Help with Schlage Deadbolt paring

I did try that. I have vera and the lock on my desk plugged in to both power and internet. I went to the dashboard, used the wizard and added it by using option 1. As soon as I type the schlage button and 0, the light flashes orange and the wizard finds it. Then after 30 seconds, the lock flashes red and beeps. Vera then keeps saying getting secure classes, but eventually fails (after as long as 10 minutes). I then exit the wizard and the lock shows up on my desktop and it tries again, but after about a minutes fails to get secure classes. I then went to remove it, and it removed fine (lock beeped green instantly, and removed from desktop). I reset the lock to factory and same thing. I’ve done this at least 10 times all with the same result. Each time, they are on the same desk, about 20 inches apart (I’ve tried as close as 12 inches also). The lock is brand new and so is vera. I just bought another one for a different door, but same exact problem with it. So I don’t think it is the locks, but vera is having an issue. I also tried the manual inclusion method but get the same thing. Has anyone with the new firmware successfully added a new lock?? I also read the the SUS:YES PRI:NO could cause a problem. Why mine is at PRI:NO is a mystery. I’ll try to reset the whole thing and make sure it is primary. I don’t have any other thing except switches so I don’t know why vera is not primary.

I would suggest you try one more time but at 6-8 feet away. I have heard of others having the devices too close causing the pairing to fail.

Not sure if it is related, but I had the same kind of problems with a couple of Kwikset locks at my vacation rental.

They had been having some connection problems due to the distance from other nodes and took advantage of the Radio Shack deal to get a bunch of beaming GE dimmers. When I went to the house, updated Vera to 1183, installed the dimmers and excluded the locks, reset them and tried to include them both. Over the next couple of days, I tried lots of things to get the locks paired, removed them and moved them near Vera (tried lots of distances from next to it, to about 6 feet away) and nothing worked. Was about to give up and post a cry for help, but decided to backup and reset Vera to factory settings. After restoring the backup, the include worked first time.

Don’t know if that will help in this case, but certainly worth a try.

All of the last shipment of about 20 Vera 2’s I received came in SUS:YES PRI:NO. I assumed it had something to do with the 1.1.1093 firmware they were flashed with. I had to reset them before programming. A couple I forgot to reset them and set them all up and had to re-do them. It didn’t make any difference, they still paired with the locks ok, so I don’t think that is the problem.

scotthay: have you sucessfully paired after installing the 1183 firmware?

If I restore to the backup file I made before firmware upgrade, does that downgrade firmware also?

no it does not

Have not tried yet, I will Friday though and let everyone know how it goes.

I have been having some strange lock issues on buildings with more than 2 locks lately though, including entering codes in one and they get programmed into another. I am not sure if this is firmware related or something else. I am going to try to sort it out when I am on site at that installation the end of the week.

Been having a problem with Deadbolt and Lever pairing. Was going to try to reset network, and backup settings. I noticed when I went to the link on the 1183 firmware page, it took me to the starting screen on Vera and it told me there was a new firmware 1186 available. I upgraded to that no problem. Then I removed lock no problem. Installed lock but used the button on the back instead of the wizard. Still failed. Unpaired, and repeated. Noticed on tip of dashboard, that it sucessfully exchanged keys however it still showed failed to configure. Vera then started with configuring zwave devices, and low and behold, my lock shows up after a few minutes and works. I think the thing that did it was upgrading to 1186 and using the zwave button instead of the dashboard wizard. I’ve now got 2 more to do. Hope this helps someone.

I have paired 2 locks with 1183 on a Vera 2 and one with 1186 on a Vera 1. The first lock on 1183 worked first try and was about 20 feet away through a wall using a full power inclusion. The second one took six trys of include/exclude before I received the green light. It was also a full power inclusion about 4 feet away. The Vera 1 on 1186 took two trys and is about 6 feet away. For some reason it seems to work better being farther away. That may have something to do with using the full power inclusion but I have always had better luck pairing with that than low power.

I had zero luck pairing 2 Schlage lever locks on a Vera2 that was recently updated from 1047 to 1183. I attempted multiple times over 2 days to unpair/reset lock/pair with no success. Tried both hi power and low power, with various time outs and various distances between locks and Vera. I ended up reverting back to 1047 firmware, and got green lights on both locks at 15-20 feet from Vera on the first try. Locks were recognized as new nodes AND as door locks with 1183, but would not exchange name, secure classes, associations, etc.

