Would appreciate some Z-Ware Guidance

[wgpettit]

Mine is an Insteon installation. A few months ago, my PLM expired and I migrated from an isy944i to a HomeTroller Pi and an Insteon hub. The Pi gave me the opportunity to try z-wave so I installed a z-wave switch. My hometroller Pi is extremely slow and the Insteon hub only works via radio frequency. When Insteon started producing PLM's again, I decided to change my system to HS4 running on a Windows system interfacing with a PLM. But that still leaves me with a single z-wave device. So I bought a z-waveMe ZMEUUZB that was on sale.

I had no problem defining my z-wave light switch to my Pi, and it works fine. I have tried to define that same switch to my HS4 system using the z-waveMe interface without any success. I have tried doing a factory reset on the switch but that did not help. Now I don't know if I cannot define the switch to my new HS4 system because it is already defined to the Pi system or is it because of the z-waveMe interface (and hence the reason that it is now on sale for $9.95). I can continue to use the Pi system for any future z-wave devices and my HS4 system for my Insteon devices. But I also would like some opinions as to whether I might have greater luck using a Smartstick +. Having everything running on the same system would be desirable but I can live with a split system.

[randy]

It should work with any interface on either system. While a factory reset should make it available to include, it is a best practice to exclude a device that was included in another system, prior to inclusion in a new one. You can initiate the exclusion from the new controller or old, either will reset it and make it ready for subsequent inclusion.

The ZMEUUZB should work fine, but if you are going to move to Z-Wave with more devices, the Z-Net is the best choice IMO.

[wgpettit]

Thank you for your answer. I deleted the z-wave switch from my Pi system. I was still not able to add the switch to my new HS4 system. I then turned around and re-added the switch to my Pi system. I had no problem in re-adding it. So far I am not impressed with the ZMEUUZB but then again, I could still be doing something wrong. I do not plan on replacing my entire Insteon network. I only got this one z-wave switch because I wanted a toggle switch. The only Insteon switches I could get were paddle switches. Oh well.

[TC1]

1. Exclude the switch device from the Pi again.
2. Go to new HS4 system and on the Z-wave menu start the Exclude Device process.
3. Put the switch into exclusion mode (the process will depend on your model/make of switch)
4. HS4 should give you a successful exclusion message.
5. Now start HS4 into inclusion/add process.
6. Put the switch into inclusion mode.
7. You should receive a successful inclusion message.

If you cannot get a successful include or exclusion message then maybe the HS4 system is too far away from the device.

[wgpettit]

I can remove the switch from the Pi system. When I try to remove it from the HS4 system, it loops with "Activate the Remove From Network..." until it gets tired and the process fails. Then if I add the device to the HS4 system, it loops with "Activate the Add to Network..." until it once again gets tired and the process fails. The Pi system and my Windows machine are two feet away from each other. I don't think that the distance is a problem. Guess it is not meant to be. I have spent a couple of hours on this and now I am bored with it. I do appreciate the advice that was given. Thank you.

[zwolfpack]

Where did you get the ZWave.me device?

From the manual: https://z-wave.me/download/ZMEXUZB1_Manual1.pdf

This Z-Wave transceiver can be used in multiple areas of the world and adapted to the
local Z-Wave frequency just using the Z-Wave.Me frequency changing script or the ZWave
Experts UI on top of Z-Wave.Me’s Controller software Z-Way.

With just the one switch to work with, its difficult to determine if the issue lies with the controller or the end device. You might consider getting another device to try, either a different controller such as the SmartStick, or another end device.

[wgpettit]

I bought the ZWave.me device from HomeSeer. Well, finally success. Here is the skinny.

I started wondering if the frequency for my interface may not have been for the USA. This was really grasping at straws because the USB interface that I have is a ZMEUUZB which should have US frequencies. I went to the z-wave.me site to download the changezwf.sh script. But that is a Unix script and my system is Windows. In trying to find out how to run this script, just to make sure that it would be using the correct frequencies, I came across some additional documentation. This was for Z-Way which would be another way to change the frequencies. In that documentation it stated that "The USB stick is very small (presently the smallest Z-Wave device in the world) and will stick quite close to the enclosure of the PC or NAS. This may interfere with the wireless range. If you experience problems with the wireless range, please use a standard USB extender cable to get the UZB antenna further away from the PC." So after using an extender, I was finally able to connect to the z-wave light switch.

Once again, thanks for everyone's time.

[randy]

Go to Plug-ins>Z-Wave>Manage Interfaces. You can set the frequency by clicking on the globe logo. Below I only have 1 700 series controller “Shed”.