New to Z-Wave in Home Assistant - Can't get Schlage FE469NX to pair

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Hey folks, I’ve got an older Schlage Door Lock - FE469NX is the model number - and I’m trying to get it paired under Home Assistant.

It’s currently paired under SmartThings, and occasionally goes offline, which is not idea for a door lock. I was hoping moving over to Home Assistant would help.

I bought an Aeotec Z-Stick 7, got it installed with HA (and updated the firmware). I am able to initiate pairing mode in HA, but it never sees the lock.

I’ve removed it from SmartThings (unenrolled) - I’ve factory reset the lock - I’ve tried a lot of things. Every time it results in the lock flashing it’s light for like 5 seconds or so before it flashes a red X and beeps (meaning it couldn’t pair).

I’m not sure what else I should try. Is this lock just junk and I should get a new one? Is there some other pairing mode I can try (folks on other forums said to try S0 mode? Not sure how I can do that in the HA UI…)

Any advice/guidance you can provide would be appreciated. Thanks so much.

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  1. Move the lock and the Z-Wave stick as close together as possible.
  2. Don’t know if this will work with your stick, but many older zwave hubs had a thing where before you would pair a new thing you needed to perform an exclusion of that thing.

Proximity is key with locks and pairing though. If it goes offline sometimes then make sure you have enough wired repeaters around to have a decent mesh.

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How is your stick attached to your HA host?