# Fibaro Double Switch not working correctly (and maybe Z-wave and/or Zigbee network issues)

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/fibaro-double-switch-not-working-correctly-and-maybe-z-wave-and-or-zigbee-network-issues/65237>\
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**Created:** [June 29, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/fibaro-double-switch-not-working-correctly-and-maybe-z-wave-and-or-zigbee-network-issues/65237 "2022-06-29T18:13:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zowieke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/f17d59/32.png) [@Zowieke](https://community.homey.app/u/Zowieke)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/fibaro-double-switch-not-working-correctly-and-maybe-z-wave-and-or-zigbee-network-issues/65237/1 "2022-06-29T18:13:11Z")

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Hi all,

I have a question about Fibaro devices acting weird and possibly the z-wave network.

I have several Fibaro double switches. They worked without issues.  
But recently I discovered that some time ago (possibly months) they started having issues. I noticed it recently when I discovered that the power consumption on one of them was stuck. It displayed the same number all the time, while that is not possible, and the Homey app indicated it was update “a year ago”.

What I now can see is that when I open the advanced settings for S1 on the switch, it displays all settings and information as it should. And I can change them.  
But when I do the same for the S2 switch, there are no settings at all. Even not the S2 related settings, which should be there.

I restarted Homey several times. Updated to the last version. Removed a double switch from Homey and re-added it again. All without positive result.  
Though, the switch I re-added seems to be displaying the power consumption correctly now. But S2 settings cannot be changed.

When I take a look at the Developer Tools ([Homey Developer Tools](https://tools.developer.homey.app/tools/zwave)), the S2 switches are not shown. And there is an Unknown Node, for which I do not know which it is. Heal and Test do nothing, except errors (e.g. REQUEST\_NEIGHBOR\_UPDATE\_FAILED, Node 17 is unreachable or [object Object]).

Also switching to the Zigbee page on the Developer Tools results in errors, though all devices (nodes) are there, but without routes (all question marks, except for 1 device) and starting Inverview does nothing, except Interviewing without result or message.

What is going on? Is my Z-Wave network broken? And Zigbee maybe too?  
Is there anything I can do?

Help is appreciated.  
Thanks in advance.

Zowieke

Homey version: 8.0.1  
Homey model: Early 2016  
App version: 6.11.5.956  
Fibaro app version: 3.4.1

Other apps and devices using Z-wave:  
BeNext (P1 dongle), which seems to be working without issues  
Other apps and devices using Zigbee:  
Aqara, frient, Philips Hue, Osram Lightify

S1 settings

 ![IMG_3455.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/5/8/58efc119b6658e5bc4838e090a102ed590b6eb9e.jpeg)

S1 settings device info at bottom

 ![IMG_3456.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/6/e/6e2d8e924578c0d30619baf790acc383bda1c446.jpeg)

S2 settings, well not much of a settings page

 ![IMG_3457.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/7/6/7698aec7b8558ba336024444fee5015c3839da6d.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Caseda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/caseda/32/138695_2.png) [@Caseda](https://community.homey.app/u/Caseda)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/fibaro-double-switch-not-working-correctly-and-maybe-z-wave-and-or-zigbee-network-issues/65237/2 "2022-06-29T20:49:34Z")

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This isn’t just **a** question though 😛 long question needs long answers:  
Though if you searched your questions you most likely would have found them all, they are all answered many times before, with exception of the S2 device questions.

> [@Zowieke](#):
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> But when I do the same for the S2 switch, there are no settings at all. Even not the S2 related settings, which should be there.

S2 is a so called “child device” and is only a **virtual device** that is internally bound to the S2 input and Q2 output (also just an _end point_ in the z-wave device).  
a child device can’t have settings as settings need to be send to the _main node_, which the S1 “device” is, technically S1’s endpoint could have a virtual device too, but that would be _exactly_ the same as the main node’s behaviour, so Homey doesn’t expose that one.

If a value is stuck then it indeed is probably either being too far away (directly connected most users have a maximum of 7 meters with _Nothing_ in between, this lowers a lot if there is something in between), or _something_ is interfering with the device’s signal, there are many, many things that can do that.  
Z-wave is a mesh network, so if you have (many) multiple mains powered devices, they should create a mesh to communicate together, just look into the Main Node list in the developer tools to see what connections are there.

> [@Zowieke](#):
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> When I take a look at the Developer Tools ([Homey Developer Tools](https://tools.developer.homey.app/tools/zwave)), the S2 switches are not shown.

As said above, S2 is just a virtual device, only _main nodes_ are being displayed here.

> [@Zowieke](#):
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> And there is an Unknown Node, for which I do not know which it is. Heal and Test do nothing, except errors (e.g. REQUEST\_NEIGHBOR\_UPDATE\_FAILED, Node 17 is unreachable).

Unknown node = a _failed to include device_, when you press “test” and it is deemed _unreachable_, then you click “remove”, and the unknown node is gone, if it is reachable you’ll have to find the culprit device in real life, and take it’s power off and repeat the steps.  
Technically you don’t really have to bother as it won’t hurt anything in the mesh/system.

> [@Zowieke](#):
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> Also switching to the Zigbee page on the Developer Tools results in errors, though all devices (nodes) are there, but without routes (all question marks, except for 1 device) and starting Inverview does nothing, except Interviewing without result or message.

Zigbee routes can take **several days** to show the route on the developer page with Homey for some reason.
