duck_man Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Just replaced 20 dimmers, 14 switches and 15 keypads with the new lighting and all of a sudden my Zigbee is very laggy and nonresponsive. Sometimes it works fine, sometimes there is a 5 to 10 second lag between button press and action. Seems about 50/50. I have not made any other major changes to the system, basically just duplicated all of the programming from the old stuff to the new. This is quite frustrating and makes the system a real pain to use.Another pain is that c4 would not let me replace my old dimmers with the adaptive ones and migrate all of the programming over. I had to redo it all.I have an hc800 so this should not be an issue. Zigbee strength shows good on all devices and I have never seen the processor top about 20 percent, so it doesn't seem to be a system resource issue. I also noticed huge lag in Composer when doing anything - if I click on an item it can take 5 to 20 seconds to display the properties. I have restored the processor, redone the zigbee network, everything. Reinstalled coposer, tried a different computer, etc.Anyone else see this kind of situation with the new lighting? I'm tempted to put the old stuff back in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duck_man Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 Just noticed my spellchecker doesn't know Zigbee and changed it to Zimmer. Stupid. Sent from my SGH-I747M using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMHarman Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Have you checked to see if all your summers are updated to the latest firmware. I've seen others say that is a problem the network sees a lot of traffic with the update packets and the fail reboot etc. Sent from my LT26i using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Not sure on the system resource, but you should have looked closer as the system very much DOES allow you to have a new type device added and have it 'take over' an existing older style light......including all connections, scenes and programming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 ^ thats correct.......i have done it several times works great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duck_man Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 It would let me change an old switch for a new switch but would not let me replace an old regular dimmer for a new adaptive phase dimmer. Oh well, it gave me the opportunity to streamline and fine tune some things. Sent from my SGH-I747M using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 its on the new dimmers properties page all the way down at the bottom, u have to scroll to hit the tab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 But you do have to make sure you have all your zimmers and summers up to date Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdvr Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I heard summer 2.014 is in early beta. Can't wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 No kidding, we just had -38F windshield here last week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duck_man Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 OK, so a few days later and still the same issues. Great strength on all zigbee devices, still the random lag in button response and slowness in composer. This has only appeared since the new lighting went in. Flawless until I replaced the old stuff. All new stuff - dimmers, switches and keypads - look to be on the same s/w version. This lag is very irritating. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 have u tried restarting zserver2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duck_man Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 Fixed, I think. 2 things seem to have contributed to this dilemma. First, my wifi and Zigbee Re on 'auto' channel. They both ended up on Channel 1. Moved Zigbee to 25, helped a bit. Also had a driver I forgot about buried in my project called 'Always At Home' hat I've been trying out - it monitors lights and av usage and plays it back while you are away to replicate an occupied house. It was looking for the old lights I replaced and seemed to bog down the mesh. I deleted it and it seems like we are running normally. Sent from my SGH-I747M using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Yes, WiFi and ZigBee off course can interfere. More importantly the 'always at home' driver is (or was, may have been fixed since) known to not follow all conventions causing the system to start a back-up not only too often, but starting then delaying the back-up because the driver calls for writing persistent data again and again (putting the started process on hold, which means a single 'save' can all of a sudden take several minutes in the worst cases).The system will queue commands received in that period untill it is done saving, which creates a 'lag'. The driver looking for lights no longer then can certainly aggrevate that as well, perhaps even to a point where it was not noticeable untill the change. Hope it is indeed fixed for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kajphotos Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Just a quick question ! How and were do you change or even see what Chanel you ziggbee is on and can it be changed in composer HE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 ComposerPro only, part of the zigbee setup/edit zigbee option on controllers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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