Where can I find a step by step guide on how to pair a minimote to Home Assistant but not using OZWCP but rather using the new Z-Wave Manager inside Home Assistant? I am using a Z-Stick as a hub.
I tried to pair it, like any other switch or device, but I get a new node saying its a “Probe”. And no idea how to precede after that.
Thanks for your help
Ben
@benquan If it isn’t in your list, follow the manual at In-Depth Minimote Guide : Aeotec Help Desk
Since this is a battery device, it will spend most of its life sleeping. To make changes to the device, like changing it to scene mode, you will need to wake it up. From the manual
- Press and hold the Learn Button (or Join Button) for 3 seconds, then let go. This should keep the Minimote awake for 30 seconds.
That will give you 30 seconds of awake time to send the change to the minimote.
From the Lefthand Zwave menu select the Z-Wave Node Management dropdown and select your Minimote. That will add additional selections further down the page. Scroll down the page to Node config options. From the Config Parameters dropdown scroll to the bottom and choose 250 Mode. That will display Config value. Choose Scene. Just below that, you will see SET CONFIG PARAMETER link. Clicking on that should send the setting to the minimote. You will probably want to get this somewhat preset up before you wake up the minimote. If it doesn’t work the first time, yopu can do it over again, until you get it right. You will know that you have the minimote into scene mode when a push on any of the buttons flashes both the red and blue lights.
@benquan I just added another minimote to my system this evening. It took a couple of tries to get scene mode active but only a couple of minutes. I was using a small tablet to access HA so it was a little cramped. If you ssh into HA and
tail -f OZW_Log.txt in the homeassistant folder you should see things similar to
2017-06-04 23:32:46.694 Detail, Node062, Received: 0x01, 0x0a, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x3e, 0x04, 0x2b, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0xe0
2017-06-04 23:32:46.695 Info, Node062, Received Scene Activation set from node 62: scene id=1 now. Sending event notification.
Great stuff Zarthan! I’ve been looking for this explanation for quite a while! Got the first part working. As you say when I press one of the buttons I see the two led light up in the control. But I am not getting any response either in Home assistant log or in tail -f OZW_Log.txt that you mentioned.
The node is being read in Home assistant as: Aeotec DSA03202 Minimote (Node:7 Cache Load). Does this sound correct to you or should I try to pair it once again?
Did you add the minimote using the manual from the in depth minimote guide link above an did you use the add as a secondary controller? If not then use the zwave menu to remove node and add it again using the join button. As I mentioned, you may need to set it to scene mode more than once. The red / blue flashes may not necessarily be correct today. The tail output is worth watching as you add or change things.
After many, many tries finally got it. Not sure what I did but done want to mess it up! Thanks!!!
Great news. The next one will be easier.
Thank you zarthan, you made my day!
Glad it helped! 
Zarthan,
Thank you so much!
I spent nearly two days messing with the Openzwave control panel and was about to abandon the Minimote completely.
Read your post (after resorting the same search I had run a dozen times) and had my problem solved in 30 seconds!
This saved my day. Thanks Zarthan!