I need some more information about this product.
My Schlage Lock will be about 50 feet away from Vera. I’ve read that I need to have a Schlage RP200R to help communication between Vera and the lock at that distance.
What I’m planning is to install one RP200R about 10 feet from the Vera Box, and install another RP200R about 5 feet from the Lock.
Here is the process I’m going to go through to implement everything:
1)Plug in the RP200R’s in their appropiate locations and include them to Vera.
2)Include the Schlage Lock to Vera
3)Heal Network
I am confused however about this statement I’ve read:
“Schlage RP200R must be used as last routing node to lock.”
I will have other zwave modules near the Schalge lock. Some of the existing devices are closer to the Lock than the RP200R will be. Do I have to go into Vera settings and manually enter the RP200R’s NodeID to ensure it is the last Node? There is no clear documentation about the precision needed for the inclusion of the RP200R’s.
The node number does not matter. It has to be the last hopping point to the lock as no other devices can repeat the “beam” command for wake up. It helps if they are the last device closest to the lock.
I am posting this question here as well as another string pertaining to the same issue:
Here is my current situation the the Schlage lock:
It appears to work fine at times, but at other times there are polling and command failures. I am assuming that the lock is sleeping and I only have the Wayne Dalton T-stat that does not have the “beam” and will not wake the Schlage.
I just purchased the lamp module and will be installing it this weekend.
Will this fix the issue and wake-up the sleeping Schlage for my commands?
Unfortunately as there is no way to “Force” a route in Z-Wave you are going to have to get the nodes to find the right paths. MCV will have to tell you the best way to do this. I know in a Leviton system you would do a Network Rediscovery, Update Controllers and Update Routes. I am unfamiliar with the way the Heal feature works in Vera.
Well, even though my lock still has a red cog and won’t work >:(, I noticed that it now shows as a neighbor the RP200R I put in that room-even though there’s an in-wall dimmer 12" from the lock. That’s the only neighbor node it recognizes. I’m going to try and reset the lock today…
So last night I decided to test this for you, good guy that I am. For a couple of weeks I had been unsuccessful setting up my lock until I moved Vera very close to it, but once I had her there, everything set up perfectly. Not that it was simple, what with doing a factory reset of the lock and rebuilding my whole device list and scenes. But, hey, it’s been running without a problem for a couple of weeks now. I’ve been reluctant to change anything, but since I have a RP200R in that same position close to the lock, I should be able to move Vera back to the other end of the house where she was before and she should still be able to communicate with the lock via the Schlage light unit. Right?
I moved Vera and repaired the network, and now I’ve got red cogs all over the place. &@#*%! I’m gonna be so unhappy if I have to go back and rebuild all my devices and scenes from scratch again. “Argh!” doesn’t even begin to convey how I feel right now.
Ugh! I’m actually considering deleting the lock from the network, doing a factory reset, and manually re-adding it with the Vera next to it, then immediately moving the Vera box back to it’s regular spot on the desk. I’m getting a bit discouraged, though, because I have 2 more Schlage locks ready to put into service when (if?) I can get them working… Since my lock is now reporting that the RP200R is it’s neighbor node, that tells me there’s some communication going on, correct? Should I try something else before uprooting my Vera?
I’ll be installing an RP200 this weekend to solve the distance issue with my Schlage lock, and will need to do a “Repair Network” as instructed in the Wiki. I am getting nervous, however, having read several threads, like this one, about how Repair [Heal] Network caused all sorts of problems. Fortunately, I only have a lock and thermostat installed right now, so not much to reconfigure if I have to, but obviously would prefer not to. I’m definitely going to do this first thing, before installing any of my new switches and controllers, just in case.
I am curious if MCV has weighed in on this issue. I haven’t seen any responses from them on why a Heal Network would cause so many problems.