@rxer

Important question-

Did you by any chance physically check your lock after you added it to the firmware 1186? I found that it triggered my lock to permanently open after it was (successfully) added to Mios. Might be a coding glitch- or just me!

To check:
Press the “schlage” button w/o entering any codes. If all of the buttons turn blue but there is no click you are good. If the schlage button turns green and you hear a click, your turn lever is engaged- and freely opening. Code free!

If it is freely turning, enter your programming code, wait for the schlage button to light/beep and press 7. That will set it back to locking/unlocking only with codes.

I just got my 2nd lever lock to work. It took about 4 tries and each was about 2 feet away on my desk. So so far, I’ve got 1 deadbolt and 2 lever locks working fine in vera. I’ve checked each one and they are all working properly. They lock just like they should and they respond to vera just like they should. I think it was a combination of using 1186 (might be a little easier), but I didnt’ use the wizard to add them and I think that was the important one. I just pressed the zwave button, watched the desktop and waited. The wierd thing is that each time, even when successful, the lock would beep and turn red like it never paired. If you watch the dialog, it would find node, add it, exchange keys and then lock would beep red. If the next line said exchange successful, you were good, if not it said failed to get security scheme. I then removed it with holding the zwave button and entering code. The lock would turn green like it should, then I repeated the add. Like I said I didn’t have one of them pair immediately or even have the lock turn green. The deadbolt took 3 tries, lever lock took 2 tries and the second lever lock took 4 tries. I’m pretty happy now as I’ve got my switches, locks, thermostat all working like they should. Now to play around with making some scenes…

It’s definitely broken in 1186, I wasted too much time fooling with that, I am not going to test 1183. Fails to get security classes. Also if you run a heal network in 1186 it will fail also on the lock and will no longer control it.

Does anyone have the link for the 1093 firmware, it was easy to pair with that firmware.

I agree. The Schlage lock pairing IS definitely broken in 1.1.1183. The lock pared perfectly in 1.1.1047. The lock just stopped working in the new release and I have spent hours trying to get it re-paired. :cry: I have tried to reset, exclude, and include for more than 2 days.

Well, today I struggled with pairing a new Schlage Deadbolt with 1183 and 1186 due to the dreaded “Can’t get Security Scheme” during pairing - I went through the whole exclude with high-power, factory-reset, include with high-power ceremony about 7-10 times (I lost count). After failing to submit an issue with verbose logs via UI4 due to a “bad server response” I decided to try to pair it without the wizard (i.e. using the Z-Wave button on the back of my Vera2). What seemed to ultimately work for me was to exclude it by holding the Z-Wave button down and using the exclude sequence on the lock immediately followed by including it by pressing the Z-Wave button and using the include sequence on the lock - the key exchange succeeded and the lock is functioning properly with 1186.

I have tried over 6 times to pair my lock with Vera 2 1047fw and always errors out with “Failed at: Getting secure classes” seems like the lock times out. The lock is added to the device profile but will not work.

I have tried moving it closer/futher away and still have issues. I have added over 30 switches and themostats without issue.

Are there special settting to be set in 1047fw, not sure where to set them does anyone know.

Thanks,
Jim

Did you try resetting your lock to factory defaults?

Sometimes it is necessary to do this in order to pair it.

Exclude it first, then restore it to factory settings: www.part2.schlage.com. You want the pdf labeled Schlage Wireless Lock User Guide.

Then try pairing it again.

Yes, everytime I do a factory reset and then a reinstall. Are there any special setting in 1047 ? I see posts that mention use “High power” was this option on an older FW ?

It looks like it just time outs for the lock starts blinking red at the end of 30 seconds so it seems it never gets to finish its transmission but it shows up as a connected device.

Something is fishy in Denmark…

Yes, under Add Devices->Z-Wave Device, scroll all the way to the bottom and use the very last option to add the lock. You can set full power and extend the timeout to 120 seconds.

That said, I was not able to pair my lock using the Wizard, I ultimately succeeded using the Z-Wave button on the back of my Vera2. I held it in to place it in exclude mode, excluded the lock using the program code entry, schlage button, and 0, then factory reset the lock and then while the Vera was still in exclude mode, I pressed the z-wave button to put the Vera2 in include mode and then on the lock, entered the program code, schlage button and 0 at which point the key exchange succeeded. I could not get it to pair, albeit under 1183 or 1186, using the wizard.

Good luck,
Bruce