Polling All Devices

[jbfoster]

I have been looking all morning here on the Forum but couldn't find what I needed.

Is there a way to poll all devices on startup? if so will battery devices be polled?

The reason for this is when HS3 is down for any reason and a device changes state and when HS3 restarts the status icon for that device is wrong. Once the device is used then it's back in sync with HS3. Example: hall light is off then HS3 goes down. Someone turns on the hall light using the switch. HS3 restarts but shows the light is still off. Once someone uses the light switch again then it's in sync.

Thanks
Jim

[randy]

I use a script that will go through all devices and initiate a poll if it is a Z-Wave device.

sub Main(ByVal Parm As Object)

    Try
        'run through the enumerator, remove the location two strings
        Dim PollResult As New HomeSeerAPI.IPlugInAPI.PollResultInfo 
        Dim dv As Scheduler.Classes.DeviceClass
        Dim EN As Scheduler.Classes.clsDeviceEnumeration
        Dim dvRef
        EN = hs.GetDeviceEnumerator

        Do
            dv = EN.GetNext
            If dv Is Nothing Then Continue Do
               System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(50)
               If dv.Interface(Nothing).ToLower = "z-wave" Then
               dvRef = hs.GetDeviceRefByName(dv.Name(Nothing))             
               PollResult = hs.PluginFunction("Z-Wave", "", "PollDevice", {dvRef})  
               hs.writelog("Polling", "Device: " & dv.Name(Nothing) & " (" & dv.Ref(nothing) & ")") 
            End If

        Loop Until EN.Finished

    Catch ex As Exception : hs.writelog("Device Clear", "Exception: " & ex.message)
    End Try

End Sub

It will create a log entry for each device it polls. I run it delayed for a couple of minutes after startup so the system has a chance to settle a bit before polling. I don't know if it will queue battery devices for polling, but it should the next time they wake up.

[jbfoster]

I have never done a script before, where do I put this code? Can I put the above script in an event then call the event on startup?

Thanks
Jim

[randy]

First you highlight and copy the text from the above code



Paste it into Notepad



Click on File>Save As...



Make sure and Safe as type: All Files so you can save it with a .vb extension - this is required for scripts. Give it a name, here I chose pollZwave.vb. The script needs to be in HomeSeer HS3/scripts. Either save it there or save it locally and copy it there.

Then create an Event to run it. Here I made one that is Manually triggered. Then the Action is Run a Script or Script Command. Then click on "Edit" and select the script you just saved.




Click "Submit"



Then collapse the Action and you have an Event.



This Event can be run manually or from another Event. If you want to launch it with a delay of 2 minutes, add this line in your startup script at the bottom just before "End Sub"

hs.DelayTrigger (120, "Poll all Z-Wave")

This line will run the Event 2 minutes after HS is started.

[jbfoster]

Ok I think it is working. Now I need a way to start the event from startup. I have seen this but not sure where to put in the startup.vb.

hs.TriggerEvent ("Startup")

[randy]

Ok I think it is working. Now I need a way to start the event from startup. I have seen this but not sure where to put in the startup.vb.

hs.TriggerEvent ("Startup")

I wrote in the above post

This Event can be run manually or from another Event. If you want to launch it with a delay of 2 minutes, add this line in your startup script at the bottom just before "End Sub"

hs.DelayTrigger (120, "Poll all Z-Wave")

This line will run the Event 2 minutes after HS is started.

hs.TriggerEvent will run it immediately and it is likely the Z-Wave controller will not be fully initialized at startup.

[jbfoster]

Just noticed something. Not sure when it started but my GE hall light switch has an issue. If I use the switch to turn on the hall light the light does come on but the status icon in HS and imperihome does not change. If I turn on the light using my echo both imperihome and HS icon updates. If use HS or Imperihome the icon updates. Any idea why the icon does not update when using the switch?

[jbfoster]

I wrote in the above post

hs.TriggerEvent will run it immediately and it is likely the Z-Wave controller will not be fully initialized at startup.

If I do it this way, won't I have to start the event manually? I want the event to start automatically when Homeseer starts.

Jim

[jbfoster]

Nevermind... I am a dumbnass. I read your post and now see it.

[jbfoster]

Just noticed something. Not sure when it started but my GE hall light switch has an issue. If I use the switch to turn on the hall light the light does come on but the status icon in HS and imperihome does not change. If I turn on the light using my echo both imperihome and HS icon updates. If use HS or Imperihome the icon updates. Any idea why the icon does not update when using the switch?

I just checked all my devices but battery devices are doing this. Could the script have done something? If so how do I fix it?

Thanks
Jim

[randy]

Just noticed something. Not sure when it started but my GE hall light switch has an issue. If I use the switch to turn on the hall light the light does come on but the status icon in HS and imperihome does not change. If I turn on the light using my echo both imperihome and HS icon updates. If use HS or Imperihome the icon updates. Any idea why the icon does not update when using the switch?

It is likely a switch that does not support instant status like a Linear, GE, Jasco, etc. A GE or Jasco will support "pseudo instant status" but only if it has a direct path to the controller. Z-Wave plus switches and dimmers (like HomeSeer) support instant status. What kind of switch is it?

[randy]

I just checked all my devices but battery devices are doing this. Could the script have done something? If so how do I fix it?

Thanks
Jim

It is possible that the queue is full after all the polling, especially if you have a lot of devices and/or a slower controller. Polling creates a lot of traffic. Give it about 15 minutes and see if they are working again.

[jbfoster]

It is possible that the queue is full after all the polling, especially if you have a lot of devices and/or a slower controller. Polling creates a lot of traffic. Give it about 15 minutes and see if they are working again.

Waited 30 minutes. still the same thing. I deleted the event and restarted the PC. Still the same thing.

[randy]

Waited 30 minutes. still the same thing. I deleted the event and restarted the PC. Still the same thing.

I don't know what is happening. The polling through the script is the same as polling through the Device Manager, from an Event or by scheduled polling. None of those would have anything to do with devices reporting. Is there a chance polling is disabled in the Z-Wave configuration?



I have run that script dozens of times over the last several months without a problem.

[jbfoster]

I don't know what is happening. The polling through the script is the same as polling through the Device Manager, from an Event or by scheduled polling. None of those would have anything to do with devices reporting. Is there a chance polling is disabled in the Z-Wave configuration?



I have run that script dozens of times over the last several months without a problem.

Yes there is a check mark in Enable Polling