Hi,
I have asked myself if I have been missing out on any major concept or configuration options in Home Assistant and Z-Wave JS because in my case it is extremely cumbersome to add new Z-Wave devices.
My set up:
- Raspberry Pi 3
- Home Assistant OS 6.5
- Core core-2021.10.6
- Supervisor supervisor-2021.10.6
- Z-Wave JS 0.1.45
- Aeotec Z-Stick Gen5 AEOEZW090-C
Meanwhile some (10) devices (Qubino Flush 1D Relay, Eurotronic Spirit Thermostat, Devolo MT02646 Home Control Metering Plug, Aeotec LED Bulb 6 Mutli-Colour E27) could be added with little to lots of hazzle (i.e. first not working, but then apparently suddenly working after many tries and lots of fumbling).
What’s worth mentioning is that I have been previously running all Z-Wave devices on Synology NAS/OpenHAB 2.3 and an older Aeotec Stick before, but then decided to migrate to RaspberryPi/Home Assistant. I have excluded or factory reset all Z-Wave devices. They worked fine in the old set up.
At the moment I’m stuck with a total of 3 partly or not configurable devices (they are all mains powered if this makes a difference):
- 2 additional (one already worked, see above) Qubino Flush 1D Relay are visible but cannot be interviewed. After trying to Re-Interview Device the log in Supervisor > Z-Wave JS > Log says every time:
2021-10-25T20:35:29.686Z CNTRLR [Node 013] Beginning interview - last completed stage: None
2021-10-25T20:35:29.688Z CNTRLR [Node 013] new node, doing a full interview...
2021-10-25T20:35:29.692Z CNTRLR » [Node 013] querying protocol info...
2021-10-25T20:35:29.754Z CNTRLR « [Node 013] received response for protocol info:
basic device class: Routing Slave
generic device class: Binary Switch
specific device class: Binary Power Switch
node type: Routing End Node
is always listening: true
is frequent listening: false
can route messages: true
supports security: false
supports beaming: true
maximum data rate: 100000 kbps
protocol version: 3
2021-10-25T20:35:29.759Z CNTRLR [Node 013] Interview stage completed: ProtocolInfo
2021-10-25T20:35:29.761Z CNTRLR » [Node 013] pinging the node...
2021-10-25T20:35:38.530Z CNTRLR [Node 013] Node 13 did not respond after 1 attempts, it is presumed dead
2021-10-25T20:35:38.536Z CNTRLR [Node 013] ping failed: Failed to send the command after 1 attempts (Status No
Ack)
2021-10-25T20:35:38.537Z CNTRLR » [Node 013] querying node info...
2021-10-25T20:35:38.539Z CNTRLR » [Node 013] pinging the node...
2021-10-25T20:35:47.369Z CNTRLR [Node 013] Node 13 did not respond after 1 attempts, it is presumed dead
2021-10-25T20:35:47.381Z CNTRLR [Node 013] ping failed: Failed to send the command after 1 attempts (Status No
Ack)
2021-10-25T20:35:47.383Z CNTRLR [Node 013] Interview attempt (1/5) failed, node is dead.
- 1 additional (one already worked, see above) Devolo MT02646 Home Control Metering Plug is not recognized at all. The log says every time:
2021-10-25T20:33:05.813Z CNTRLR Starting inclusion process with strategy Default...
2021-10-25T20:33:05.858Z CNTRLR handling add node request (status = Ready)
2021-10-25T20:33:05.859Z CNTRLR the controller is now ready to add nodes
2021-10-25T20:34:35.829Z CNTRLR stopping inclusion process...
2021-10-25T20:34:35.951Z CNTRLR handling add node request (status = Done)
2021-10-25T20:34:35.952Z CNTRLR done called for 0
2021-10-25T20:34:35.953Z CNTRLR the inclusion process was stopped
I’ve tried to add the devices via UI Configuration > Devices > Z-Stick Gen5 USB Controller > Configure Device > Network > Add Device (is there a shorter path to this menu?) as well as via clicking the hardware button on the stick. The new devices are close to the Stick in line-of-sight.
I have tried to restart the Raspberry Pi, the Home Assistant Server, Z-Wave Supervisor etc. without success.
It’s not only time-consuming and seemingly completely random behaviour, but I got this far and now I’ve been stuck for days.
Do you have any tips what else can be done? Are there any options I can tweak? Any diagnostics tools I haven’t found yet? Is my construct wrong?