Zigbee troubleshooting with chatty network

[jrjgoodman]

I've tried countless searches on forums, fb groups and reddit and shocked I can't find similar issues.

I have a small Zigbee network, details as follows:
Z2M 1.40.1
Sonoff Dongle-E
Firmware EmberZNet 7.4.3
8 devices

I'm finding battery power temp sensors are dropping off the network within days of being added, deleting and re-pairing solves the issue temporarily. Looking through the logs, I see the 2 x Tuya Energy meters are spamming the network, at last count 40 payloads sent within 1 second. I suspect this is flooding the network so much the smaller devices are dropping off?

Is there anything I can do to prevent this, or bulk up the network? Is there any reason these devices would be sending so many updates, or is it simply poor firmware?

Here is a small snippet from the logs

any help would be much appreciated

Info 2024-10-03 22:39:20z2m: Successfully changed options Info 2024-10-03 22:39:20z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/bridge/response/options', payload '{"data":{"restart_required":true},"status":"ok","transaction":"0t63x-1"}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:21z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.74,"energy":1516.55,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":152,"power":545,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":247.2}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:21z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.75,"energy":1516.55,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":152,"power":547,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":247.2}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:21z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/HP (a) and Solar (b)', payload '{"ac_frequency":49.04,"current_a":0.308,"current_b":0,"energy_a":0.01,"energy_b":0,"energy_flow_a":"producing","energy_flow_b":"consuming","energy_produced_a":429.68,"energy_produced_b":1590.01,"linkquality":176,"power_a":47.2,"power_ab":-47.2,"power_b":0,"power_factor_a":61,"power_factor_b":100,"timestamp_a":"2024-10-03T21:39:20.644Z","timestamp_b":"2024-10-03T21:39:20.880Z","update_frequency":10,"voltage":248.9}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:22z2m: Successfully changed options Info 2024-10-03 22:39:22z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/bridge/response/options', payload '{"data":{"restart_required":true},"status":"ok","transaction":"0t63x-2"}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:24z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.75,"energy":1516.55,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":156,"power":547,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":247.2}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:24z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.72,"energy":1516.55,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":152,"power":540,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":247.4}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:27z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.66,"energy":1516.55,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":152,"power":523,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":247.6}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:31z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.62,"energy":1516.55,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":152,"power":510,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":247.1}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:32z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/HP (a) and Solar (b)', payload '{"ac_frequency":49.06,"current_a":0.308,"current_b":0,"energy_a":0.01,"energy_b":0,"energy_flow_a":"producing","energy_flow_b":"consuming","energy_produced_a":429.68,"energy_produced_b":1590.01,"linkquality":180,"power_a":47.2,"power_ab":-47.2,"power_b":0,"power_factor_a":61,"power_factor_b":100,"timestamp_a":"2024-10-03T21:39:31.365Z","timestamp_b":"2024-10-03T21:39:31.598Z","update_frequency":10,"voltage":249}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:34z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.62,"energy":1516.55,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":152,"power":510,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":247.1}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:34z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.45,"energy":1516.55,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":152,"power":452,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":247.6}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:37z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.33,"energy":1516.55,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":152,"power":416,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":247.8}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:40z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Garage Door Switch', payload '{"linkquality":196,"state_l1":"OFF","state_l2":"OFF","state_l3":"OFF","state_l4":"OFF","state_l5":"ON","state_l6":"OFF","state_l7":"OFF","state_l8":"OFF"}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:40z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.33,"energy":1516.55,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":152,"power":416,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":247.8}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:40z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.32,"energy":1516.55,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":152,"power":411,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":247.8}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:43z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/HP (a) and Solar (b)', payload '{"ac_frequency":49.06,"current_a":0.308,"current_b":0,"energy_a":0.01,"energy_b":0,"energy_flow_a":"producing","energy_flow_b":"consuming","energy_produced_a":429.68,"energy_produced_b":1590.01,"linkquality":180,"power_a":47.3,"power_ab":-47.3,"power_b":0,"power_factor_a":61,"power_factor_b":100,"timestamp_a":"2024-10-03T21:39:42.089Z","timestamp_b":"2024-10-03T21:39:42.321Z","update_frequency":10,"voltage":249.4}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:43z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.32,"energy":1516.55,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":156,"power":411,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":247.8}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:43z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.35,"energy":1516.55,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":152,"power":419,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":247.9}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:46z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.34,"energy":1516.55,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":152,"power":418,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":247.8}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:50z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.34,"energy":1516.55,