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The Z-Wave poller app corrects a polling issue with certain Z-Wave devices that do not display their state properly. The only affects select non-plus Z-wave devices. To determine if your Z-Wave device is a candidate for Z-Wave poller, active your device manually and while you watch your logs. If the device does not register a change of stat in the logs, it is a candidate for Z-Wave Poller. If the device does register a change in the logs, there is no need to use the Poller.  
 
The Z-Wave poller app corrects a polling issue with certain Z-Wave devices that do not display their state properly. The only affects select non-plus Z-wave devices. To determine if your Z-Wave device is a candidate for Z-Wave poller, active your device manually and while you watch your logs. If the device does not register a change of stat in the logs, it is a candidate for Z-Wave Poller. If the device does register a change in the logs, there is no need to use the Poller.  
  
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'''To use the Z-wave Poller:'''
  
 
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#Load/Open the Z-Wave Poller app in your Hubitat Web Interface.
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#Use the ''Select Dimmers to Poll'' dropdown menu to choose the Z-Wave dimmers you would like to poll, then click ''update''.
 
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#Use the ''Select Switches to Poll'' dropdown menu to choose the Z-Wave switches you would like to poll, then click ''update''.
If you activate the device physically and the device doesn't update the driver state, then it could be a candidate for polling.
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#When your devices are selected, click ''Start polling for selected devices''. You can pause Z-Wave polling at any time by opening the app and clicking ''Stop All Poling''.
 
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#To assist with troubleshooting, you can toggle on ''Enable Logging''
If you activate the device physically and it updates the driver correctly, then do not poll it.
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#When you are finished, click ''Done''.
 
 
There are many many non plus devices that report correctly.
 

Revision as of 15:21, 7 November 2018

The Z-Wave poller app corrects a polling issue with certain Z-Wave devices that do not display their state properly. The only affects select non-plus Z-wave devices. To determine if your Z-Wave device is a candidate for Z-Wave poller, active your device manually and while you watch your logs. If the device does not register a change of stat in the logs, it is a candidate for Z-Wave Poller. If the device does register a change in the logs, there is no need to use the Poller.

To use the Z-wave Poller:

  1. Load/Open the Z-Wave Poller app in your Hubitat Web Interface.
  2. Use the Select Dimmers to Poll dropdown menu to choose the Z-Wave dimmers you would like to poll, then click update.
  3. Use the Select Switches to Poll dropdown menu to choose the Z-Wave switches you would like to poll, then click update.
  4. When your devices are selected, click Start polling for selected devices. You can pause Z-Wave polling at any time by opening the app and clicking Stop All Poling.
  5. To assist with troubleshooting, you can toggle on Enable Logging
  6. When you are finished, click Done.