So I was adding a new device on my Z-Wave network the other day.
I unplugged the Vera USB Z-Wave dongle and I went up to the location of the Z-wave device. I pressed the button on the dongle to get the LED blinking. Well, the LED light blinked brightly for maybe 10 seconds and then very quickly faded to no blinking light. It was like the battery was running dry on a flashlight… the LED very quickly became dimmer and dimmer until it went out. After the this, the dongle became completely unresponsive. PRessing the button on it did nothing.
Fortunately, I managed to get the dongle to recognize the Z-wave device before it went dead.
Soooo, is this a defective dongle? I suspect it is, as adding more than one Z-wave device before it goes dead seems next to impossible give the incredibly short period of time I have before the dongle runs out of juice.
Comments? Suggestions? Thanks in advance.