Migrating from Zwave JS to Zwave JS UI?

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[DEPRECATED] Switching Z-Wave JS Addons with Minimal Downtime! Z-Wave JS (Official) to Z-Wave JS UI (Community)

Version 1.0.0 of the Z-Wave JS core app (add-on) includes Z-Wave JS UI, so there is no longer any reason to switch apps (add-ons). Introduction This guide describes how to switch from the Z-Wave JS official add-on to the Z-Wave JS UI HA Community add-on, without losing any downtime caused by the re-interviewing of nodes. In this guide, Z-Wave JS UI will henceforth be abbreviated as ZUI. Who is this guide for? This guide is fo…

I then used the steps outlined here to move all my devices over and rename them

Copying device names into Z-Wave JS UI

Here’s something I quickly wrote up, after seeing this requested many times. Let me know how it goes if you try it. Copy and paste this code into the Dev Tools Template editor: {%- set ns = namespace(nodes=[], export={}) %} {%- for dev_id in integration_entities('zwave_js') | map('device_id') | unique %} {%- set node_id = (device_attr(dev_id, 'identifiers') | first | last).split('-')[1] %} {%- set ns.nodes = ns.nodes + [(node_id | int, dev_id)] %} {%- endfor %} {%- for node_id, dev_id in n…

Pay special attention to the instructions in the top guide as I was confused a bit.

There is a big difference between Z-Wave JS ADD-ON and the Z-Wave JS UI ADD-ON. Both of these can interact with the Z-Wave integration.

Both cannot be running at the same time. As long as you’re using only one at a time, they should operate the same way. I’m a fan of the Z-Wave JS UI as it gives some more options for adjusting settings but to each their own.