Hi all,
HA newbie here just starting my journey to see if this is something for me. My goal is to automate the lights in my house by including built-in smart switches so that I can continue to use the existing light switches as well. Since this is just a tryout, I purchased a second-hand Aeotec Nano Switch and a Aeotec Gen5 Z-wave stick as a controller.
I have HA running on a Raspberry Pi 3 B+, and have installed the nano switch as per instructions. The light responds to the existing light switch as normal. I have installed the Z-wave JS plugin which detects the Z-wave stick. It did load the Z-wave devices from the previous owner at first, but I have just removed them.
I’m having trouble including my nano switch. When plugged into the Raspberry Pi, the Gen5 stick flashes blue, red and yellow. However, when I take it out, it seems to be dead. No inclusion mode, exclusion mode, just no light at all. I tried holding down reset button with a pin, but doesn’t give me the red flashes either. Nothing happens when unplugged.
When I manually trigger device inclusion from HA, the nano switch doesn’t get detected either.
Any pointers here?
Thanks for reading.