2 issues after adding a new device
Posted: 28 Mar 2016 23:11
These issues may be completely unrelated but they happened around the same time, so it's possible they are.
A little background. I've had 4 Linear dimmer light switches controlling overhead lights for around a year with my home security system. Haven't had any issues aside from the poor performance which always bothered me (command must go to the service provider, then down to my control box over cellular, then to the lights). The other major downside is no HomeKit support. Several weeks ago I purchases some Hue lights and was immediately hooked. The speed is instant and works with Siri too.
I set out looking for a ZWave home kit solution and came across this product here running on a raspberry pi. I promptly picked one up and over this past weekend put it all together. 2 out of the 4 lights had no issues being included in the network at all. The other 2 lights took numerous attempts but I finally got them included. I spent Saturday hacking at the homebridge setup and finally got all the lights working with Siri. It's really cool to be able to control both the Hue and ZWave devices with my voice.
I couldn't contain myself and on Sunday bought a ZWave controlled door lock for my front door. I had it delivered same day, so yesterday when it arrived I set it right up. Took about 10 minutes to install and it was included right away.
Now, with that background out of the way, here are my two issues at the moment. I'm not sure where to go from here:
1) It is a Yale Security, keyless entry. Like I said, it was included immediately and everything seemed to work fine, except that it doesn't report proper status. It locks fine and unlocks fine, but it always reports as Unsecure. I'm not sure if I should contact the manufacturer, but figured I'd start here first in case anyone has had a similar experience.
2) I installed the lock at night and after I installed the lock, 1 of the light switches no longer responds to the ZWay. I'm not positive it is related at all to the lock install, but I'm not sure where to go from here to troubleshoot. This was one of the switches that had a tough time being included as well. It is showing up with a status of off in the device menu and whenever I try to turn it on, it attempts to turn the light on and then changes status back to off right away.
I don't have much experience at all troubleshooting these devices as they've been working fine the whole time under the other controller. I had no trouble excluding them from the network from that controller as well.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Other than this two problems, I think this setup is great and there isn't anything else like it on the market at this time if you're looking for control and programmability like using homebridge for HomeKit support.
Thanks
A little background. I've had 4 Linear dimmer light switches controlling overhead lights for around a year with my home security system. Haven't had any issues aside from the poor performance which always bothered me (command must go to the service provider, then down to my control box over cellular, then to the lights). The other major downside is no HomeKit support. Several weeks ago I purchases some Hue lights and was immediately hooked. The speed is instant and works with Siri too.
I set out looking for a ZWave home kit solution and came across this product here running on a raspberry pi. I promptly picked one up and over this past weekend put it all together. 2 out of the 4 lights had no issues being included in the network at all. The other 2 lights took numerous attempts but I finally got them included. I spent Saturday hacking at the homebridge setup and finally got all the lights working with Siri. It's really cool to be able to control both the Hue and ZWave devices with my voice.
I couldn't contain myself and on Sunday bought a ZWave controlled door lock for my front door. I had it delivered same day, so yesterday when it arrived I set it right up. Took about 10 minutes to install and it was included right away.
Now, with that background out of the way, here are my two issues at the moment. I'm not sure where to go from here:
1) It is a Yale Security, keyless entry. Like I said, it was included immediately and everything seemed to work fine, except that it doesn't report proper status. It locks fine and unlocks fine, but it always reports as Unsecure. I'm not sure if I should contact the manufacturer, but figured I'd start here first in case anyone has had a similar experience.
2) I installed the lock at night and after I installed the lock, 1 of the light switches no longer responds to the ZWay. I'm not positive it is related at all to the lock install, but I'm not sure where to go from here to troubleshoot. This was one of the switches that had a tough time being included as well. It is showing up with a status of off in the device menu and whenever I try to turn it on, it attempts to turn the light on and then changes status back to off right away.
I don't have much experience at all troubleshooting these devices as they've been working fine the whole time under the other controller. I had no trouble excluding them from the network from that controller as well.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Other than this two problems, I think this setup is great and there isn't anything else like it on the market at this time if you're looking for control and programmability like using homebridge for HomeKit support.
Thanks