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Z-Wave	Instructions on how-to enable Z-Wave with Hass.io.

To enable Z-Wave, plug your Z-Wave USB stick into your Raspberry Pi 3 and add the following to your configuration.yaml:

zwave:
  usb_path: /dev/ttyACM0

RAZBERRY BOARD

If you need GPIO on Raspberry Pi 3 for your Z-Wave module, add the following line into config.txt (you have to access that on the SD card directly. Simply plug it into your PC and edit it there. The config.txt is not accessible from the Home Assistant Operating System, you may need to open the SD card on a Windows or Linux system.:

dtoverlay=pi3-miniuart-bt

After that, you need to change usb_path to /dev/ttyAMA0 in your configuration.yaml.

zwave:
  usb_path: /dev/ttyAMA0

HUSBZB-1

zwave:
  usb_path: /dev/ttyUSB0

zha:
  usb_path: /dev/ttyUSB1
  database_path: /config/zigbee.db

Ubuntu and Debian based host system

If your instance is running on a Debian based system, e.g., Ubuntu, the ModemManager may cause unexpected issues.

The ModemManager might be claiming or interfering with a USB Z-Wave stick, like the much used Aeotec ones. If you experience issues where the stick stops responding, needs to be re-plugged or Home Assistant needs a restart to get Z-Wave back, chances are high that the ModemManager is causing the issue.

Execute the following command on your host system to disable the ModemManager:

systemctl disable ModemManager.service

Finding the path

If the above defaults don't work, you can check what hardware has been found using the ha command:

ha hardware info

Or you can use the UI and look in the System section of the Supervisor menu. There you'll find a Hardware button which will list all the hardware found.

Further reading

For more information on using Z-Wave, see the main documentation.