Optimise Z-wave network via script?

Can the new optimisation function in v7 be called from a python script?

With a large network, and the benefit of slowly rebuilding outwards with powered devices, and then optimising the battery devices, it would be really useful to manage the process from a script, calling individual devices in the above sequence as defined for your particular network.

[matt (support)]

Yes, but there are limitations:

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# Start a Z-Wave network optimization
indigo.zwave.startNetworkOptimize(nodeId)
# (nodeId argument is optional - if not specified then the entire network will be optimized)

# And to stop a previously started Z-Wave network optimization
indigo.zwave.stopNetworkOptimize()

The limitation being that there isn't currently any queuing mechanism for calling startNetworkOptimize() multiple times. That is, if you call it multiple times and the previous optimization isn't finished then it will be cancelled. Unfortunately, there isn't currently an API or property exposed to be able to tell if an optimization is currently running. So there isn't a good way to (from a script) wait for the optimization to finish before calling it again. The only approach would be to wait N minutes, where N is a number you approximate to be large enough for the optimization to finish.

Matt, really helpful reply ... thank you.

It does raise another question in my mind - what options are there for monitoring and responding directly to the output put into the log, as the status of the optimisation process is written to the log. I guess this could be written as a user defined script but is there anything embedded in Indigo.
A more general but related question, is there any way of filtering the log within Indigo itself, rather than just in Indigo Touch, and in particular a way of flagging and responding to red error lines (e.g. send a warning email with a copy of the offending error).

Really liking Indigo 7.
Regards,
Geoff

[matt (support)]

This forum thread has some information on how a plugin can subscribe to log messages.

We have lots of logging requests on our feature request list (including improved filtering), but no ETA as to when they will be implemented.

How can I update only not battery powered devices or a list of devices?

This only triggers for "device 1":

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indigo.zwave.startNetworkOptimize(1,2,3)


OK, this works (not sure about the wait time...):

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id = 0
import time


for device in indigo.devices:
    if device.batteryLevel == None and device.enabled and str(device.protocol) == "ZWave":
        indigo.server.log(str(device.protocol))
        id_old = id
        id = device.address
        if id != id_old:
            indigo.zwave.startNetworkOptimize(id)
            time.sleep(60)


[matt (support)]

There isn't a great way to do this currently, short of trying to guess a long enough sleep interval as you've done. On the feature request list already is to improve the startNetworkOptimize() or at least provide an attribute on the zwave object so you can see if it is currently optimizing the network (so you can poll the value every few seconds to know when you can start the next optimization).

It would also be good to retry when failed.

Any news on the feature to see if the optimisation is active?

[matt (support)]

Still on the feature request / ToDo list. It is pending some additional plumbing being added that will allow better script <-> plugin (and plugin<->plugin) communication.