@Techmantried your suggestion, and although it didn't work it helped lead to the solution.
I swapped out an on/off switch and linked it to the system, then restored. that worked.
So following techmans advice for the remaining devices I factory rested, (here's the added step) linked them like a new device and picked the middle option to delete all links, then restored device.
Everything is working as it should.
thank you for your help.
also a big thank you to Michael for the remote support!
