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Z-Wave Future....
DesTD
https://forum.z-wave.me/viewtopic.php?f=3417&t=36140 That's not a good thing I think Time to switch again?
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UZB/RaZberry Firmwares - Update
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Docker container for Z-Way
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Hey guys ... I've started creating a Docker container for Z-Way. I was previously using the Razberry2 but found it a bit slow on my Raspberry Pi 3. I could upgrade to a Raspberry Pi 4 but since I already run a dedicated Linux server and many Docker containers I thought it might make more sense to run Z-Way on there. GitHub: https://github.com/sofakng/docker-zway DockerHub: https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/sofakng/zway This container is based on other containers that are no longer updated: (ruimarinho/docker-z-way) and (EugenMayer/docker-image-zway) I'd love to hear feedback and any improvements that might be needed. One thing I want to add immediately is to separate the configuration files from the Docker volume but it looks like Z-Way has several user configuration files/directories? $ZWAY_DIR/config/Configuration.xml $ZWAY_DIR/config/Rules.xml $ZWAY_DIR/config/maps $ZWAY_DIR/config/zddx $ZWAY_DIR/automation/user_syscommands $ZWAY_DIR/automation/storage $ZWAY_DIR/automation/userModules $ZWAY_DIR/htdocs/smarthome/user $ZWAY_DIR/config.xml
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Migration to Virtualisation
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Not 100% sure this is the best place, but this seems to be the sticking point. Background: My NotVera system has been working perfectly now for some years. USB Z wave stick in an old Intel NUC. The NUC has a bare metal install of Debian buster, and on that we have: Z-wave Smart Home OpenLuup AltUI MSR Mosquito server Home Automation Bridge. I also have a bare metal Raspian install of Home Assistant running on a Pi Due to my Buffalo Linkstation doing some odd stuff (like suddenly disconnecting, while maintaining everything was fine) I bit the bullet and bought a Synology DS224+ Now, given the age of my NUC I'm thinking that I should probably start thinking about how to replace / safeguard it. Pretty happy that I can make an image of the existing disk and drop it onto a virtual machine in the Synology, or re-install / restore or do some other things (not decided what yet) but I get stuck on the USB dongle. Can I connect that to a VM on the NAS, or do I need another solution? TIA C
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Razberry firmware upgrade from 5.04 to 5.27
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I have a Razberry v2 with firmware v5.04, and Bootloader v8aaa with CRC 35498 (I did manage to upgrade to this version using the "ZMESerialUpdater" tool ). I want to upgrade the firmware to v5.27, which Z-Wave.me Support say is the newest version that my hardware can handle without bricking it. Firmware v5.27 introduces the Analytics tab, according to Poltos, which is what I want. I have been studying the firmware map (https://service.z-wave.me/expertui/uzb-stats/versions-graph.html?with_hidden) which I sort-of understand. I have also got the "ZMESerialUpdater" tool to do the update, and could use it if I knew which binaries to use. My question is, what firmware update route do I use to get from v5.04 to v5.27? What exactly are the URLs of the binaries (as in "UPD_FIRMWARE_Razberry500_from_05_04_to_05_07.bin")? Somewhat confused! ScotsDon
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UZB Firmware update failed!
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Z-Wave RF optimization
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Use Scenes (2x/ 3x click) from Fibaro Roller Shutter 2 in openluup with zway bridge
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z-way-server new release
rafale77R
Lagging a little here but I just upgraded my z-way-server version and couldn't find much information on their website or even forum. https://storage.z-wave.me/z-way-server/ What is interesting for the ubuntu/debian version is that it is now released as a .deb package making upgrades much easier. I just downloaded the package and ran: dpkg -i z-way-*.deb and nothing else. The previous versions required some manual work since it was just a bunch of files for us to overwrite our installations. From the release note, there could be interesting things for some folks here. It is a pretty long list compared to the previous incremental release.
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Z-way backup strategy
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For all systems backup is a vital part of the long-term usability. I thought that I describe my set up with Z-way so far. Hopefully others can fill in with their backup thoughts as well. I am sure that there are much more streamlined ways of doing this and hope to learn from you all. I run Z-way on a Raspberry Pi 3B+ with a daughter RaZberry card. In order to reduce the risk of getting corrupt SD cards I have it running off an SSD. So far this works very well. Setting it up was really easy just reading a standard Raspbian image onto the SSD. The only minor obstacle was that I had to test a few old 2.5" enclosures to find one that the Pi liked. The Pi is then also powered via an UPS, hopefully this will avoid problems in the event of power outages. In order to backup Z-way I have so far done manual backups from the regular Smarthome backup & restore function creating .zab files and from the Expert UI creating .zbk files. As far as I have understood the .zab files which are bigger contain more information than the .zbk files. The strategy so far has been to make backup files after each inclusion/exclusion. Also before updating Z-way. I have yet to test restoring from these files. From Smarthome it is also possible to set up cloud backup. I have not yet set up this as I need to decide that it is safe enough to do so. On the other hand I had this set up on my two Veras. It would have been nice to be able to schedule a local backup of Z-way instead of having to put them in the cloud, perhaps from OpenLuup via the Z-way bridge? In addition to the built in backup function I try to do complete image copies of the SD cards on my Pi's with Win32DiskImager. When I moved to an SSD the image file grew to the size of the SSD since it is a raw copy including all the empty space. Image files of 160GB are not practical to handle so I found a good instruction on how to shrink the .img file with Gparted in Linux: https://steemit.com/raspberrypi/@wizzle/shrink-raspberry-pi-images-using-windows-virtualbox-running-raspberry-pi-desktop By shrinking the .img file with Gparted it is now a more reasonable 4GB. These file are stored on my NAS for safekeeping. The strategy here so far is to make a new image file before updating Z-way and to use these in combination with more frequent Z-way backups. I have tested restoring a Gparted shrinked .img file to the SSD when my Z-way for some strange reason became unreachable through the regular UI but remained reachable through the Expert UI. Always good to test the restore function and to see that it works. The downside of the .img strategy is that I need to power-off the Pi for a while when making the backup. However if the Z-way backup files work then the complete .img backup need not be done so very often. //ArcherS
