Issues with AEOTEC Z-Stick Gen5 and AEOTEC KeyFob 4 Button - HABmin is only discovering "Unknown Device"

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Hi,

thanks Rich and finally Uwe for putting me in the right direction.
Issue solved
I was trying to do the manual wake up to the unknown device, but it somehow didnt work out for me, but I found a way to get it done right in HABmin right when you include the Thing via HABmin:

  1. unplug the Z-Stick, press the button on the Z-Stick to start inclusion (stick is flashing blue)
  2. start the inclusion on the KeyFob by pressing short the learn button on the back (or if you are still in setup mode the Button 4 lower rigth on the front side) the inclusion will be indicated at the stick with a solid blue light
  3. plug in the Z-Stick again and wait for it to be recognized (online)
  4. (and here timing is essential) including the KeyFob using HABmin while the KeyFob is awake. To wake up the KeyFob manually you have to press the learn button on the back for 3 seconds. But it only wakes up for 8 sec. So the sequence hast to be exactly:
    =>wake-up KeyFob
    =>start Z-Wave inclusion on HABmin within 8 sec.
    =>wait for the KeyFob to be discovered as Thing: ZW088 4 button keyfob - Gen 5
    If the device is still coming up as unknown or, what happened for me, came up as a other device, just delete the Thing again and redo the sequence.
    I had to do it multiple times before the inclusion was done right
    So if you wake up the KeyFob after starting the inclusion in HABmin or if you are to slow starting the inclusion in HABmin after waking up KeyFob, it will always come up as unknown device at the initial inclusion. If you are not getting it right you have to try Uwe’s way in just manually waking up the KeyFob up to 10 times…

As far as cdjackson, this process should solve all the issues with Z-Stick and battery z-wave devices. You just have to look up the way to manually wake-up the device (be aware that there might be a difference in wake-up time of the battery device while inclusion to the Z-Stick and and manual wake-up time for integration into HABmin later on, as you can see below)

And another funny thing about documentation
There was an issue with the manual of the device since the new standard manual didnt tell you that the wake-up time for manual wake-up is only 8sec. while the wake-up while inclusion is 30sec. (found the information only in an old standard manual)

So again thanks to Rich and Uwe.

Caesar

PS: …and yes, Uwe Z-Wave is not so simple as I thought. Just don’t try to use the razberry board on a raspberry pi3 as a zwave controller…you will learn about ports and onboard wifi and all this sort of things :slight_smile: