New Raspberry Domoticz installation with Aeotec stick - No Devices

[rgroothuis]

Hi All,

Doing a brand new Domoticz installation with an Aeotec Z-Wave stick. Using the Aeotec Z-Wave stick (when removed from the Raspberry) I can remove and add a Fibaro device. When inserting the device back into the Raspberry the device just added to the stick doesn't show up in the list. Also I can remember that the Aeotec stick should also appear on the list, but also the stick itself is not in the list.

The driver version info:
OpenZWave USB - Version: 1.6-1033-g3661f170

When I select the Zwave Stick in de Devices list and press "Update" I see the following error message:

2020-06-30 14:24:17.538 Error: OpenZWave: Type_Notification, NodeID not found internally!. HomeID: 0, NodeID: 255 (0xff)

Any suggestion what is going on? Why I cannot get this stick to work?

[EddyG]

Did you select the right USB port in hardware?
You can check by pull the stick and insert it back again and then run

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dmesg

Check if the port in dmesg is the same as in Domoticz hardware and restart Domoticz.
The best way: you should use Domoticz to add new nodes.

[rgroothuis]

Did you select the right USB port in hardware?
You can check by pull the stick and insert it back again and then run

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dmesg

Check if the port in dmesg is the same as in Domoticz hardware and restart Domoticz.
The best way: you should use Domoticz to add new nodes.

I did the following

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dmesg | grep tty

Which gave me the following outcome:

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pi@Domoticz:~ $ dmesg | grep tty
[    0.000000] Kernel command line: coherent_pool=1M 8250.nr_uarts=0 cma=64M snd_bcm2835.enable_compat_alsa=0 snd_bcm2835.enable_hdmi=1 snd_bcm2835.enable_headphones=1 cma=256M  smsc95xx.macaddr=DC:A6:32:9A:8C:46 vc_mem.mem_base=0x3ec00000 vc_mem.mem_size=0x40000000  console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p7 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes rootwait
[    0.000719] console [tty1] enabled
[    0.435185] fe201000.serial: ttyAMA0 at MMIO 0xfe201000 (irq = 34, base_baud = 0) is a PL011 rev2
[    3.723088] usb 1-1.2: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0
pi@Domoticz:~ $

Based on this I concluded that the stick is on port: ttyAMA0 as the other port is my P1 "Slimme Meter".

Is this correct what I'm doing? Is my conclusion correct?

[EddyG]

Yes, it looks that way. I cannot pull my plug to see if the logging is the same.
But if your P1 is on /dev/ttyUSB0 then your stick should be on /dev/ttyAMA0
You should look at https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/PersistentUSBDevices to make you USB always on the same device after a reboot.

[FireWizard]

Hi,

Can you tell, which type of Raspberry Pi, you use?
It looks, that your Aeotec Z stick is not recognized.

/dev/ttyAMA0 is not your USB port and so it is not your device.
/dev/ttyAMA0 is the internal serial port.

Could you check this:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/view ... 1#p1508436

Regards

[rgroothuis]

Hi,

Can you tell, which type of Raspberry Pi, you use?
It looks, that your Aeotec Z stick is not recognized.

/dev/ttyAMA0 is not your USB port and so it is not your device.
/dev/ttyAMA0 is the internal serial port.

Could you check this:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/view ... 1#p1508436

Regards

Raspberry 4 4Gb.

Thanks for the feedback, I will check the links and see if it solves the problem 

[rgroothuis]

Seems that there are different versions of the stick, see: https://aeotec.freshdesk.com/support/so ... fications-

I'm not sure yet which HW version I've. I've included a picture of the back of the stick.

Screenshot 2020-06-30 at 17.35.52.png (206.86 KiB) Viewed 3590 times

Reading further, seems that with the old Z-Stick you need an external powered USB HUB to get this working.

[EddyG]

Hi,

Can you tell, which type of Raspberry Pi, you use?
It looks, that your Aeotec Z stick is not recognized.

/dev/ttyAMA0 is not your USB port and so it is not your device.
/dev/ttyAMA0 is the internal serial port.

Could you check this:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/view ... 1#p1508436

Regards

Sorry to mention, but my Gen 5 stick worked fine with /dev/ttyAMA0 on a Pi 4B and Pi 3B+
https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentati ... on/uart.md

[rgroothuis]

Hi,

Can you tell, which type of Raspberry Pi, you use?
It looks, that your Aeotec Z stick is not recognized.

/dev/ttyAMA0 is not your USB port and so it is not your device.
/dev/ttyAMA0 is the internal serial port.

Could you check this:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/view ... 1#p1508436

Regards

Sorry to mention, but my Gen 5 stick worked fine with /dev/ttyAMA0 on a Pi 4B and Pi 3B+

Which HW version of the stick do you have? There are 3 different versions. I've included a picture of my stick which I think is older HW.

