Of course, sh… happens.
No, my backup only contains several files all of which have the current network key.
Now, on to excluding the fibaro switch 2 which unfortunately needs to be reset because even exclusion doesn’t work without a sound connection to the controller
- pressed b button until yellow, then b again. When I reconnect the switch 2 it blinks red. To me that says it has been reset
- Problem is it won’t include even being 1 meter to the controller usb stick.
- Even worse - I do not get rid of the node (=40) in openhab!
This is for documentation purposes as it drove me crazy!
How do I get rid of the node40 which was the switch2-node in openhab?
- The switch is disconnected
- In habmin I went to the node 40 and clicked remove from controller - still there!
- I deleted the node in openhab - it comes back!
- I even went that far at some point that I deleted the files in /openhab2-userdata/zwave (one called network…node_40.xml and one node40.xml. It comes back.
- Also I checked the jsondb-Things.json - it doesn’t contain the node40 anymore.
- I read the article [SOLVED] How to delete a dead node from a zwave stick with no success.
- Btw, I downloaded the Zensys tool which gave me access to the USB stick and guess what: the node40 is definitely NOT stored on the stick!
Finally after I put back the USB stick to the Raspi and rebootet. It was gone. Maybe after all that stuff, I had restarted OH - who knows. I only wished I knew which of what I did above made it go away…
And finally I was able to include my switch again. I like to note at this point that out of frustration I pressed the first switch of the switch2 device really(!) fast - probably 10 times (even though 3 times needed). Fibaro doesn’t tell how quickly it should be but I get the feeling it must be subsecond. If anyone knows exactly, please share.
And, yes, finally (after a whole sunday of work) the switch works again in openhab.
Thanks @sihui and @Bruce_Osborne for the sustaining support.