C7 - authentication issue with z-wave S0 security on locks

[csteele]

@user1848

then NONE of my S0 stuff will pair - again

S0 Only devices that can join with no security can join just fine, but only as none. (S-none) S0. You can't join S0 Only devices as S0. S-None

Devices that are S0 Only AND are barrier devices, which means they MUST join securely, are impossible easy to join, period. If they join as S-none then their barrier code prevents them from working.

@user1848

because the z-wave code on the C7 is broken?

No.. Hubitat can safely be left out of this. It's pure SiLabs insistence that to remain certified, that S0 devices must 'bootstrap' to S2. The code that's out on the Zwave radio chip is a SiLabs image.

@bcopeland

this is what we are stuck with until they (silabs/z-wave alliance) open up more options

@bcopeland

PCController doesn’t use the the same controller framework that’s required for 700 series z-wave hubs

@bcopeland

Unfortunately pre-S2 bootstrapping happens completely in the SDK with no prompts/options to the hub software.

EDIT to correct per @jtp10181 and @bertabcd1234