Hi everyone. New user here.
For some years, I have used the Zwave.Me Wall controller (also known as ZME_WCD2 or ZME_WALLC-S) to flip some lights. After upgrading to the latest Home Assistant and the latest Zwave JS UI (replacing the old OZW) I ran into some problems getting these wall controllers to work again.
My setup:
Separate docker-compose containers for HASS and Zwavejsui
No MQTT enabled, no mosquitto installed
The wall controllers are configured to send scenes. This is done by going into the zwavejsui control panel, select the controller and go to “Configuration v1”. In that section set all “pair modes” to “[0] Separately”, and set all “Action on group n” to “[4] Send Scenes”.
To be on the safe side, I also sent 4 custom configuration values. According the the datasheet of the wall controller, parameters 11-14 should be value 4 for sending scenes, so I set them using the Custom Configuration “Set”-button, also found in “Configuration v1”.
Then it’s a matter of waiting until these settings have propagated to the wall controller. Since it’s a battery powered device, it doesn’t stay awake for long, so I made a couple of “Node Info” sendings, to make sure the configuration was transferred. Do this by going into Management mode (Press all four buttons for 5 seconds), and then press button 2. It is perhaps possible to use some other action for this.
After the configuration of the wall controller, I went into HASS and sniffed the event when the controller is pressed. Go to Developer Tools and listen to “zwave_js_value_notification”. When you press a button on the controller you should see the event properties. The buttons are numbered 11, 21, 31 and 41, so in my below example I had pressed button 3.
event_type: zwave_js_value_notification
data:
domain: zwave_js
node_id: 19
home_id: 4237110063
endpoint: 0
device_id: 440ff7c18dea557bc1900d16e1ac2766
command_class: 43
command_class_name: Scene Activation
label: null
property: sceneId
property_name: sceneId
property_key: null
property_key_name: null
value: 31
value_raw: 31
origin: LOCAL
time_fired: "2022-10-12T08:39:34.279477+00:00"
context:
id: 01GF5NJPM7SP99JXT7D23QWRYP
parent_id: null
user_id: null
From this I created my event triggers in the Automation section:
Event type:
zwave_js_value_notification
Event data:
node_id: 19
value: 31
And added an action on a device to (in this case) turn off a lamp in my cellar. You need to create four automations, one for each of the four buttons.
Hope this helps someone.