New to Z-Wave

[sndflea]

I've been running Insteon and X-10 for years but have no experience with Z-Wave.  I've added the dongle and the module.  Trying to add an Enbrighten Toggle Switch.  First thing I did was do a factory reset of the dongle.  Next clicked Add Z-Wave Device.  Window pops up searching for device.  Directions for Enbrighten say to press up and release the toggle to add it to the network.  ISY never sees the switch.  I did a bench test and put the switch right next to the ISY and it still doesn't see it.   I have read the documentation  for ISY / Z-Wave and thing I have done everything that I should have to get it set up.  What am I missing?

 

Thanks.

[lilyoyo1]

Make sure that you are running the latest firmware (5.3.1) and your UI matches. If so your switch may be too far from your Isy to add.

 

 

[sndflea]

I am running 5.30 on both.  With the bench set up the switch was no more than 5 feet from the ISY

[DennisC]

When adding zwave devices, the first thing you should do is exclude the device and then include the device. Be sure to move the device within 3 feet of the ISY while doing this.

[sndflea]

In the Admin Console I can see the option to add a device and to remove a device that has been added.  How do I exclude it?

[DennisC]

2 minutes ago, sndflea said:

In the Admin Console I can see the option to add a device and to remove a device that has been added.  How do I exclude it?

Here are the instructions from the Wiki.

Remove Devices

• Select Remove/Exclude a Z-Wave Device from the menu and wait for a popup window to appear.
  • If the popup window does not appear, Select Stop Adding or Removing a Z-Wave Device from the advanced menu then try again.
• Put the Z-Wave device in link mode. Refer to the user guide for your product on how to do this. In many cases, this just requires you to press a button on the device.
• The ISY will remove the device (this may occur a few seconds after you put the device in link mode)
  • The popup window will go away, but you will NOT see your device removed from the tree.

Notes

• Deleting a node from the ISY does not delete it from the Z-Wave dongle.
• When nodes are removed with a different controller, the ISY nodes are disabled instead of deleted. This is done in case the user accidentally removes ISY from the Z-Wave network, which essentially tells ISY that all nodes are deleted. We may change this behaviour based on Alpha feedback.

Adding Devices directly from ISY

• Make sure the ISY is the Primary Controller
• Select Add a Z-Wave Device from the menu and wait for a popup window to appear.
  • If the popup window does not appear, Select 'Stop Adding or Removing a Z-Wave Device' from the advanced menu then try again.
• Put the Z-Wave device in link mode. Refer to the user guide for your product on how to do this. In many cases, this just requires you to press a button on the device.
• The ISY will begin adding the device (this may occur a few seconds after you put the device in link mode)
  • The popup window will go away, and you will see your device added to the tree.

Note

• All Secure devices such as door locks must be added to the ISY directly
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[sndflea]

Thanks everyone.  Got the switch up and running