Zwave JS versus ZWave JS MQTT

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@jimh12345

If I just do nothing and wait, will ZWaveJS eventually get the capabilities of ZWaveJSMQTT?

Supposedly that is where they want to end up but there is no definitive timeline on when they will get there.

@jimh12345

I can’t find out whether, or how, to ‘add’ ZwaveJSMQTT to my installation without having to rebuild my Zwave net, or rename entities, or patch names in all my automations and scripts.

there was a recent discussion of that here:

ZWave JS suddenly losing devices and entities names . System renaming them by itself! #2018

On my standard Raspberry 4 hass.io ZWave JS integration, Nortek HUSBZB-1 my automations have started suddenly to fail to execute. I noticed then that the entities have changed name in many devices out of 81 devices and 425 entities, about half of them show now renamed to some default name like GE Quick-fit Smart In-Wall Paddle Switch, In-Wall Smart Fan Control, In-Wall Smart Switch,… What is causing the issue? How to stop and avoid this? How to fix it? (short of renaming 500+ items by hand …