Does controller instance assignment make a difference ?

[vinisz]

Hi,

When assigning the lifelife of a device to the controller, I have the choice between "plain association" instance or instance "1 till 16".
What are these instances for ? does it make a difference to which I assign them ?
My controller is UZB stick.

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[PoltoS]

Best is to use 0 (the default Z-Way does). 1-16 are for legacy devices

[vinisz]

Best is to use 0 (the default Z-Way does). 1-16 are for legacy devices

Ok , thanks Poltos. I see on quite some devices this configuration, so that is all wrong ? (and should only be lifeline reporting to instance "0" ?)

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[PoltoS]

Strange that Z-Way did that. If it is a Z-Wave Plus device, it should do only first group with 205.0.

May be it is some early Z-Wave Plus device with wrong description of Z-Wave Plus or it was done in older versions of Z-Way. Force interview and check what it does now

[vinisz]

Ok, I now reconfigured devices that had this wrong and indeed, with 205.0 on the lifeline, everything is working fine.. good status updates everywhere