For anyone who has CA9000 sensors, I believe I’ve found the way to pair them correctly with the Vera. After working with two of them for several weeks, getting them to pair incorrectly and burn through batteries quickly, I found an answer on an Amazon review and thought it belonged on this board.
If you quickly double press the grey button on the sensor when pairing, the sensor will pair correctly.
Also if you want to configure (or repair) the HA9000 and Vera is not seeing it or getting information from it double press the grey button and the Vera will be able to.
I know this works on UI4.0 but haven’t tested it on UI5.0.
Pressing the activation button twice should turn off the sensor and then turn it right back on again. That seems to help wake the device up and make it responsive to Vera. I’ve had the things go into deep sleep in the interval between the initial pairing to Vera and the attempted node configuration. Sometimes, they seem to be hard to wake up and that’s difficult as the initial sleep time is 30 min.
The pamphlet that comes with the sensor suggests referring to the"InTouch Installer & User Guide" for programming. But they don’t give a clue as to where to find that document. I located it at:
http://www.intouchcontrols.com/~/media/Files/InTouchControls/User%20Guide%20-%20English.ashx
I’ve also experienced problems with the initial routing and neighbor assignments. When I’ve tried to place new CA9000s beyond the distance they can directly communicate with the Vera unit, motion events aren’t recorded and the PollNoReply counts racked up.
Now, to check initial placement, I try to poll the sensor and don’t go beyond where that’s successful. Once the network has been reset and the appropriate neighbors defined, it seems I can move these where I want them to be placed without recording a lot of polling failures.
The first wall adapter I tried may also have caused problems. When I tested it, it registered 12+ V without a load applied, even though the label rated it at 9 V. After changing to a regulated power supply that actually registered 9 V, it seems to be a lot more reliable.
All in all, I guess I agree with what I’ve read from quite a few others, these things can be a pill to get setup, initially, but aren’t too bad once that phase is over. For $25@ to get a z wave PIR that’s already plumbed for attaching to a wall socket, they’re hard to pass up.
I paired the CA9000 a few days ago with my Vera3/UI5. I have yet to be able to wake the device up,getting the error message “unable to get any information on the node”. I tried cycling the activation button twice on 3 seperate occasions, and still get the same results. The status LED blinks red, but I am not sure if that means in range, paired, or etc. Can anyone think of anything I can do differently? The arm and bypass buttons have no effect. I just want to do somethiong simple like turn off the kitchen lights (zwave switch) when we leave the room (min. 5 minutes).
The “unable to get any information on the node” message you received combined with the fact that cycling the activation button didn’t seem to ‘wake’ the device makes me suspect that the sensor is too far from Vera right now. Try moving it closer to Vera until Vera is able to communicate with it.
It’s been my experience with this product that it doesn’t matter, initially, if there are other z wave devices close to the sensor, if it can’t initially communicate directly with your Vera unit, it won’t get configured properly nor the neighbors sorted out. It also has a relatively long sleep period. It may take up to a half hour for any change in location to be effective, unless pushing the activation button manages to wake it up. If the red light is flashing, the unit is deactivated. It’s activated when the red led is not flashing. At least, that’s the way I recall it from the instructions.
My units arrived with the slider set to the Manual Off button. Not sure what that means, exactly. I wanted the pulse mode for use with Vera. That setting is with the slider all the way to the left when facing the lens. Other reports I’ve read claimed better results in the 5 min slot (one over from the left). Maybe anything but the manual setting works or just changing the slider position. Dunno.
I have two of these (unfortunately) and while it was difficult to pair them initially, they sucked once set up. I had them controlling my basement lights and they would give false positives ALL THE TIME. As in more than once an hour. The price is right but the product isn’t. I’m not sure if it’s Vera or the motion detectors. No matter. If it’s Vera they aren’t going to fix the problem and if it’s the device…
Recently, I’ve managed to get 5 of these running. Once paired and progressively moved to their final installed position, they’ve been reliable and sensitive enough to serve as occupancy sensors. I haven’t been plagued by false alarms - yet. I won’t know about their longevity until more time passes.
Sometimes they can be a little slow to respond, but that also was true for the X10 sensors they replaced. I suspect it happens when Vera is particularly busy. Most other processes also seem slow at such times.
My first unit would occasionally lock up. That problem resolved when I replaced the power supply with a switching power supply. It’s been solid ever since. Overall, I guess I’ve been lucky when it comes to adding these sensors to my system.
Does anyone have a specific 9v a/c adapter they are using?
I bought http://www.sparkfun.com/products/298 and extended them with 2.1mm female/male barrel jack extension cable [1.5m / 5 ft] : ID 327 : $2.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits That combo has been working well for me.
I am taking another approach in my setup. I need to hard wire the device because the location is both far away from an outlet and hard to get to inorder to replace batteries. I ran CAT5e to the location of the CA9000 and terminated the ends (you could by premade wire from like monoprice.com) and then used these inexpensive power over ethernet (PoE) injectors with a $6 ebay 9v power supply. This works over grate distances and its also a nice bit of future proofing incase I decide to install IPcams in the future. I use these PoE injectors on about 14 IPCams right now and they work great.
Double press worked for me!!! 
I am running Vera3 with UI5 (1.5.459)!
Thanks for the info! This has been driving me crazy!!
I lost many hours attempting to pair these devices and make them functional on UI5. With the Amazon Echo integration I finally bit the bullet and jumped into the abyss that is UI7 and these motion sensors have worked great. They paired easily and with a double press they were up and running. They are responsive and I’ve had no issue under heavy testing for the last two days. (when I say heavy testing, my office lights are set to turn off after 30 seconds and then turn on again with motion. Im probably sending my bulbs to an early grave but I wanted to make sure these were rock solid before adding to any scenes that rely on them)
Again…only two days under my belt but Im cautiously optimistic that UI7 has solved the issue with the CA9000.