Inovelli White Fan Switches Keep Disconnecting

Hey everyone!

I have a number of inovelli white switches (15+) around the house. I was an early adopter and connectivity was a bit rough when I installed them initially but its been great now for the better part of a year. The only issue I am having is with the fan switches. I have 2 of them controlling my upstairs and downstairs bathroom fans. I have an algorithm in home assistant that turns them on when a certain dew point is reached and then off when its back to acceptable levels.

Though, just like in the early days of the standard switches, they tend to disconnect frequently. Maybe once every month or so. Both of them disconnect from the matter network at the same time and to rectify it I have to cut power either directly on the switch or with a breaker. They connect to the matter network again but will eventually disconnect again. I don’t have any issues with the dimmer switches, only the fan switches.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Jared

There is beta software available for the VTM35 (1.01r3) which ups the Matter version to 1.5 and seems to fix the disconnect issues.

It’s easy enough to install if you are using Home Assistant. It’s available via the DCL testnet so all you have to do is enable the “Enable test-net DCL usage.” on the Matter Server configuration page and the beta release will appear so you can upgrade the switches within a day or so.

More info here: