Not sure if this a general Polisy question or specific to Zwave, so asking it here.

I've got some Zwave outlet modules that are only used for holiday decor and are unplugged and stored away the rest of the year. During this time, I'll have some programs that will send on/off commands as usual, to both the missing modules as well as to other modules that remain plugged in year-round.

Anyone know if there is a system-wide impact caused by Polisy sending commands to a Zwave module that doesn't exist? I'm not worried about reported errors for the missing module, but am worried about impacts on the rest of the system, like hanging programs or Zwave command delays to other modules.

You can leave the modules installed but you should probably disable the programs and the modules when you're not using them. This would circumvent the polisy from expecting a response from a non-existant module

Unfortunately the logic to turn the modules on and off is combined with logic to control devices that exist year-round. And I'd prefer to not make two separate programs.

Hence the original question.

I don't want to leave the modules installed (Zooz Zen04) because, when the holiday lights aren't up, they don't pass the WAF test.

1 minute ago, peterathans said:

they don't pass the WAF test

They shouldn't cause issues being missing as long as the programs continue to work and there are no errors causing the system to loop.

The underlying question is how strong is your z-wave network?

If you've gone okay since you took the holiday decore down (assuming ~10 months ago) then it's fine. Otherwise, these modules do help keep your z-wave network in a good mesh setup by being available to relay signals to other devices. The z-wave network will heal if/when these are missing. If these are outlet/plugs is there an out of the way area they could be "installed" to meet the WAF test?

8 minutes ago, peterathans said:

And I'd prefer to not make two separate programs.

Understood, but unless you've got hundreds of programs what is the risk of splitting them into a new program? Just copy existing and remove the items that aren't being used all year from one and the all year from the other program. If worried about impact they cause then splitting the program is super simple and probably more favorable to passing the WAF test than the alternative.

Thanks for the feedback.

Zwave network is great - the holiday modules aren't installed yet (new features being added this season) and the network has been great for years. So these new/temporary modules will only make it better (at least until January when they're removed).