Having problems with UI w/ not saving settings, labeling devices, losing devices

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Please help out MCV and others also instead of calling tech support.

I’m an electrical contractor with lots of Z-Wave experience with Levition line of Vizia RF. Now I have the Vera2, and these are my problems and yes I tried to search, but couldn’t find what I needed:

1 -UI when labeling devices the names barely ever stay? I have tired and tried and nothing, but then it’ll work. I have tried all the common things like saving, refreshing, and etc… What the MCV process to label a Levition Viza RF?

2 - UI when making a scene and entering a command, but then un-checking the box it still keeps it checked for the most part. I have tried saving, refreshing, and pretty much everything else

3 - Trying to get this to work with my Logitech Harmony 890 and what I found this that is remote will not act as a second controller. Does this mean I can’t use it at all for Z-wave devices paired with Vera2?

4 - 3 Devices out of 20 are lost and circled in red? Where did they go?

5 - If the house lost power, but Vera2 is on a UPS will the scenes run if the time for them to start was when the power was out when the power came on for the remainder of that scenes time?

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I experienced all of the same problems that you’re having with UI3. IMHO, that interface is simply too buggy and unstable to be usable right now. That’s one of the reasons I switched back to UI2, which not only has fewer bugs, but is generally easier to use all around. You can download the current version of UI2 here.

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To answer question 5, no… Homeworks dimmer link power comes from the processor…

A similar example would be an external system on UPS power controlling a homeworks system on utility power. For example, if you have a control4 system interfacing to the Homeworks system via rs232 or IP, and the control 4 system is on UPS but the Homeworks processor is not… if you turn on a light through control 4 while the power is off, the light will not come on when power is restored…

It’s good to see another electrical contractor on here… not an electrician here, just a dumb project manager…

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#3 logitech sucks and the 890 wont play nicely with any other z-wave controllers. You can get an 890pro - there’s a few threads and wiki post(s) here from a SMALL handfull folks who have gotten that to work as a primary or secondary controller with the vera or other systems.

You MIGHT want to “cross grade” to UI2- it’s older and perhaps more stable- but more importantly people in the forum are more familier with it so the forum and wiki are more specific to that.
http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php?topic=3171.0

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[quote=“michaelk, post:4, topic:165619”]#3 logitech sucks and the 890 wont play nicely with any other z-wave controllers. You can get an 890pro - there’s a few threads and wiki post(s) here from a SMALL handfull folks who have gotten that to work as a primary or secondary controller with the vera or other systems.

You MIGHT want to “cross grade” to UI2- it’s older and perhaps more stable- but more importantly people in the forum are more familier with it so the forum and wiki are more specific to that.
http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php?topic=3171.0[/quote]

I have 890 Pro and now I’m trying out the UI2 to see if that works. I can’t find any info about that controller can you please post on links?

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[quote=“woodsby, post:3, topic:165619”]To answer question 5, no… Homeworks dimmer link power comes from the processor…

A similar example would be an external system on UPS power controlling a homeworks system on utility power. For example, if you have a control4 system interfacing to the Homeworks system via rs232 or IP, and the control 4 system is on UPS but the Homeworks processor is not… if you turn on a light through control 4 while the power is off, the light will not come on when power is restored…

It’s good to see another electrical contractor on here… not an electrician here, just a dumb project manager…[/quote]

Yeah I have been reading through these post and it seems most home owners. I really like this device if it works because I have been doing small Z-wave system for a couple of years, only keeping it local and simple, but priced right for a lot more of the general homeowner. I’m trying to find someone that could write code for plugins that we might need. Do you know of anyone?

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[quote=“Apex Electric Inc, post:5, topic:165619”][quote=“michaelk, post:4, topic:165619”]#3 logitech sucks and the 890 wont play nicely with any other z-wave controllers. You can get an 890pro - there’s a few threads and wiki post(s) here from a SMALL handfull folks who have gotten that to work as a primary or secondary controller with the vera or other systems.

You MIGHT want to “cross grade” to UI2- it’s older and perhaps more stable- but more importantly people in the forum are more familier with it so the forum and wiki are more specific to that.
http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php?topic=3171.0[/quote]

I have 890 Pro and now I’m trying out the UI2 to see if that works. I can’t find any info about that controller can you please post on links?[/quote]

here’s the wiki page
http://wiki.micasaverde.com/index.php/Logitech_890Pro

search the forum for some other tidbits- but I think the wiki page sums it up (not sure though- I only have the 890 so I haven’t bothered to try)

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Apex

I’m a electrical contractor as well installing Leviton ZWave. At this point, I see way too many problems to make this profitable, so for now I’m sticking with Think Essentials. If you have scene and zone controllers, I found it much easier to setup in Think Essentials and then transfering master to Vera. But you have to disable updates to the Scene/Zone controllers so they don’t lose the settings. Otherwise Vera will erase the settings to these devices. Maybe UI4 will be a different story, we hope.

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[quote=“deafbykhorns, post:8, topic:165619”]Apex

I’m a electrical contractor as well installing Leviton ZWave. At this point, I see way too many problems to make this profitable[/quote]

I hear you there WAY too many problems to sell this to someone. They would be scream all the time and it would be endless service calls. I would rather install Lutron HomeWorks or anything in the bracket. Sure it’s going to be a lot more, but it works 100% of the time. It’s a great idea Z-Wave and all, but it’s been on the market for quite some time and doesn’'t look like it’ll ever make it as a real player.