Z‐Stick Gen5 working on Synology, but Aeotec Z-wave stick doesn't?

Configuration Z-Wave
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I’ve got a Z-Wave controller working on Synology DS220+. Zwave-js-ui is running on Docker. But now I’ve bought a newer stick (Aeotec Z-wave stick 7) that doesn’t work. I’ve ran the whole /sbin/modprobe usbserial thing and restarted zwave-js-ui. I’ve attached both sticks and only the gen5 is working. I’ve switched ports, but that didn’t change a thing. I’m not using using any hubs or extension cables.

The stick does work on my laptop (Ubuntu), so it isn’t broken.

Does anybody know why this doesn’t work?

Some debug information (ttyACM0 is the old stick):

dmesg | grep tty
[31514.010601] cdc_acm 1-1:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device 
[31529.064174] synobios get empty ttyS current 
[31551.787403] cdc_acm 1-1:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device 
[31589.862958] synobios get empty ttyS current 
[31650.617963] synobios get empty ttyS current 
[31711.305980] synobios get empty ttyS current

lsusb -ciu 
|__usb1          1d6b:0002:0404 09  2.00  480MBit/s 0mA 1IF  (Linux 4.4.302+ xhci-hcd xHCI Host Controller 0000:00:15.0) hub 
|__1-1         0658:0200:0000 02  2.00   12MBit/s 100mA 2IFs ( ffffffd1ffffffb2ffffffdbffffffad) 
1-1:1.0         (IF) 02:02:01 1EP  () cdc_acm tty/ttyACM0  
1-1:1.1         (IF) 0a:00:00 2EPs () cdc_acm  
|__1-2         10c4:ea60:0100 00  2.00   12MBit/s 100mA 1IF  (Silicon Labs CP2102N USB to UART Bridge Controller 50678b423885ed11b35dd19f9d1cc348) 
1-2:1.0         (IF) ff:00:00 2EPs ()   
|__1-4         f400:f400:0100 00  2.00  480MBit/s 200mA 1IF  (Synology DiskStation 7F0009292881C640) 
1-4:1.0         (IF) 08:06:50 2EPs () usb-storage host2 (synoboot)
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Is the USB port being disconnected from Docker because of the whole Z-Wave controller reset fiasco that started back around September’s updates???

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The drivers for the Gen7 stick are probably missing, maybe the drivers from SkyConnect with Home Assistant Docker in Synology (usb drivers) can help? Otherwise you’d probably be better off moving to a VM (and use USB pass through) or different hardware, as Synology makes it harder and harder to load drivers.

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The modprobe only works for the gen5 stick using the cdc-acm driver. The 700 series stick use a different USB driver and instead appear at /dev/ttyUSBxx

To get this to work you need to install these drivers.

I have tested this on a Synology 920+ using a Zooz 700 series stick and it seems to work. Though I still running the gen5 stick as I decided to skip moving to 700 series and instead migrate to 800 series.

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