I recently updated my ZWave USB stick to the ZST10-700 and am having a lot of ZWave performance issues. From very slow response times to non-responsive at all.
Pi4
Core - 2021.9.7
Supervisor 2021.09.0
ZWaveJS2MQTT Add-On 0.25.0
zwavejs2mqtt: 5.6.0
zwave-js: 8.3.1
MQTT Disabled
Network keys configured
ZWaveJS Add-On not installed
Total of 25 nodes including the usb controller. I have everything paired successfully. There are a mix of Zooz and GE/Jasco light switches and Schlage BE469 locks. All 500 or 700 series except the locks.
Unfortunately performance is abysmal. It can take 2-3 seconds on a good day, and 45 seconds if at all on a bad day to turn off a light. If I restart ZWaveJS2MQTT the performance is great for a little bit, but then degrades within a day.
If I try to heal the entire network, it consistently fails on most nodes. I tried healing each node separately, got through most until two started failing immediately after pressing heal.
I can’t trust the status of things anymore. Which is especially annoying with the locks.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated
Zooz 700 Series-based Controller ZST10-700
Zooz Dimmer & Dry Contact Relay ZEN30
GE/Jasco In-Wall Dimmer Switch 14294 / ZW3005
GE/Jasco In-Wall Toggle Switch 14292
Zooz Dimmer & Dry Contact Relay ZEN30
Zooz Z-Wave Plus S2 Dimmer Light Switch ZEN27
Zooz Z-Wave Plus S2 Dimmer Light Switch ZEN27
Zooz Z-Wave Plus 700 Dimmer Switch ZEN72
Zooz Z-Wave Plus 700 Dimmer Switch ZEN72
Zooz Z-Wave Plus 700 S2 Dimmer Switch ZEN77
Zooz Multirelay ZEN16
Ecolink Z-wave Plus Tilt Sensor TILT-ZWAVE2.5-ECO
Ecolink Z-wave Plus Tilt Sensor TILT-ZWAVE2.5-ECO
Ecolink Z-wave Plus Tilt Sensor TILT-ZWAVE2.5-ECO
Zooz Z-Wave Plus 700 Dimmer Switch ZEN72
Zooz Z-Wave Plus 700 Dimmer Switch ZEN72
Zooz Z-Wave Plus 700 Dimmer Switch ZEN72
Zooz Z-Wave Plus On/Off Toggle Dimmer v3 ZEN24
Zooz Z-Wave Plus S2 Dimmer Light Switch ZEN27
Allegion Touchscreen Deadbolt BE469
Allegion Touchscreen Deadbolt BE469
Allegion Touchscreen Deadbolt BE469
Honeywell Plug-In Smart Switch 39342 / ZW4106
GE/Jasco In-Wall Smart Outlet 14288 / ZW1002
How do I determine the current firmware versions for the Zooz stuff? I goT the latest firmwares from Zooz, but don’t know if they’re needed or not.
Are you using an SSD on USB3? It might cause heavy interference. Healing a Zwave+ network shouldn’t really be necessary and might cause more issues than it solves. What’s the distance to the closest mains powered device and does that perform fine?
HA is installed on a micro sd. The ZWave Controller is plugged into the USB3 port with a conbee zigbee stick plugged in next to it in the USB2 port. There are several mains powered devices within 10-15 ft, but none in the same room. They all go through either an insulated wall or a door with full height window.
By the end of the day, it’s often that no device is responsive at all
Looking at the network graph, I thought battery powered things weren’t supposed to act as relays? I get the door locks maybe, but the tilt sensor’s definitely shouldn’t.
Was everything fine before you upgraded? Maybe there’s an issue with the new device?
There was another thread with slow downs (linked below). For them it looked like several bad devices were flooding their network with commands. Zwave has good range and less interference being on a different frequency then wifi, but it has very low bandwidth and too much traffic can bring the whole thing down easily.
You probably want to take a look at your zwave logs. There’s two sets of them. Here’s how to enable them https://zwave-js.github.io/zwavejs2mqtt/#/troubleshooting/generating-logs . Look for errors and any nodes sending reports too frequently. You could have a device where you need to change the frequency of reports, like power management.
Some other ideas to try on this thread.
Go to the Node in the zwavejs2mqtt control panel, expand it, then expand version
Thanks for that info. Things definitely worked a lot better before the change to the 700 stick. I haven’t had enough time to re-do the entire network back on the old ZST10 stick to see if that works better
Hey @Cypher how did things work out for you? I am looking to replace my current “Sigma Designs” USB with a Zooz 700 series ZST10 USB. I don’t want to make the switch if people are having issues
@Cypher ’m from the zwavejs project. Could you send me a network dump from the integration? I’m trying to help them figure out a ZEN77 that’s spamming the network. Heck, it might even be yours. But I need to check on something that’s odd.
