I've been using HS4 since migrating early on and it's worked great for a long time. In the last day or two, however, it stopped working entirely. After a bit of troubleshooting, I discovered (using Plugins -> Z-Wave -> Device Information) that most of the devices were no longer mapped properly (only 2 were mapped while the other 65 or so were not).
After a bit more exploration, I stumbled upon the "Create Missing HomeSeer Devices" function on the Advanced Functions page. That ran for a while and after letting it settle, everything works again - my events work and I can control things remotely.
However, it turns out that it just created duplicate devices with the same node numbers. I discovered this after noticing new nodes on the Devices page with floor set to "Node #" (e.g. Node 4) and room set to "Z-Wave" and then spending some time looking at the devices.json file (converted to CSV).
Q1: How do I clean up my system?
Q2: How did the real nodes disappear from the Device Information page?
Q3: Why did it create duplicate devices instead of using the existing devices?
Q4: I miss the feature of HS3 where I could see - and even modify - the node number for a device from the properties displayed from the Devices page. Having this available might have helped me in my troubleshooting. Any chance it might be added back in?
For completeness, here's my configuration:
David
After a bit more exploration, I stumbled upon the "Create Missing HomeSeer Devices" function on the Advanced Functions page. That ran for a while and after letting it settle, everything works again - my events work and I can control things remotely.
However, it turns out that it just created duplicate devices with the same node numbers. I discovered this after noticing new nodes on the Devices page with floor set to "Node #" (e.g. Node 4) and room set to "Z-Wave" and then spending some time looking at the devices.json file (converted to CSV).
Q1: How do I clean up my system?
Q2: How did the real nodes disappear from the Device Information page?
Q3: Why did it create duplicate devices instead of using the existing devices?
Q4: I miss the feature of HS3 where I could see - and even modify - the node number for a device from the properties displayed from the Devices page. Having this available might have helped me in my troubleshooting. Any chance it might be added back in?
For completeness, here's my configuration:
- HomeTroller PRO
- Windows 10 Pro - I upgraded to Window Pro so I could RDP into it from a remote machine
- Z-NET Network Z-Wave Plus Controller for communicating with Z-Wave devices, communicating over hard wire (configured HS4 to use IP address)
David
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