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 Posted: Tuesday Aug 1st, 2017 11:38 pm
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I have now re-created all the devices I previously had but things do not seem to be exactly the same.As I understand things a Z-wave can either be 'Instant' or require polling.
This is from the Homeseer help file;"Instant Status" is a HomeSeer term that refers to Z-Wave devices which are capable of transmitting their status immediately upon being operated by a human.  Associations and Scenes (see the previous item) are used to set up which node will receive the status notifications.  In the case of many devices, patents may prevent the manufacturer from implementing instant status via associations; if instant status is required for your usage, be sure to check the product carefully to make sure it is supported.  Without instant status, "polling" or unsolicited reports are used to send the status of a device to another node.  "Polling" refers to the plug-in periodically requesting a status from a node.  Unsolicited reports are where a device may be configured to send a status update at a regular interval, or when a certain status change has been reached.  For example, a light sensor may be configured to send a light level report when the light level changes more than 30 Lux.  For the health of a Z-Wave network, the best way to report status is through instant status.  The next best method is through unsolicited reports because these are only travelling from the node to the destination node (one way), even though they may be transmitted more often than necessary.  The worst method of status updating is polling, because it generates two-way Z-Wave traffic which makes the network busy for a longer period of time; one node requests the status from another, and then the other node responds with its status.
I thought previously the Z-wave devices created by Comfort were Instant on, but this is clearly not the case now in that they only respond when polled.
Should they be Instat On?

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