I have a Z-wave network with 70 devices and am using the Aeotec controller and a pi3. I am doing a reinstall of HA because of a micro SD failure (and no backups, stupid me). This network was fully operational until the failure. All nodes were available.
I am using Z-waveJS (not UI) for configuration. About 1/2 of the nodes I can manually re-interview nodes, and for one that is working this is the log:
Device interview complete. ProtocolInfo NodeInfo CommandClasses OverwriteConfig Complete
all with green check marks and it is marked ALIVE.
But about 1/2 of the devices fail this process. Here is node 42.
The device interview failed. Additional information may be available in the logs.
ProtocolInfo
and then is marked dead. In the log:
2026-01-04 11:10:35.744 CNTRLR [Node 042] Beginning interview - last completed stage: None
2026-01-04 11:10:35.911 CNTRLR [Node 042] new node, doing a full interview…
2026-01-04 11:10:35.968 CNTRLR » [Node 042] querying protocol info…
2026-01-04 11:10:36.295 DRIVER one or more queues busy
2026-01-04 11:10:36.298 DRIVER » [REQ] [GetNodeProtocolInfo]
2026-01-04 11:10:36.737 DRIVER « [RES] [GetNodeProtocolInfo]
2026-01-04 11:10:36.741 CNTRLR « [Node 042] received response for protocol info:
basic device class: Routing End Node
generic device class: Binary Switch
specific device class: Binary Power Switch
node type: 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
2026-01-04 11:10:36.744 CNTRLR [Node 042] Interview stage completed: ProtocolInfo
2026-01-04 11:10:36.747 CNTRLR » [Node 042] pinging the node…
2026-01-04 11:10:36.795 DRIVER » [Node 042] [REQ] [SendData]
│ transmit options: 0x01
│ callback id: 181
└─[NoOperationCC]
2026-01-04 11:10:36.818 DRIVER « [RES] [SendData]
was sent: true
2026-01-04 11:10:37.004 DRIVER « [REQ] [SendData]
callback id: 181
transmit status: NoAck
2026-01-04 11:10:37.027 CNTRLR [Node 042] The node did not respond after 1 attempts, it is presumed dead
2026-01-04 11:10:37.028 CNTRLR [Node 042] The node is dead.
2026-01-04 11:10:37.032 CNTRLR [Node 042] ping failed: The node did not acknowledge the command (ZW0204)
2026-01-04 11:10:37.195 CNTRLR [Node 042] Interview attempt (1/5) failed, node is dead.
2026-01-04 11:10:37.200 DRIVER all queues idle
Notice that the device is alive (and actually works). But the ping failed possibly because ping is not supported on this wall switch. It is more than 10 years old. The result is that it is marked dead.
Is there a way in ZwaveJS to have it skip the ping step and continue the re-interview?
Thanks for any help.