I recently purchased THE Jasco ZW3008 in-wall motion sensor / dimmers. My plan is to use them as stand alone, mains powered, motion sensors. I have one wired up with no load, just a line and neutral to power it.

It paired just fine. It shows up in ZWJS / Home Assistant and seemingly responds to commands sent to it. I am able to set Z-Wave configuration parameters, turn the dimmer on and off. Except, the motion sensor never changes from "clear" and pushing the buttons on the dimmer never changes the state in Home Assistant despite sending an "update". I don't have a load connected to it to know if the dimmer is actually doing anything.

Do I have a bad unit or is there something funny going on here? I honestly only care to get the motion sensor working properly.

Platform: Z-WaveJS and Home Assistant

Is there any serialAPI command or any other workaround to get the zwave networks around the hub?

I have around 20 Fibaro motion sensors around the house and I’m getting tired of constantly replacing batteries. I’m looking to wire them, the power will come from the basement but I can’t find a good multi channel power supply that takes main AC and output 3.3v. What’s the recommended approach? And is there any solution that comes with a battery backup, like a UPS?

Ive searched everywhere and I cant seem to find such a relay. All I want to do is touch to points of contacts (running 24v across the two) together with (barely any) - preferably no resistance. I dont want a wired device, just a simple battery powered device.

My goal is to open and close a garage door, utilizing locally controlled sensors, etc. I could absolutely run 120v to this location, but I would rather just use battery-powered device if they make it. I feel like I am not asking for much, they make battery powered responsive zwave locks, and contact sensors.

How come they dont make a battery powered simple relay that powers on and makes a direct connection between two wires - on demand - for half a second.

Hi! I have a Z-wave smart plug that goes to my UPS. I want to use it to monitor if i have any power outage. So i did set up a automation that notifies me when the plug status is "Dead". The only problem is when i unplug the plug it will not change the node status from alive to dead, not until i ping it/restart the pluging/Restart HA. I tried with all my other z-wave devices that uses mains power. Same issue with all of them. Some of them is very critical to get notified if they got no power, i have a fibaro smart implant that controls my fire alarms. I do use Z-wave JS, and i am pretty sure it worked when i was using the native one. As i remember testing it when i set up the automation. Any ideas what i should do?

I haven't been paying much attention to zwave products since installing in my home 6 or 7 years back. I have a couple of dead Leviton zwave switches. Looks like Leviton got out of the zwave business? Or maybe behind on a new release?

What's the go to switch these days? My 2 dead Levitons are in my bathroom. 1 fan, 1 incandescent light fixture. Currently using a smartthings hub. Will move to Home Assistant one day.

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Firmware for most of Zooz's products are now included in ZWaveJS making easy-peasy firmware upgrades through Home Assistant a reality!

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https://github.com/zwave-js/firmware-updates/tree/main/firmwares/zooz

Looking for some experience from anyone that's used the newer Zooz TRIAC dimmers:

ZEN72 VS ZEN77: What's the Difference - Zooz Support Center:

Version 3.0 of the ZEN77 (700 series Z-Wave chip) is now a TRIAC dimmer so if your bulbs work better with leading-edge drivers, this model will work better.

The 800 series version of the ZEN77 is also a TRIAC dimmer.

Version 1.0 and 2.0 of the ZEN77 (700 series Z-Wave chip) were MOSFET dimmers so if your bulbs work better with trailing-edge (or reverse-phase) drivers, those versions of the model worked best.

Why We Changed to all TRIAC: We found that newer LED bulbs dimmed better with TRIAC dimmers, and considering limited availability for MOSFETS, we decided to transfer the ZEN77 model to TRIAC as well.

I've always seen that MOSFET trailing-edge dimmers are better with LEDs, as TRIAC can cause flickering and/or buzzing.

Are Zooz's claims true -- do these typically work with whatever "newer" LEDs are? If I'm buying new lights (which I will be), how do I know whether they're going to work?

I have a dozen or so ZEN77 1.0 dimmers which I've had no issues with, and I was hoping to have the same switches everywhere for consistency. Now I'm wondering if it's less risk to switch to a different brand, as I'm not at all willing to tolerate buzz/flicker.

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Hey y'all,

I have a Honeywell Pro T6 Z-wave thermostat and one of the rooms in the house (which also happens to be my WFH office) tends to get 5ish degrees warmer than the rest of the house, could I use a z-wave controller to set up a sensor in that room to have the AC kick on when it gets toasty in there? If so, what would be a good controller / sensor? Or would I just be better off switching to a Honeywell T9 / Ecobee?

