Z-Wave JS UI Driver: Failed to open the serial port Cannot lock port (ZW0100)

SDMark · January 23, 2023, 9:08am

New HA user. Can’t get Z-Wave up and running. I initially did the Z-Wave add-in integration, but realized what I wanted was more function/control, so I added Z-Wave JS UI. I’ve been trying to get that to work with my Aeotec Z-Wave Stick Gen5+ (‎ZW090) with the version 1.02 firmware on my 4GB Raspberry Pi with no luck.

I’ve tried stopping the Z-Wave JS add-in, I’ve tried disabling it, but that doesn’t seem to help.

I’m getting these messages:

Driver: Failed to open the serial port: Error Resource temporarily unavailable Cannot lock port (ZW0100)
Error: Driver: Failed to open the serial port: Error Resource temporarily unavailable Cannot lock port (ZW0100)

I don’t know if this is the issue but when I look at /dev/AMA0, it shows owner as root but group as “audio” and not “tty”.

Not sure what to do to get this working.

freshcoast · January 23, 2023, 3:34pm

You can’t run both add-ons at the same time. The integration will try to keep the official add-on running at all times. Either uninstall the integration and the add-ons, and start over with ZUI only, or follow the docs to switch:

SDMark · January 23, 2023, 9:33pm

I’m a little fuzzy on terms like integration vs add-ons. I’ve uninstalled the Z-Wave JS add-on. Not sure how or where to uninstall the integration. I keep going from screen to screen trying to find stuff and it’s very confusing as to where to disable things, etc. Right now, I’m only running the Z-Wave JS UI and it’s still telling me the port is locked.

I tried following the instructions to switch from JS to JS UI, unchecked using the Supervisor, but when I go to add the Z-Wave JS integration back in, it stops at the point where it’s asking for to connect to the URL ws://localhost:3000. It says can’t connect. I’ve also tried 0.0.0.0, still no dice.

freshcoast · January 23, 2023, 10:35pm

Maybe the glossary will help:

In this case, the add-ons are communicating with the Z-Wave controller and hosting a server, and the Z-Wave integration talks to a server running in the add-on, instead of directly to the controller.

I’ve uninstalled the Z-Wave JS add-on. Not sure how or where to uninstall the integration.

Did you not install the integration in the first place to get to this point? Integrations are added/removed/configured in Settings → Devices & Services. Presumably, you installed the integration and said that you wanted to use the Supervisor add-on, and if you did that, HA will not stopping re-installing it, even if you uninstall it. To break this cycle requires either uninstalling the integration, or re-configuring it.

Those are both the wrong URLs for the ZUI add-on. Be sure to read the accompanying documentation when you install an add-on, which is visible from the add-on page itself, and for ZUI also here: https://github.com/hassio-addons/addon-zwave-js-ui/blob/cbe714b48d81d09702bfbb79317264460bb5e38b/zwave-js-ui/DOCS.md#setting-up-the-home-assistant-z-wave-js-integration

In the next dialog it will ask for the server. Enter: ws://a0d7b954-zwavejs2mqtt:3000

FYI, this configuration is also mentioned in the integration docs: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zwave_js/#installing-and-configuring-the-z-wave-integration-in-home-assistant (emphasis mine)

If you’re running full Home Assistant with supervisor, you will be presented with a dialog that asks if you want to use the Z-Wave JS Supervisor add-on. You must uncheck this box if you are running the Z-Wave JS server in any manner other than the official Z-Wave JS add-on, including using Z-Wave JS UI add-on.

If you’re not running the supervisor or you’ve unchecked the above-mentioned box, you will be asked to enter a websocket URL (defaults to ws://localhost:3000). It is very important that you fill in the correct (Docker) IP/hostname here. For example for the Z-Wave JS UI add-on this is ws://a0d7b954-zwavejs2mqtt:3000.

SDMark · January 26, 2023, 1:05am

I was positive. I had a GEN 5+, but just to be sure I used a USB hub. And voilà! It now detected the correct stick, and added it to my system. There are still some issues, but I will create a new post for them as I have time.

Thank you very much for your assistance. It’s greatly appreciated!

Mark

MarkWalsh · February 19, 2023, 9:02pm

I am in the same situation. I installed the Z-Wave JS add-on, and set up my network and devices, and now would like to use the Z-Wave JS UI now that I have found out about it.

I have added the same keys used in the JS integration into the JS UI integration, set the port and the server is set to ws://core-zwave-js/

Can I just stop the one add-on and start the UI add-on; will the devices still be connected or will I need to go through the process of adding them again?

MarkWalsh · February 19, 2023, 11:20pm

I stopped the Z-Wave JS add-on, and it looks like the JS UI add on is working properly.

