here.
I really does seem like the lightwaveRF switch in question is on occasions picking up a signal intended for another switch, hopefully removing it and re-adding it will ensure it is completely different from any others. as I say I have the same simple set up replicated in many different instances and all work independently and great so I can only assume this is the issue. Sadly not knowing a great deal about how the signals are set and sent from the RFX means I am little in the dark.
I will report back once I have tinkered further but if any one ahs had a similar experience then let me know what you did
HI all,
Just an update.
I have created a new device - associated it to all relevant logic in PLEG. and removed the old switch. Same issue.
I have identified that it is responding to the same switch as the one in my kitchen. The issue is not PLEG logic but instead what appears to be a signal intended for the kitchen switch being received by the troublesome switch.
Could it be that both switches are on the same frequency and I need to physically change a switch? or is there a way to alter its signal to ensure there is no similarity between the signal being sent?
Hope someone ahs some knowledge here.
Many thanks.
What’s the altid value of your two switches ? That’s something starting with LS/L5.0/…
PS: of course they must have either a different id or a different unit code.
Hi Lodomo,
Thank you for the help.
The ID’s are :
Room1 AltID: DL/L5.0/000033/16
Room2 AltID: DL/L5.0/000001/01
So they should be fine right?
I have removed and recreated Room1 but not Room2 - perhaps I should try that? or can I just change the numbers so:
From: DL/L5.0/000001/01
to: DL/L5.0/0000022/077
for example?
Id are different, that’s ok.
Did you make a correct and different pairing between vera device and physical device for each of them ?
I don’t quite get this? do you mean do I have a paring between Vera and the lights? The lights are operated by the switch and this is only associated in Vera - is that what you meant?
I don’t quite get this? do you mean do I have a paring between Vera and the lights? The lights are operated by the switch and this is only associated in Vera - is that what you meant?[/quote]
As I understood, you have no remote control and you have created the devices manually in the Vera. Is that correct ?
In this case, you have to pair your physical switch to the Vera device like you will do between a LightwaveRF remote control and the LightwaveRF switch. The pairing process is the standard pairing process of LightwaveRF. I am not aware how it works exactly for LightwaveRF but I assume you have to put your swiutch in a learning mode and then push the ON button of the Vera device.
If you have a LightwaveRF remote control already paired with your LightwaveRF switch, the device is automatically created in Vera when you push the remote button. No pairing is required (as the pairing is already done between your remote control and your switch).
Hi Lodomo,
Thank you for the full reply.
You are correct I do not have a remote control so I created the device manually in vera then put the switch into learn mode then turned the switch on in vera and this then creates the ‘pair’ and all works.
I do not have a LightwaveRF remote control so nothing paired here with Vera in that sense.
I did originally have the plugin setting set to Auto Add devices and I think the ‘Room2’ was an auto add - I have since turned this off for better management so perhaps I should recreate the ‘Room2’ switch like I did with the ‘Room1’ switch just in case that has anything to do with it?
If you have no remote control, I don’t understand where your second switch in Vera comes from ? That’s stange.
By the way, the best solution in your case is to create a new device and to pair it with your second switch like you did with your first switch.
Hiya,
We may have cross lines here.
“If you have no remote control, I don’t understand where your second switch in Vera comes from ? That’s stange.”
No second switch just two switches for different lights. One controls just itself but the other controls both when it should only control itself.
I agree - I will remove and recreate the Room2 switch as this is one I have not removed and re-added yet and see if that helps - it is this switch that is controlling both when it should only control itself.
FIXED:
thanks for all help and support.
The outcome in the end was to remove and re create. A pain but worked. I can only guess the auto created device created one tgat conteadicted with one on my manual adds some how.
Thanks again.
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