Items unavailable - Zwave - GE Outdoor modules

[Paul_Haskins]

Just noticed I have 2 GE outdoor modules showing unavailable. Never had this on ANY DEVICE before. Shows offline in the IDE as well . Ran Zwave repair , one failed - no report on the other.

I do have 2 more of these not currently plugged in - might dig them out and try. Seems weird that 2 identical devices give this and nothing else.

I did try turning one on from the button on it and that works fwiw.

[PhilB]

It can happen on occasion. I had a z-wave wall switch drop off once. Try a z-wave replace. If successful the device will adopt all its same network information so you don’t have to redo any automations.

Using "Replace Device" for Z-wave devices

I just had to re-pair a GE switch that lost its connection to SmartThings (this happens from time to time with those switches), so I thought I should share the experience in case it could help others. This switch was used in several SmartApps, so I didn’t want to delete it and add it as a new device. To simplify this process, the SmartThings app offers the “Replace” option: [image] but sometimes it doesn’t work. In my case, the way to get it to work was to first put the hub in general exclude mode (… menu -> My Locations -> Gear button -> Tap Hub -> Z-Wave Utilities -> “General Device Exclusion”) then press on or off on the switch to exclude that switch. The app should show that some device was excluded. After that, I was able to go back into the device’s settings, tap “Replace”, then …

[Paul_Haskins]

Well - meanwhile I thought I’d remove one - only 1 automation for it. I forced an exclude. Then added it back - no issue at all and it worked. Tried the other one and it now was showing online.

Anyway - my automatons were still there, just no device in the list so added it and OK.