Failed to start driver

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Failed to start driver

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I'm attempting to get a new board up and running, and be able to use openzwave on it. I'm using the Aeon Labs z-stick, and it works as expected on my Raspberry Pi using the SD card image from The Thing System.

However, when I try to run the test.js sample provided I get "failed to start driver" - since it currently works on the RPi, I'm guessing it's a dependency issue. Any chance you have a list of deps/reqs that I can use to make sure I have what I need to get it working on the new board? Thanks!

Answer 1 · 2014-04-06T18:31:38.000Z

First thing I'd check is the device path, it may be incorrect on the new board. It's also worth using the by-id /dev paths too as e.g. /dev/ttyUSB0 can change depending on boot probe order.

Answer 2 · 2014-04-30T12:15:51.000Z

Sorry for the long delay in responding, didn't get a chance to test it out for quite awhile. Looks like the new board didn't have the proper USB to Serial drivers, which is why the z-stick wasn't being exposed and was giving me that message. Thanks for your response, it pointed me directly to the problem!

Answer 3 · 2014-11-13T15:30:16.000Z

I know this an old thread, but any chance you know which driver you then used? I don't know that I have a driver issue, test.js works, but TTS doesn't pull in any of the z-wave devices and I'm trying anything. 1.10 RPI image.

Answer 4 · 2014-11-13T18:11:55.000Z

How long do you give it? TTS takes a long time to load z-wave devices for
me.

Or, check your config file, if you have excluded z-wave (or excluded
everything and not explicitly included it) then it won't load. What does
your console say for the z-wave devices?

Jason

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I know this an old thread, but any chance you know which driver you then
used? I don't know that I have a driver issue, test.js works, but TTS
doesn't pull in any of the z-wave devices and I'm trying anything. 1.10 RPI
image.

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Answer 5 · 2014-11-13T23:58:12.000Z

Thanks for the reply. I'm trying to locate the steward config file where I
would identify which port the Z-Stick is plugged into. I think that is
where I am missing something.

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How long do you give it? TTS takes a long time to load z-wave devices for
me.

Or, check your config file, if you have excluded z-wave (or excluded
everything and not explicitly included it) then it won't load. What does
your console say for the z-wave devices?

Jason

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I know this an old thread, but any chance you know which driver you then
used? I don't know that I have a driver issue, test.js works, but TTS
doesn't pull in any of the z-wave devices and I'm trying anything. 1.10
RPI
image.

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Answer 6 · 2014-11-14T00:32:14.000Z

I believe it's in the database directory.

Jason

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On Nov 13, 2014, at 6:58 PM, zimler notifications@github.com wrote:

Thanks for the reply. I'm trying to locate the steward config file where I
would identify which port the Z-Stick is plugged into. I think that is
where I am missing something.

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Jason DeVelvis notifications@github.com
wrote:

How long do you give it? TTS takes a long time to load z-wave devices for
me.

Or, check your config file, if you have excluded z-wave (or excluded
everything and not explicitly included it) then it won't load. What does
your console say for the z-wave devices?

Jason

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I know this an old thread, but any chance you know which driver you then
used? I don't know that I have a driver issue, test.js works, but TTS
doesn't pull in any of the z-wave devices and I'm trying anything. 1.10
RPI
image.

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Answer 7 · 2014-11-14T00:50:06.000Z

the config or config example file?

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I believe it's in the database directory.

Jason

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On Nov 13, 2014, at 6:58 PM, zimler notifications@github.com wrote:

Thanks for the reply. I'm trying to locate the steward config file where
I
would identify which port the Z-Stick is plugged into. I think that is
where I am missing something.

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Jason DeVelvis <
notifications@github.com>
wrote:

How long do you give it? TTS takes a long time to load z-wave devices
for
me.

Or, check your config file, if you have excluded z-wave (or excluded
everything and not explicitly included it) then it won't load. What
does
your console say for the z-wave devices?

Jason

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wrote:

I know this an old thread, but any chance you know which driver you
then
used? I don't know that I have a driver issue, test.js works, but TTS
doesn't pull in any of the z-wave devices and I'm trying anything.
1.10
RPI
image.

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Answer 8 · 2014-11-14T01:27:07.000Z

It's been awhile, but I believe the config example file has a line in it
that enabled the zwave search for me. Use it for reference, but the example
file is exactly that - an example. You have to overwrite (or create) the
regular config file for TTS to use it

Jason

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the config or config example file?

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I believe it's in the database directory.

Jason

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On Nov 13, 2014, at 6:58 PM, zimler <notifications@github.com
javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','notifications@github.com');> wrote:

Thanks for the reply. I'm trying to locate the steward config file
where
I
would identify which port the Z-Stick is plugged into. I think that is
where I am missing something.

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Jason DeVelvis <
notifications@github.com
javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','notifications@github.com');>
wrote:

How long do you give it? TTS takes a long time to load z-wave
devices
for
me.

Or, check your config file, if you have excluded z-wave (or excluded
everything and not explicitly included it) then it won't load. What
does
your console say for the z-wave devices?

Jason

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wrote:

I know this an old thread, but any chance you know which driver you
then
used? I don't know that I have a driver issue, test.js works, but
TTS
doesn't pull in any of the z-wave devices and I'm trying anything.
1.10
RPI
image.

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Answer 9 · 2014-11-14T01:34:35.000Z

That makes sense, I'm unsure of where I should locate the actual config file. Thanks again.

Answer 10 · 2014-11-14T02:00:16.000Z

I was digging through a couple of files and based on this from the utility.js file, I'm going to throw a config file right in the db directory and see what happens.

try {
    exports.configuration = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/../db/configuration.json', { encoding: 'utf8' }));
  } catch(ex) {
    if (ex.code !== 'ENOENT') exports.logger('steward').error('utility', { diagnostic: ex.message });
  }

Answer 11 · 2015-11-24T08:51:34.000Z

Hello,

I have also the problem of Failed to start driver and I have already changed the device path but I still have the same message. It's my first time using the openzwave library so I cannot locate the origin of the problem. Please if you have any idea help me!

Thanks in advance,
Wissal

Answer 12 · 2016-09-26T08:10:09.000Z

Same problem here. "Failed to start driver", Raspberry 3, Aeon Z-Wave dongle

Answer 13 · 2016-09-26T08:19:16.000Z

Problem solved, by checking group permission of /dev/ttyACM0

Answer 14 · 2019-05-21T10:58:44.000Z

It could be the name of your usb stick, check it with this command ls -al /dev/tty*