Manually adding Thing Not Recognized Through PaperUI Discovery

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  • Platform information:
    • Hardware: MacMini(2018), 3.6 GHz Intel Core i3, 8 GB RAM
    • OS: Mac OS 10.14.3
    • Java Runtime Environment: jdk-12.0.2.jdk
    • openHAB version: 2.4.0

I’m moving an HA system to OH2, and have a Aeotec Gen 5 Z-Stick. I’m using the Z-Wave Binding (Chris Johnson).

I’m testing the installation using an available Home Manageables HM-LM001 lighting module which apparently is comparable with this binding (https://github.com/openhab/org.openhab.binding.zwave/blob/master/doc/erone/hmlm001_0_0.md)

Using Paper UI for discovery, the device shows up as a BASIC_TYPE_SLAVE but otherwise an unknown device.

I’ve noticed that the Z-Wave Binding Supported Things list does NOT include the HM-LM001, so it looks like I need to manually add it in order for this device to be recognized.

Per https://www.openhab.org/docs/configuration/things.html, it appears I need to create a .thing file in the things directory with a line like this:

Thing <binding_id>:<type_id>:<thing_id> “Label” @ “Location” [ ]

Where can I get the information to complete this line for this device?

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Wrong guess. If the device were not already in our Z-Wave database it would need to be added.
The binding for 2.5M2 should have your device included. The entry is here.
https://www.cd-jackson.com/index.php/zwave/zwave-device-database/zwave-device-list/devicesummary/1027

The easiest way to update just the binding is to use the update script. ZWave things are entered through device discovery, preferably using HABmin.

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