Hassio HUSBZB-1 Frustration

I’m on my second usb key in so many week thinking that the first one might have been defective…

I can get Zigbee working fiine, but z-wave just doesnt find any of my devices when trying to add a node. I’ve read somewhere that under HA, this USB doesnt do z-wave. Is this correct?

zwave:
usb_path: /dev/ttyUSB0

zha:
usb_path: /dev/ttyUSB1

My config is fine and everything shows up, it just wont pair any nodes.

What’s your OZW_Log.txt showing?

I have the same card and have used z-wave but not zigbee yet. :wink:
The official way to setup zha & zwave is through the UI,

Configuration -> Integrations

After restarting HA, you should see your z-wave controller as a node under
Configuration-> Z-Wave Like this:

The z-wave logs are also available lower down on that page.

yes, i have the controller configured and I can see it as Node 1 in the Z-Wave management page. Just when I try and add a node it does nothing.

I have a z-wave.me usb stick as well and that works perfectly, but of course I want the zigbee.

this is what im getting in my OZW log when I try and add a device…

2019-04-13 20:08:13.263 Detail, Queuing (Controller) Add Device
2019-04-13 20:08:13.263 Info, Add Device
2019-04-13 20:08:13.263 Detail, contrlr, Queuing (Command) ControllerCommand_AddDevice: 0x01, 0x05, 0x00, 0x4a, 0xc1, 0x0c, 0x7d
2019-04-13 20:08:13.264 Detail, Notification: ControllerCommand - Starting
2019-04-13 20:08:13.265 Detail,
2019-04-13 20:08:13.265 Info, contrlr, Sending (Command) message (Callback ID=0x0c, Expected Reply=0x4a) - ControllerCommand_AddDevice: 0x01, 0x05, 0x00, 0x4a, 0xc1, 0x0c, 0x7d
2019-04-13 20:08:13.270 Detail, contrlr, Received: 0x01, 0x07, 0x00, 0x4a, 0x0c, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0xbf
2019-04-13 20:08:13.270 Detail,
2019-04-13 20:08:13.270 Info, contrlr, FUNC_ID_ZW_ADD_NODE_TO_NETWORK:
2019-04-13 20:08:13.270 Info, contrlr, ADD_NODE_STATUS_LEARN_READY
2019-04-13 20:08:13.270 Detail, Node001, Expected callbackId was received
2019-04-13 20:08:13.270 Detail, Node001, Expected reply was received
2019-04-13 20:08:13.270 Detail, Node001, Message transaction complete
2019-04-13 20:08:13.270 Detail,
2019-04-13 20:08:13.270 Detail, contrlr, Removing current message
2019-04-13 20:08:13.271 Detail, Notification: ControllerCommand - Waiting
2019-04-13 20:08:13.271 Info, WriteNextMsg Controller nothing to do

Could it be the devices i’m trying to pair it with…

Its a Aeotec Multisensor 6 and a Aeotec wallmote

Were they unpaired from the z-stick first? Are they close enough to your stick for pairing?

I would have expected they at least show up as unknown nodes but there appears to be nothing in the log.

yep, unpaired. I’ve just tried a brand new fibaro door/window sensor and still nothing.

This is the second HSBZB-1 stick and the other one does this as well. I’m trying them on my existing system (raspberry pi) and on my second test raspberry pi that has a fresh install of Hassio with the same results on both. Either I’m extremely unlucky and have hit two bad ones in a row, or something is not right.

You could try this if you have a Windows machine handy. I have used Zensys Tools to reset by stick to remove “phantom” nodes. I think it resets the Zigbee part too, though.

Here is where I got that hint from.

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Yes. Tied that on the first stick I brought. No nodes that I could find. They are both brand new so wasn’t expecting there to be any but thought I would give it a try.

Maybe will give it a go under something like openhab and see if it’s a software issue or two dead sticks.

What install type are you running? If you have Hassio the ozwcp (Open ZWave Control Panel) add-on may be worth a shot. It works separate from Home Assistant.

Otherwise, good luck with that mess called OpenHAB. That is what drove me here. They are 2 years into a platform migration and are about halfway through. Very confusing.

Oh I have no intention of staying with openhab. I’m more than happy with HA but just wanted to try the USB stick to see if it would run under a different environment to rule out hardware failure.

I’m running hassio on a pi3B+, downloaded straight from the HA website. I will give hasbian a go tonight and see if it’s any different.

I remembered a zwave trick for there. I believe you need to setup zwave with the HABmin interface and not the newer Paper UI.

Was this solved I am having a similar problem

I am not sure which problem you have exactly.
I found that using Python 3.7, as recommended now, caused zwave to crash HA. I then decided to move to the more stable OpenHAB.
All my devices were automatically found & work but I needed to hack the openzwave configuration here to make them work.

No I didn’t. I brought another USB controller thinking that the first was damaged but the second did exactly the same. I gave up after a while and just did nothing with the zwave sensors.

Are you able to add any nodes? What does your log show?

2019-04-13 20:08:13.263 Detail, Queuing (Controller) Add Device
2019-04-13 20:08:13.263 Info, Add Device
2019-04-13 20:08:13.263 Detail, contrlr, Queuing (Command) ControllerCommand_AddDevice: 0x01, 0x05, 0x00, 0x4a, 0xc1, 0x0c, 0x7d
2019-04-13 20:08:13.264 Detail, Notification: ControllerCommand - Starting
2019-04-13 20:08:13.265 Detail,
2019-04-13 20:08:13.265 Info, contrlr, Sending (Command) message (Callback ID=0x0c, Expected Reply=0x4a) - ControllerCommand_AddDevice: 0x01, 0x05, 0x00, 0x4a, 0xc1, 0x0c, 0x7d
2019-04-13 20:08:13.270 Detail, contrlr, Received: 0x01, 0x07, 0x00, 0x4a, 0x0c, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0xbf
2019-04-13 20:08:13.270 Detail,
2019-04-13 20:08:13.270 Info, contrlr, FUNC_ID_ZW_ADD_NODE_TO_NETWORK:
2019-04-13 20:08:13.270 Info, contrlr, ADD_NODE_STATUS_LEARN_READY
2019-04-13 20:08:13.270 Detail, Node001, Expected callbackId was received
2019-04-13 20:08:13.270 Detail, Node001, Expected reply was received
2019-04-13 20:08:13.270 Detail, Node001, Message transaction complete
2019-04-13 20:08:13.270 Detail,
2019-04-13 20:08:13.270 Detail, contrlr, Removing current message
2019-04-13 20:08:13.271 Detail, Notification: ControllerCommand - Waiting
2019-04-13 20:08:13.271 Info, WriteNextMsg Controller nothing to do

What type of device are you attempting to add?

I have a Aeotec MultiSensor 6 a wallmate quad and fabaro door sensor. None of which will connect to the HUSBZB.

I was previously using the ZWave.me UZB1 stick which worked perfectly but wanted the ease of being able to use ZigBee as well with a single controller.

Do you have any mains powered zwave devices at all?