hey guys,
I’ve been scrambling on this for a while now and can’t seem to figure out how to troubleshoot.
I’ve got a HASS running as a container on a Qotom fanless mini pc. For the Z-wave network, I’ve got an Aeotec Z-stick Gen5 USB stick, which seems to work pretty well.
I’m tring to get an aeotec z-wave smart switch 6 which works perfectly fine when it is reasonably close to the hub, however, as I need to install a bit further away (and crossing some walls), I tried to use the aeotec range extender so the z-wave signal could realiably reach to the smart switch location.
I’ve noticed the following behaviours/issues:
- the smart switch doesn’t try to connect via the range extender. I’ve only seen it connected directly to the hub. The location where I installed the z-wave extender is ~ 5 meters away from the smart switch!
- when i plug in the smart switch, I’m able to control it for a short period of time via HASS. at this stage, the z-wave map (ZWave To MQTT) shows that the smart switch is directly connected to the hub! after a while, the node simply becomes unresponsive.
I’ve tried poking around on the Zwave to MQTT interface (i.e. heal node) and also re-adding the node. Nothing solved and after a few mins the smart switch stops responding.
Has anyone here experienced similar issues arond “extending” their z-wave network? Any ideas on how to troubleshoot or resolve this issue?
happy to share any additional info!
TIA