Hi ,

My eisy/ZMatter Z-Wave occasionally crashes. IoX stays up and the Admin Console shows Z-Wave as not responding.

Is there a native IoX condition, system status, or REST endpoint that exposes the Z-Wave controller connected/not-connected state so I can trigger a notification? I’d prefer to keep it entirely on the eisy. I tried querying Z-Wave endpoints, but the query doesn't reliably fail:

ZW Canary Poll - [ID 0093][Parent 0082][Not Enabled]

If

From 12:00:00AM

For 24 hours

Then

Repeat Every 5 minutes

Set 'Main House / Outlets / ZY 083 OutletZ02 (Blue)' Query

Set 'Main House / Outlets / ZY 081 OutletZ01 (Red)' Query

Wait 30 seconds

Run Program 'ZW Down State' (If)

Else

- No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

Check your connection between the eisy and the Zwave dongle. If the dongle is plugged directly into a usb port try using a short usb cable to take the strain off the usb port on the eisy.

Hmmm. I hadn't even considered that and the dongle is "hanging" a bit from the eisy. Very insightful. Bought a 1ft USB extension and will report back,

Thanks!

Is it advisable to mount the Zwave antenna remote from an extension? I recently turned the eisy a bit to get over a couple missed calls from my Schlage doors. I noted also at the same time that eisy was rather warm. I'm guessing that is the nature of the beast!

Both my Zwave dongles come from originally being internal boards on a Polisy, so I ended up making my own enclosures which are on USB extension cables. Works very well. If you already have it as a dongle, a simple USB male-female extension should be easy to get.