Setup Water Sensor 7 with Hubitat Print

June 7, 2024
Aeotec

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

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

  1. A device box should appear almost immediately, give it about 20 seconds to initialize, feel free to name your device and save this.
  2. Now go to “ Devices
  3. 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

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

  1. 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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