ZWave Secondary controller

[Mike Andrews]

James,

What about having both the VeraPlus and Vera Lite on the network?
I was planning to move the old Vera Lite to the far end of the house to act
as a repeater.

I have run into a problem with both controllers being live: I added a user
for the door lock on one unit, only to find that the other controller
didn't have it, so the access code didn't work if the door was connected to
the wrong controller.

--Mike

On Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 12:12 PM James Sentman <james at sentman.com> wrote:

> If you’re adding ZWave plus devices then you can leave the Vera where it
> is and include them remotely. Thats one of the nice features of ZWave plus!
> So don’t buy any more regular ZWave switches and make sure you have some
> ZWave plus ones around the house so they can route those inclusion
> messages. I’ve never had a problem adding anything anywhere in the house
> without having to move the vera as long as there is enough of a mesh
> network to forward the commands around. Even the plus branded battery
> operated devices can be added in place.
>
> You may have to drag the vera around for adding non plus zwave devices,
> but hopefully there won’t be as many of them.
>
> I’m not exactly sure if you can use a secondary controller to add devices
> to the network. I recall vaguely discussing that around here in the past
> but I can’t recall the answer. I would class that under needlessly
> confusing your Vera though. Try adding with it in place first, and only if
> it doesn’t work do you have to lug it out and go to the device.
>
> -James
>
>
>
> On Jul 25, 2018, at 12:53 PM, Thomas Arman <tarman at me.com> wrote:
>
> Hello Dean,
>
> I’m not sure if it’s supposed to work this way but it did for me.
>
> I first added a wired switch near the VeraPlus and it paired without issue.
> Then I kept adding switches further and then further away, each one seemed
> to pair back through the existing ones.
>
> However, I paired my wireless door and window sensors near the VeraPlus,
> then installed them.
>
> Tom
>
>
>
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>
> On Jul 25, 2018, at 12:35 PM, Dean Davis <afterten at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Just starting up on Z-Wave.
> Have the Vera and a few light switches.
>
> But I'm going to start getting more.
>
> Question is registering these devices.
> I can't be dragging my Vera all over the house registering devices.
> I had read there is some handheld unit (secondary controller) that can do
> the registration part?
> If so, what is it I think I'd like to get one.
>
>
> Thanks,
>  James
>
>
> James Sentman                       http://www.PlanetaryGear.org
> http://MacHomeAutomation.com
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>
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