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Zwave plus

I had this question after viewing Z-wave v ziggbee v LightwaveRF.


Can someone please confirm that my understanding of zwave plus is incorrect?  I assumed that if I had 10 devices that were zwave plus and if I then added a standard old zwave device (not the new zwave plus), that the whole zwave plus network defaults to a standard zwave speed or it is just along that one non zwave plus path that gets effected i.e. slower?
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Actually just before your reply, I have received two emails, one from a supplier Vesternet and the other from the zwave alliance who both indicate that if the environment has mixed zwave and zwave+ products, then the network will continue to operate as zwave+ except for those products which are the old zwave or where the old product is routing traffic from other zwave+ products.  So the aim is to try and avoid having old zwave route data to the controller.
yes that is the same understanding which is why I see the central ZW controller need to be ZW+ minimally and the intermediate route do not go through the older ZW to benefit the full ZW+ speed.