From ff56705b76405232e31599c15c7f0c9f7570000d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DubhAd Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 12:10:44 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Adding how to use the Remove Failed node service (#6360) Since it's been confirmed to work, adding the details here on how to trick the system --- source/_docs/z-wave/adding.markdown | 13 ++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/source/_docs/z-wave/adding.markdown b/source/_docs/z-wave/adding.markdown index 3bfb7ad66d7..fdb5a411a20 100644 --- a/source/_docs/z-wave/adding.markdown +++ b/source/_docs/z-wave/adding.markdown @@ -80,7 +80,18 @@ To remove (exclude) a Z-Wave device from your system: 1. Go to the Z-Wave control panel in the Home Assistant frontend 2. Click the **Remove Node** button in the *Z-Wave Network Management* card - this will place the controller in exclusion mode 3. Activate your device to be excluded by following the instructions provided with the device -4. Run a *Heal Network* so all the other nodes learn about its removal +4. The device will now be removed, but that won't show until you restart Home Assistant +5. Run a *Heal Network* so all the other nodes learn about its removal + +If your device isn't responding to this process, possibly because you've factory reset it or it has failed, you can remove it using **Remove Failed Node**. This only works for devices marked as `"is_failed": true`, but you can trick the system into thinking that this the case: + +1. Go to the *States* menu under *Developer tools* in the Home Assistant frontend +2. Click on the name of the `zwave.` entity you want to remove +3. At the top, edit the JSON attributes to replace `false` with `true` for `"is_failed": false,` so that it reads `"is_failed": true,` +4. Click **Set State** +5. Go to the Z-Wave control panel in the Home Assistant frontend +6. Click the **Remove Failed Node** button in the *Z-Wave Network Management* card +7. The device will now be removed, but that won't show until you restart Home Assistant ## {% linkable_title Troubleshooting %}