Cannot remove z-wave device

Configuration Z-Wave
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Hi all,

I recently tried adding a Danfoss thermostat to my HA instance. For some reason, I didn’t notice that the device was added successfully so during the inclusion process or immediately after I seem to have tried including the device once more.

As a result, I now have 2 entries for the same device: one is sleeping and working accordingly, and the other one is Initializing (CacheLoad) for over a week now.

Is there any way to remove the duplicate device (the one in Initializing state)? I though HA would mark it as dead, but it’s been a week now and nothing happened.

Many thanks.

2

Have you tried using the Configuration > Z-Wave > Remove failed node under node management?

Otherwise, you might have to modify the entity_registry.yaml file manually with a text editor.

3

That will only work if the device is marked is_failed: true - but at that point it will work.

Removing it from zwcfg*.xml might remove it from HA - but only if it’s not actually included on the controller. If it isn’t, then it’ll return automatically since the controller believes it should be there.

4

Hi guys,

I tried both options, removing the device from entity_registry and from zwcfg*. Unfortunately, none worked - the device is still there.

I wonder if I remove the clone device that’s working from the zwave network would remove both nodes given that they’re the same.

5

That’s because the controller still thinks it’s included.

It won’t, because they’re not the same as far as the controller is concerned.

You’ve got two options - one is to hide it until it’s marked as failed, the other is to remove all the Z-Wave devices from your controller, then factory reset the controller.

6

Thanks Tinkerer. Unfortunately the option to factory reset the controller, although good, would be a nightmare as I have over 60 devices included in the network. So I guess what remains is to hide it for now and check in a couple of days / weeks if it was marked as dead.

7

This worked for me…

  1. Remove the device from it’s power source (unplug it, unscrew it, whatever)
  2. Find the node_id of the device.
  3. Execute Call Service zwave.remove_failed_node using service data: {“node_id”: “x”} (Replacing x with the node_id.
  4. Restart HA.

If this doesn’t work. Try again in about 8 hours once the device goes into a dead state.

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It has to be marked as is_failed: true for that to work, simply being in Dead state isn’t enough.