Z-wave repair failures for non-existent devices

[rhoffer (Ricci Hoffer)]

I had a few of these caused by Iris plugs. ST Support was able to get rid of some but not all. I tried the instuctions with the link below. I used a Go Control Door and Window Sensor as it was my only extra zwave device not in use that was easily put in exclusion mode.

Basically added the sensor, changed the ID to the phantom ID using the IDE, then removed the device using the android app (delete ansd exclusion).

FAQ: Zwave repair not working (how to fix error messages)

So I too had two phantom devices. So after reading what was described above I tried it and as you said it no longer works. So I tried a new variation and it worked on both of my phantoms. I had an extra receptacle that I made sure was not in my network by trying to removing it using the app removal process as described above. I than created a new device (called trash) with the type I know that is would used by normal pairing process (for my receptacle) plus of course the phantom network ID. (Now the change. Using the app on my phone I did a “replace” on the trash device. When it asked me for the new device I triggered pairing on my unused receptacle and it replace the phantom to the newly pared working receptacle device. Than using my phone app, I removed the trash device (which was a wor…