I’m just sharing this so that others might use this info to solve a similar issue.
I just switched out a JASCO / GE Z-Wave Fan Switch that had gone bad on me, Z-Wave database.
Jasco Products ZW4002 In-Wall Smart Fan Control All SPECIFIC_TYPE_POWER_SWITCH_MULTILEVEL
Jasco Products WZ4002 Jasco 3 Speed Fan Control All SPECIFIC_TYPE_FAN_SWITCH
The original was the 12730, and I was replacing it with the newer 14287. I don’t know if this was part of the problem, but here is what I experienced.
I Excluded my original switch and then physically removed it all together. I made sure that my OH2 Thing (node 18) was deleted as well. Then I installed and Included the new switch, it was found and added to OH2 at node 26. It was reported ONLINE, but no Initialization was taking place. I tried to remove it from the system and re-add it. I used Heal in HABmin. I switched the device off and on several times to make sure it wasn’t asleep. Each of these things got me no further into an initialization process. I checked for a new node26.xml file, but none existed. I rm’d the old node18.xml file. I tried restarts. I tried reboots. Nothing would get the switch to initialize.
In the end I had to clear tmp and cache, to get the switch to initialize. Once I did, it was include in seconds and I was on my way again.
So I make this post to point out that there may be items in cache/tmp that are not getting cleaned up, or will block new similar items from initializing correctly when added.
I hope this helps someone in the future.
Tony