The hub can't just blow devices away because it can't do what a USB Z-Wave stick and the PC Controller app can do, as the hub is a certified Z-Wave Controller and has to follow the rules required to maintain that certification.
Basically, when you use a UZB stick and PC Controller you're playing in Z-Wave developer land, where much more is possible. W/the hub (any certified Z-Wave hub) you're constrained by what SilLabs (chip/FW source) provides/requires/constrains.
From the Ghost Removal topic:
