Admittedly first time with anything Z-Wave. I am using an Aeotec Z-Stick 7 which was picked up by my HA inside a VM just fine. Configuration was straightforward and quick too.
However, I have no end of issues pairing new devices. I will try 10-20 times and out of those attempts, even though I am pretty sure I am repeating the same steps, only 1 attempt is successful at pairing my Philo PSP05 PIR sensors. And once I have a sensor paired, the devices go into “sleep” mode by design. With no setting to get around this. The manual states this and acts as if it’s normal! One would think, motion would bring it out of sleep again, but it doesn’t appear too.
To cap it off, they don’t even behave like proper PIR sensors. The sensor stays permanently in “Detected” mode. The so-called “Binary sensor” setting doesn’t stick though I think this could be because the device is in “sleep” and the setting doesn’t reach it? Fine, you could say all of this is fixable using config but then I look at the PIR itself and it doesn’t detect any motion after a few minutes. It’s like it’s asleep until I remove the battery and reinsert. All 3 behave in the same way.
Worst experience with any sensors I’ve purchased to date. They are certainly not capable of working with HA out of the box. Anyone have much success? I went for them because they come with a nice spot light fixture. Nothing else comes close in terms of design and aesthetics.
Thanks
