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- Ian - 07-06-2017
Hi - I moved the aerial and had some success!
I\'ll play some more!
- Ian - 07-06-2017
My next problem! The nodes that were originally created as Virtual nodes in Comfort are now appearing as Basic nodes and as such don\'t have the options of a virtual node. Is there any way to \'convert\' them?
- slychiu - 07-07-2017
When you create Virtual Nodes in UCM/Zwave, these appear to the primary controller as \"real\" zwave nodes. They are virtual in the sense that they are in UCM/Zwave, but the Primary controller does not know that - it appears as normal zwave nodes
When you remove the UCM/Zwave without excluding the zwave nodes from the primaryt controller, the controller thinks that the nodes are still there, so they become dead nodes
When you add a new UCM/Zwave, it wil learn the zweave network from the primary, and this will include the previous \"virtual nodes\" as normal nodes even though they do not exsti anymore. You need to add the virtual nodes again in UCM/Zwave and ignore the dead nodes
Alternatively, use the primary to reset to default and also reset to default all the zwave nodes and start again. This may be a pain but it is the way Zwave works. If you are using all wave from a single manufacturer eg Fibaro they may have an easier way to manage it, but if there are other devices it can be nmore complicated
- Ian - 07-07-2017
Unfortunately I am still struggling and any help you can give will be welcome.I deleted one of the previous virtual nodes that was now being seen as a basic node.I created a new virtual node (to replace it). The process started but ended with an error in the primary controller saying it failed to create correctly.
It appears in Comfigurator but is in the Primary controller without any info. I suspect I will have trouble deleting this at some stage but I\'ll worry about that later.
I have tried numerous times to do a Learn in Comfigurator but it sticks at \'Waiting for response from Z-Wave\'. I know there is some communication because I see this in the Primary Controller;
Replicate Send started...
Activate the \"Receive\" function on the other controller while it is close to your HomeSeer interface...
A new node is being added...
Adding a new CONTROLLER...
DONE - Replication Send Operation is Complete.
Done. Node 45 Added.
Reloading (importing) node information...
Synchronizing node information with HomeSeer and creating new device(s) as necessary...
Synchronize nodes finished. Number of device nodes to be created/added = 0
Finished.
I have the same setup as I had with the previous board and everything worked as it should. I have moved the Z-wave USB stick so it is nearer the Comfort z-wave aerial but that doesn\'t seem to have helped.I\'m not sure what to try next.
- slychiu - 07-08-2017
You say the the Learn operation results in Comfigurator. Can you save and send us the cclx file so we can see what appears
- Ian - 07-08-2017
Sure
- slychiu - 07-08-2017
The learn data seems correct
Node 45 shows the controller in Blue which is the UCM/Zwave. Everything seems in order
I cannot tell why the primary has an error even when the UCM has copied the correct network from it This question should be asked of the Homeseer support
Have you tried controlling the Zwave nodes using the ON and Off buttons on each node? If this works then you should continue and ignore the primary controler errir
- Ian - 07-08-2017
Everything is working fine in the Primary Controller, all the nodes that are not related to Comfort are working as they should.
I have visitors for a few says = I will have to leave this until they have gone!
- Ian - 07-11-2017
Hi - had some time to look at this again.
I have now removed all the nodes originally created by the Comfort from the Primary Controller.
The Primary Controller continues to work correctly with all the nodes that are separate from Comfort.
I have tested communication from the Primary Controller and get a response;
[color=\"#ff0000\"]Successfully sent a frame to node 45 (Node 45 Z-Wave Sigma Static Controller) which was acknowledged.[/color][color=\"#005500\"]
[/color][color=\"#000000\"][/color][color=\"#000000\"]
[/color][color=\"#000000\"]I did a rescan from the Primary controller and di spot a name change;
[/color][color=\"#ff0000\"]Successfully sent a frame to node 45 (Node 45 Z-Wave Cytech Tech Static Controller) which was acknowledged.[/color][color=\"#005500\"]
[/color][color=\"#000000\"][/color][color=\"#000000\"]
[/color][color=\"#000000\"]I have now attempted a \'Learn\' again but nothing happens. The Comfort just shows \'Waiting for response from Z-Wave\'.
The Primary Controller shows as per the attachment.[/color]
I now have the Primary Controller showing the correct nodes but Comfort showing the \'old nodes\' now deleted from the Primary and I can\'t \'Learn the new configuration.
- Ian - 07-12-2017
I\'ve made some progress and can now set up new Virtual Nodes.
This, from another forum, helped me; \"go into the Z-Wave controller menu and \"Import Node Info from Controller and scan devices\".
After doing this things seem to be as they should be, however I now need to try and recreate all the original nodes again and see if they work.