[quote=“CMRancho, post:8, topic:164942”]So last night I decided to test this for you, good guy that I am. For a couple of weeks I had been unsuccessful setting up my lock until I moved Vera very close to it, but once I had her there, everything set up perfectly. Not that it was simple, what with doing a factory reset of the lock and rebuilding my whole device list and scenes. But, hey, it’s been running without a problem for a couple of weeks now. I’ve been reluctant to change anything, but since I have a RP200R in that same position close to the lock, I should be able to move Vera back to the other end of the house where she was before and she should still be able to communicate with the lock via the Schlage light unit. Right?
I moved Vera and repaired the network, and now I’ve got red cogs all over the place. &@#*%! I’m gonna be so unhappy if I have to go back and rebuild all my devices and scenes from scratch again. “Argh!” doesn’t even begin to convey how I feel right now.[/quote]
Thank you for doing this CMRancho. I appreciate your tests! If you lived near me (BC, Canada) I’d invite you over for a Rum (or your fave drink if you have one)
Sorry I can’t answer whether the RP200R will work like they say it will as a “beamer” if it’s close to the lock. Last night I gave up and relocated Vera back to where she’s close to the lock. That solved the lock configuration issue and most of the other red cogs, but there were a few that remained. A Schlage lamp module had to be removed and re-added. A Leviton lamp module refused removal/adding, so I did a factory reset of the module, and then it added fine. And of course, the 3-in-1 sensor had to be carried to Vera to configure since it seems to be unable to do that through the mesh network of the other devices. So everything is finally configured. It’s a bit of a challenge to go through every Scene where any of those devices had been and re-program their actions in the scene. I’m still not sure I’ve found every instance. I can see that my HA setup will soon be of a size and complexity that I’ll never be able to move Vera again!
And I finally got my IP cameras to work, but more on that elsewhere.
Hey, next time you’re in SoCal I’ll provide the rum
So I arrived at my weekend home tonight, installed the Schlage Lamp module and then ran a heal network, which seems to have worked (meaning Vera still seems to be running everything just fine). However, nothing has really changed on my Schlage Lock. It always seemed to work - the only thing that didn’t work was polling - always got a red icon back. Well now that the Schlage RP200 is installed, I still get the red icon when it polls (apparently meaning it cannot poll). But every other function of the lock seems to work just fine.
So first, I’m not sure if the Schlage lamp module is even the last node in the hop to the lock as it’s supposed to be. Does anyone know how to determine that?
Second, even if it is, it hasn’t solved my polling problem.
My current network is very small - a thermostat, a motion sensor, the Schlage lock and now the Schlage lamp module. The lamp module is halfway between Vera and my lock with no other zwave devices in between. In fact, the thermostat and the motion sensor are about the same distance from Vera but in totally opposite directions. So now I’m totally confused and a little miffed that I bought the Schlage lamp module if it wasn’t really necessary. BTW, Vera is now about 15 feet away from the lamp module, which in turn is plugged into an outlet on an outside wall and about 10 feet away from the patio gate where the Schlage lock is. Distance should definitely not be the problem.
I’m about to purchase RP200R, I have 3 locks in my house. 2 downstairs and 1 on 2nd floor. Vera is on 2nd Floor which makes the lock there work awesome but a lot of the time I can not remotely configure or lock/unlock the 2 locks downstairs. I’m hoping the RP200R will solve the issue.
If it helps you to hear, I’m still in .918 and have been complaining several weeks about a “red icon” next to my Schlage deadbolt on Vera’s Dashboard. Submitted this pre-CEDIA with verbose logs to MCV, but never heard back (surprise, surprise).
Anyway, the lock functions fine, and scenes related to it also perform their duties. It’s just that I’m stuck with a red cog for no apparent reason. Perhaps you have the same affliction!?!
My lock also sits with a red cog. I have two locks. I added all of my locks with the Vera controller right next to them. No problems. One of my locks is within 20 feet of vera and it works perfectly. The other lock is about 50 feet away from vera. I have installed 2 Schlage dimmers between Vera and the farther lock. I am not able to change pin codes on the farther vera lock and it has a red cog all the time. I have a suspicious feeling that Vera is not properly utilizing the beam technology.
