Z-Wave integration failed to connect - need some high level direction

Segullah · August 12, 2023, 10:41pm

I have read many posts and tried many things and combinations. And I’ve done the step-by-step instructions. So, I won’t rehash them here. I’m tech savvy in the PC world but a novice with Linux.

TL;DR
Z-Wave JS UI seems to be communicating with Zooz ZST10 stick, but z-wave integration always fails. If I understand things correctly, the integration talks to the driver, which in turn talks to the stick. My guess would be that the problem lies in a failure of the integration to be able to talk to the driver. Is my assumption correct? If so, conceptually (or specifically) what do I need to do or what am I missing? Below are the specifics of what I did.

DETAILS
I’m running HA OS on a repurposed Acer R11 Chromebook and accessing the server via PC. First, I tried using the Z-Wave driver, but the integration always failed. Looking at the driver log I wondered if there might be a communication problem between the driver and stick.

So, I uninstalled the driver, reset the stick, rebooted the server, reinserted the stick and installed the Z-Wave JS UI driver. After startup and reviewing the log, it looked really good. (BTW, For the serial device, both of these worked: /dev/ttyUSB0 and /dev/serial/by-id/usb-Silicon_Labs_Zooz_ZST10_700_Z-Wave_Stick_b20bd0e0bd9ded11bf566684e259fb3e-if00-port0)
…

	2023-08-12 16:21:00.531 INFO Z-WAVE: [Node 001] Is alive
	2023-08-12T20:21:00.534Z CNTRLR   [Node 001] The node is alive.
	2023-08-12 16:21:00.544 INFO Z-WAVE: [Node 001] Ready: Zooz - ZST10-700 (700 Series USB Controller)
	2023-08-12T20:21:00.547Z CNTRLR   [Node 001] The node is ready to be used
	2023-08-12T20:21:00.548Z CNTRLR   All nodes are ready to be used
	2023-08-12 16:21:00.549 INFO Z-WAVE: Controller status: Scan completed
	2023-08-12 16:21:00.550 INFO Z-WAVE: Network scan complete. Found: 1 nodes
	2023-08-12T20:21:00.554Z DRIVER   all queues busy
	2023-08-12T20:21:00.566Z SERIAL » 0x0104000b13e3                                                       (6 bytes)
	2023-08-12T20:21:00.567Z DRIVER » [REQ] [SerialAPISetup]
	                                    command: GetPowerlevel16Bit
	                                    payload: 0x13
	2023-08-12 16:21:00.577 INFO Z-WAVE-SERVER: ZwaveJS server listening on 0.0.0.0:3000
	2023-08-12 16:21:00.610 INFO Z-WAVE: Z-Wave server started
	2023-08-12T20:21:00.626Z SERIAL « [ACK]                                                                   (0x06)
	2023-08-12T20:21:00.629Z SERIAL « 0x0108010b1300000000ee                                              (10 bytes)
	2023-08-12T20:21:00.631Z SERIAL » [ACK]                                                                   (0x06)
	2023-08-12T20:21:00.633Z DRIVER « [RES] [SerialAPISetup]
	                                    command:               GetPowerlevel16Bit
	                                    normal powerlevel:     0.0 dBm
                                    output power at 0 dBm: 0.0 dBm

…

2023-08-12 18:08:58.588 INFO APP: GET /health/zwave 200 2.974 ms - 2140
2023-08-12 18:08:59.653 INFO Z-WAVE: Removing user callbacks
2023-08-12T22:09:05.781Z DRIVER   all queues busy
2023-08-12T22:09:05.795Z SERIAL » 0x0103003bc7                                                         (5 bytes)
2023-08-12T22:09:05.799Z DRIVER » [REQ] [GetBackgroundRSSI]
2023-08-12T22:09:05.806Z SERIAL « [ACK]                                                                   (0x06)
2023-08-12T22:09:05.811Z SERIAL « 0x0107013b9590907f28                                                 (9 bytes)
2023-08-12T22:09:05.814Z SERIAL » [ACK]                                                                   (0x06)
2023-08-12T22:09:05.818Z DRIVER « [RES] [GetBackgroundRSSI]
                                    channel 0: -107 dBm
                                    channel 1: -112 dBm
                                    channel 2: -112 dBm
2023-08-12T22:09:05.834Z DRIVER   all queues idle

Then I moved on to the Z-Wave integration. On the Select Connection Method dialog box, I uncheck the box next to " Use the Z-Wave JS Supervisor add-on". On the Z-Wave dialog box, I paste ws://a0d7b954-zwavejs2mqtt:3000 into the URL box and hit submit. Then I get the failed to connect error message.

tmjpugh · August 13, 2023, 12:05am

Use zwavejsui or jwavejs. You cannot use both.

Using both causes connection errors

Segullah · August 13, 2023, 12:37am

@tmjjpugh, thanks for your suggestion. I saw that in some of the posts on the issue. Perhaps I wasn’t very clear. I’m not using both at the same time. I first tried using jswavejs. When that didn’t work, I uninstalled it, reset the stick and installed zwavejsui. What you see in my post is the communication between zwavejsui and the stick.

tmjpugh · August 13, 2023, 1:09am

How did you install zwavejs or whatever you are currently using?

Segullah · August 13, 2023, 1:26am

I installed zwavejs and then uninstalled it since I read not to run it at the same time aszwavejsui.

Currently I only have zwavejsui installed and running.

Segullah · August 13, 2023, 1:49am

Added Z-Wave JS UI from the add-on store.
clicked install
Clicked the “Open Web UI” link
Went to Settings → Z-wave
Set the serial port to /dev/serial/by-id/usb-Silicon_Labs_Zooz_ZST10_700_Z-Wave_Stick_b20bd0e0bd9ded11bf566684e259fb3e-if00-port0
Generated the security keys
clicked save
clicked start

tmjpugh · August 13, 2023, 1:08pm

Try ws://core-zwave-js:3000/

Segullah · August 13, 2023, 8:55pm

Thanks @tmjpugh for your suggestion. I really do appreciate your help. I tried setting the integration URL to ws://core-zwave-js:3000/, but it still failed. So, I uninstalled zwavejsui and reinstalled zwavejs, but got the same result.

Do you or anyone else know if the zwave integration (or HA) generates a log of what transpired and led up to the failure (the addon log doesn’t seem to reflect it)?Or should I just assume that failure means it couldn’t get a response from the web socket (ws://xxxxxxxx)? I’m wondering if there’s a way through SSH to independently verify that the socket is working. It just feels like I’m flying blind and just guessing.

tmjpugh · August 13, 2023, 9:23pm

integration failure you are reporting means integration is not connecting to zwavejs websocket.

zwavejs seems to be working but you are not connecting so I would verify the url you are using. I dont use addon but I believe there are a few (3) variations of the url that work but I forget when/why. Also be aware that if using zwavejs addon you need to leave the box checked for the integration I believe.

Segullah · September 12, 2023, 9:34pm

Good News! I was able to figure out the problem and solution. I needed to type in the port number (3000) in the Network section, field where it says, “Change the ports on your host that are exposed by the add-on”. For some reason the field was blank and there was no mention of this in the documentation (or if it’s there, I couldn’t find it and I reread the documentation to make sure). I just happened to type in the number on a whim and it worked. Here’s a screen shot of the field:

freshcoast · September 12, 2023, 10:39pm

This is not necessary if you use the ws://a0d7b954-zwavejs2mqtt:3000 address. It’s actually discouraged since it opens up your insecure Z-Wave network to your entire local network.

Not sure why the default URL isn’t working. Are you using ws://localhost:3000 instead as the integration URL now? Did you change any of the ZUI websocket server settings prior to this?

Segullah · September 13, 2023, 12:23am

I followed the setup instructions and tried ws://a0d7b954-zwavejs2mqtt:3000. It kept failing to connect. Didn’t do any thing with web socket configuration. Thanks for the waring about the insecurity of my solution. I may try when I have time wiping out and start all over from scratch on another machine.

Side Note: I been running into the same kind of problem with some other integrations that just won’t connect/install even though in terminal I can connect to their URL & port. I’m getting ready to post such a problem with a failing install of HACS (the HACS developer says its a communication problem). For background, I simply installed HAOS per directions. Didn’t do any configuration stuff (I’m tech savvy, bit not in the Linux world. So I purposely try to do it by the book) and yet have been having these problems.

daveaas · November 14, 2024, 3:09pm

THANK YOU! This resolved my problem with Z-Wave not starting with my Zooz USB stick.