Hi All,
I’m new to Home assistant, i.e. a newbie.
I purchased a Remotec ZRC-90US, BW8510US.
I had spent a few days trying to get it configure, and I finally did.
It’s working very well. I wanted a handy remote for 8 buttons and this fit the bill.
I wanted to share some information I found with the Home Assistant community.
I had two major issues with the install:
- Only the battery was showing up when I installed it. The remote was showing up as unknown. Maybe the remote was configured/used before I got it?
I found a reset procedure for the remote that seemed to work.
Also, when you connect the remote to you z-wave hub/device make sure you within 4 feet, the closer the better.
Remote reset procedure:
A. Did you check the slide switch in the battery compartment and make sure it is in the OP direction.
B. The Reset for this is a little tricky. I read that before inclusion the device batteries should be removed for 20 sec. and then re-installed. Then hold down the R button, and here is the tricky part, the LED will go ON for 5 sec. then it will go OFF at the 10 sec. mark, as soon as it goes OFF they say to click the R button 3 times within 2 sec.
C. Then they say to put the hub in include mode, within a foot or so, and press the W button, wait till LED goes out, followed by the L button once. The LED will blink slowly for a bit until it finishes being included and then will go Off. If it flashes 6 times fast it has not included correctly and to try again to include.
- The blueprint for the remote did not show any device for the remove
The is because the blueprint for the remote was filtering on a device name, and the name displayed was different than the one created. So, I remove the filter and I could see the device.
Kevin W.