Setup Water Sensor 7 with Hubitat Print

This guide will leave you through connecting your Door / Window Sensor 7 to Hubitat which will feature these functions for either ZWA018 or ZWA019:

Water Sensor 7 Gen7 (ZWA018)

Water Sensor 7 Pro Gen7 (ZWA019)

• Water
• Tamper
• Humidity
• Temperature
• Battery

Steps to pair Water Sensor 7 to Hubitat.

1. Open your Hubitat interface
2. Click on Devices
3. Click on Discover Devices
4. Click on Z-Wave
5. Click on Start Z-Wave Inclusion
6. Remove the cover of your Water Sensor 7

7. Now tap the small black tamper switch 3x quickly on Door/Window Sensor 7.

8. A device box should appear almost immediately, give it about 20 seconds to initialize, feel free to name your device and save this.
9. Now go to “ Devices “
10. Click on “ Save Device “

How to exclude Water **Sensor 7 from Hubitat .**

1. Open your Hubitat interface
2. Click on Devices
3. Click on Discover Devices
4. Click on Z-Wave
5. Click on Start Z-Wave Exclusion
6. Remove the cover of your Water Sensor 7

7. Now tap the small black tamper switch 3x quickly on Water Sensor 7.

8. Your Hubitat should tell you if it excluded an unknown device or a specific sensor if it was paired properly previously.

Troubleshooting

Having issues pairing your device?

• Move your Sensor within 4 – 10 ft of your Hubitat Z-Wave network.

• Remove power from Water Sensor 7 for 1 minute, then power it up again.

• Try factory resetting or excluding your Water Sensor 7.

  • Exclude first in case the device actually paired to Hubitat otherwise it will leave a phantom device in your network that will be difficult to remove.
  • Perform a manual factory reset
  1. Remove the cover of your Water Sensor 7
  2. Press and hold the tamper switch for 5 seconds until the red LED blinks.
  3. Quickly release the tamper switch , and then immediately press and hold again. 

  * If successful, the LED will display a solid green LED.

Having issues with device not appearing properly?

• Change the device type to the correct device driver following these steps:
  1. On hubitat, click on “Devices”
  2. Find Water Sensor 7 as you’ve named it and click on it.
  3. Under “Device Information” look for “Type” and change this to:
  4. If Water Sensor 7 (ZWA018), change it to “Generic Z-Wave Water Sensor”
  5. If Water Sensor 7 Pro (ZWA019), change it to “Aeotec Water Sensor PRO 7”
  6. Then click on “ Save Device “
  7. The values will for the sensor will start to appear as they are triggered. Few items to do to force battery and water values to appear:
  8. Tap the tamper switch once, this will display battery.
  9. Place the probes into water, then remove them, this will display water.
  10. For Water Sensor 7 Pro (ZWA019), wait up to 1 hour and temperature and humidity should appear on its own.

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