Edit: I was mistaken, devices were showing up on the UI, but all my dashboards and automations didn’t. I disabled the JS UI add on for now, and everything is back to where it was.

I’ll need to figure out more on how to properly set this up when I have more time. Any suggestions welcome.

freshcoast · February 20, 2023, 1:20am

I posted the instructions to switch above. Here they are again.

MarkWalsh · February 20, 2023, 2:02am

Thanks.

To clarify, I disable the current JS integration, and then after configuring the JS UI add-on, I don’t enable it, I have to go through the “Add Integration” process?

I had just re-enabled it before, I’m guessing that was the issue.

freshcoast · February 20, 2023, 2:47am

You should follow all of the steps that are listed, otherwise it won’t work. Especially step 4, which re-configures the server to connect to.

MarkWalsh · February 23, 2023, 2:06pm

Ugh, still no luck. Not sure what I did wrong (I’m sure I had the correct address, that’s the only thing I can assume was the issue), but I did find your other writeup on this, I’ll try that again this weekend.

Lonestar10 · May 25, 2023, 10:50pm

I love Home Asssiant and I support the team. But why is Zwave so fragnmented? Why can’t we have one native Zwave inegration that just works? Screw all these confusing add-ons.
Sorry to vent, but my entire zwave network is offline after the Zwave JS UI update 1.13. Backups won’t fix this, so I’m haing to rebuild the Zwave network…and I got this port error.

freshcoast · May 26, 2023, 12:37am

This thread has the instructions for fixing the “lock port” error. Did you try them?

Lonestar10 · May 26, 2023, 1:57am

I did get it resolved. Your post in partitcular was helpful. Thank you.

freshcoast · May 26, 2023, 2:45am

Glad to hear that. If you have such problems in the future, take a look at the HA logs and add-on logs first (if you didn’t first) before going the nuclear route. There were a couple of issues, now fixed, revealed by driver updates. No idea if that happened in this case, but the logs would tell us.

drzwave · September 12, 2023, 6:11pm

In Step 4, What is: Enter the correct address for the community add-on in the URL field in the next step.?
What is the “correct address”?
Can you give me an example?

By default when adding the Z-Wave JS UI Integration (and unchecking the Z-Wave JS Supervisor add-on) the popup has: ws://localhost:3000
Is that the “correct address”? apparently not as I get a Failed to Connect message.

I have to agree this is much more difficult than I had hoped and I’ve spent a few hours trying to get this started up and I keep running in circles.

I suggest:

after clicking on the Add Integration and searching for Z-Wave, then selecting Z-Wave
in addition to the checkbox for Use the Z-Wave JS Supervisor add-on
a radio button allows the Z-Wave JS UI add-on to be installed instead.
And have a note or when hovering over each one it says the UI version is for advanced users.

drzwave · September 12, 2023, 7:26pm

After more running in circles, I tried: ws://a0d7b954-zwavejs2mqtt:3000
which worked. How can we make this the default instead of localhost?

freshcoast · September 12, 2023, 8:22pm

The URL for the community add-on is documented many places, including multiple times in this very thread, just scroll up a bit.

As a reminder to anyone else stumbling into this thread, when you install an add-on, but sure to read the add-on docs first. This setting is mentioned clearly in the Z-Wave JS UI add-on docs.

The same instructions are in the Z-Wave integration docs.

Many people do not use add-ons, and others use the official add-on, so that value as a default is not correct either. I can only speak for myself, but I don’t think core integrations should hard-code things related to community add-ons. The effort would be better spent on HA being able to auto-discover the add-on and presenting it as a choice, instead of requiring manual entry.

The default URL for the configuration dialog is set here:

github.com

home-assistant/core/blob/1b40a56e2b9ae204b400d100a03757a31cfbefae/homeassistant/components/zwave_js/config_flow.py#L59

    
      
              CONF_S2_ACCESS_CONTROL_KEY,
              CONF_S2_AUTHENTICATED_KEY,
              CONF_S2_UNAUTHENTICATED_KEY,
              CONF_USB_PATH,
              CONF_USE_ADDON,
              DOMAIN,
          )
          
          
_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
          
          
DEFAULT_URL = "ws://localhost:3000"
          TITLE = "Z-Wave JS"
          
          
ADDON_SETUP_TIMEOUT = 5
          ADDON_SETUP_TIMEOUT_ROUNDS = 40
          CONF_EMULATE_HARDWARE = "emulate_hardware"
          CONF_LOG_LEVEL = "log_level"
          SERVER_VERSION_TIMEOUT = 10
          
          
ADDON_LOG_LEVELS = {
              "error": "Error",

Anyone can submit a PR to the project. Getting it accepted is another story, so you can try your luck if you like.