Z-Stick cannot add new devices, but works fine for existing devices

[Will-Jo]

Hi All,

I have 2 z-Sticks, 5 & 7.
I purchased the 7 when I thought the 5 was playing up, but both show the same symptoms.

I use zwave-js-ui to manage them.
My problem sounds very similar to this one: #3636

What I tried so far:
NVM backup from the 5 and restore to the 7 (using zwave-js), this worked perfectly, I was able to migrate to the z-stick 7 without issues and it controls all my devices perfectly.

If I try to add new devices, zwave-js times out with the message "Timed Out! No device has been found to complete Inclusion"
If I try to use simplicity studio to add new devices, it completes in 1.5s but without adding any devices.
Using the z-stick 5, if I try to go into inclusion mode, it flashes red briefly (this is not documented in userguide)

However, on either stick, if I do a factory reset then I can add new devices perfectly.

So, this leads me to think my configuration is "corrupt" blocking add of new devices.

One interesting point, I tried to remove all the devices individually by marking them as failed, then remove failed (in simplicity studio).
This worked for all nodes except 17, I was not able to remove node 17 - No idea why, no detail was given in the logs.

As I can't attach .bin file, I attached a .json version of my NVM backup which I converted using this tool https://zwave-js.github.io/nvmtool/
(I did modify the homeID for security reasons.)

Full NMV Backup of stick 7.json

Can anyone tell me what is wrong with my config?

[Will-Jo]

Hi All,
I can provide my own update - I solved the issue.

My steps:

1. Using the above .json file, I removed all the duplicate nodeID references (and sorted the list at the same time).
   This did not help, but the list is much shorter so I imagine this could help for performance reasons.
2. Factory reset, then add 1 device, then export the NVM
   Using this good but empty NVM, I created a .json file using https://zwave-js.github.io/nvmtool/
   I compared the good json file with the bad
   I noticed there was a difference in these 2 entries:

• "staticControllerNodeId": 0
  

• "controllerConfiguration": 12
  

  I changed these to:

• "staticControllerNodeId": 1
  

• "controllerConfiguration": 60
  

Here is my new file:
Modified file working.txt

Once I had finished editing this, I pasted it back into the nmvtool linked above, click "save modified NVM", and restore the .bin NVM via Zwave-JS_UI

Working!, I can add new nodes!