Thanks!

I recently set up a Hubitat C8 to control a Z-Wave Bulldog water shutoff device. And just for testing purposes, I added a couple of Hue bulbs via Zigbee. It all ties in nicely to Homekit. Now I'm thinking about making more use of the C8, maybe with some Z-Wave switches. Inovelli makes some of the best looking switches and they come in all three "flavors." I have a Thread (White) switch on order, but it may be a while before those switches start shipping. So I could go with Z-Wave or Zigbee right away. Thread will occasionally go wonky after a power blip, but for the most part it works well in my setup. I have Aqara devices, which run on Zigbee, and they're mostly reliable. The only Z-Wave device I have is the Bulldog, and I haven't had it long enough to know how reliable it is.

My question is for those of you who have Z-Wave/Zigbee devices and some Thread devices. Of the three, which is more reliable? Or are they all mostly the same?

I have a Zooz Zen 71 Switch that works really well. I do hear the sound of the relay when the switch is turned off and on via Z wave and was interested in a quieter Z wave switch.

For those who have the Zooz Dimmer switches (Zen 72 or Zen 77), do you hear a noise or click when the switch is turned on via Z wave or are they pretty quiet?

I’ve been looking everywhere for the Leviton DZ15S switch, but no one has them in stock, including Amazon (I’m not paying scalper prices). Is there some issue with them? Are the Enbrighten switches any good?

Hi! I’m rewiring much of my house and would like to use Z-wave dimmers in it. It seems the Zooz ones have a great balance of price and function, but their hold-to-dim dimmers aren’t intuitive and don’t indicate dim levels.

Are there any Z-wave dimmers in a similar price range that have a separate physical dim slider (like the new Lutron Diva)? Or at least dim level indicators.

Once I start getting to the $60 per switch price range I’d probably just go all Lutron TBH.

Thanks!

I have a couple of Yale YRD256 lock that for compatibility reasons with my alarm panel (Lyric) need to keep at S0 security. I do have a few light switches that support beaming technology within a couple of feet of the locks but they are S2_authenticated for security.

Wondering if they are actually repeating the signal properly or do I need to match the security level.

Reason for the question and maybe this is a completely separate problem, is I'm rarely seeing lock events show up in z-wave JS/z-wave JS UI in homeassistant, and also had this issue on a smartthings hub. but they always show up properly in the alarm panel.

I have few deadbolt locks (Yale and kwikset), which works perfectly fine after pairing. But after few weeks, it stops sending notification for the lock/unlock commands but performs those operations and sends ACK for those commands.

Similarly when I send set_code commands for more than 10 slots, the device just sends the ACK, it fails to send user_code_added event.

Also, can this issue be related to the installation of the lock in the door? I heard from somewhere that if the lock mounting gets loose or mounting is not proper, the lock might not send the response but will only send the ACK

I have several Zooz ZEN32 Scene controllers that I use to control lighting scenes. I am constantly plagued by un-predictable delays that can result in scenes taking 30seconds to fully deploy. The unpredictable nature of the problem results in a very low WAF. I need help troubleshooting/solving the problem to put it to rest! I just don't now what to do at this point. It feels like it is often one specific device that is not responding correctly at any given time and drags the whole network down.

Some details of my setup:

• ~120 nodes
• Majority of the nodes are Zooz hardwired dimmers.
• Multiple hardwired dimmers in every room of the house
• All nodes 500 series or newer
• Majority of nodes are 700 series
• Zooz 700 Series USB stick connected to Pi 4 with USB extension cable
• Z-Wave JS running on Home Assistant on a dedicated Raspberry Pi 4 in a closet in the center of the house. Hardwired ethernet. This device only runs HA + Z-Wave JS strictly as a Z-Wave hub, no other integrations/action is happening in Home Assistant on this device. This was done to get the Z-Wave USB stick centrally located in the house.
• Second Home Assistant instance running on x86 VM that runs all the Home Assistant automations tucked away in a closet. Connects to Z-Wave JS on Pi using Websockets. Hardwired ethernet.
• Lighting Scenes are implemented in Home Assistant as scenes or automations. Use modified version of this blueprint: Zen32 Scene Controller

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As we're starting to move into spring and summer here in Texas, I'm trying to make sure I'm judicious with my lawn-watering, so I'd like to get some soil moisture sensors set up in my yard.

Unfortunately, all the ones I've found so far are Zigbee or Bluetooth, and ideally I'd like to use Z Wave because the far reaches of my yard are a fair distance away from my house. But I would consider any Home Assistant-compatible soil moisture sensor that would work for what I need.

