From 4e1c04c95175614f52b62eef6aee338c0d8e23cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DubhAd Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2017 21:53:47 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update Z-Wave documentation to mention Wake (#3291) * Update Z-Wave documentation to mention Wake Adding a note that battery powered devices need to be awake to update their settings, since this trips up many folks new to Z-Wave * Updated documentation as per discussion --- source/_docs/z-wave.markdown | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/source/_docs/z-wave.markdown b/source/_docs/z-wave.markdown index f88936d7a6f..603f2e6179f 100644 --- a/source/_docs/z-wave.markdown +++ b/source/_docs/z-wave.markdown @@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ An easy script to generate a random key: cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc '0-9A-F' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1 | sed -e 's/\(..\)/0x\1, /g' ``` +### {% linkable_title Battery Powered Devices %} + +Battery powered devices need to be awake before you can use the Z-Wave control panel to update their settings. How to wake your device is device specific, and some devices will stay awake for only a couple of seconds. Please refer to the manual of your device for more details. + ### {% linkable_title Events %} #### {% linkable_title zwave.network_complete %}