Cannot create ZWave things using files

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@ArkansasAtomaton

or does the system not support using files for configuring Z-Wave devices

Sure it does, but you won’t be able to configure the parameters for your devices through any of the UI’s.
So generally it is a bad idea to configure manual zwave things.

ZWave Manual Thing Configuration

This write-up provides a “how-to” to actually get this configuration completed for Z-Wave for those that don’t want to use the automatic configuration that the binding provides. Z-Wave things can be configured in the same way as other OH2 bindings - for general information refer to the OH2 documentation. Note that at the time of writing, text configuration of things is only available in the development version of the binding - not the master or snapshot versions. At the time of writing, there …