I have a "ghost" Z-Wave device that I cannot remove.
I added a ZEN54 dimmer using the Hubitat SmartStart app & the device QR code. I had an issue with the community driver not updating the device status and so went through the exclude/reset/include process. That cured the updating issue but left me with two copies of the device and I cannot delete one of them. See screen shot below.
I am using a C8 hub running Platform Version 2.4.0.144. I have excluded the device and powered it off. I have tried refreshing then powering off the hub and restarting but I never get the Remove button. I can force the removal of the device from the device page but that still leaves the Z-Wave entry.
Any thoughts on how I get rid of this device without buying a UZB stick?
A USB stick won't help you with removing LR paired devices, as the USB stick/secondary controllers won't even see them - they can only see mesh paired devices.
Luckily, though, as an LR device other than aesthetics it shouldn't do any harm and can be ignored.
Thanks for the reply - I researched the UZB stick and understand it won't work. But I would like to remove the ghost, surely there must be a way to do it?
This is an issue with zipgateway, and not the hub platform per se. Hubitat engineers are aware of the issue (along with other hiccups with zipgateway), and are engineering a solution. At this point there is nothing that can be done, until that solution is complete and released. Suffice it to say that LR ghosts will not impact the stability or function of the z-wave mesh.
I just bought a ZooZ stick to remove a ghost that wouldn't go away.
While using the latest SilLabs software I noted a column for LR and my only LR device had an 'x' in that column.
So maybe it's being recognized/suported now?
Are you actually seeing a device that is paired as LR or just a LR capable device? I am seeing one of my mesh devices with the LR "X", I assume that just means it is capable.
I think Jeff is asking about that particular device of yours that you saw with the "x" -- is that device of yours actually paired LR, or is it an LR-capable device that's just paired mesh?
I only have one LR device but it was at the bottom of the list with the ghost and an LR capable device. I could have mistaken the 'x' as the LR active.
Hence the ? in the comment. Hope no one got too excited.
And to reiterate, LR ghosts have no effect on your zwave mesh.
Please ignore them. It seems likely that Hubitat engineers are very close to testing a potential fix. For now, what matters is that LR ghosts are cosmetic with no functional effect.
Hope no one got too excited.
