Noob question - Z-stick Gen5 node inclusion.

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Noob question - Z-stick Gen5 node inclusion.

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This will hopefully turn out to be a noob question with a simple solution, but i hope you guys can help me with this.

I am new to Domoticz, but i have a Fibaro HC2 running here, with a few handfuls of modules.
The new Qubino ZMNHDD1 dimmers are not yet supported by the HC2, so i thought i'd give Domoticz i.c.w. the Aeotec Z-Stick Gen5 a try.
I read the Domoticz docs and the Wiki, and the docs for the Z-Stick too, but i must have missed something because whatever i try, i can't include any modules.

I (temporarily) installed Domoticz on a Windows 8.1 machine, and plugged the Z-Stick in. On the Domoticz hardware page i included it using OpenZWave USB on COM3. Great.
Then i clicked the setup button, and selected 'include node' from the node management drop down list, to include a couple of nodes (nodes i assume are synonymous to modules).
I left the Z-Stick dongle plugged in, so in SerialAPI-mode. A popup appears telling me to press the include button on the module, but whatever i do i can't convince Domoticz to include the module. Tried this with the new Qubino ZMNHDD1 modules, but a Fibaro FGD211 isn't recognized either.

When i unplug the Z-Stick and put it in inclusion mode the modules appear to get included, the blue led on the stick flashes fast, then solid for a couple of seconds, and finally blinks slow again. Excluding a module with the stick unplugged also appears to work as per the Aeotec manual.
However, when i plug the stick back in again Domoticz has no clue i just added a module. What am i doing wrong here? :?

To make sure there wasn't a problem with the windows installation i just compiled and installed Domoticz on a fresh Ubuntu install. Everything apparently went without a hitch, but it behaves in exactly the same way as the windows setup. Whatever i try, i can't include any modules.

Who will earn my eternal gratitude by pointing out the error of my ways? ;)

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Jaap
JaapK
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Re: Noob question - Z-stick Gen5 node inclusion.

Post by JaapK »

Oh wait ... :oops:

After posting this i noticed Domoticz wrote a lot of error messages in the terminal i started it from. Apparently it doesn't like the Z-Stick being disconnected and reconnected while it's running. After a restart the modules i included with the stick unplugged showed up in the interface.
Not sure why the windows version didn't recognize the modules though, i restarted it a couple of times too.
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