On april 2022, I migrated from Z-WAVE 1.4 (Deprecated) to Z-Wave JS, as it was HIGHLY recommended.
I lost so much time to do it, for nothing…
Since this migration, I’m not able to configure groups, to link switches to relay, to access to specific settings, etc.
3 years later, Z-Wave JS still doesn’t allow to do it. I don’t understand why using this Z-Wave (and keeping it in HA, updating it, etc.).
So, what to do to access to full features of Z-wave ? Accessing to specific settings of each devices, be able to group devices, etc.
I’m still stuck with my devices that I have to configure.
I use a Aeotec ZW090 Z-Stick GEN5 + 33 devices (relays, thermostats, smoke, switchs and some devices)
Switch to Z-Wave JS UI if you want an easy way to use association groups. It’s possible with the core add-on but difficult.
Not sure what you mean by “specific settings”. HA with the core add-on allows access to all configuration parameters. What settings are you referring to that cannot be set?
“specific settings” means that before, for each device, I was able to access to settings of each device (like option for Heat-IT thermostat : able to change the wake-up timing and… (I forgot, it was a long time).
Oh, Wake Up interval? Yeah, that’s not supported in the HA UI either but very easy to set with a service call. ZUI does support it in its UI, so another benefit of switching. Plus you get the Network map and better troubleshooting tools.
