Leviton ZW15S

[endigo]

I installed a Leviton ZW15S Wall switch thinking that since it is ZWave Plus compatible that surely it would work with Hubitat. When a manual Z-Wave paring failed, I searched for it on the compatibility list only to discover that it is not there. What does it take to add this very basic device to the great Hubitat system?

Platform Version: 2.5.0.135
Hardware Version: C-8

[bertabcd1234]

A Z-Wave device should include regardless of whether there's a driver, though a built-in one will almost certainly work for this device regardless of whether it's been officially tested.

Try a reset of the device or a general Z-Wave exclusion (with any Z-Wave controller, whether or not it's this hub) as good first steps. The device manual should have the procedure for both.

[Ranchitat]

If you've been having issues with Z-Wave pairing you might have Ghosts.
Have a look at this thread for guidance:

Having issues pairing Leviton zw15S

I have never had any issues pairing Leviton switches and dimmers in the past. But this one is giving me trouble. Hubitat C8 Hub. I go through the pairing process but it never pops up the window to have me name it. it hangs on the zwave initializing. I can see the switch in my zwave device details. All the posts i have read say that this means it did not associate the proper driver. I have tried discover, refresh, and repair and no luck. I even purchased a zooz 800 usb stick. I follow…

[endigo]

This is how to pair a Leviton ZW15S D-Wave switch in Hubutat.

1. Press and hold the top of the switch for 7 seconds until the LED at the bottom turns amber.
2. Start D-Wave Inclusion in Hubitat.
3. Press the top part of the switch 1 time, the LED at the bottom turns green.
4. The device should show on the inclusion screen. Select it.
5. It will take several minutes to show up in the devices list as "Switch".

[gatewoodgreen]

Others have provided great guidance, but I’ll add that I have 46 Leviton ZW15S-1RW devices (800 series Z-Wave) in service right now. They have been operating fine for well over a year now.

I have a C8-Pro.

They work with the built-in Generic Z-Wave Switch driver, but @jtp10181 ’s Universal Switch Driver is much better.

I’ve had real good luck with SmartStart on those devices.

Aside, the Leviton 800 series are far and away better than Leviton’s older 500 series switches.

[jtmpush18]

Does this switch (ZW15S) come up as a LR device in your system?

(It has LR on Settings→ Zwave Details).

If so, how did you pair the switch? (I used smartstart, but it didn’t put it in LR mode).

[gatewoodgreen]

@jtmpush18

Does this switch (ZW15S) come up as a LR device in your system?

The Leviton 800 series are not LR enabled. While 800 (and even late 700!) series Z-Wave chips support LR capabilities it is not a requirement to enable them.

@jtmpush18

If so, how did you pair the switch? (I used smartstart, but it didn’t put it in LR mode).

I paired them mostly using SmartStart. They just come up in traditional mesh mode.