ZWave usb stick and VM

I found a solution to this issue and it doesn’t require any scripting. You must have the VirtualBox Extension Pack installed.

  1. Power down the VM.
  2. Unplug and re-plug the Nortek HSUBZB-1 stick.
  3. In VirtualBox > VM > Settings > USB, the green plus sign brings up a list of the devices Windows can see. Select the Silicon Lans HubZ device.
  4. Edit the new Silicon Labs device to look like this (delete all of the field contents that were auto-populated except the ones in the following screenshot. I would leave your ProductID and other values if they’re different from mine.):

  1. Power on the VM.

Here’s how the devices look to Home Assistant in my setup.

Cheers

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