How to setup Vera as secondary with GE45601 primary

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Hi guys,

Been about a year since I’ve messed around with my Vera and in that time I’ve basically done a reset of my entire Z-wave network. So I needed to start from scratch.

I want to use my GE45601 remote as the primary. But the Vera doesn’t seem to want to copy the network information over from the remote. Here’s what I did, maybe someone can figure out my issue.

-Reset Vera to factory, reset Z-wave network on Vera.
-Upgraded Vera to latest firmware
-Under Devices on Vera, go to “Add Device”
-Selected “Advanced Z-Wave devices”
-Clicked “Add Vera to another Z-wave Network”
-On GE Remote did Setup → Transfer → Secondary → All

The vera reports in the status screen “Download : Waiting for data” then “Download : Timed out waiting for download”

What am I doing wrong here? Ideas?

Thanks,

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I think what you want to do is on Vera:
Setup → Z-Wave Settings → Advanced → Copy Z-Wave network from a master controller

Then using the 45601: Send network information to secondary remote.

This would not be my chosen way of doing things. Vera is far more flexible and powerful than the 45601 so, I prefer to have Vera as the master controller. Then I set the 45601 or 45600 hand held remotes as secondary controllers.

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I reset my Vera to UI4 and am back to using the 2.78 zwave firmware, set the Vera as primary and re-added everything using the Vera. Still has issues. The newest one is this:

The Vera will turn on/off devices, but almost all of my Zwave modules say “Device failed to configure” and fail to report their status. Any suggestions, forum?