Well, I have a ZWave Plus Schlage (Weiser in Canada) that I am trying to pair and initially, it took a while but eventually paired. However, It didn't pair securely and the logs showed that I needed to remove it and pair it again.
I removed it, but I can't seem to pair it again. I even brought it next to my C-7 Hub running 2.2.4.141, but it just won't pair... (Interestingly, when I first set it up, it was much further - maybe 50 feet away with several walls in between...)
Did you do a factory reset after exclude? I had to on mine. The only routine that worked when moving both of mine from C-5 to C-7:
Exclude both
Factory reset both
Delete default lock codes from both
Include both with hub next to lock during include
Add codes to both from Lock Code Manager
Sounds good. Simply FYI, you may see dramatically better battery life with the Schlage Z-Wave Plus lock than with your prior Schlage non-Plus. The non-Plus pairs S0, which has three times the traffic than S2, which the Z-Wave Plus lock uses. I changed the electronics modules on my BE469NX (non-Plus) locks to the modules for BE469ZP (Plus). Battery life used to be about 3 months before the locks stopped working. I changed them out about 4.5 months ago, and the batteries just changed to 98% this week. At this rate, it will be over a year of battery life.
The Z-Wave Plus versions have been rock solid (but I do have a Z-Wave repeater in a plug by each lock).
How did you get the updated electronics module? Is Schlage selling them somewhere, or do you mean you repurchased entirely new locks and just swapped the electronics part as the mechanicals are the same? I have 6 of the older locks and would love to find a cost-effective way to upgrade to Z-Wave Plus.
Neither. If you look on eBay for used or "for parts" locks, you will find them. I got mine for about $39 and $50, respectively. Many sellers try to sell for high price, don't fall for it, just wait a while and you will see more reasonable prices. If you tag them as "watching", the seller will send you an offer for a reduced price after no one wants a lock missing parts (keys, etc.). The only things to watch for are:
(1) firmware versions - sometimes you will see very early firmwares, avoid. Mine are 0.10.9 and 0.11.0 and work fine.
(2) You need the DSK, which is on the door mounting plate sticker. Some sell incomplete parts, such as only the inside module (and sell the other parts separately). You don't need the door mounting plate itself because you have one already; a photo will suffice if the seller has the same serial number in that photo as on the sticker on the electronics module. One of mine was just for the inside-door piece (module with mechanics), one was for the whole used lock. The seller sent me the photo of the DSK sticker for the one that didn't have the door plate.
All the modules for all the Z-Wave Plus and non-plus locks are interchangeable, and I believe that the module is also interchangeable with the Zigbee module, so the style of lock doesn't matter. Just a few phillips screws to remove the large plastic module with circuit board inside, simple exchange. You don't need to swap the circuit boards, just the entire module. Very simple, just takes a few minutes. Be careful when you re-install to have the slot for the tumbler tongue horizontal with the little nib pointing up when you put the module into mechanics piece.
One other thing to watch out for. Sometimes clueless sellers say in the title that they have a BE469ZP but it's really a BE469NX (non-Plus). Look carefully at the photos, especially at the sticker on the electronics module, to make sure that it's a ZP. Some sellers don't know the difference and make an honest mistake. The other way you can tell is by looking at the circuit board behind the battery cover. Here are photos from the Schlage website showing the difference in the circuit boards. The Z-Wave Plus has a pushbutton on the board near left center top, just above the alarm.
Now one thing I noticed is that is is using S0 and not S2 security... very odd... I never got a prompt for security during its setup. I was under the impression that the Zwave plus modules would support S2...