deConz - How to delete and rescan devices

[Platopus]

Not sure it will help you but after upgrading some CT values were missing (maybe 6 out of 20) and no matter if I stopped and restarted the plugin or if I rebooted the server they would not show. A few weeks went by and when I checked again they were all there. I even had a Hue Lightstrip group with 3 CT values on it!!! My experience is the group devices are prone to sporadically stop working so I've changed all my rules to control one device and use the link feature to associate them. This works well for my usage as the HS switch and Hue bulbs seems to work well together. I do have a lone Lifx bulb and I have yet to find a way to properly manage it.

[pistacheL0]

Hi Wim,

Just my luck that I would fall in the window of successfully installing a batch a week prior and having these issues with my latest attempt! I'll take this as a learning experience and next time (or if) I get another issue I'll start by looking at your sticky post.

I installed the beta release and the blackout devices have all been recognized and properly created. Still don't understand why some automatically created groups have a CT value control and others don't but that is for another day as I have a workaround.

Thank you again for your response as you just saved me from wasting a lot of time.

Richard

I am rebuilding hs4 from scratch ( in the hope that it clears a major isssue on my system) and i am also seeing this on the very last V of the plugin. Some group does not have ct devices

[racerfern]

I have two quite old Aqara motion sensors that just don't work like they should. I included two new ones no problem. However the old ones that I removed the batteries from are still in deCONZ, after deleting them from Homeseer. Upon restart they got created in HS again.

So I deleted in Phoscon

Now, I have a bunch of devices that are just sitting there without the usual connecting lines. Before I mess this up more, what would be the recommendation?

[Platopus]

Hi Wim, I saw that you issued another update to address the CT issue so I installed it (version 4.0.6.8) and initially I still couldn't find the CT on group devices but after a few hours they all appeared and are working properly. Thanks.

[w.vuyk]

Good it is working now . I am a bit worried hearing you mention the CT devices. Working on a similar issue with another user

[Platopus]

Hi Wim,

Just my luck that I would fall in the window of successfully installing a batch a week prior and having these issues with my latest attempt! I'll take this as a learning experience and next time (or if) I get another issue I'll start by looking at your sticky post.

I installed the beta release and the blackout devices have all been recognized and properly created. Still don't understand why some automatically created groups have a CT value control and others don't but that is for another day as I have a workaround.

Thank you again for your response as you just saved me from wasting a lot of time.

Richard

[w.vuyk]

Platopus Sorry for being away for a few days. Please install the beta plugin 4.0.6.6 to solve this? There is a major issue in the version 4.0.6.5 and that is what you are seeing. I posted it in the sticky posts of this forum, but I guess you did not see it

[Platopus]

I will try installing version 2.14.1 tonight.

[Eman]

What firmware version do you have on the Bridge (Phoscon)?

• This here : https://forums.homeseer.com/forum/li...90#post1140290 Seems similar but was in HS3 but related...

Eman.

[Platopus]

Understood it will create new blackout devices when I delete them either via deConz or Phoscon but it is the only way I could try re-adding the lights. Fortunately when I stop and restart Jowihue it clears up all lingering dead devices (blackout) except the ones which are active within deConz/Phoscon.

The issue I am trying to resolve is understanding why I was able to add 5 hue A19 1100LM without a problem and the remaining ones I am getting this error:

[Eman]

OK so the dead devices is definitely not an issue anymore as now restarting Jowihue clears them all up. Just left with the error which is preventing me from adding the hue bulbs to Jowihue.

Removing the devices from Phoscon first will cause the problems you are experiencing because HomeSeer is still expecting those devices.


Eman.

[Eman]

Note : Don't uninstall the plug-in from HomeSeer (maintenance is done by the plug-in) but do the steps below :

Go to the main plug-in settings and remove the Bridge opting to delete the devices, restart HomeSeer then after go to the plug-in add the Bridge again. (As if it were initial step) Scan for devices...

• You will have edit to your events with the new settings (IDs will be changed by default)

Eman.

[Platopus]

OK so the dead devices is definitely not an issue anymore as now restarting Jowihue clears them all up. Just left with the error which is preventing me from adding the hue bulbs to Jowihue.

[Platopus]

Given that the different Phoscon, HS, Jowihue tests did not yield the expected result I decided to try within deConz. So I removed both hue nodes within deConz then proceeded by re-setting the 2 hue bulbs to factory defaults. Then rebooted deConz/Conbee2, I had to wait for a few minutes and then both lights showed up. I tried scanning them within jowihue for 10 min but to no avail then I looked into Phoscon and they were already automatically included. Restarted Jowihue and then all dead devices disappeared (great!) and the two new lights showed up but unfortunately still as blackout items. Here is the message I get:

[Platopus]

Thanks Eman for the information.
The Jowihue devices listed in blue are available and actionable within Homeseer and via the Jowihue plugin. The blackout ones are only visible within the Jowihue plugin under "Light info" and the recycle bin does not delete them and I get the following error in the log: Error while getting feature 0 : Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Given that the lights are not properly recognize within Jowihue I am trying to rescan them as sometimes I thought it could take a few tries before getting the proper device created. Currently my only way is to remove from Phoscon and then re-add via Jowihue and I get the same error message and the list of dead devices keeps growing!

I just spent the better part of the WE re-doing all my Zigbee events so I am trying to figure out what I can and cannot do to fix the issue without breaking the current setup/events.