Any suggestions?

Im trying to figure out the best soluation for home automation. I have Lorex PoE cameras with two integrated wifi (Lorex) cameras. Additionally, I have the following Wifi devices; MyQ garage door opener, Honeywell Thermostat, Hunter Ceiling fans, and Kasa Wifi switches.

I’d like to add zwave door locks and a home security system possibly abode to add door, window and motion sensors. I’m considering using Hubitat to connect everything together.

What do you think is the best solution in an effort to consoludate everything into one app? Is Hubitiat the answer? Thank you

Hi all! Yesterday 3 popups came up on home assistant saying there was an issue or smth and i clicked fix for all of them, and now three of my zwave switches dont work. Ive reinstalled zwave js and switched to zwavejs ui, but nothing has worked. Can anyone help figure out why this is?

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The lock works perfectly fine initially but after few weeks of proper working, the lock fails to send notification for the mode change (locked/unlocked) initiated through zwave but the lock responds to other commands like get_battery and set_config, even the lock sends notification for manual or keypad based lock/unlock operations.

Only after power recycling and re-pairing of the lock, it responds back.

Has anyone faced this kind of issues? And any steps to avoid this or recover the locks without manual intervention?

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I have just installed a hikvision intercom to tie into my existing cctv system. The intercom screen can unlock doors via a wired relay. Hikvision does offer compatible access control for my intercom like magnetic strikers with keypad access, but all these options would require me to buy a new front door, and remove my door jams to install. I cannot be f*cked nor do I have the time to do this. I have an existing smart deadlock which cannot be operated remotely. So my question is, if I were to purchase a zwave compatible smart lock, is there a way i can get my intercom to open it remotely? So essentially convert the wired relay to a zwave signal to open the lock. Please forgive my ignorance on the subject ive only just started looking into alternatives but have had zero luck.

Finally starting to put together my z-wave system. I'm set on running HomeAssistant in my homelab, and reading its docs, it says some 800-series feature aren't supported (yet?), and I think I've read some posts about compatibility issues for 800 series light switches. I don't necessarily care about long-range, and I think(hope) software catches up with NVM backup later.

Hardware-wise, I'm thinking about starting off with Zooz ZST39 USB stick and ZEN73 switches(both 800-series), or ZST10 USB stick and ZEN74 switches(both 700-series)

For a brand-new system, should I just jump into 800-series hardware and wait for software to catch up? or stay with proven 700-series hardware and call it a day?

I want to control a standalone light up flamingo that runs on a couple triple As. I’ll likely wire in a rechargeable high capacity battery and would like something like the appliance module I have on my fireplace but much smaller and dc powered. Any options?

Setting up a Z stick 7 in HA and when instructions say to "select" port /dev/ttyUSB0, but there is no port to select and if I type it in, it gives an error no such file or directory. It is a new Pi4 with an SSD hard drive and HA OS. I am a Home automation newbie, as well as a linux novice so I have no ideae how to check serial ports.

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I keep checking the ZST10 700 change log in hopes that Zooz will catch up to the SiLabs SDK that is currently at v7.21, 10 releases behind the current 7.18.3 on the Zooz site.

Anyone out there aware of Zooz's plans to catch up?

I have the kwikset 912 Zwave handle and have it paired to the zooz 700 series USB, I’m using the Zwave.js add-on in home adamant to manage all my Zwave devices. Previously when entering a code on the keypad it would trigger an event in keymaster and run an automation. That doesn’t happen anymore. I tried using the state of the lock in the Zwave.js add-on but the state of the lock isn’t changing there either. I tried listening for events in dev tools but nothing fires. I’ve seen people have this issue a few years ago but the threads just die. Anyone know a fix or workaround? I tried using Zwave ui but apparently it’s above my level of comprehension.

UPDATE: Apparently swapping it with a zigbee card in another kwikset lock, pairing it, exluding it, and swapping it back to the og lock and pairing it again made everything fall back in place and it's working perfectly again.

I just embarrassed myself with the electricians by asking them to help install my new zwave dimmers - not realizing that they are also not *touch* dimmers. They only turn on/off at the switch, and can only dim via zwave.

I've previously owned dimmer switches that dim up and down when you hold the button, and can also be controlled via zwave. Now I'm gunshy buying replacement dimmers until I'm certain that they can dim lights via touch and via zwave. Most products' boxes are not very explicit.

Can anybody recommend zwave-capable dimmer switches that can also dim via touch? Preferably fast/easy to ship on Amazon if possible.

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Thank you!!!