node-zwave-js VS zwave-js-ui

There's also the Z-Wave JS command-line flash utility (same code used by ZUI). Still requires node.js, but easier than installing ZUI, if the latter is not in your plans. https://github.com/zwave-js/node-zwave-js/tree/master/packages/flash

First, it's not in the ZWaveJS database yet, so I can't reconfigure anything for it (via Home Assistant). The dimmer/on/off all work, but I'm unable to change the device settings (like dim time, scene triggers, etc). I've opened a request about it, but have no idea what that time frame looks like. I've pinged the company about this and they're going to look into it.

I found the solution, the problem was with z-wave-js and the device, here is the resolved issue in GitHub for future reference https://github.com/zwave-js/node-zwave-js/issues/5599

Responding to a merch message related to Z-Wave problems. If they are using a 700 series stick then that is your network problem. You'll need to update the firmware to fix it https://github.com/zwave-js/node-zwave-js/issues/3906

Be careful using RGBGenie z-wave stuff. I have one of their touch panels, and it doesn't work in Home Assistant with zwave-js. Likely never will unless RGB Genie releases a firmware update for it. It works fine in Hubitat though, where a custom driver was written.

The Z-Wave JS author is on Reddit sometimes, so maybe he'll see this, but you'd get a better answer on GitHub. https://github.com/zwave-js/node-zwave-js/discussions

I checked the zwavejs device database, and it looks like the device doesn't have anything configured.

I just checked this thread - not sure if Aeotec has a different firmware then the 700 series zooz, but looks like the new firmware is markedly better but still has some issues as of 10 days ago: https://github.com/zwave-js/node-zwave-js/issues/3906

I second this - I've been doing it for the last 4 years in a library with over 10k active users. Node.js might not be as fast as C for some tasks, but when the hardware you're talking to is the limiting factor, it just doesn't matter that the driver could be 4x as fast.

The software I want to compile is open source. On the GitHub page below the author provides a copy of the source code as well as the compiled exe file. https://github.com/zwave-js/zwave-js-ui/releases

It's a bit convoluted. That's the ZWave-JS-UI for HA addon release notes. The note indicates an update to ZWaveJS-UI to v8.8.6. Those release notes say ZWaveJS-Server updates to v1.26. Finally, the ZWaveJS-Server release notes indicate the actual ZWaveJS package is updated to 10.10.0.

If that doesn't work then I would try connecting it to another piece of software like the Z-WaveJSUI software. It's the same thing as the addon that you would find in home assistant but it is standalone self contained windows program that's about 50mb in size. Download the latest version from here then extract the files and run the exe file. Now just type in 127.0.0.1:8091 in your browser to pull up the management webpage. Then you can go to settings and try to connect your USB. I believe you can update the firmware in this software as well but I'm not 100% certain.

Once you have all the hardware you’ll want to setup home assistant. Configure your zwave devices. I used zwavejs2mqtt (but without mqtt) I know very confusing… https://github.com/zwave-js/zwavejs2mqtt

However, looking at the githubs for these packages: * sonarr: https://github.com/Sonarr/Sonarr/ * pihole: https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole * zwavejs2mqtt: https://github.com/zwave-js/zwavejs2mqtt

I recently deployed a small fleet of Dell thin clients around my house to run zwavejs2mqtt[1] via docker. I decided to use Alpine because the machines have 2GB of ram and 8GB of eMMC storage and I figured Alpine would minimize resource usage. They're working great so far!

[1]: https://github.com/zwave-js/zwavejs2mqtt

/u/Warm_Command7954 is right. You need to map /usr/src/app/store to a folder outside of the container or you will lose your configs on every update. This might help.

This is an upcoming feature that is in development. https://github.com/zwave-js/zwavejs2mqtt/pull/2205