Does disabling a device from the device page have any effect on its z-wave connectivity?
I had a power blip today that killed two older GE Z-wave switches. I have replacements on the way, but trying to figure out if I need to remove the devices entirely or not. I have a feeling the answer is yes, but wanted to double-check.
No.
But in your case, if the switches are dead, they have no connectivity already, or am I misunderstanding something?
Nope, you are correct and I think I was overthinking things. I need to just go do a repair on the devices that were hopping through them.
Welp...nothing was routing through them. Got all worked up for nothing.
Just a small follow-up in case anyone randomly stumbles across this thread later on. The switches were not actually completely dead, but they were stuck in a power cycle. This turned into the two switches constantly sending z-wave status updates. Luckily, since they're GE, they have the air gap that I could just pull to shut them down for the time being.
Zooz and Inovelli have that too.
Edit
Not trying to prove any points, just adding that for anyone that stumbles by later and asks themselves that question.
Not all. I have several Zooz switches/dimmers that have no air-gap.
To address your initial question. Disabling a device from the Devices page has no effect on its radio connectivity, whether the device is Z-Wave or Zigbee. Although communication between the respective radio and the hub stops, the device continues to communicate with the radio in the background.
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