Trying to switch to zwavejs2mqtt from official zwavejs

Configuration Z-Wave
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Hi,

I am following the official guide here to switch Z-Wave - Home Assistant

I disabled (not uninstalled) the integration then for step 3 it says “Install and configure the Z-Wave JS to MQTT add-on, including setting the location of your Z-Wave device and the network security keys.”

I installed the addon but cannot find how to configure it, under configuration tab it states " This add-on does not expose configuration for you to mess with… ". So, I tried start the addon figuring maybe it has a web interface but it does not start and keeps going back to stopped, logs below.

Any ideas, are these docs I am following correct?

Thanks!

s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner: starting
s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner successfully started
s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs: starting
s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs successfully started
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init: starting
cont-init: info: running /etc/cont-init.d/00-banner.sh
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 Add-on: Z-Wave JS to MQTT
 Fully configurable Z-Wave JS to MQTT gateway and control panel; based on Zwavejs2Mqtt
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 Add-on version: 0.45.0
 You are running the latest version of this add-on.
 System: Home Assistant OS 8.4  (aarch64 / raspberrypi4-64)
 Home Assistant Core: 2022.8.2
 Home Assistant Supervisor: 2022.08.3
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 Please, share the above information when looking for help
 or support in, e.g., GitHub, forums or the Discord chat.
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cont-init: info: /etc/cont-init.d/00-banner.sh exited 0
cont-init: info: running /etc/cont-init.d/01-log-level.sh
cont-init: info: /etc/cont-init.d/01-log-level.sh exited 0
cont-init: info: running /etc/cont-init.d/configuration.sh
cont-init: info: /etc/cont-init.d/configuration.sh exited 0
cont-init: info: running /etc/cont-init.d/nginx.sh
cont-init: info: /etc/cont-init.d/nginx.sh exited 0
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init successfully started
s6-rc: info: service legacy-services: starting
services-up: info: copying legacy longrun nginx (no readiness notification)
services-up: info: copying legacy longrun zwavejs2mqtt (no readiness notification)
s6-rc: info: service legacy-services successfully started
[12:35:35] INFO: Starting the Z-Wave JS to MQTT...
2022-08-11 12:35:40.110 INFO APP: Version: 6.15.2
2022-08-11 12:35:40.120 INFO APP: Application path:/opt
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|___  /                      (_)   |__ \                | | | |  
   / /_      ____ ___   _____ _ ___   ) |_ __ ___   __ _| |_| |_ 
  / /\ \ /\ / / _` \ \ / / _ \ / __| / /| '_ ` _ \ / _` | __| __|
 / /__\ V  V / (_| |\ V /  __/ \__ \/ /_| | | | | | (_| | |_| |_ 
/_____|\_/\_/ \__,_| \_/ \___| |___/____|_| |_| |_|\__, |\__|\__|
                            _/ |                      | |        
                           |__/                       |_|        
2022-08-11 12:35:40.180 WARN STORE: scenes.json not found
2022-08-11 12:35:40.185 WARN STORE: nodes.json not found
2022-08-11 12:35:40.193 WARN STORE: users.json not found
2022-08-11 12:35:40.274 INFO APP: Listening on port 44920 host 0.0.0.0 protocol HTTP
2022-08-11 12:35:40.514 INFO MQTT: MQTT is disabled
2022-08-11 12:35:40.525 WARN BACKUP: Store backup is disabled
2022-08-11 12:35:40.528 WARN BACKUP: Nvm backup is disabled
[12:35:40] INFO: Starting NGinx...
2022-08-11 12:35:40.534 WARN ZWAVE: Zwave driver not inited, no port configured
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Maybe I don’t want to switch, seems those official docs miss out something vital anyway:

So I would need to reinterview all my battery devices, of which I have quite a few…

I can see there is a way of copying the cache files.

My main query here, I have renamed most of my zwave device names and entities to make them more meaningful to me - if I follow the official guide to migrate, then re-interview my battery devices, will they keep the same device and entity names??

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Can anyone help with my issues?

4

The logs look fine to me. You need to go into the z2m Web UI and configure the USB path for the controller, along with the network keys.

5

But as per my first post the adding just stops running and I can’t get to any Web ui ?

6

The log you posted doesn’t show it stopping. Do you have more logs? What happens when you click the Web UI button?

7

Well I tried installing again and this time it stays started so I got access to the Web UI and configured it.

And none of my devices have changed their names which is great, just need to wake my battery devices.

Thanks.

8

For future reference, you get that error sometimes and you just need to refresh your cache. Most of the time just hold ctrl and refresh.

9

I did try multiple times, the add-on would start and then stop almost straight away for no apparent reason.

Anyway all good now and thanks for the tip.

10

It never stopped (the logs show that). I think you just were unfortunate to hit a UI bug.

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