Greetings All,
First, a huge thank you to Gene and the other contributors to this project. You all have done some amazing work here!
Secondly, I am a complete noob to Z-Wave & HomeGenie and suspect my issue is user error but have not found anything in the forums that related to my problem so am wondering if this is a fault with my hardware.
My setup:
- Windows 7 OS
- HomeGenie r421
- Aeon Z-Stick Series 2 Controller
- 1 - Aeon MultiSensor
- 2 - GE/Jasco Relay Switches (45609)
- 1 - GE Appliance Module (45603)
Everything works as it should (all modules are recognized, automation works, sensor data & switch positions are received, etc.), IF, 1) The MultiSensor is powered externally or, 2) the MultiSensor is within a few meters of the controller. I am unable to get the MultiSensor to communicate under battery power away from the controller. (Battery level is over 90%.) Thinking the sensor will communicate through one of my switches, I tried placing the sensor close (less than 1 m) to each of them. No joy. I tried removing the sensor & switch nodes from HG and adding them back. No joy. I tried waking up the sensor when I was close to the appliance module and saw the event recorded in the console, however no sensor data was received after that. When I walked the sensor within a few meters of the controller a few hours later, sensor data began flowing normally.
From reading some of the forums from other Z-Wave solution providers this sounds like it may be a routing issue but given my Z-Wave ignorance I will not speculate further.
Any suggestions on where to go from here is greatly appreciated!
