I have an older Z-Wave dimmer (GoControl WD500Z-1) that does not report status updates. However, the only way I can control this switch is via Home Assistant (it’s hidden in the attic and controls the light in the room below). I’m trying to set up Home Assistant so that whenever there’s a state change triggered by HA (e.g., via an automation, etc.) Home Assistant will poll the state approx. 5 seconds later (e.g., get on/off status and brightness). However, it’s not working. Right now what happens is that when I turn off the switch via HA, it updates twice in rapid succession showing that the light is slowly turning off (it’s on a dimmer so it takes about 2 seconds to turn off) and then remains stuck at ~20% brightness because HA does not poll any further.
In my zwave_device_config.yaml file, I have the following configuration:
My understanding is that refresh_value will require HA to poll the device at a specified delay after a state change (e.g., triggered by an automation); however, this does not appear to be happening. The default delay is 5 sec, which should be plenty of time for the light to turn off.
Sorry to revive an old post, but I am having the same exact issue with the WD500Z not updating when manually pressed. With newer version of HA, not seeing the zwave yaml as I believe it was merged in (?) from what I hear. Using Z-Wave JS for zwave2mqtt, but not finding any way to change polling or any service that would allow me to script something to run every 10 seconds or so. Any thoughts?
If your values don’t update in HA when you manually press a button then the issue is an Association Issue. You can only add associations in the Z-Wave JS UI addon. Once inside Z-Wave JS UI go into groups to verify that an entry is listed. I’ve posted pictures of what it shhould look like. Once you add the associations if it still doesn’t work try reinterviewing.
I confirmed all the WD500 lights (have dozen or so) have no Groups? Clicking Refresh did nothing on any of them, nor did Add, which did not give me option to add/create a group to add device to, so unable to create group for the switch.
I looked for a service for zwave and there is none. I am on latest HA with zwave ui at 1.10.0 (1.10.1 just released).
Here an example on how to poll a switch every ten minutes. This one is offset by. 210 seconds, as if you have more than one switch you do not want to poll them at the same time.
Unfortunately the service is not available. Updated Zwave JS UI to latest (1.10.1) but still not seeing any service option. Manually entering the Yaml results in following. What am I missing in my install? Or am I at the point where it is better to switch from mqtt back to normal/built-in zwave/zigbee handling?
## Switch Poll uses an unknown service
The automation "Switch Poll" (`automation.switch_poll`) has an action that calls an unknown service: `zwave_js.refresh_value`.
zwave_js services are naturally implemented by the Z-Wave integration, not the MQTT integration. For use with HA, the integration is the recommended approach over MQTT, but the choice is yours.
You can enable polling directly in ZUI if you decide to stay with MQTT. Or you need to send your own MQTT commands instead.
I’m also resurrecting this thread, as I have multiple of these Z-wave switches. I did the add-on mentioned above, but it looks like there is a conflict because I have Z-Wave JS running. It looks like I have to uninstall that and then re-install Z-wave JS UI. I’m afraid if I do that, I’ll lose all the the Z-wave devices I spent days adding to HA. If someone can give me a pointer to either 1)fix the polling issue without using JS UI or probably better 2)help me not screw up all the Z-wave devices I have paired and implement JS UI. Thanks!
