I’ve searched this up but haven’t really found anything about it…
Basically I want to have a master switch which turns off/on all Fibaro Walli Dimmers at once. This looks simple enough in principle, except that when you do that, the networks gets overloaded because if has to send a command to every device. This means that many (around half) fail to receive the command due to dropped packets, and therefore become unavailable.
I have ordered a USB Extender, still waiting for it. The USB is plugged into the front IO of the case alone, which itself is located in the server closet, and I have removed the metal front panel.
(They have just undergone a heal, so the network should be as strong as it gets in its current state)
How big is your house? Two hops is not a good connection (unless the distances are very long). I suspect you are suffering from the, ahem, not very good range of the Aeotec Z-Stick 7.
That was a misunderstanding that propgrated somehow early on but it’s the opposite.
Repeaters would help. You can also check each device’s statistics to see its RSSI, and what device it talks to directly to determine where to add them or if they are needed for a specific device.
As with wifi or any other radio devices you don’t want to see your RSSI go below -75 dBm.
Not to say that lower will not work, but it’ll definitely be bumping that radio power to max.
From my experience, I’d suggest replacing the Z-Stick 7 with any other S2/SmartStart-capable controller. There seems to be a relatively consistent 15-30 dBm difference.
Have a look and Google is your friend. I’m definitely curious as to what started the notion s2 increased overhead awhile back, I assume the belief was encryption = more overhead or something along those lines.