See also: https://aeotec.freshdesk.com/support/so ... fications-

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Z-Stick Gen5 SDK and firmware:
Z-Stick Gen5

RPi4 compatible: Not without unpowered USB Adapter

Recommended USB Adapter with RPi4: Sabrent or Anker unpowered USB hub (2.0 or 3.0)

Firmware Version: V1.00 or V1.01

SDK Version: V6.51.02 or V6.51.10

New Z-Stick Gen5

RPi4 compatible: Yes

Firmware Version: V1.01

SDK Version: V6.51.10

Z-Stick Gen5+

RPi4 compatible: Yes

Firmware Version: V1.02

SDK Version: V6.81.06

[rgroothuis]

Hi,

Can you tell, which type of Raspberry Pi, you use?
It looks, that your Aeotec Z stick is not recognized.

/dev/ttyAMA0 is not your USB port and so it is not your device.
/dev/ttyAMA0 is the internal serial port.

Could you check this:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/view ... 1#p1508436

Regards

Sorry to mention, but my Gen 5 stick worked fine with /dev/ttyAMA0 on a Pi 4B and Pi 3B+

Which HW version of the stick do you have? There are 3 different versions. I've included a picture of my stick which I think is older HW.

See also: https://aeotec.freshdesk.com/support/so ... fications-

Z-Stick Gen5 SDK and firmware:
Z-Stick Gen5
RPi4 compatible: Not without unpowered USB Adapter
Recommended USB Adapter with RPi4: Sabrent or Anker unpowered USB hub (2.0 or 3.0)
Firmware Version: V1.00 or V1.01
SDK Version: V6.51.02 or V6.51.10
New Z-Stick Gen5
RPi4 compatible: Yes
Firmware Version: V1.01
SDK Version: V6.51.10
Z-Stick Gen5+
RPi4 compatible: Yes
Firmware Version: V1.02
SDK Version: V6.81.06

[rgroothuis]

Sorry to mention, but my Gen 5 stick worked fine with /dev/ttyAMA0 on a Pi 4B and Pi 3B+

Which HW version of the stick do you have? There are 3 different versions. I've included a picture of my stick which I think is older HW.

See also: https://aeotec.freshdesk.com/support/so ... fications-

Z-Stick Gen5 SDK and firmware:
Z-Stick Gen5
RPi4 compatible: Not without unpowered USB Adapter
Recommended USB Adapter with RPi4: Sabrent or Anker unpowered USB hub (2.0 or 3.0)
Firmware Version: V1.00 or V1.01
SDK Version: V6.51.02 or V6.51.10
New Z-Stick Gen5
RPi4 compatible: Yes
Firmware Version: V1.01
SDK Version: V6.51.10
Z-Stick Gen5+
RPi4 compatible: Yes
Firmware Version: V1.02
SDK Version: V6.81.06

[rgroothuis]

Which HW version of the stick do you have? There are 3 different versions. I've included a picture of my stick which I think is older HW.

See also: https://aeotec.freshdesk.com/support/so ... fications-

Z-Stick Gen5 SDK and firmware:
Z-Stick Gen5
RPi4 compatible: Not without unpowered USB Adapter
Recommended USB Adapter with RPi4: Sabrent or Anker unpowered USB hub (2.0 or 3.0)
Firmware Version: V1.00 or V1.01
SDK Version: V6.51.02 or V6.51.10
New Z-Stick Gen5
RPi4 compatible: Yes
Firmware Version: V1.01
SDK Version: V6.51.10
Z-Stick Gen5+
RPi4 compatible: Yes
Firmware Version: V1.02
SDK Version: V6.81.06

[FireWizard]

Hi,

@EddyG wrote:

Sorry to mention, but my Gen 5 stick worked fine with /dev/ttyAMA0 on a Pi 4B and Pi 3B+

I do not own a ZWave stick, so I cannot confirm the port, because of practical use.
/dev/ttyAMA0 is standard available on the Pi.
In the provided link, you will find that other users are connected to /dev/ttyACM0

I suggest to try it with an external powered USB hub and see, if that works.

Regards

[AllesVanZelf]

I did a fresh install on my rpi3b today, and in the hardware tab, when I select the openzwave hardware, I can choose which usb device to take.

Normally it is /dev/serial/by-id/usb-number. See above picture. Is this not the same on the rpi4?

[rgroothuis]

I did a fresh install on my rpi3b today, and in the hardware tab, when I select the openzwave hardware, I can choose which usb device to take.

Normally it is /dev/serial/by-id/usb-number. See above picture. Is this not the same on the rpi4?

Not sure if it is the same or not. But that is not the issue. There is a HW compatibility issue with an older Z-Stick and Raspberry 4. That is clear. Newer sticks should work, older versions need an external powered USB hub. See also posts above.

[FireWizard]

Hi,

@AllesVanZelf

The way the USB hardware is designed is different on the RPi4, compared with the previous versions. See: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentati ... /README.md

The way you create persistent USB is the same.

You see also that /dev/ttyACM0 has been created. The problem with the ZWave stick is typically a RPi4 issue, and it also seems ZWave stick version specific.

Regards