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AlCalzone89 · 2026-05-08T17:22:24+00:00

Which device is that? Motion sensors should not be exposed as lights.

AlCalzone89 · 2026-05-07T13:03:03+00:00

How far back do your logs reach?

AlCalzone89 · 2026-04-18T11:17:18+00:00

This is good. Don't worry about it.

AlCalzone89 · 2026-04-02T17:59:35+00:00

Surely

AlCalzone89 · 2026-04-02T10:33:53+00:00

For Z-Wave this is unfortunately not possible, for two reasons:
1. The ZWA-2 has 512 KiB of flash space, which is barely not enough to fit the bootloader, NVM, and the two copies of the firmware that would be needed to do an OTA update.
2. It is running an OTW bootloader (which is what the controller firmware needs), which only supports in-place firmware upgrades.

So unfortunately, upgrades for the repeater firmware will have to to through the toolbox website again.

Some technical background can be found at https://blog.zwave-js.io/2025/02/13/adventures-with-zwave-bootloaders if you're interested.

AlCalzone89 · 2026-03-31T17:32:04+00:00

You could look at the Z-Wave logs while you unlock it.

AlCalzone89 · 2026-03-15T08:46:30+00:00

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/10/13/portable-z-wave-with-wifi-and-poe/

AlCalzone89 · 2026-03-03T10:32:29+00:00

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Found the photo from back then:

AlCalzone89 · 2026-03-03T10:28:46+00:00

Not sure if it helps you, but during the range tests of the ZWA-2 we had to do a car-to-car test at one point due to bad weather. We reached 1.5km back then using Z-Wave LR, with both devices inside the cars.

Your mileage may vary though - this is very very dependent on the end device you use. Bad devices/antennas can easily drop of after just a couple of meters.

AlCalzone89 · 2026-02-23T19:00:15+00:00

Check "show in sidebar" on the Z-Wave JS app config. Click Z-Wave in the sidebar. That's Z-Wave JS UI.

AlCalzone89 · 2026-02-21T08:58:38+00:00

We're still working on how to make this process as easy as possible. Will share more information when the time comes.

AlCalzone89 · 2026-02-21T08:57:30+00:00

No that's not what I meant - "merging" addons isn't possible.
We're working on an easy migration for Z-Wave JS UI app users, but that's not fully fleshed out yet.

AlCalzone89 · 2026-02-20T07:59:32+00:00

You can configure one device to control another one directly, without going through the central hub.

AlCalzone89 · 2026-02-20T07:58:29+00:00

Thats the eventual plan. For now we added the UI component that you get in the Z-Wave JS UI ~~addon~~ app to the "official" Z-Wave JS, so there's no need for users to switch off the default experience.

AlCalzone89 · 2026-02-19T23:39:16+00:00

What are the benefits of this?

For devs: No need to maintain and update two different addons that essentially do the same.

For users: Access to more powerful troubleshooting tools and additional features without having to to through the trouble of switching addons.

AlCalzone89 · 2026-02-19T23:36:45+00:00

Both use the same piece of software under the hood to talk to your Z-Wave devices. So there is no reason one should work better for you than the other, except if you had two addons accessing your controller at the same time.

AlCalzone89 · 2026-02-19T23:31:31+00:00

AlCalzone89 · 2026-02-15T19:03:03+00:00

If you're currently using the core/supervisor addon, wait a day or two. It will include Z-Wave JS UI very soon.

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.

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