I get it, I do. Being that this is all brand new to me, this was basically a trial run to see how foreign it would all be and how helpful the YT videos, community boards, etc. would be as to how far I’d dive in. No doubt it’s addictive and a lot of fun. Like anything it has frustrations as well. So, just feeling things out, looking at devices, automations, etc. in a passive manner prior to any other expenditures, that’s all. But, I get it.
Homeseer sells what they call a Z-net which is a z-wave Pi HAT installed on a Pi 3b. They work well. You can build your own version with a favorite USB dongle on a Pi 3b running ser2net. Works plug and play with Z-wave-js UI using the TCP/IP port. You can add a USB Zigbee controller to the same Pi and run both at once.
I’ve been running a Z-net with a 5 series z-wave controller since I moved to HASS. The newer units have 7 or 8 series controllers but are otherwise the same.
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Or run zigbee2mqtt on it, presumably there is a zwave2mqtt too.
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Which Windows are you using (10/11 or Server)? For Server, I’ve had good luck with DDA:
HA on Hyper-V with Z-Wave and Zigbee - It Works! - Configuration - Home Assistant Community (home-assistant.io)
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I moved back to VM on Windows bc I just wasn’t getting it for some reason…I have Win 11 Pro edition
Apologies for the delay
I did figure out that the settings in the videos for installing a vm on windows, for me at least, where what was causing me to have to reset every day. I increased the gb from 2 to 3 and the cpu’s the same and I haven’t touched it since. The minimum got the install done, but the work to keep it up needed more