I'm having an issue with connecting my C7 as a secondary controller to the Qolsys IQ2. I enter learn mode on the C7 and inclusion on the IQ2. It starts to recognize the node then times out on the IQ2.
What I'm trying to do.
Have my zwave network communicate with my Alarm System
Have my zwave devices show up in google home for seamless voice control. (ADC has horrible google integration)
Why I am running this.
My original setup was, ST as Primary / 2Gig GC2 as secondary
My IQ2 does not have a controller learn option and cannot be added as a secondary controller in a network (some older IQ2s can, with an older zwave firmware, no way to downgrade)
I tried running ST as secondary, and it learned in and fed over, but the status of the zwave devices did not update. And was non-functional.
Now I'm trying to run the C7 as my secondary but I cannot get it to join the network as secondary.
Does anyone know how I might be able to get it to join? Could I change something on the C7 side?
Does anyone know of a GIT to feed ADC devices to HE?
Maybe how to make ST work better as secondary?
A hub that works with Google and is secondary controller friendly?
This hub is amazing by the way, much better than ST. Really hope I can get it to work.
Adding a second Controller to SHARE a ZWave network is complicated to explain in less than 500 words.
ZWave does not support a 'full featured' second controller. The original purpose was to support portable hand held remotes that could Include/Exclude devices and then operate as a button remote to devices. (on/off/dim/etc.)
The Primary Controller is 99% of the time using Node ID #1. When a device is Included via a Secondary, the secondary asks the primary for the next Node ID and in many ways act like a 'broker/agent' to facilitate the Join. The device itself is given a Lifeline Association back to the Primary (Node 1) and that's where the frustrations start. A switch, for example, will tell ONLY the Lifeline Association Node that it was physically pressed. Nothing will 'inform' a second Controller. Thus it is out of Sync. That was always intentional in the specification. Lifeline could be populated with a couple of node IDs but Hubs don't. This is why so many hubs say they are not compatible with Secondary Controllers.
I hope this gross oversimplification helps.
At one point, I had 4 ZWave "hubs" interconnected on a single ZWave network.... I know quite well what works and doesn't, and your description sounds oh so very familiar.
