Z-wave device replace failed node and change type?

I had a dimmer switch fail which was incorporated into a number of rules that I have built over the years. Rather than exclude the node and create a new node for the replacement, I opted to replace the node directly through “Z-Wave PC Controller”, using the replace failed node feature. This worked fine to replace the failed node with my new switch and now my openHAB routines continue to work.

That being said the model of the switch is different but openHAB doesn’t know this. There was no place in my workflow to “rediscover” channels and so the channels that mapped from model to model work fine, but a new channel that exists on the new switch doesn’t exist in openHAB. Is there a way to “rediscover” an existing z-wave node, or a way to manually change the device type to a different deviceID?

I’m familiar with the process to exclude the device, create a new one, then reconfigure my rules statically or leverage naming conventions, variables, etc. But I’m asking the above question to improve my understanding of openHAB. Thanks!

I haven’t used the replace device using the PC Controller.

You could try to delete the thing (do not exclude) and then rescan to pick up the new properties. Not sure how that will work in this case.

FWIW- What I usually do in this situation is unlink all the channels, delete the device using OH or the PC Controller, add the new node in OH and relink the old items. All my rules are item based, so no extra work.

Great, thanks for the two suggestions, I think I’ll try them both out.