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":156,"power":418,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":247.8}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:50z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.34,"energy":1516.55,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":152,"power":418,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":248.3}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:53z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.35,"energy":1516.55,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":156,"power":421,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":248.4}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:53z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.35,"energy":1516.56,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":152,"power":421,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":248.4}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:53z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.35,"energy":1516.56,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":156,"power":421,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":248.4}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:54z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/HP (a) and Solar (b)', payload '{"ac_frequency":49.06,"current_a":0.306,"current_b":0,"energy_a":0.01,"energy_b":0,"energy_flow_a":"producing","energy_flow_b":"consuming","energy_produced_a":429.68,"energy_produced_b":1590.01,"linkquality":180,"power_a":47.2,"power_ab":-47.2,"power_b":0,"power_factor_a":61,"power_factor_b":100,"timestamp_a":"2024-10-03T21:39:52.817Z","timestamp_b":"2024-10-03T21:39:53.050Z","update_frequency":10,"voltage":250}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:56z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.35,"energy":1516.56,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":152,"power":421,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":248.4}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:56z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.33,"energy":1516.56,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":152,"power":415,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":248.6}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:59z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.33,"energy":1516.56,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":156,"power":415,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":248.6}' Info 2024-10-03 22:39:59z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.35,"energy":1516.56,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":152,"power":421,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":248.7}' Info 2024-10-03 22:40:02z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.38,"energy":1516.56,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":152,"power":427,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":248.7}' Info 2024-10-03 22:40:04z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/HP (a) and Solar (b)', payload '{"ac_frequency":49.08,"current_a":0.306,"current_b":0,"energy_a":0.01,"energy_b":0,"energy_flow_a":"producing","energy_flow_b":"consuming","energy_produced_a":429.68,"energy_produced_b":1590.01,"linkquality":176,"power_a":47.3,"power_ab":-47.3,"power_b":0,"power_factor_a":61,"power_factor_b":100,"timestamp_a":"2024-10-03T21:40:03.544Z","timestamp_b":"2024-10-03T21:40:03.779Z","update_frequency":10,"voltage":250.4}' Info 2024-10-03 22:40:05z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.38,"energy":1516.56,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":152,"power":427,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":248.7}' Info 2024-10-03 22:40:05z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.39,"energy":1516.56,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":152,"power":430,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":248.7}' Info 2024-10-03 22:40:09z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.39,"energy":1516.56,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":156,"power":430,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":248.7}' Info 2024-10-03 22:40:09z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.31,"energy":1516.56,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":152,"power":409,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":248.4}' Info 2024-10-03 22:40:12z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.31,"energy":1516.56,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":156,"power":409,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":248.4}' Info 2024-10-03 22:40:12z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.32,"energy":1516.56,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":152,"power":410,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":248.4}' Info 2024-10-03 22:40:13z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Dining Room Smart Socket', payload '{"child_lock":"UNLOCK","current":0.01,"energy":0,"indicator_mode":"off","linkquality":152,"power":0,"power_outage_memory":null,"state":"OFF","update":{"installed_version":-1,"latest_version":-1,"state":null},"update_available":null,"voltage":248}' Info 2024-10-03 22:40:15z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.32,"energy":1516.56,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":152,"power":410,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":248.4}' Info 2024-10-03 22:40:15z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.41,"energy":1516.56,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":152,"power":431,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":248.4}' Info 2024-10-03 22:40:15z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/HP (a) and Solar (b)', payload '{"ac_frequency":49.07,"current_a":0.306,"current_b":0,"energy_a":0.01,"energy_b":0,"energy_flow_a":"producing","energy_flow_b":"consuming","energy_produced_a":429.68,"energy_produced_b":1590.01,"linkquality":180,"power_a":47.4,"power_ab":-47.4,"power_b":0,"power_factor_a":61,"power_factor_b":100,"timestamp_a":"2024-10-03T21:40:14.270Z","timestamp_b":"2024-10-03T21:40:14.502Z","update_frequency":10,"voltage":250.4}' Info 2024-10-03 22:40:18z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.41,"energy":1516.56,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":156,"power":431,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":248.4}' Info 2024-10-03 22:40:18z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.32,"energy":1516.56,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":156,"power":411,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":248.7}' Info 2024-10-03 22:40:21z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.32,"energy":1516.56,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":152,"power":411,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":248.7}' Info 2024-10-03 22:40:21z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Consumer Unit', payload '{"current":2.31,"energy":1516.56,"energy_flow":"consuming","linkquality":152,"power":407,"produced_energy":882.03,"voltage":248.4}'