Z-Wave Polling

[brubakerjeff]

Hi

I’m reading the following documentation with the goal of understanding further the z-wave implementation inside of Home Assistant.

Z-Wave Devices

The article links to this article

Z-Wave Control Panel

Where the following is stated

“The Polling intensity says how many poll intervals does is this device polled on. For example, if you set 2 then it’s polled on every second interval.”

I’m having trouble understanding that statement, is any more clarity possible? What happens if Polling Intensity is set to 0 which appears to be the default for my devices.

thanks,
jeff

[Tinkerer (aka DubhAd on GitHub)]

@brubakerjeff

I’m having trouble understanding that statement, is any more clarity possible? What happens if Polling Intensity is set to 0 which appears to be the default for my devices.

Then it is never polled, which is a good thing

FYI, Home Assistant uses OpenZWave.

[brubakerjeff]

Thank you. Am I correct to perceive creating a PR on the documentation to help clarify would add value?

[rccoleman (Rob Coleman)]

It seems clear enough to me, but PRs/edits are always welcome. “Polling Interval” sets the timing for polling system-wide and “Polling Intensity” indicates the multiple of intervals on which each device will actually be polled.