I am hoping to find a way to increase the speed of a scene.
Currently, I have a scene that is triggered by entering a PIN on my Schlage deadbolt. It consistently takes 5-10 seconds in order for the scene to run (IE turn off one light,then turn on the other associated lights (All are located in the same room)… Is there a way to increase the speed of this scene activating?
Factors to consider: My Vera is about 15ft away from the deadbolt. I don’t think proximity is the issue. When I activate other scenes, either from a HA07 remote or from the Vera Smartphone web app, it takes 1 second to activate. So I’m not convinced that the there is a problem with Vera…
I’m wondering if there is anything I can do with the advanced z-wave settings to increase speed, or if this problem is inherent with using the Schlage locks to trigger scenes?!?!?
In some cases, this may happen if the Z-Wave dongle is not the primary controller. In other cases, when there are a lot(30-50) of devices in your network it will take some time for Vera to process the information and then send the command through nodes. Maybe a re-routing of the z-wave network will do the trick. Try to heal your network.
Sorry to keep harping on the terminology thing, but using the word “heal” is only going to confuse newcomers. Obviously Jacobly knows you are referring to “repair” the network, but others might not. And I always tell people to initiate a “Repair my network” at your peril. Strange things have been known to happen.
My Schlage PINs consistently initiate a scene faster than I can open the door. The lights are on by the time I swing the door open.
Ok. My bad, sorry. Thanks for the correction on the terminology. The repair process is not intended to do any harm, but for some users looks like has done more bad than good. But, for most, this is the necessary process in order to re-route the devices especially after you physically move them around.
I have a vague recollection that someone wrote that when doing a repair run unchecking the box in front of “reconfigure all the devices when done” helps avoid unwanted results. Is that correct or does that actually just prevent a repair?
Well, I actually only have 15 z-wave devices in my house right now (you don’t need too many for a one bedroom condo!)…so it doesn’t sound like Vera would be too taxed by the amount of devices and I just might have a routing problem…
Thanks CMRancho for the info on responsiveness of your scenes triggered by your locks… this really helps!
Now, as far as the concerns with the “Repair my network” option in Vera:
It seems as though problems have been seen with this option mostly relate to HSM100s, right? I do not have any HSM100s… my only battery powered device is the HA07 scene controller.
Is the Wiki up to date as far as this procedure? Any other special instructions/concerns I should know about before I let this run tonight?
Yes, the bigest problem is the HSM100s, but I also had to reset my Fortrezz sensor. It sounds like you could do a repair without too much trouble. My Leviton battery operated switch took about a week to configure after I did my last repair, but most of the other devices sort themselves out within a day or so. Next time, I’ll try mcvovidio’s suggestion of deselecting “reconfigure all the devices when done” and see if that helps. You could try that.
Well, I performed the “Repair my Network” function last night. (I decided to keep the “Reconfigure all the Devices when done” option checked) It took approximately 3 hours to complete.
This morning, the Scene would activate in less then 2 secs… This performance increase seemed to be consistent to what I have experienced after a new firmware update; which would eventually degrade to triggering the scene to the 5-10 seconds range. I hope the performance is here to stay with the repair function.
I’ll re-post to this thread in a week or so to report if the performance has stayed below 2 seconds…
CMRancho
My PINS only activate as quick as you say about 30% of the time. Most of the time it takes 5-10 seconds. Rarely, not at all. Any pointers for me to gain the level of consistency you are having?
hmm need to try healing my network. My “Pin Entered” Scene takes about 5-10 sec to run. Usually I open the door and 2-3 secs later the lights come on. Yet if i trigger the same scene from HRDS1 door sensor it runs instantly.
Well, I finally got around to moving Vera back to the office (far from the lock) from where I had her (close to the lock). Even with three of these supposedly “beaming” Schlage lamp modules in the room closest to the lock, the lock still doesn’t communicate. After I moved Vera and repaired my network it worked for a couple of days, but now it’s stopped working again. I’ll try another repair, although I can’t imagine why I’d need to do that, since I haven’t changed anything since the last repair. If the repair won’t fix it, I’ll have to move Vera back to the front of the house again.
If anybody has any suggestions or insights to share, I’d appreciate it.
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