Domoticz + Z-stick - help finding devices

[husar]

I have a new install of Domotiz up and running after a Raspberry Pi crash. I can't seem to get my z-wave devices back into Domoticz. I seem to have a z-wave lightswitch and a smart bulb synced up with the z-stick. To do this I pulled the z-stick from the RPi. Went to the devices. Pressed the z-stick button to get the flashing blue light. Flipped the switch on and the z-stick went solid blue to indicate the sync. This worked fine on both the lightswitch and the smart bulb.

Now I put the z-stick back into the RPi.

Should the devices automatically show up in Domoticz at this point or do I need to do something else? I don't remember the process when I had everything working before the Rpi rebuild.

Thanks in advance.

[ben53252642]

Unless you restored your previous Domoticz database into the new install, your probably going to need to re-add your devices (which is include them again).

It's good to keep a backup of the Domoticz database and a seperate backup of the Z-Wave network.

[husar]

that is my question. How do I "re-add" them?

I should note that my z-stick shows up in the Hardware screen with the following...

Idx: 2
Name: Z-stick
Enabled: Yes
Type: OpenZWave USB Version: 1.4-2713-ge2021e46-dirty Setup
Port: /dev/ttyACM0
Data Timeout: Disabled

[ben53252642]

Click "Include Node" on the Z-Wave hardware page, go to a Z-Wave device and press the include button 3 times (this is usually the process) but can vary by Z-Wave device / manufacturer.

Look up how to include for each Z-Wave device if necessary which will be in the device manual.

As long as you haven't hard re-reset your Z-Wave controller this should be possible, if you did that then you have lost your Z-Wave home id and will need to first exclude and re-include each device (or factory reset your Z-Wave devices then include them).

[husar]

The light switch and the bulb are synced to the z-stick according to the z-stick instructions.

The z-stick hardware is showing up in Domoticz.

I am not following on the Node part. What does the Node have to do with getting the devices to show up in the Switches menu.

I am pretty sure I did not do anything with Nodes last time I did my setup.

[husar]

I did manage to figure this out. It had nothing to do with Nodes.

I figured out that by clicking the SETUP icon on the Z-stick then showed me connected devices. From there I could add them individually.