What does autodiscovery do?

[tjabas]

I have been using domoticz for many years but it is first now that I have read about autodiscovery, how does it work, will it find unpaired devices?

[waltervl]

Domoticz MQTT Autodiscovery can, based on received MQTT messages that have a specific autodiscovery format, create and update Domoticz devices.
You need another control application like Zwave-JS-UI or Zigbee2MQTT to talk to the Zwave, Zigbee or other protocol controllers.
See also https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/MQTT#Add_ ... Gateway.22

If you talk about pairing it normally means connecting the Zwave/Zigbee device to its controller. That still is a task for the control application to handle. When paired, the controller application will send a discovery message to MQTT that can be picked up by Domoticz MQTT Autodiscovery gateway.

[Jan Jansen]

New topic see: viewtopic.php?f=82&t=40673

[waltervl]

Please make a new topic for your issue as this is not related to the original question.