How frustrating can this Z-wave stuff be? I have four Yale T1L Z-wave locks and five Aeotec sirens to act as repeaters and still cannot get two of the four locks into the ISY.

 

I've read the multiple posts and tried this:

Factory reset the dongle

Upgraded the firmware (now on firmware version 4.55, bootloader version 1.03)

Added the sirens, no issue with adding these and they work fine. We have a 2,000 square foot house and I have the five sirens spread one end of the house to the other placed as equidistant to the four locks as I can get them.

Before each device was added, exclude them first

After each device was successfully added: synchronize nodes (all), repair links, heal network

Yet, two of the four locks refuse to be recognized.

Did a factory reset on both of those locks, tried holding in the Yale link button, tapping it once, twice, three, ten times - no luck. One of the two problematic locks is between two of the sirens, one of those six feet away, the other eight feet away.

I go back to try and exclude them with the same process

No luck with excluding, no luck with including

 

I'm out of ideas and just about out of patience. What haven't I tried?

 

Bring the ISY and the locks together. Like within a couple/few feet of each other.

Repeaters will be necessary after inclusion, but while inculding they need to be really close together.

The secure Z-Wave join requires for them to be within 30cm of each other. So detach the lock and bring it to the ISY and do the join. Or get a really long extension cord and Network cable to bring the ISY to the lock. Once you've joined all your locks, put everything back in its proper position and do a Z-Wave Network Heal.

 

It's the biggest pain in the butt ever (I have 3 Yale locks myself).

 

Has anyone had any luck using the Leviton USB stick to do the joins and then transfer the master to the ISY?

 

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Edited April 8, 20178 yr by giesen

Thank you both. I made a long network cable and can try moving the ISY to the lock. Interesting in that for the two locks I was able to get included, the repeaters worked sufficiently or I just had a fluke of good luck.