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Z-way video tutorials
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Have found these videos very informative as a zway(ve) novice .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW8UXYxSI2k&t=2902s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbNL0ISw58s&t=3230s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU4SXNBfQx4
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Lifeline/TKB switches
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Have a number of TKB plug switches (TZ68) that are not reporting to the controller. Believe they should be associated to Z-Way in Group 1 but am not able to get the devices to report groups in the interview/call for NIF process and so there are no associations possible. Thermosat is telling them to come on/off (hurrah!) but they don't report their on/off status in the gui. In Associations tab: Can not configure associations: groups were not reported by the device. Do interview.
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Switched from RaZberry to UZB
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Night and day difference for me. I think I was getting a lot of interference in my media closet. Devices were very slow to respond and sometimes not at all. Switched to UZB and used a USB extender to place it a good 5 ft from the location of my pi. Now things are fast and reliable.
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UZB and Zway server installation
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(Solved - presume pijuice hat was upset battery wasn't connected. Took out the plastic protector and UZB now showing. Next - upgrade UZB firmware) Have I missed something? UZB not showing up in Zway ... Downloaded Raspberry Pi Imager and used to set up os (Buster) on an 8gb SD https://www.raspberrypi.org/software/ Then installed Zway from Terminal wget -q -O - https://storage.z-wave.me/RaspbianInstall | sudo bash https://z-wave.me/z-way/download-z-way/ Plugged in UZB Changed port to /dev/ttyACM0 in menu/apps/ZWave network access in basic UI
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Rpi kit
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This arrived today - hope it has enough juice for the uzb. https://coolcomponents.co.uk/products/pijuice-hat-a-portable-power-platform-for-every-raspberry-pi Shame the cases are sold out everywhere.
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z-way-server 3.1.0 release
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UZB Long Range
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Hi guys, Does anyone know if the UZB supports Long Range already? I can't find which chip is in there.
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Getting status update from device
DesTD
Probably @rafale77 will jump on this question first I'm using the new model of GE/Jasco switch (they replaced the dead one I got) and the new model is having also S2 security and send instant status update BUT, And probably @rafale77 will say yes, is it possible that interference can do that I'm missing some instant update status ? Often, I'm having the wrong status in the zwave.me web interface...and even clicking the icon, the status didn't changed to right one. I also try to do some "On/Off" using the web interface, and the device itself physically, toggle without a problem, but the web interface is still no correct.
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Add Indicator commandClass to zNode metric
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I'm trying to monitor the indicator command class of a 5 button scene controller in Z-Way so openluup can properly create and track it. seems like Z-Way COMMAND_CLASS_INDICATOR (0x87 or 135) are not being monitored by the ZWave module as I couldn't find anything for this command class in (/z-way-server-path/automation/modules/ZWave/index.js) When a Get or Set Indicator command class request is sent to the controller. ZSniffer picks up the request and response just fine although this packets are not being monitored by the zwave module Example: ZWayIP:8083/ZWaveAPI/Run/SendData(NodeID,[ Command_Class, Instance, Value ]) ZWayIP:8083/ZWaveAPI/Run/SendData(2,[ 0x87, 0x01, 0x01 ]) (Hexa) ZWayIP:8083/ZWaveAPI/Run/SendData(2,[ 135, 1, 1 ]) (Decimal) the answer looks like: [2020-04-24 19:59:36.261] [I] [zway] Waiting for job reply: Indicator Get [2020-04-24 19:59:36.281] [D] [zway] RECEIVED: ( 01 0B 00 04 00 02 03 87 03 01 B6 00 C2 ) [2020-04-24 19:59:36.281] [D] [zway] SENT ACK I’d like to store the Indicator response “RECEIVED” correctly. I believe by modifying the index.js of the zwave module could do the trick and once the module start tracking the indicator command class values as a metric then openluup's z-way plugin would properly track any changes as well. I'm wondering if anyone around here could share any thoughts or comments that could make it easier...
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Aeon Multisensor 6 issue
PerHP
Posting here, as the z-wave.me forum seems desolated.. I have two multisensor 6 sensors, and one of them is not sending motion sensor updates? Looking at the configuration, they are both registered as battery sensors for som reason, even if they are USB powered. They respond quickly to parameter changes, except for parameter 100 and 110, that will not update. Any clues? How do i convince the controller that they are USB powered?
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    Ignore that too, this device can't be configured through zwave. It is a controller. If the device has not be interviewed to support the configuration command class or wakeup command, it will show this message. Most devices don't support this command class and only battery powered devices which are not FLiRS support wakeup.

