Newby needs help connecting Linear Garage Door

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I purchased a home that already had a Linear z wave device connected to the Garage door opener, as well as Z wave front door lock and thermostat. Unfortunatley this was all connected to a Vivint security Panel. We no longer pay for their service, and it is proving to be difficult to access/disconnect anything from the panel.

Long story short I just got my Hubitat and would like to connect it to my garage door and front door lock. However, when I go into the Hubitat dashboard no z wave devices are discovered.

Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated.

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Have you excluded the three devices yet?

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I can't seem to figure out how to do that from the vivint panel. It appears it only shows me what z wave devices are connected and would allow me to rename them. I can't find an option to exclude, delete, etc.

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Download the device manuals. Put them into pairing mode and exclude them using Hubitat.

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I was actually able to remove to garage door from Vivint. Logged in with installer code and removed node for garage door. However, then I ran inclusion mode from Hubitat dashboard and pressed the pairing button on the linear z wave but still wasn't discovered by hubitat.

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You need to set the DEVICE into exclude mode, you will need manuals for both devices they will tell you how to put them into exclude and the join mode.

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I was able to exclude it from habitat dashboard ("unknown z wave device excluded") and linear beeped with red light. Tried to run inclusion mode, pressed the link button on the linear but hubtit didn't find it.

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Because it needs to pair using secure zwave, you should have the Hubitat very close to it during pairing (like 1-2 feet away)

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OK, this is probably a stupid question so forgive me. How do I accomplish that? I don't have a lan port in my garage to take the HE out there. Do i need to uninstall the Linear from my opener and bring it inside?

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Yup. Or a really long ethernet cord.

Once its paired, it will be fine, as long as you have a stable z-wave mesh with sufficient z-wave repeaters. For your lock, it is important that the repeaters support z-wave beaming.

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Ok, sorry for all the questions but I have one more. I actually do have a really long ethernet cord. If I get the HE out to the garage and pair it. Will the pair hold once I take the HE back inside and hook it up somewhere else?

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Once its paired, it will be fine, as long as you have a stable z-wave mesh with sufficient z-wave repeaters. For your lock, it is important that the repeaters support z-wave beaming.

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I will give that a try. Thanks again, really appreciate it!