Hi,
I have an aeotec gen-5 z-stick. The advice i’ve read regarding pairing is to do it via the z-wave panel.
Given that I have a z-wave capable smart-lock how am I meant to action this? The advice for the lock is to pair at 2m range max…
Did you figure this out? There’s zero documentation that I can find on the ‘Z-Wave Network Management’ / Z-Wave Control Panel/Page thing within hass.io, and clicking “add node” helpfully informs via a pop up that ‘add node’ has been called but there’s nothing else at all lol.
EDIT: I’d already tried to pair (apparently successfully) a second Fibaro motion sensor to my Aeotec stick. In Hass.io there was a “node 4” but without any details at all. I clicked ‘Add Node’ and manually refreshed the “OCZ” log from the web interface until I felt like it had stopped, then rebooted hass.io and it seems to have picked it up properly this time.
I have a Pi3 running hass.io and a gen5 z-stick. My first z-wave device is a wall toggle switch. I cannot get it to add via the control panel in hass.io.
I see in the log that the add_node call is being made and that the controller is waiting, but nothing happens when I trigger the inclusion on the switch (toggle on).
When you click add node in the control panel, should the z-stick flash blue as if you used its button? Mine stays in disco mode through the whole process. The Pi with z-stick and the wall switch are only 6 ft apart.
I’ve already factory reset the controller and switch a couple of times to ensure a fresh add, but no luck so far. Any advice?
I also wonder about this. To explain a bit more from my perspective:
I have a hass.io installation on vmware, using a aeotec z-wave USB stick.
I have enabled encryption in hass.io for z-wave. This encryption key is stored within home assistant.
Right now I have only paired a wireless motion sensor, which I could have close to the z-wave stick when pairing, which worked fine.
But now I want to pair a aeotec nano dimmer, which is installed behind the light switch in my living room.
How would I get this paired? I read that pairing is not possible when the Z-wave controller does not have a direct connection to the device to be paired (cannot be forwarded thorough another device)
I know that I could remove the z-wave stick and as it has a battery in it, hold it clos to the light switch and click th button on the USB stick. But the encryption key is not stored on it as far as I know, so how could it do a secure pairing?
I am unsure if you read my entire post, as it said that I had already successfully added devices. The problem was rather when the device to be added is very far away from the Z-wave controller. One example being a aeotec nano dimmer that is to be installed behind a light switch in the other end of the house. When adding a secure device it needs to have a direct connection from the controller. Going via another z-wave device is not allowed during pairing.
As far as I know, there is not a requirement to bring the devices in close contact to do the secure pairing. My devices are spread across the house, and I do not move them to do the secure pairing.