Scene controller keeps popping up

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Hi All,

For some strange reason a scene controller keeps popping up in my VERA EDGE. Which is very strange because i don’t own a scene controller. I can delete it but at comes back again in a few minutes or hours.

Support deleted it ones. It stays away for a couple of weeks. But now it’s there again… Somebody any idea on this?

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Does it have an underscore? Like “_Scene Controller”?
If so I think that is the internal Scene Controller. In UI5, it is usually device #2.
Not sure why you are seeing a physical manifestation, but I don’t think it is anything to worry about…

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[quote=“wilme2, post:2, topic:186491”]Does it have an underscore? Like “_Scene Controller”?
If so I think that is the internal Scene Controller. In UI5, it is usually device #2.
Not sure why you are seeing a physical manifestation, but I don’t think it is anything to worry about…[/quote]

No it is called “1”. ID #146

It’s a bit strange. It popped up by itself. I don’t like things to happen by ‘itself’ in a HA setup. ???

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It happens on UI5 too. I have only seen them associated with Z-Wave devices that can be used as scene controllers as well as switches - like Fibaro modules. You can tell which module spawned it by checking the id_parent attribute on its Advanced tab.

Deleting them does no good. They will just reappear with a higher device number. The best thing to do is to hide them. Add one line for each device in Startup Lua - change 123 to the required device number:

luup.attr_set("invisible","1",123)

They will vanish after the next Luup Reload.

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[quote=“RexBeckett, post:4, topic:186491”]Deleting them does no good. They will just reappear with a higher device number. The best thing to do is to hide them. Add one line for each device in Startup Lua - change 123 to the required device number:

luup.attr_set("invisible","1",123)

They will vanish after the next Luup Reload.[/quote]

Hi Rex. Thanks for your reply on this matter. I’ve tried your solution but now i’m totaly clueless. After a Luup reload (or restart of my EDGE) the device reappear with a higher device number… :cry:

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Hi Rex. Thanks for your reply on this matter. I've tried your solution but now i'm totaly clueless. After a Luup reload (or restart of my EDGE) the device reappear with a higher device number..... :'(

That’s what happens when you delete them. Setting them invisible just hides them - they are still on the system but not on the desktop. Are you sure the devices that appeared are not new ones? See if they are associated to the same parents as the others.

BTW: you can make hidden devices reappear with the command:

luup.attr_set("invisible","",123)

This could be in Startup Lua or Test Luup code (Lua).

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This happened after setting them invisible. Thats the strange thing. The parent_id is also “1”. I don’t got a device with ID ‘1’

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I don't got a device with ID '1'

Yes you do. It’s called Vera.

I don’t know why it would keep replacing them when you make them invisible. That doesn’t happen on my system. Perhaps a call to Vera Support is in order?

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stupid. I could devise that.

I have already opened a ticket again by Vera Support. Thanks for your help so far!

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Oddly, I just had this happen today on Vera2/UI5. I’ve hidden it in the Startup LUA, along with two of the switches from the Intermatic 3750. I wonder why it suddenly decided to manifest itself this way.

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stupid. I could devise that.

I have already opened a ticket again by Vera Support. Thanks for your help so far![/quote]

A phone call would get you a much faster fix.

Also I have heard of this happening, but it was only after transferring from one controller to another using the slave/master settings. IE, upgrading from a veralite to an EDGE. Seems you started on this edge so… Have you played at all with primary and master settings?

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Nope. i don’t