    It seems like you had it perfectly working and you broke it by doing things you should not be doing.
    It's good for you to play around and to learn how zwave works. You were obviously bothered by things which were perfectly normal and have been breaking your configurations trying to fix things which were not broken.
    What you saw were not error messages or incomplete connections. They are just normal behavior based on the specific device and controller you have.

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      Ok definitely something is wrong here. I have added to vera as secondary controller, it is detected by vera. but not just like last time it shows no devices at all in z-way... just 1 in vera with device id 104 and in z-way with 104 as well...

      and... omg? z-way is now micasaverde and vera is zway:
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      force interview does nothing...

      it seems to be included somehow:
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        Ignore that too, this device can't be configured through zwave. It is a controller. If the device has not be interviewed to support the configuration command class or wakeup command, it will show this message. Most devices don't support this command class and only battery powered devices which are not FLiRS support wakeup.

        It seems like you had it perfectly working and you broke it by doing things you should not be doing.
        It's good for you to play around and to learn how zwave works. You were obviously bothered by things which were perfectly normal and have been breaking your configurations trying to fix things which were not broken.
        What you saw were not error messages or incomplete connections. They are just normal behavior based on the specific device and controller you have.

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        It seems like you had it perfectly working and you broke it by doing things you should not be doing.
        It's good for you to play around and to learn how zwave works. You were obviously bothered by things which were perfectly normal and have been breaking your configurations trying to fix things which were not broken.
        What you saw were not error messages or incomplete connections. They are just normal behavior based on the specific device and controller you have.
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        What do you exactly mean I had broken? I have just received a new ZMEEUZB1 stick today. I had to remove the device from Vera (previous stick) and to connect this new stick to my z-way server... there is nothing I did try to fix what was broken...?

