Extending Smart Home Net with HCL

[ggoetz56 9]

Hi, 

Im looking for a best practice or How to extend my mesh Net with a HCL. 

I find some basic information about how to integrate a secondary controller (slave) and how to configure HCL.

 

But the quest is integration in an existing meshnet. What is with already included devices? Which one should if bind with the HCL or is HCL just a "rangeextender". 

So it would be fine if some who already has done integration give me some practical advice.

As I mentioned in an other threat  I have issues extending my net. Some "Key-Devices" which i suppose to be a routing device accept no more additional devices to route. Two reports [ ] for lastworking route and one has already 4 devices in LastWorkingRoute table. 

 

O.T. Did someone remember HARPOs - Horoskope (1976). I feel a bit like that. 

 

Gerhard

 

 

Edited August 14, 2018 by ggoetz56

[Thomasn 77]

A HCL can be used as a mesh network extender and even speed up scenes because scenes can be executed in the HCL close to the physical device. But it is a rather expensive extender. You can buy designated z-wave extenders for around 20-25 Euros.

[ggoetz56 9]

Thanks for your response. I find that I have to exclude devices on HC2 to include in HCL later. 

But I'm very pleased with HCL. It works rather transparent with HC2 in my z-wave net.