sebastiantombs
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I'm already bald, literally as well as figuratively
I have the older Gen5 (there is a Gen5+ and 7 now). To pair, I usually unplug the stick, press the action button and it will slowly blink blue constantly. In the beginning I paired it at my desk, with the stick and new device near each other. If you have a brand new unused device (that hasn't been paired with anything), try it first. When pairing, the stick should change to a solid blue for 2 seconds then, it will go back to slowing blinking blue again. I added several AC Z-wave plugs around the house to act as Z-Wave relays to ensure that battery operated devices would be able to communicate with the stick.So after getting the ZWave/USB dongle more problems. I bought the Aeotec Z-Stick Gen5.
When I tried pairing, I got no results. So, read the instructions. I read the manual from Aeotec and it says to just use the pairing feature of the software you're using, but it also says it can pair when unplugged as well. When unplugged just press the "action" button on the front and the blue LED will come on to indicate it's in pairing mode. Pressed the button and no LED at all, dead display, which actually mimics the result in HA.
Hi, @sebastiantombs I have the addictions, HomeAutomation(plus Beer, Tequila, Whiskey, and Pot), started with x10 more than 20 years ago ..., Wink, Smarthings, HA, currently with Hubitat+Sharptools(Dasboard), I prefer Zwave+ Devices, Zigbee never work well with my systems.I'm already bald, literally as well as figuratively
Unfortunately Hyper-V doesnt support USB pass through.. So if youre using a USB dongle this can be an issue. I ran Virtual Box.I think I'm going to give Home Assistant a try. I have a decent intel Nuc box running Home Seer, so I'd like to add HA to it. Never tried VM before. There are four different options for installing the VM: VirtualBox, KVM, Vmware and Hyper-V.
Any one have thoughts on which one I should try?
I’ve been running Homeseer on an Intel NUC for going on 5 years now. I run a fairly simple setup, compared to most, but I’m quite pleased with it. I think I’ve had to reboot it like 4 times, and had a few problems with the z-wave stick I’m using, that probably wasn’t the NUC’s fault.I keep waffling between a super SFF like a NUC and the Pi. If I do try a Pi If it doesn't work out I'll repurpose it to Pfsense or something else. I haven't fooled with Linux since the 1990's so I want to set up a dual boot on a spare machine and install it there to make sure I can navigate and manipulate it to get comfortable before I decide on a Pi or a NUC.