Z-wave problems using Aerotec stick on raspi 3

I have a RasPi3 and an Aerotec Z-Wave Plus USB stick, along with an Aerotec door sensor.

I am having a lot of trouble getting this all to work. I think it may be a permissions issue, but honestly, this is new ground for me.

The Z-Wave config page shows the stick but shows no entities. I finally for the sensor to show, but that was by pairing them while the stick was disconnected. The device seems to move between ACM0 to ACM1, but I am trying to user the serial usb ID instead. This is a printout from an SSH session…

core-ssh:~# hassio hardware info
audio:
  "0":
    devices:
    - chan_id: "0"
      chan_type: digital audio playback
    - chan_id: "1"
      chan_type: digital audio playback
    name: bcm2835_alsa - bcm2835 ALSA
    type: ALSA
disk:
- /dev/mmcblk0p1
- /dev/mmcblk0p2
- /dev/mmcblk0p4
- /dev/mmcblk0p3
- /dev/mmcblk0p8
- /dev/mmcblk0
- /dev/mmcblk0p6
- /dev/mmcblk0p7
- /dev/mmcblk0p5
gpio:
- gpiochip128
- gpiochip0
- gpiochip100
input:
- Lenovo ThinkPad Compact USB Keyboard with TrackPoint
serial:
- /dev/ttyAMA0
- /dev/serial/by-id/usb-0658_0200-if00
- /dev/ttyACM1
core-ssh:~# sudo usermod -aG dialout homeassistant
-bash: sudo: command not found
core-ssh:~# ls -l /dev/serial/by-id/usb-0658_0200-if00
crw-rw----    1 root     audio     166,   0 Nov 29 21:40 /dev/serial/by-id/usb-0658_0200-if00
core-ssh:~# ls -l /dev/ttyACM1
ls: /dev/ttyACM1: No such file or directory
core-ssh:~# ls -l /dev/ttyAMA0
crw-rw----    1 root     audio     204,  64 Nov 29 21:40 /dev/ttyAMA0
core-ssh:~# ls -l /dev/ttyACM0
crw-rw----    1 root     audio     166,   0 Nov 29 21:40 /dev/ttyACM0
core-ssh:~# sudo
-bash: sudo: command not found
core-ssh:~# chgrp dialout /dev/ttyAMC1
chgrp: /dev/ttyAMC1: No such file or directory
core-ssh:~# sudo chgrp dialout /dev/ttyAMC1
-bash: sudo: command not found
core-ssh:~# groups homeassistant
groups: unknown user homeassistant
core-ssh:~# groups root
root bin daemon sys adm disk wheel floppy dialout tape video
core-ssh:~# sudo chgrp dialout /dev/ttyAMC1
-bash: sudo: command not found

It seems that the stick can not communicate to the other device because of dialout permissions?? But I am not sure how to resolve.

Any help or guidance would be hugely appreciated. Ive been fighting with this all day and it seems like it is pretty straightforward for others.

Thanks!
~Jon