Another thing to look out for are ghost devices which can remain if the pairing didn’t properly complete. If you have a C-7 hub, you can get this information in the z-wave details screen. Look for devices that don’t have any information under the cluster column other than in: and out:.
Those ghost devices will cause issues in your Z-Wave mesh.
@robertrgarner3, to force exclude a ghost device within the C7 hub, you need to go to the Z-Wave Details screen and then at the device, click on "Remove" or if that isn't an option, click on "Refresh" until it is.
You may need to power-off the device that triggered the creation of a ghost. This will typically be the next device in the list.
If you have a UZB stick, it is very easy to remove a ghost with it. I had some ghost problems and was able to remove all but one. I got a UZB stick from Mouser.com and it worked with one click.
for posterity sake, here is what happened, and what i did to fix it:
i attempted to add a door sensor several times without success. so i decided to save that particular device for later, and moved on to the next device to add. but every time i tried to add a device the ghost device would show up. finally i figured out that it was the door sensor, so i excluded that sensor and the ghost went away.
also for the sake of posterity, "remove" was not an option on the z-wave details screen.