Shelly Qubino Wave Shuttler device

🧰 Built-In Apps and Drivers
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Hello everyone,

I post here for others who have the same problems with Shelly Wave Shutter or other Z-Wave devices with Hubitat Pro. I have now 10 blinds controlled by Shelly Wave Shutter and everything works flawlessly now, but there were multiple problems I had to solve to arrive at this result and I am pretty sure a regular user would have trouble solving it. My environment is Hubitat C-8 Pro from EU distribution and about 50 Z-Wave modules connected to the hub, almost all on the latest 800 chip (HeatIt, Aeotec, Shelly), and just a single one on the 700 chip (Nice), with not so old hub software at 2.4.0.145. Every device has been joined using S2.

A) Massive problems with joining new devices

There are massive problems with joining new devices. The first 20 devices I joined flawlessly using Smart Start, but then I started to have problems with devices with their inclusion not being finished. Devices themselves were reporting they were joined by blinking LEDs in a proper pattern, but they were not showing up in the system. Still after a factory reset and several retries, I had little problem with joining the next 10 or so devices. However, after that it was impossible for me to add new devices anymore because after filling in PIN for S2 pairing the process would go on indefinitely and just timeout at some point.

How to fix?

  • Pair the device manually and provide S2 PIN when prompted.
  • When pairing has a timeout, reboot the hub: Settings / Reboot
  • After reboot go to Settings / Z-Wave Details and locate your new device, usually at the end of the list and click "Discover" button
  • Wait a while and navigate to device list, find a new device that will have some garbage auto-generated name and select a proper driver for it, in this case Shelly Wave Shutter.

B) Update Firmware of the module

Most modules I have bought had 12.13 initial firmware, while some 12.17. It was very important to update the firmware because out of the box the module will have some problem with false positives on overcurrent detection and will have a reverted orientation of up and down.

How to fix?

C) Calibrate the blinds

Official Hubitat in-built driver for Shelly Wave Shutter simply does not really work when it comes to calibration or setting parameters. Calibrate action does not take any effect nor the parameters are properly set on the device.

How to fix?

  • Install a custom driver from @jtp10181 called [RELEASE] Z-Wave Universal Device Scanner (instructions how to do it in the link)
  • Using physical buttons or otherwise move your blinds to the fully open position.
  • TEMPORARILY switch driver of your Shelly Wave Shutter to Unniversal Z-Wave Scanner.
  • On the main action page of the device find an action called Set Parameter and type in:
    • Parameter number: 78
    • Parameter value: 1
    • Parameter size: 1
  • This will start the calibration and blinds should move down, up, and then halfway down.
  • Revert back to the Shelly Wave Shutter driver.

If despite sending the parameter 78 (Forced shutter calibration) calibration does not start, you may need first to adjust parameter 76 (Motor operation detection) to value 1. If for some reason it was set to 0 previously, then calibration cannot start. You may also want to fiddle with Parameter No. 3 – Inputs orientation and Parameter No. 5 – Output orientation if the wires were incorrectly connected to the buttons or the engine. A full manual with details can be found here: Wave Shutter (EU)

I hope this helps @bilqueyj . @faviao Had the same issues as you.