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
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DubhAd 2018-09-26 12:10:44 +01:00 committed by Fabian Affolter
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@ -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 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 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 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 %} ## {% linkable_title Troubleshooting %}