Remotec Scenemaster ZRC-90EU not working?

[jdemeulder]

hi,

I have successfully migrated my openHAB's z-wave integration from the built-in z-wave binding to Z-Wave JS UI.

All works (and: really well in fact), but there is one device that does not appear to work with ZW JS UI : my Remotec ZRC-90, which is a 8-button remote control.

BTW: this is the device's information:

• https://manuals-backend.z-wave.info/make.php?lang=en&sku=BW8510EU&cert=ZC10-15120001
• https://remotec.co/remotec_product/zrc-90/

In fact, in the ZUI JS web-UI it appears to work, however in the MQTT it does not show the updates when you press any of the buttons.

On the web UI, it does show 8 scenes, and when I single-click one of the 8 buttons, the corresponding scene becomes 0, if I double-click it becomes 3 and if I long-press it becomes 2. Also the battery state is shown:

See the screenshot below, this is when I press the "1" key:

However, in mqtt I don't get the scene's messages. Only the battery is shown:

(the "lastActive" gets updated, but no scene indications)

I checked the Z-Wave JS Config DB Browser which confirms the Remotec ZRC-90 is not in there. (there is a ZRC-100, but that is a very different device).

I thought about filling in an "Contributing configuration files" for Z-Wave JS, but since this device does not appear to work, I think that is not really helpful? Furthermore, I cannot see the vendor ID / device ID, as the web UI shows:

Device
0xXXXX 0xXXXX-0xXXXX

I have already tried to re-interview the node a few times, but that does not appear to help.

I have attached a debug file, which I copied from the Web UI. Is there any other info I should provide?

remotetec-zrc90-debug.txt

thanks & BR, Johan.

[robertsLando]

@jdemeulder I see it reports unknown manufacturer and unknown product. I think something went wrong during the interview, could you attach logs please?

Please make a driver log, loglevel debug and attach it here as a file (drag & drop into the text field).

[jdemeulder]

hi @robertsLando,

thanks for your reply - I started a new log and then pressed some buttons on the device.
next I started a re-interview and again pressed some buttons. After that I extracted the log file, it is attached below.

the UI still showed "0xXXXX 0xXXXX 0xXXXX" when I extracted the log below.

zwave-js-ui-store.zip

[jdemeulder]

I hope this log helps - if not please let me know if there is something additional I can do to get retrieve the information you need.

thanks & BR, Johan.

[jdemeulder]

hi @robertsLando,

here is another update: after posting the logfile above, I was searching some more on the web (I was actually looking to see if there is a way to update the firmware on the device) and bumped into this thread: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/trouble-connecting-a-scenemaster-zrc-90-to-zwave-js-ui/484085 where people were discussing the same problem.

One of the suggestions in the thread was to manually wake up the device with a "W" button in the battery compartment. I tried that, and that fixed it!

it now shows this:

and in MQTT I can see the scenes:

So, the issue is solved!

thanks & BR, Johan

[robertsLando]

Thanks for the feedback Johan! Glad you have been able to fix it