Frustrated beginner struggling with z-wave configuration

Setup, Configuration and Use Beginners
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Hi. This is my first post here. I’m new to openHAB but not new to z-wave. I’m exploring a switch from Homeseer. After being initially impressed by openHAB, I’m slowly finding it more and more opaque and confusing.

I have a fresh install of openhabianpi on a RPi 3. I have a house full of z-wave dimmers (Fibaro FGD-212) and various sensors and I’m trying to get these dimmers configured the way I want. After figuring out that I need to update to the 2.3.0 version of the z-wave binding to actually send z-wave parameters, I am now stuck trying to update parameter 6 on one of my dimmers using PaperUI. I should be able to set the value to anything from 0-255. I want to set it to 0, but in the configuration screen it won’t let me set it below 1. 0 is a valid value for this and I was able to set it to this in Homeseer. Is there a way of overriding this or do I need to contact the maintainer of the binding?

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Can you try using HABmin to do the Z-Wave device configuration? HABmin is an alternative to Paper UI, and does a better job with Z-Wave configuration. You can install HABmin using Paper UI. It’s under Add-ons -> User Interfaces.

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If you are correct about parameter 6, then the Database entry needs work.
http://www.cd-jackson.com/index.php/zwave/zwave-device-database/zwave-device-list/devicesummary/787

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Good catch. Allowed range doesn’t match description.

Parameter 8 looks wrong too.

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Yeah, I was scanning down the entry and a couple look suspicious. There is the device document pdf at the bottom. It appears to be in line with the db entry through. Notice the default values on the 0-255 ranges is actually 1. Doc error, or DB error? Not sure…

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Yep, based on the Fibaro manual, it looks like the Allowed Range should be 0-255 for param 6 and 8.

There are two DB entries for the FGD-212, and both look incorrect.

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Interesting. I’ll try setting HABmin up next chance I get.

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OK, I’ve started playing with HABmin. Still unable to set parameter 6 to zero. How might I go about getting the database updated? Am I able to just modify a text file somewhere to achieve it locally?

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If the database is wrong, I’d recommend fixing it. You simply won’t be able to set the value outside of what is programmed in the database.

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I fixed param 6 and 8 in the DB.

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Too fast for me, I was 30 seconds late :rofl:

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I’ve just done a database update, so this will go in to dev today, but it missed the master branch update, so probably master will be another day or two.

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I had to make another addition into master, so have added these updates at the same time.

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Wow. I’m impressed by how responsive the community has been here! Next question; What do I need to do to update my system with these database changes? Do I need to switch to a development branch or something like that?

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You need to switch to the dev branch or to a recent zwave snapshot.

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Many thanks! Especially for including the links!

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Just wanted to confirm that I am now able to set parameter 6 to 0 on my Fibaro Dimmer 2s and that it achieves the effect I was after (instantaneous on rather than dimming on).

Thanks very much.

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