I am back at using Homey in my home after using a Fibaro HC3 for some years. “Back in the days” when I was using a Homey (in 2019) you had to put in a “delay” between every light you wanted to turn on (like a 2-3 sec delay between every action) in a Flow. At the beginning of my new “Era” with Homey…

[image] Borgen: In a normal Flow for z-wave lights that turns on 5-6 lights, is it needed to put in a delay between every “turn on” action? I hope they fixed that issue once and for all, but I really don’t know. Instead you can create and use a group device for switching multiple lights. …

There seems to be a general issue for several users here: [image] Homey pro 2023 - zwave too much traffic error? Questions & Help I had a perfectly working homey pro 2023 with about 45 zwave devices. Since today, the zwave is not really working anymore as I get an error: …

Yes, I have seen that… not looking good and hope they solve it… But regardless of that issue, when Homey are working as it should…. In a normal Flow for z-wave lights that turns on 5-6 lights, is it needed to put in a delay between every “turn on” action?

@Peter_Kawa Good tip! I really like the Daisy Chain advanced flow method, smart also to add the method if one “fails”it continues to the next! So in this Daisy Chain method you don’t need to put in a “delay”after each is turned on I assume?

Thanks! Yea the error ‘nipple’ is ideal in these situations, this way it skips any erroring card. [image] Borgen: So in this Daisy Chain method you don’t need to put in a “delay”after each is turned on I assume? In theory you shouldn’t, while they’re not fired all at once. Of course you can …

[image] Peter_Kawa: In theory you shouldn’t, while they’re not fired all at once. @Peter_Kawa Works like a charm, now have a flow that turns on/off 15-20 different lights and have now tested it several times in a row without a single issue. Thanks for the help!

Are ”delay” needed when switching on/off multiple Lights in a Flow?

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Are ”delay” needed when switching on/off multiple Lights in a Flow?

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