Z-Way - Z-Wave.Me RaZberry 7 Pro installation on Home Assistant Pi4

Third party integrations
1

Purchased the razpberry 7 pro and am attempting an install but am completely flummoxed as to how this should be installed.

What I have done so far to install this on my existing Home Assistant raspberry pi (not a fresh install but my mature HA system:

  1. Raspberry Pi 4 procedure

Add the following parameters to the bottom of the /boot/config.txt file.

dtoverlay=disable-bt
enable_uart=1
  1. Reboot your Pi 4 without the Razberry Z-Wave hat first. Then shutdown, add the hat back, and boot again.

Now I have no idea how to proceed. It seems clear that to get the API token for the ZWaveMe integration, I need to have installed Z-Way software as the instructions suggest accessing the web UI to get this. But how do you do that on an HA RPI4?

Instructions with the hat itself suggest using a wget command. This is not available on the ha os.

Even if the ZwaveMe integration is not actually needed, and the other ZWave integrations will dovetail with Zway, it does seem I need to access the ZWay UI for anything to work.

Please treat me as a “dummy” (as that is what I am) and the more detailed explanation of steps, the better.

2

I don’t think HAOS is a supported platform for using the Z-Way software. HAOS makes it difficult to install arbitrary long-running services. Everything needs to run inside a Docker container. Your most viable option is to create a custom add-on to host the service (or see if anyone has already done this), similar to what is done for Z-Wave JS, but obviously this would not be easy to do for most users.

Realistically, you should either use one of the Z-Wave JS add-ons, or use a supported platform like Raspberry PI OS and run HAOS somewhere else.

3

Agree with Freshcoast here. If you have no specific reason to use Zway, those sticks are supported natively by ZWave JS. I’d just set them up in JS or ZWaveJS UI and go to town.

4

Ok. I will install the razberry pro 7 on another pi.

However, backing out has created another issue. I removed the following lines from the config.txt and rebooted (twice).

dtoverlay=disable-bt enable_uart=1

This has really screwed up Bluetooth on Hassos. Is there something else I need to add to backout the disabling of BT and also to backout the enable_uart command?

Update: restarted again and this time seems ok

5

Z-Wave.Me is actively working on the HA Z-Way add-on. Check GitHub - Z-Wave-Me/ha-z-wave-me-addon: Z-Wave.Me add-on for Home Assistant

Soon HAOS and Yellow will be among the supported platforms.

6

Quick question. To install Razberry 7 pro as hat in Pi4, can we use Pi4 that already running Home Assistant or need to separate Pi server?

7

You can use the Z-Wave.Me integration with Z-Way running on another Pi (or even remotely via find.z-wave.me).

You can also install Z-Way on the same Pi. There are different options:

All those options use the Z-Wave.Me add-on.