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          You can also read the z-way manual.
          Looking at your screen shot, it looks like you went ahead and called a NIF on the controller because the firmware update tab showed that the service is not available.
          You are on a zwave screen. It means that the firmware update tab is a zwave OTA upgrade function. Since you selected the z-way controller chip, it will obviously not be supported. OTA means over the air. It is obvious to me because I have been digging around zwave for some time but I suppose you were trying to upgrade the controller. This is done in the controller menu the same way you did it before. After you called the NIF, you broke the controller information because a NIF is a zwave message sent by the controller into the network. So you basically ask Paul to go send a radio message to nobody (since you have no other devices) what's Paul's name. It doesn't make sense and that's why you got a failure.

          Now on adding vera, it doesn't look like you did it correctly either. You seem to have set vera in inclusion mode correctly but for z-way, you need to put it in learning mode under network/control/join network. If you set it to just send a nif to the vera, it will do just that and be added as a device without knowledge of what else is on the vera network. As for the node 1 showing mi-casa verde. It's perfectly normal too because this screen shows the info for the master controller. The vera is the master and will show up in z-way as node 1 but since the name of the node has not been updated (interview is not done), it still is named Z-way. You can do a refresh interview and this should be corrected in the case your z-way was included as a controller and not as any device. It seems you did all these before but have forgotten how. Play around and get more familiar...

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            Rafael, you are right... I don't know z-wave well enough. at least the low level details. I am just a user that wants a "stable" network without too much trouble. And yes to achieve that I realize I need to get familiar with the terminology and techniques.

            For that vera inclusion part. I did exactly what was on page 1 of https://smarthome.community/topic/63/adding-z-way-as-secondary-controller-to-vera-zwave-network/38 just like last time. That's pretty straightforward and I cannot imagine what could be wrong there... You write " You seem to have set vera in inclusion mode correctly but for z-way, you need to put it in learning mode under network/control/join network." and with that you mean below though?

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              Yes, I meant include into network. after you do this, all your devices on the vera will show up in z-way. Vera does not support S2 so you don't need to worry about the first section.

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                Ok, I update the firmware of the stick a few times.

                Now trying to include in Vera... but got stuck after many minutes:
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                I do get the fact that when all is well this product should be awesome. But having spent so many times (and money) and took so many hurdles to get things going, this is where my journey ends and I would like to thank you all kindly for all help and effort. I really hope one day z-wave will see the light but I think this way, it will only get darker. Don't get me wrong, there is always a small group of enthusiasts to which I also wanted to belong but with SO MANY TROUBLES, User side (mine/me) or technology side this is too many steps too far for me.

                Thanks again and it was a very pleasant view to have my vera devices in z-way for a very little while (around 15 minutes) about 2 weeks ago.

                A BIG THANK YOU AGAIN!

                Update: just took A LOT of time?:
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                but still no devices... like last stick (2 weeks ago):
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                  You got an error because you tried to exclude a device from z-way when the exclusion process needs to start from the master controller. You need to set the vera in exclusion mode and then go to z-way to "leave the network".
                  The way you did it, the vera has not configured the z-way controller yet. It just included it. Because it is an unknown device, the vera buggy autoconfiguration will not work. You have to disable auto configuration on the vera to get rid of that error.
                  All z-way does when you hit the leaving the network button, is to wakeup the z-way's zwave chip. It is expecting the master controller to be in exclude mode. If it isn't it will fail and this is by design.

                  When adding a secondary z-wave controller, you have to think of it as just an additional device on the network. That's all it is. Everything you did using the vera remains the same. Nothing has changed. Configuring devices, including, excluding... all the same. You would be doing the same thing if you included another vera or any other controller or even any other device and needed to exclude it.

                  Understanding how zwave works under the hood is not very complicated and essential but most of your problems are caused by vera's incomplete implementation of z-wave network control making things very obscure.
                  If you had started from clean from z-way, you would have a much simpler system. If you want to run a dual controller, setup, you will need to learn how the z-wave topology and commands work at the most basic level. If you want a clean and simple z-wave system, you are better off getting rid of the vera and forget everything about it.

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                    You got an error because you tried to exclude a device from z-way when the exclusion process needs to start from the master controller. You need to set the vera in exclusion mode and then go to z-way to "leave the network".
                    The way you did it, the vera has not configured the z-way controller yet. It just included it. Because it is an unknown device, the vera buggy autoconfiguration will not work. You have to disable auto configuration on the vera to get rid of that error.
                    All z-way does when you hit the leaving the network button, is to wakeup the z-way's zwave chip. It is expecting the master controller to be in exclude mode. If it isn't it will fail and this is by design.

