# Homey Pro Zwave Stability Issues

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-zwave-stability-issues/107463>\
**Category:** Devices\
**Tags:** z-wave, homey-pro\
**Created:** [April 1, 2024, 7:22am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-zwave-stability-issues/107463 "2024-04-01T07:22:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-zwave-stability-issues/107463/3 "2024-04-01T23:04:34Z")

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Next to Jan’s good advice (6 meters is most probably too far away for Homey’s zwave signal),  
this word alerted me:

> [@Brett\_Hose](#):
>
> Aeotec

I’ve read several posts about these things ruining your mesh, because they’re very ‘chatty’.  
Try to increase the intervals, avoid "every 1 second’ check-intervals and such;  
Here’s an excellent explanation and howto:

> [@Homey Pro 2023 Zwave issues](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-2023-zwave-issues/79656/38):
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> found the same situation with my Aeotec switches. They were sending a large number (hundreds per minute) of messages all related to metering which flooded the z-wave network and made it unresponsive for other control signals.
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> 2023-05-18T21:31:15.278Z  
> Node[33]: [COMMAND\_CLASS\_METER] {“Properties1 (Raw)”:{“type”:“Buffer”,“data”:[161]},“Properties1”:{“Meter Type”:1,“Rate Type”:1,“Scale bit 2”:true},“Properties2 (Raw)”:{“type”:“Buffer”,“data”:[108]},“Properties2”:{“Size”:4,“Scale bits 10”:1,“Precision”:3},“Meter Value (Raw)”:{“type”:“Buffer”,“data”:[0,0,0,10]},“Meter Value”:{“type”:“Buffer”,“data”:[0,0,0,10]},“Delta Time (Raw)”:{“type”:“Buffer”,“data”:[0,0]},“Delta Time”:0}
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> Since these messages were all related to reporting meters, I experimented a bit with the advanced settings of the switches and was able to turn off the meter reports temporarily.
> 
> This seems to have calmed down the messages and made the network responsive again.
> 
> Athom Technical Support also recommended to tweak the interval times of the reports. I changed that setting too for good measure.
> 
> I have the following Aeotec devices
> 
> - Nano Dimmer (ZW111-B)
> - Nano Switch (ZW116-B)
> - Nano Dual Switch (ZW-132-B)
> 
> Their advanced settings all look a little different but here is one example for a Dual Switch (they were sending the most messages in my case)
> 
> ![IMG_4440](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/5/9/59c033a473346f79eee7e940a6a82054c99e4c0f.jpeg)
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> The red circles disable the reports, the blue circle reduces the report intervals (the value was set to 34, I’m assuming these are seconds, but I definitely got more than two messages / min out of these devices).
> 
> I modified all my switches through the homey iPhone app settings. Then unplugged homey for 10 minutes and turned it back on.
> 
> The devices are much less chatty now, the Rx numbers are in the hundreds (before they could go into hundred thousands) and my z-wave network is as responsive as with the old Homey Po, if not quicker because of the faster processing.
> 
> Eventually I would like power metering back, but this seems like an acceptable compromise for now until Athom and/or Aeotec can fix these issues.

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