I am disappointed with z-wave js.
Don’t get me wrong, I love Home Assistant, and Open Source projects. I have been using Home Assistant for over 3 years now. But I feel that the forced z-wave js migration with the latest update is half-baked. This is more of a rant than it is a plea for support help, but I have tried updating to the z-wave js version six times in the last year, and each time is met with failure.
First the integration would not start (now it does). And the GUI is still broken - You must manually edit the YAML to put the correct fields in the integration - because it is unable to read the correct USB port out of the box. The integration does not have a field for the network key - again, you must put that in manually with the YAML.
Its just dissapointing.
For what it is worth, I have tried the official documentation as found here:
But its not correct.
I have followed the stuff here:
But as mentioned, its not complete.
Finally, this is the post I found after much googling that gets me the closest to having something functional:
This nearly gets me to completion but… Here is where I end up:
So, is there a reason that going from configuration.yaml z-wave to z-wave js is just so bad?
And yes, I know projects like this are hard, and I know I am ranting, but this just feels so less polished to me that all the other migrations for Home Assistant I have done in the past.
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