I have a new Z-Troller and connected it to my HomeSeer using the ethernet to serial adapter from the HomeSeer store. I am observing a problem with it when I try to use it after a period of inactivity.
If I don't do anything in HomeSeer for a while (on the order of minutes) and then I try to do anything to a ZWave device there is about a 30 second lag. After about 15 seconds I get the following entry in the HomeSeer event log:
10/4/2009 10:08:34 PM - Z-Wave - Z-Wave Ethernet interface re-connected to IP 192.168.1.170
Another 10 seconds later, and the ZWave switch finally executes most of the time.
After this initial lag, the ZWave devices are very responsive, on the order of sub-second. But if I leave for a while and then come back to excercise more ZWave devices, the first one gives me the lag again.
Sometimes, the first switch I try to access also fails with an entry like the following in the HomeSeer event log:
10/4/2009 10:08:54 PM - Warning - Unable to send a command to Z-Wave device 7
10/4/2009 10:08:54 PM - Warning - No reply to get node level request for device Hallway Hall Overhead
But then everything including the failed ZWave device will work after this initial lag & failure.
Is this an ethernet to serial adapter problem? Does the USB to serial adapter do the same thing? I really like the ease of use of the ethernet based Z-Troller combo.
If I don't do anything in HomeSeer for a while (on the order of minutes) and then I try to do anything to a ZWave device there is about a 30 second lag. After about 15 seconds I get the following entry in the HomeSeer event log:
10/4/2009 10:08:34 PM - Z-Wave - Z-Wave Ethernet interface re-connected to IP 192.168.1.170
Another 10 seconds later, and the ZWave switch finally executes most of the time.
After this initial lag, the ZWave devices are very responsive, on the order of sub-second. But if I leave for a while and then come back to excercise more ZWave devices, the first one gives me the lag again.
Sometimes, the first switch I try to access also fails with an entry like the following in the HomeSeer event log:
10/4/2009 10:08:54 PM - Warning - Unable to send a command to Z-Wave device 7
10/4/2009 10:08:54 PM - Warning - No reply to get node level request for device Hallway Hall Overhead
But then everything including the failed ZWave device will work after this initial lag & failure.
Is this an ethernet to serial adapter problem? Does the USB to serial adapter do the same thing? I really like the ease of use of the ethernet based Z-Troller combo.
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