All neighbor rating is: Poor

[Irishman]

Most if not all my nodes have always been rated as "poor".
I have tried numerous types of optimizing but no difference.
Below is a typical example with a node that is only abut 10 feet from the controller.

Auditing node 27 (Node 27 Family Room Blind 1 Node 27 Blind 1) ...
HomeSeer was able to send a frame to the node.
HomeSeer was able to query the node and receive information back from it.
The node's neighbor rating is: Poor with 12 neighbors.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[George]

Try this:

On each of those devices do this:

• Test Connectivity
• Audit this Node
• Optimize (NOT Full Optimize)
• Audit again and you should see more and stronger neighbors.

Again, you may have to run a couple iterations as the first couple you do are not in the routing tables. Start from the inside out and you should notice with each optimize each node will get better connectivity. Also, you may want to check out the "Nodes" list in the plugin and just see which devices are rated as a neighbor.

[Irishman]

Thanks George for the prompt reply.
I exactly followed your advise 6 times and below are the results.
The first entry was the original before starting optimization.
Node 3
Neighbors: 2, 5, 9, 10, 16, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 63, 66, 77, 78, 81, 82, 85 (Acceptable)
Neighbors: 2, 16, 33, 34, 35, 38, 63, 66, 77, 78, 81 (Poor)
Neighbors: 2, 16, 33, 34, 35, 38, 63, 66, 77, 78, 81 (Poor)
Neighbors: 2, 9, 16, 33, 34, 35, 38, 63, 66, 77, 78, 81 (Poor)
Neighbors: 2, 9, 16, 31, 33, 34, 35, 38, 63, 66, 77, 78, 81 (Poor)
Neighbors: 2, 9, 16, 33, 34, 35, 38, 63, 66, 77, 78, 81 (Poor)
Neighbors: 2, 9, 16, 33, 34, 35, 38, 63, 66, 77, 78, 81 (Poor)
I'm not sure how to interpret these results or the definition of "Poor".

[George]

Very weird unless they are all very far away. Each one should build off the other one.

A couple of questions.

What version of the Core Plugin are you running? And everything I said above should be done in Z-Wave Core not in Z-Wave UI.
In looking at your results, Node 3 has all those neighbors. What Z-Stick do you have or is this a Z-Net install?

[Irishman]

Z-wave Controller 3.0.10.0
Two Z-wave Interfaces (located in separate buildings)
All commands were executed from the HomeSeer GUI residing on the Windows10 Computer.
All Neighbor nodes are within 30 feet of Z-NetEthernet01 (Node 1) Interface.

Notice below, the next day, Node 3, an audit now shows "Excellent" rather than "Poor" and the Neighbors table remained the same. It is possible that a Windows update forced a reboot within that time frame, if that is even significant.

I then performed the same test with the adjacent Blind 4 Node 7 located next to Blind 5 Node 3
Similar to the previous test the day before on Node 3, notice before starting optimizations Node 7's rating was "Excellent" and after optimizing was degraded to 'Acceptable".
Can you recommend an article that explains how HomeSeer arrives at these these ratings and why the ratings would change but the table remained the same?

HomeSeer was able to send a frame to the node.
HomeSeer was able to query the node and receive information back from it.
The node's neighbor rating is: Excellent with 12 neighbors.
Neighboring nodes to Node 3 Living Room Blind 5 Node 3 Blind 5:
Node 2 Utility Room Hot Tub Power Monitor Node 2 (Node 2)
Node 9 Utility Room FC Home Power Monitor Node 9 (Node 9)
Node 16 Hall Way Curio Node 16 (Node 16)
Node 33 Back Deck Recessed Lights Node 33 (Node 33)
Node 34 Side Parking Recessed Lights Node 34 (Node 34)
Node 35 Front Outside Dimmer Node 35 (Node 35)
Node 38 Front Entrance Home Foyer Node 38 (Node 38)
Node 63 Pond Area PondWater1 Node 63 (Node 63)
Node 66 Z-Wave Aeon Labs Repeater Slave Node 66 (Node 66)
Node 77 Porte Cochere Node 77 West LED Strip (Node 77)
Node 78 Porte Cochere Node 78 East LED Strip (Node 78)
Node 81 Front Entrance Home AC Switch Node 81 (Node 81)
This node supports associations on the following groups:
Group 1:
Node 1 Family Room Z-NetEthernet01 (Node 1)

Full Name: Node 7 Living Room Blind 4 Node 7
Neighbors: 1, 2, 9, 16, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 63, 77, 81, 85 (Excellent) Before starting optimization tests.
Neighbors: 10, 16, 33, 34, 35, 38, 63, 66, 77, 81, 85 (Acceptable)
Neighbors: 10, 16, 33, 34, 35, 38, 63, 66, 77, 81 (Acceptable)
Neighbors: (poor)
Neighbors: 10, 16, 34, 35, 38, 63, 66, 77, 78, 81, 85 (Acceptable)
Neighbors: 9, 10, 16, 33, 34, 35, 38, 63, 66, 77, 81 (Acceptable)
Neighbors: 10, 16, 33, 34, 35, 38, 63, 66, 77, 81 (Acceptable)

HomeSeer was able to send a frame to the node.
HomeSeer was able to query the node and receive information back from it.
The node's neighbor rating is: Acceptable with 10 neighbors.
Neighboring nodes to Node 7 Living Room Blind 4 Node 7 Blind 4:
Node 10 Building 3 Bay 1, 2 & 3 Node 10 (Node 10)
Node 16 Hall Way Curio Node 16 (Node 16)
Node 33 Back Deck Recessed Lights Node 33 (Node 33)
Node 34 Side Parking Recessed Lights Node 34 (Node 34)
Node 35 Front Outside Dimmer Node 35 (Node 35)
Node 38 Front Entrance Home Foyer Node 38 (Node 38)
Node 63 Pond Area PondWater1 Node 63 (Node 63)
Node 66 Z-Wave Aeon Labs Repeater Slave Node 66 (Node 66)
Node 77 Porte Cochere Node 77 West LED Strip (Node 77)
Node 81 Front Entrance Home AC Switch Node 81 (Node 81)
This node supports associations on the following groups:
Group 1:
Node 1 Family Room Z-NetEthernet01 (Node 1)