Cannot start Z-Wave binding: Error: Binding with name 'zway' already exists

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Clubber2000
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Cannot start Z-Wave binding: Error: Binding with name 'zway' already exists

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After having some problems with my 3.0.3 zway system on my raspberry (for example zway server not reachable after security alarm) I decided to restore my system from a 3.0.2 sd card image. After that I made the update zu 3.0.3 again. Still the problems, so I decided to use the restore funktion (see screenshot) with the option "Are you sure you want to overwrite your current configuration? Have you created a backup?" checked.

Maybe this was an error.

Now I have the problem that after starting z-way no items (sensors, sirens and so on) are visible and I found the message: "Cannot start Z-Wave binding: Error: Binding with name 'zway' already exists".

I there any chance to heal this without a factory reset?
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PoltoS
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Re: Cannot start Z-Wave binding: Error: Binding with name 'zway' already exists

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Sure your backup was made after adding devices?
Clubber2000
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Re: Cannot start Z-Wave binding: Error: Binding with name 'zway' already exists

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Sorry, maybe I dont understand your question.

Means you question that the connected items differ between the backup and the connected items which are connected in the moment I played back the backup?

Yes, that could be. The backup is from November 2019 and after that I changed one or two connected Items (deinclusion and inclusion) because I had some problems with them.

Is this a problem with the backup? Could this result in this error message?
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Re: Cannot start Z-Wave binding: Error: Binding with name 'zway' already exists

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You should probably stop Z-Wave Binding app before doing a restore, but this is strange. Please try to stop all apps and do restore
Clubber2000
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Re: Cannot start Z-Wave binding: Error: Binding with name 'zway' already exists

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Thanks for you response.

What do mean exactly with "Z-Wave Binding app"? If you mean the openhab binding app. I deleted it a long time ago and I also deintalled the openhab2 software from my raspberry.

Okay, I try to stop all running apps. Do you stop them by clicking on the Pause symbol in the UI?

Until now I never understood the difference between the 2 different backups: the .zba file and the .zbk file.

Which kind of backup do you recommend?
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Re: Cannot start Z-Wave binding: Error: Binding with name 'zway' already exists

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zab includes zbk.
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I paused all the running apps by clicking the Pause symbol than I played back the zab file. After that the error message still occurs.

So you have any other ideas? Is purpose of the "Z-wave binding app" to connect the z way server to openhab?
Clubber2000
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Re: Cannot start Z-Wave binding: Error: Binding with name 'zway' already exists

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Has this problem something to do with an old binding I made some time ago? I made some experencies with installing openhab2 on the the same raspberry, installed the openhab connector app in zwave.
But after I while I deintalled both.
Now I have the problem thats my z way Server stopped every two oder three days and after rebooting the error message "Cannot start Z-Wave binding: Error: Binding with name 'zway' already exists" is in the logs. Also the UI is empty. No itmes.
I have to restart the raspberry one or two times and the itmes come back.

Are there some places in the actual installation where I can delete the rest of the openhab experience? Deleting the openhab software seems not to be enough? Which modul or apps still tries to start the z-wave binding?
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Re: Cannot start Z-Wave binding: Error: Binding with name 'zway' already exists

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This means something is disturbing Z-Way from speaking with the shield.

After restore make sure that the port is correct. When you migrate between UZB and RaZ or vice versa you should change the port
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Re: Cannot start Z-Wave binding: Error: Binding with name 'zway' already exists

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My port is:

/dev/ttyACM0

I am using the uzb stick for many years without changing.

What do you mean with "shield"?
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