Hi. Basically, the lock is working OK except for very fast battery depletion (a few weeks) in case of Z-Wave module activation.
Per Yale - it's a controller issue.
Talked with the distributor support (vesternet), very informative. The problem is well known.
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Hi Maxim,
It might be worth asking Indigo if there's some low level debugging that you can do?
Or maybe since you mentioned that you have other Yale locks, perhaps swap the new module to one of the old locks and see if that makes a difference?
You could also try the module in a different Z-Wave controller if you have access to one and see if it behaves the same way.
Of course, there's no problem in returning the module for replacement if you believe that it's faulty, but I suspect that a replacement will behave in exactly the same way as that's been my experience so far with other customers that have had the same problem.
Regards,
Martyn Wendon
Technical Support Manager
Vesternet
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On Tue, 5 Jun at 12:25 PM , Maxim Shaposhnikov <shapa@me.com> wrote:
Hi Martyn,
First of all, thank you for the detailed description.
The controller is Indigo Domotics plus uzb1
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On 5 Jun 2018, at 11:45, Martyn Wendon <techsupport@vesternet.com> wrote:
Hi Maxim,
Yes we've had some reports of battery issues but it seems to be random and also dependant on the Z-Wave controller that you are using.
We've been in contact with Yale for the past few months over the issue but after repeated testing at low level we've not been able to highlight any specific problem on the lock or module side.
I was actually experiencing the issue myself with my own Conexis L1 with the SmartThings controller ..... the batteries would die after 2-3 days maximum. Yale insisted it was a problem with the SmartThings implementation, but SmartThings seemed to be denying any issue on their end.
I ended up modifying the SmartThings device handler to remove all unnecessary communication and add more logging but I still couldn't find anything that stood out as being the cause.
But then magically the issue went away following a SmartThings Hub update ..... the last set of batteries are still showing 100% after nearly 3 weeks. SmartThings support insist that they haven't changed anything on their end, but I suspect that they made some changes at a low level, perhaps they were inadvertently trying to set the Z-Wave module in some mode it didn't like.
Which Z-Wave controller are you using?
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Martyn Wendon
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On Mon, 4 Jun at 12:40 PM , Maxim Shaposhnikov <shapa@me.com> wrote:
Hi!
The new lock is draining batteries very fast (2 weeks max) with the z-wave module (SD-M1100) installed.
Purchased from Vesternet (Order # 2052987571)
It seems like other people complaining as well, so it’s a common / massive issue.
https://www.vesternet.com/yale-smart-li ... -container
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yale-Smart-Doo ... B07965NDRN
I’ve got a few other Yale locks with z-wave and battery life is normally 1+ year.
Tried full lock reset with zero results.
Current firmware is 32.16
Could you please contact Yale (it should be easier to do as a partner / distributor) - it looks like an electronics design issue, may be the module must be replaced with a new revision?