Z-Wave Polling

Hi

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

The article links to this article


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

Then it is never polled, which is a good thing :wink:

FYI, Home Assistant uses OpenZWave.

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

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.