Disable zwave polling...indefinitely!

Configuration
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Hi,

I’ve added the following to the zwave_device_config.yaml file to stop HA polling a zwave device that is generally turned off (the device is only turned on occasionally):

zwave.fibaro_system_fgrgbwm441_rgbw_controller:
ignored: false
polling_intensity: 0

However, I’m still seeing the device showing as “probe (dead)”.

That said, when I turn on the zwave device it changes to “ready” after a few minutes, but waiting a few minutes to turn on a LED light isn’t any good.

Is there a way to stop HA polling and marking a device dead indefinitely? i.e. it doesn’t matter if the device is on or off, HA will NEVER poll it, so always assumes it’s online.

Chris

2

Polling is for forced updates, and not to be confused with normal communication.

Having it regularly turned off will cause it to be marked Dead, and eventually the controller may mark it as Dead with no way to recover. The answer is to not turn it off I’m afraid…

3

Thanks. I thought that may be the case but wanted to see if there was a way for HA to always assume the device is online even if it’s turned off

4

It’s more about OpenZWave, since that’s the library that handles Z-Wave. HA itself can’t really get involved there I’m afraid.

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