Zwave, WIFI and other protocols integration with iq4

[rob55d]

Here is what zachary.cayou started with and I followed initially.

IQ Panel 4 not connecting to Smartthings hub as a secondary Z-wave controller

Sorry this comment turned a little longer than I intended… I spent the better part of the weekend finally getting the IQ Panel 4 setup as a secondary controller in HA. It was not an easy process, and I wouldn’t recommend it unless you know what you are doing. But thought I’d share a few of my findings: The current size/state of the network may impact if and how the IQ Panel will pair as a secondary. I tested successfully pairing on a clean/reset controller, reset again before rebuilding network…

IQ Panel 4 not connecting to Smartthings hub as a secondary Z-wave controller

Good luck! So far things are working fine, with a few caveats: Once finished including devices with PC Controller, it’s imperative that you make NVM backups. During testing, I was able to switch back and forth between PC controller and HA without issue. But about a week later I went to go add a few more devices and it seemed that the IQ Panel could no longer properly talk to the primary controller. I eventually restored the latest backup and things were back to normal… which tells me that ZWav…

This was my addition

IQ Panel 4 not connecting to Smartthings hub as a secondary Z-wave controller

I spent most of Sunday getting 16 switches and door locks learned into both controllers. HA is primary and IQ Panel as secondary and I agree, this process is not for the faint of heart. I was constantly resetting the IQ Panel and the Zooz stick / laptop over and over. Sometimes the process was smooth and worked flawlessly and then my luck would run out and it was back to resetting the stick, restoring the NVM backup and moving forward again. Some things that made the process smoother for me wa…

We are using the Zooz S700 stick with either a PC, or Raspberry pi. I am using Home assistant with the stick as primary controller and connecting the IQ Panel 4 as secondary.

The biggest thing I have found is when you do an NVM backup using Z-Wave PC controller from Silicone Labs, you have to do a restore of that same backup so that it will communicate again with the IQPanel 4.

Test the connection to the primary controller every once in a while to make sure they are still talking before trying to include a new device.

I carry the IQ Panel 4 and laptop with me so that they are close to each new device I am including and that has been very successful even on battery powered devices.