New ISY pro with 5.3.0 firmware mounted vertical more or less facing the switch I'm trying add about 15 ft away.

Z-wave module activated.

Tried to add new Z-wave device in admin panel. Pop-up says it's listening

Touched a button on the GE Enbrighten Z-wave switch . Nothing happens.

Try buttons several more times. Nothing happens.

Suggestions on what I am doing wrong?

Paul

28 minutes ago, palayman said:

New ISY pro with 5.3.0 firmware mounted vertical more or less facing the switch I'm trying add about 15 ft away.

Z-wave module activated.

Tried to add new Z-wave device in admin panel. Pop-up says it's listening

Touched a button on the GE Enbrighten Z-wave switch . Nothing happens.

Try buttons several more times. Nothing happens.

Suggestions on what I am doing wrong?

Paul

Do a remove/exclude from the system before trying to add. If that doesn't work, it's out of range

4 minutes ago, lilyoyo1 said:

Do a remove/exclude from the system before trying to add. If that doesn't work, it's out of range

Thanks, tried but it didn't see it to remove it.  I thought 15 ft would be close enough. How close to the first device do I need to locate the first device?

 

Every environment is different so it's hard to say. I have a portal that I use to add things right next to the ISY before installation. 

If everything is zwave plus, turn on network wide inclusion in the zwave menu. start your installation with whatever place is closest to the Isy and work your way out

11 minutes ago, lilyoyo1 said:

turn on network wide inclusion in the zwave menu

Don't see this in the menu.  See network wide search, which was already on, but nothing about inclusion? My zwave version is 6.82.01 .

So tried turning the ISY around so the bottom was now facing my switch.  It was added! Go figure.

Now I just need to figure out why it added 8 nodes.

50 minutes ago, palayman said:

Don't see this in the menu.  See network wide search, which was already on, but nothing about inclusion? My zwave version is 6.82.01 .

That's the one I'm talking about

28 minutes ago, palayman said:

So tried turning the ISY around so the bottom was now facing my switch.  It was added! Go figure.

Now I just need to figure out why it added 8 nodes.

That's zwave for you. I would remove the nodes you don't need before moving to the next device. They'll add up quick if you don't. Once done go back to zwave menu and choose freeze nodes

38 minutes ago, lilyoyo1 said:

That's zwave for you. I would remove the nodes you don't need before moving to the next device. They'll add up quick if you don't. Once done go back to zwave menu and choose freeze nodes

You can group them if you want.  They will become children of the _1 device.  The other thing that I do is put a "~" in front of the name and move them to a "~Junk" folder

1 hour ago, Mecheng70 said:

You can group them if you want.  They will become children of the _1 device.  The other thing that I do is put a "~" in front of the name and move them to a "~Junk" folder

The problem with that approach is they still go towards your device limit. Depending on set-up, this can limit what he can do long term

1 hour ago, lilyoyo1 said:

The problem with that approach is they still go towards your device limit. Depending on set-up, this can limit what he can do long term

Good point

14 hours ago, lilyoyo1 said:

The problem with that approach is they still go towards your device limit. Depending on set-up, this can limit what he can do long term

Interesting, didn't realize that.  Node limited and not device limited.

21 minutes ago, Mecheng70 said:

Interesting, didn't realize that.  Node limited and not device limited.

Node limit is a better term than device limit since all devices are not created equally. 

The 1024 pro max applies to everything whether it's from a nodeserver, insteon or zwave. 

45 minutes ago, lilyoyo1 said:

Node limit is a better term than device limit since all devices are not created equally. 

The 1024 pro max applies to everything whether it's from a nodeserver, insteon or zwave. 

I recommend the ISY Inventory nodeserver which shows you the number of your nodes.

Edited January 14, 20214 yr by asbril