Should you pair next to the hub or in its location (wondering about network heal issues)

This article would be best practice in general: https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/articles/200867104-My-GE-module-won-t-connect-to-the-SmartThings-Hub Followed by: [image] How do I make sure my Z-Wave devices are routing optimally? In order to ensure that your Z-Wave mesh networ…

thanks for that… I appreciate the info

For hardwired devices farther away anyone have any options besides digging out a 50 foot lan cable? Can you put the hub (v2) in pairing mode then unplug the network and power and let the zwave chip do its thing on battery power then plug it back in for the software to catch up?

[image] MichaelK: For hardwired devices farther away anyone have any options besides digging out a 50 foot lan cable? Can you put the hub (v2) in pairing mode then unplug the network and power and let the zwave chip do its thing on battery power then plug it back in for the software to catch u…

Awesome. Thanks for the hint. I happen to have a minimote.

[image] MichaelK: Awesome. Thanks for the hint. I happen to have a minimote. This might help. FAQ: Use Aeon Minimote for Inclusion

sadly looks like V2 hub killed that method. Just since I’m a glutton i also did try to put it in inclusion mode and then pull the plugs and run to the device, but it does not work as posted above. looks like i need to dig out a 50 foot Ethernet cable…

looks like they do eventually plan to include the ability to pair on battery but not in initial lunch: [image] SmartThings Hub Version 2.0 Devices & Integrations Tyler’s wrong this time. The hub does act as SUC/SIS and you can include/exclude from the Minimote. The “all …

I use the minimote with the v2 hub and so have a lot of other people. You just have to get the minimote included to the v2 hub first otherwise it’s not on the same network. For more migration help, ask in this topic: [image] Migration to V2 - Hurdles and Best Practices Connected …

hmmmm- Can you using it to include on the V2? from the thread you linked looks like at least some also have the problem i have and the minimote wont include devices. Someone mentioned trying it 5 times to get it to work- i guess i could keep trying… So far the first time it paired up fine- the v…

Best Practice for Zwave pairing

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JDRoberts November 11, 2015, 10:53pm 7

This might help.

FAQ: Use Aeon Minimote for Inclusion

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