Long delay for trigger from Vizia RF+ button push

[pbeaulieu]

I have an OmniPro II with a Leviton VRCOP for controlling my Leviton Vizia RF+ switches.

I have written the following simple program:

1. WHEN Laundry ON
THEN Mud Room Light ON

When I turn on the Laundry light it takes 5+ seconds before the Mud Room light comes on. This seems a bit long.

Is this normal?

If not normal, any suggestions on what is wrong or what I should check?

 

[etc6849]

Not normal; there should be 1.5 seconds at worst for the two way feedback from light #1.

I'd read over the documents below if troubleshooting the zwave network. If you have a way to attach a PC to the serial port of the OmniPro II, I would ensure the delay isn't the OmniPro by using a terminal client; I'm not sure how to go about this though since you'd also need the VRC0P connected too.

I suspect it's a zwave network issue and that you should the steps outlined in the Leviton documentation (DOC-2394 especially). The issue I think you are having is it takes some time for light #1 to respond back to the OmniPro II so that light #2 can come on. I'm assuming light #1 comes on instantly? You probably shouldn't depend on the two way feedback if you perfrom the steps in the docs and have no success... Perhaps a motion sensor or some other trigger would work better?

For the OP: here's some good Leviton docs to read on Vizia RF+ line:
www.leviton.com/OA_HTML/ibcGetAttachment.jsp?cItemId=QkbO1wWYMFldB9QOkciU6Q&label=IBE&appName=IBE&minisite=10024

Definitely read this one to understand the basics of zwave (it's shorter too):
http://communities.leviton.com/docs/DOC-2394

VRC0P programming notes:
http://communities.leviton.com/docs/DOC-2392

VRCOP protocol:
http://communities.leviton.com/docs/DOC-2407

I have an OmniPro II with a Leviton VRCOP for controlling my Leviton Vizia RF+ switches.

I have written the following simple program:

1. WHEN Laundry ON
THEN Mud Room Light ON

When I turn on the Laundry light it takes 5+ seconds before the Mud Room light comes on. This seems a bit long.

Is this normal?

If not normal, any suggestions on what is wrong or what I should check?

 

[pbeaulieu]

Thanks for the references. I have gone over them. I also have the new Vizia RF+ installer. I also was able to hookup the VRCOP to my laptop using the rs232 cable.

First I did a rediscover network. Then updated all the controllers. Then reconfigured the rs232.

Using the laptop I was able to see that lights that are direct neighbors update the rs232 faster then if they are 2 or more hops away. Most of the time the updates are 1-1.5sec but sometimes longer.

I'm not currently planning on any control based on lights turning on. So this is somewhat of an academic exercise. However, the system is brand new and so I would rather figure this out now.

Any other hints or explanations on how the HAI and VRCOP link work would be great.

 

[etc6849]

If your laptop shows 1-1.5 second updates, it sounds like the zwave stuff is working (e.g. the simmers are associated properly). I don't think there's anyway to get it faster than 1-1.5 seconds. I have a large 39 node network and that's about what I always get on updates.

One thing I'd suggest is removing the non-Vizia RF devices from the network and following the associate and rediscover steps again. I've noticed some non-Vizia RF switches slow my feedback to > 3 seconds. I now keep two networks, one for non-Vizia RF stuff and one for Vizia RF stuff. This means two VRC0P's, but I think it's worth it to ensure proper updates.