# Adaptive lux Level Reporting? **URL:** \ **Category:** Sensors\ **Created:** [April 11, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://www.zoozcommunity.com/t/adaptive-lux-level-reporting/783 "2026-04-11T14:29:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Barkis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/www.zoozcommunity.com/barkis/32/50_2.png) [@Barkis](https://www.zoozcommunity.com/u/Barkis)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 11:27pm UTC](https://www.zoozcommunity.com/t/adaptive-lux-level-reporting/783/2 "2026-04-11T23:27:46Z")
Very erudite discussion, @John. Having not heard of [Weber-Fechner law](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weber%E2%80%93Fechner_law) before, I found the additional background reading useful in considering the implementation of the use case you discuss. > [@John](#): > > Clearly delta based floods my zwave network during the day if configured for low night (significant) changes, or misses reports that make a difference at night. Right now, time based reporting is the only smart implementation choice. Flooding the Z-Wave network is something I’ve been mulling here for other reasons–mainly responsiveness and missed asynchronous events (which I shared [earlier](https://www.zoozcommunity.com/t/z-wave-errant-asynchronous-events/735)). Clearly this could be a source of the flood! At present I have only indoor lux sensors and don’t use ‘em for much, so it clues me to look into how much chatter they are producing–thank you! My first reaction to your observations was some kind of “low pass filter” or running average filter on the hub, perhaps implemented as a weighted bucket brigade filter. But your point about flooding the network makes that argument moot: it won’t relieve the (perhaps) _already too busy_ Z-Wave network. However, it _may_ be practical–assuming no firmware changes are made to this or other lux-reporting devices–to adjust the sensor report sensitivity, e.g., how much of a lux delta triggers a report, “on the fly.” In other words, crank up the sensitivity for lower light values and decrease it for higher ambient brightness. Implemented with some hysteresis, it might be possible to do this on hubs that allow adjusting parameters from scenes. _For example:_ using your numbers, if lux is reported above, say 100, move from sensitivity setting for “low” light levels to that for “medium” levels. Conversely, when lux reports fall below, say 40, switch back to low-light report sensitivity. Do the same for transitioning between the “medium” and “high” lux levels. Note that it may require some sort of low-pass filter to knock out the extremes and keep the switching between levels to a manageable level, but that could accommodate–or at least mediate–what you are observing as far as flooding the Z-Wave network. On Z-Box, that could be done in a Lua scene, I suppose. For other platforms, YMMV. 🤔 Thoughts on this approach, @John ? (And @darren.stp loves a good mystery–what do _you_ think, Darren?) Anyone else care to chime in? --- _[View the full topic](https://www.zoozcommunity.com/t/adaptive-lux-level-reporting/783)._