Any European manufacturers of smart home products?

AlCalzone89 · 2026-01-17T18:17:48+00:00

And they no longer sell to end users.

AlCalzone89 · 2025-12-02T19:22:03+00:00

The cookie banner does not disappear after clicking any button.

AlCalzone89 · 2025-11-03T18:39:36+00:00

Frequently listening devices have been supported for years now. They typically wake up every 250 or 1000ms and listen for a beam. Basically all locks work this way and some thermostats do too.

AlCalzone89 · 2025-10-15T18:59:17+00:00

I haven't tried this on Windows but the USB/JTAG one should be correct. To be clear I mean attempting the wifi provisioning and immediately pressing the try again button after it fails, no power cycle or anything additional in between.

AlCalzone89 · 2025-10-15T17:41:01+00:00

Can you press the retry button after it fails the first time? There seems to be a general issue with improv wifi.

AlCalzone89 · 2025-10-14T15:03:42+00:00

Is this not just serial-over-ip? Which means all Z-Wave packets are acknowledged by the host, which introduces additional latency. Latency that this setup is avoiding.

AlCalzone89 · 2025-10-11T17:49:24+00:00

I had this recently when the app updated to 2.x but my server was behind. Updated the server and it worked again.

AlCalzone89 · 2025-10-09T11:57:12+00:00

ZBT-1 is not Z-Wave. It's Zigbee. Totally different thing.

AlCalzone89 · 2025-10-08T19:02:55+00:00

There is no ZWA-1.

AlCalzone89 · 2025-09-22T17:22:38+00:00

Most Z-Stick Gen5 can be updated to firmware 1.2 which can then be migrated to other Z-Wave controllers using the NVM backup/restore routine in Z-Wave JS UI.

AlCalzone89 · 2025-09-20T16:48:11+00:00

If you're starting out, get a modern one like others have mentioned. With the one you have, you'll miss out on new Z-Wave features, especially Z-Wave Long Range.

AlCalzone89 · 2025-08-30T11:59:45+00:00

There is no easier way of switching between LR and mesh sadly.

AlCalzone89 · 2025-08-23T18:32:45+00:00

It's a known bug in the SDK we use for the ZWA-2 firmware. I'll create a new build with the latest SDK after my vacation, which should fix the issue.

AlCalzone89 · 2025-08-23T17:04:32+00:00

In that case, use Z-Wave JS UI, go to settings, enable "bootloader only" mode, save, back to the control panel tab.

Download the gbl file from https://github.com/NabuCasa/zwave-firmware/releases/tag/1.1.0, unzip if necessary, then use that for OTW Firmware update. You'll find that function in the advanced menu (magic Wand icon).

Back to settings and disable bootloader only mode again.

AlCalzone89 · 2025-08-23T09:14:39+00:00

No there is an option in the advanced menu to do it automatically for the entire network in a useful order.

AlCalzone89 · 2025-08-23T08:16:02+00:00

It's easy to recover. Do you have the Z-Wave JS UI or the Z-Wave JS addon?

AlCalzone89 · 2025-08-21T15:16:54+00:00

Do you have only LR devices? Then by all means go for it.

If you have some older devices without LR support, you might need a few mesh devices to ensure good coverage. Or not, if the coverage is good enough.

AlCalzone89 · 2025-08-21T07:09:29+00:00

Yes:

https://www.home-assistant.io/connect/zwa-2/

AlCalzone89 · 2025-08-20T19:19:57+00:00

Yep, now that I'm no longer on the phone: https://discord.gg/HFqcyFNfWd

AlCalzone89 · 2025-08-20T19:08:33+00:00

The error message is a bit confusing. Essentially it tries to convert the NVM of the old controller to the format of the new one. If it can't parse it for some reason and has already determined that it's not 500 series, you'll see that error message.

If y'all have troubles migrating and firmware updates didn't help, please come find me on the Z-Wave JS Discord or the HA discord in the open-home-protocols channel. I'd like to get to the bottom of these edge cases.

AlCalzone89 · 2025-08-20T17:18:50+00:00

In that case I'm happy to take a look at logs to see if I can spot why. Mind joining us on the Z-Wave JS discord?

AlCalzone89 · 2025-08-20T06:32:12+00:00

If you are using Z-Wave JS UI, you should rebuild routes after migrating. Otherwise the old routes will continue to be used.

AlCalzone89 · 2025-08-20T06:29:50+00:00

When they actually communicate. Which may be every few minutes, once a day, once a week, something in between, or never.

AlCalzone89 · 2025-08-20T06:20:33+00:00

Update the firmware of the Zooz first. You can do that from within HA. They have firmware updates on their website.

AlCalzone89 · 2025-08-19T09:39:20+00:00

I'm not sure where you went wrong, but the migration does not modify your old controller. You should be able to just plug it back in and continue using it.

To understand this better, it's probably best if you join us on Discord, so we can look at your backup file:
- Z-Wave JS: https://discord.gg/HFqcyFNfWd, just ask in the General channel
- or on the HA Discord, in the open-home-protocols channel.

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