                    When adding a secondary z-wave controller, you have to think of it as just an additional device on the network. That's all it is. Everything you did using the vera remains the same. Nothing has changed. Configuring devices, including, excluding... all the same. You would be doing the same thing if you included another vera or any other controller or even any other device and needed to exclude it.

                    Understanding how zwave works under the hood is not very complicated and essential but most of your problems are caused by vera's incomplete implementation of z-wave network control making things very obscure.
                    If you had started from clean from z-way, you would have a much simpler system. If you want to run a dual controller, setup, you will need to learn how the z-wave topology and commands work at the most basic level. If you want a clean and simple z-wave system, you are better off getting rid of the vera and forget everything about it.

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                    @rafale77 said in z-way-server ubuntu install:
                    If you want a clean and simple z-wave system, you are better off getting rid of the vera and forget everything about it.

                    I want! But there is a way between Vera <--> homeassitant and Z-way <--> homeassistant. Well 2 ways. 1 is migrating and 2, the most important one, there is nothing for z-way in home assistant, the MQTT plugin is buggy, installation is not straight forward etc...

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                      You got an error because you tried to exclude a device from z-way when the exclusion process needs to start from the master controller. You need to set the vera in exclusion mode and then go to z-way to "leave the network".
                      The way you did it, the vera has not configured the z-way controller yet. It just included it. Because it is an unknown device, the vera buggy autoconfiguration will not work. You have to disable auto configuration on the vera to get rid of that error.
                      All z-way does when you hit the leaving the network button, is to wakeup the z-way's zwave chip. It is expecting the master controller to be in exclude mode. If it isn't it will fail and this is by design.

                      When adding a secondary z-wave controller, you have to think of it as just an additional device on the network. That's all it is. Everything you did using the vera remains the same. Nothing has changed. Configuring devices, including, excluding... all the same. You would be doing the same thing if you included another vera or any other controller or even any other device and needed to exclude it.

                      Understanding how zwave works under the hood is not very complicated and essential but most of your problems are caused by vera's incomplete implementation of z-wave network control making things very obscure.
                      If you had started from clean from z-way, you would have a much simpler system. If you want to run a dual controller, setup, you will need to learn how the z-wave topology and commands work at the most basic level. If you want a clean and simple z-wave system, you are better off getting rid of the vera and forget everything about it.

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                      @rafale77 said in z-way-server ubuntu install:

                      You got an error because you tried to exclude a device from z-way when the exclusion process needs to start from the master controller. You need to set the vera in exclusion mode and then go to z-way to "leave the network".
                      The way you did it, the vera has not configured the z-way controller yet. It just included it. Because it is an unknown device, the vera buggy autoconfiguration will not work. You have to disable auto configuration on the vera to get rid of that error.
                      All z-way does when you hit the leaving the network button, is to wakeup the z-way's zwave chip. It is expecting the master controller to be in exclude mode. If it isn't it will fail and this is by design.

                      I did not try to exclude anything in z-way. I did that excatly: set vera in exclusion and "leave network" in z-way, that works well! Only the other way around doesn't, the inclusion in the network (Include into network). In the screenshot you may see (Re-)inclusion started but that shows also when I did "include into network".

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                        See, unparing works well:
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                          I see. Sorry if I misunderstood.
                          The only time I have seen this is when the vera is in its typical crash hang up mode. The vera has started to include a device and its command queue got into wait mode therefore never completing the inclusion. In that case, I would repeat it until it works. It is a vera problem, no different from all the problems including secure class devices the vera has been struggling with.
                          Again, when you do it this way, z-way is no more than an additional device on the vera network and has all the same problems the vera has with secure class devices.

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                            I see. Sorry if I misunderstood.
                            The only time I have seen this is when the vera is in its typical crash hang up mode. The vera has started to include a device and its command queue got into wait mode therefore never completing the inclusion. In that case, I would repeat it until it works. It is a vera problem, no different from all the problems including secure class devices the vera has been struggling with.
                            Again, when you do it this way, z-way is no more than an additional device on the vera network and has all the same problems the vera has with secure class devices.

