How to set wake interval for Somfy Z-Wave remote

Configuration Z-Wave
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I have many Somfy Z-Wave remotes in my HA. They control the shades in my house. Some of these remotes eat through batteries, while others last for a very long time on one battery. I looked at the Z-Wave logs in HA, and I can see that the fast-draining remotes wake every 6 minutes. The long-lived remotes are waking every 720 minutes (12 hours). I used the “Download diagnostics” feature to get the config data for both remotes. The data confirms that they have different wake intervals configured. I want to see if I can set the wake interval through HA. Home Assistant does not expose any configuration parameters in the UI for this device. I have been trying to use the service: ZWAVE_JS.SET_CONFIG_PARAMETER, but I’m not successful. I think that I am not using this tool correctly. Does anyone have advice for setting undocumented/un-exposed z-wave device parameters? How can I get a list of configuration parameters for a given Z-Wave device?
The remotes in question are “VCZ1 by Springs Window Fashions”.
Here is some diagnostic data from one of the 6-minute remotes:

        {
          "endpoint": 0,
          "commandClass": 132,
          "commandClassName": "Wake Up",
          "property": "wakeUpInterval",
          "propertyName": "wakeUpInterval",
          "ccVersion": 1,
          "metadata": {
            "type": "number",
            "default": 43200,
            "readable": false,
            "writeable": true,
            "min": 360,
            "max": 90000,
            "steps": 360
          },
          "value": 360
        },

Here is the same data block from the 12-hour remotes:

        {
          "endpoint": 0,
          "commandClass": 132,
          "commandClassName": "Wake Up",
          "property": "wakeUpInterval",
          "propertyName": "wakeUpInterval",
          "ccVersion": 1,
          "metadata": {
            "type": "number",
            "default": 43200,
            "readable": false,
            "writeable": true,
            "min": 360,
            "max": 90000,
            "steps": 360
          },
          "value": 43200
        },

-Thanks

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@freshcoast , Yes! Thank you. I was able to set the wake intervals. Based on the Z-wave logs, it looks like this has fixed the problem. I just used the HA Developer tools and called the service from there. I will read up on zwavejs2mqtt and work on that later. I am new to HA and just getting familiar with the tools. Thanks again.

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Dev tools was the way to go. If you don’t need to use Association Groups, you don’t necessarily need to switch add-ons.

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Hi Everybody,
I am a beginer about HA.
I want to change the wake up interval of my thermostat (Secure SRT321).
How to do it?
Can I write the example described above in the configuration.yaml?
Many thanks.

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On some srt321 i have the same Problem did you solve it?
thank for your help

Franz

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Is there a problem with the solution posted?

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Hello Freshcoast!
I have 2 problems with the solution.
1: Where can I write the “service call”?
2: Where can I find the “device_id” of my SRT321 (I have 2 pieces)?
Thanks.

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Developer Tools → Actions. Paste the YAML.

Switch to UI mode and just select the devices from the menu.

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Hello Freshcoast!
Thanks for the answers.
I understood the first.
But the second answer is not clear for me, because I am a rookie in HA.
Can you send me some screen shots of how I can do the following? (“Switch to UI mode and just select the devices from the menu.”)
Thanks.

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There’s a button named “GO TO UI MODE”. Can’t miss it.

Dev tools: https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/tools/dev-tools/

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So I have a hungarian version, but I do not find any buttons like “GO TO UI MODE”
In what menu can I find this button?

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I managed to do it, thanks a lot.