Z Wave Garage Door Tilt Sensor Inclusion for HA

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I have this Z Wave Garage door Tilt Sensor:https://downloads.monoprice.com/files/manuals/11987_Manual_141204.pdf

I have this Z Wave / Zigbee USB dongle plugged into a Raspberry Pi3B: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GJ826F8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I used to have the sensor connected to a wink hub2 but I believe I’ve excluded it, as its no longer reporting to the Hub2

Try as I might, I can’t get the sensor to be included for the HA to see.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Got my GE lights through Zigbee setup great, so this is the last piece, who thought Z Wave would be the most difficult??

2

I seem to be able to pair the device now, although when I restart the HA I have to unpair and repair the device. Is this normal??

3

no.

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4

What should it be doing when I do a restart of the HA? Keep the connection in ZWave and run my automations without me having to unpair and repair it?

5

Yes.

If you are un-pairing and re-pairing every time you restart (or even reboot) then you have some issues.

Are you waiting long enough after you restart HA for the system to initialize? It can take 3-5 minutes for the system to completely start back up after restarting HA depending on your hardware that HA is running on.