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                            @rafale77 said in z-way-server ubuntu install:

                            I see. Sorry if I misunderstood.
                            The only time I have seen this is when the vera is in its typical crash hang up mode. The vera has started to include a device and its command queue got into wait mode therefore never completing the inclusion. In that case, I would repeat it until it works. It is a vera problem, no different from all the problems including secure class devices the vera has been struggling with.
                            Again, when you do it this way, z-way is no more than an additional device on the vera network and has all the same problems the vera has with secure class devices.

                            This sounds logical, but this would be the 5th time then... I am running out of patience...

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                              @rafale77 said in z-way-server ubuntu install:

                              I see. Sorry if I misunderstood.
                              The only time I have seen this is when the vera is in its typical crash hang up mode. The vera has started to include a device and its command queue got into wait mode therefore never completing the inclusion. In that case, I would repeat it until it works. It is a vera problem, no different from all the problems including secure class devices the vera has been struggling with.
                              Again, when you do it this way, z-way is no more than an additional device on the vera network and has all the same problems the vera has with secure class devices.

                              This sounds logical, but this would be the 5th time then... I am running out of patience...

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                              Yep, blame vera... I took me over 50 attempts and 3 hours on the phone with support to pair a Yale lock. It also took me hundreds of attempts to pair a vision ZP3111-5 securely. You can probably see in the old place my sharing of experience about secure class inclusion success probability, something that blacey mitigated by rebooting the vera just before the inclusion attempt. This varies a lot with what you have going on in your zwave network. The vera takes patience. Something I ran out of which triggered the migration.

                              I also know that you are committed to home assistant as your automation controller. Sorry, I don't have a good answer for it. As you already know, I vastly prefer openLuup for two reasons: 1. I prefer lua 2. Home assistant automation engine is not as powerful and would require node-red to match openLuup's capability as a front end. At that point, why not just run openLuup+z-way and use home assistant for what it is good at: an integration bridge.

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                                Yep, blame vera... I took me over 50 attempts and 3 hours on the phone with support to pair a Yale lock. It also took me hundreds of attempts to pair a vision ZP3111-5 securely. You can probably see in the old place my sharing of experience about secure class inclusion success probability, something that blacey mitigated by rebooting the vera just before the inclusion attempt. This varies a lot with what you have going on in your zwave network. The vera takes patience. Something I ran out of which triggered the migration.

                                I also know that you are committed to home assistant as your automation controller. Sorry, I don't have a good answer for it. As you already know, I vastly prefer openLuup for two reasons: 1. I prefer lua 2. Home assistant automation engine is not as powerful and would require node-red to match openLuup's capability as a front end. At that point, why not just run openLuup+z-way and use home assistant for what it is good at: an integration bridge.

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                                @rafale77 Home-assistant is currently the new star in my network... where Vera was just a few weeks ago homeassistant is now... and truly EVERTYTHING IS IN and it works 95-100 time directly... the only PROPER thing missing is a GOOD Z-wave bridge in which Vera as such doesn't do a very bad job at all, weren't it the fact that the z-wave part and device support for that is just not as stable as I want... But on the other hand, the openzwave, zwave2mqtt, QT openzwave (the new beast of hass) and all other "openzwave" falls away with the z-way potential (I have seen)... but the latter is not integrated in homeassistant... so I and completely frustrated here... BTW my entire house is already noded-red... SO SIMPLE!

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                                  If this (node-red+homeassistant) is your preferred approach, I would recommend moving to hubitat, there is a custom component for it on home-assistant. It is a much better implementation of zwave and zigbee than vera. Otherwise you will have to wait for the z-way component (which is in the works?). From all my testing, vera has become pretty much the worse zwave implementation available. I am sure there are worse ones but I have not tried them. openzwave is a little better, hubitat is much better and homeseer and z-way are top notch.

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                                    Hubitat cloud/subscription-free?

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                                      hubitat was created by a few smartThing users who got tired of the obvious misuse and abuse of the cloud so you can see it as a local version of SmartThing. It uses the same language and device drivers along with many of the same concepts.

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                                        thanks, will look into. As I see now this is not an "official" integration for homeassistant but a so called custom component...

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                                          Is hubitat so new? https://hubitat.com/products It's unbuyable 🙂
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