[quote=“becky, post:6, topic:189590”][quote=“Z-Waver, post:5, topic:189590”]There’s the problem. You shouldn’t have to click delete, and clicking delete only removes the device from the GUI, it doesn’t exclude it. In fact, if you had refreshed or restarted Vera, the deleted device would have shown back up.
You should be using the following procedure to put Vera into exclude mode and then a double tap on the switch paddle and the switch should be excluded, it will indicate this in the GUI like it does when you include.
- Start the include process/wizard and select to include a generic Z-Wave device.
- Click Next
- Click Next AGAIN (not previous)
- Click Retry and now you are in Exclude Mode.
- Exclude device per it’s instructions.[/quote]
When I click retry, I double tap the bottom of the switch and go back to the laptop. It still has delete as an option. So it sounds like I’m having issue with excluding devices.[/quote]This is where you have to get things resolved. You must exclude the switch. Perhaps the double click needs to be on the top of the paddle, I don’t remember exactly.
When I go to settings on the device itself, it says "automatically configure" and gives me the option of default, yes or no. If I select no, then go back to the dashboard, then go BACK into the settings and change it to default, it suddenly worked. I don't know why.
This setting, when On, allows Vera to write the configuration to the switch whenever Vera feels the need, typically when there have been configuration changes and reloads. It was especially important when Vera routing was used and Vera had to write a new routing table to the device after each heal operation. Since UI7 has eliminated Vera routing and healing in favor of the in-built Z-Wave routing, it doesn;t get triggered as much anymore.
By toggling it Off and then On again, you force a configuration write from Vera to the device. You can force such a write at any time by clicking “Configure node right now”, on the device’s Settings tab.
However, I wake up this morning and 3 of the 5 switches that I successfully added last night are saying "Can't Detect Device."
Try "Configure node right now", to see if it has any impact.
I did a search for second controller and I have found a lot of people saying they have multiple controllers, but I haven't found a post that gives good instructions on what needs to be done to include the second controller. Right now they are both on my network, running independently. I have my devices (lights and what not) on the Lite, and plug ins such as sonos, weather and calendar on my edge.
In this configuration, you are running two discreet Z-Wave networks and each Vera is the Primary/Master controller for its respective network. This is fine, but there are subtleties that you need to be aware of.
Discreet Z-Wave networks operate completely independently of each other. Devices in Z-Wave network1 will not mesh or route for devices in Z-Wave network2. Depending on your layout and the number of devices, you may be running two poor quality meshes. In fact, I suspect that this is exactly what you are facing and why your devices “drop out” overnight when the network probably tries to heal itself. You may even have created islands of isolated devices thinking that they would be fine since another device was nearby. But if the other device is part of a different Z-Wave network, it may as well not be there because they will not see/acknowledge each other.
If my theory is correct, your problems will get better or go away by improving your mesh. Perhaps the best way to do that would be to get all of your Z-Wave devices into a single Z-Wave network. They will then all be able to participate in the same mesh and hopefully that mesh will be sufficiently robust to eliminate these routing/communication problems.
Do I have to do something in order to have two controllers?
To run two discreet Z-Wave networks, such as you currently are, no you don't need to do anything to Vera. But to get two Veras to participate in the same Z-Wave network with one Vera as a Master and the other Vera as a secondary controller, then you must include the second Vera into the existing Vera's network, rather than creating a new discreet Z-Wave network.
I’m not familiar enough with UI7 to provide the steps for adding a Vera as a secondary controller. I’m sure that someone on the forum can advise about how to do this, but I would recommend against adding this complexity/complication until after you get your master Vera in a single Z-Wave network working correctly.
My husband jokingly asked if I was ready to go back to the staples connect yet. He knows I’m going to go down swinging.