Can’t pair Shelly Wave 2PM with Homey Bridge (connected to Homey Pro 2023 via Powerline)

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Hi everyone,

I’m having trouble pairing my Shelly Wave 2PM with my Homey Bridge, which is connected to my Homey Pro (Early 2023).

Here’s my setup and what I’ve already tried:

:house: Setup

  • Homey Pro (2023) is installed in my apartment (4th floor)

  • Homey Bridge is installed in my garage (-1 floor)

  • The Bridge is connected via Powerline adapter + TP-Link mesh router, all on the same network

  • Internet in garage: ~5 Mbps download / ~6 Mbps upload / 26 ms ping

  • Goal: replace an old Wi-Fi Shelly 1PM with a Shelly Wave 2PM to control garage light + garage door

:gear: What happens

  • The Shelly enters pairing mode correctly (solid blue → blinking blue)

  • I start inclusion from the Homey app using Shelly → Shelly Wave (and also tried Z-Wave generic)

  • The inclusion stays stuck on “waiting for device” and never completes

  • The Bridge is active and visible in the Homey app, and works fine with other devices

:wrench: What I’ve tried

  1. Z-Wave reset on Shelly (held button until red blinking LED)

  2. “Remove Z-Wave device” in Homey before each new attempt

  3. Moved the Shelly closer to the Bridge — same issue

  4. Disabled other devices in the garage (camera, Alexa, SwitchBot Hub) to ensure stable network

  5. Tested Powerline speed — stable connection

The same Shelly Wave 2PM paired successfully with Homey Pro (in the house) using the Shelly app, so the unit itself works fine.
The problem only happens when trying to pair via the Homey Bridge in the garage.

Has anyone else experienced this?
Could it be a limitation in Bridge + Powerline setup or something related to Z-Wave security (S2 / inclusion range)?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions

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Homey Bridge is a regular Z-Wave repeater in your Homey Pro’s Z-Wave network, it does not transfer Z-Wave over WiFi. So your Bridge has to be in range of your Homey Pro’s Z-Wave network, and it probably isn’t.

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Welcome Maurizio,

You’re not the first thinking or assuming the bridge-as-sat can act as a zwave-over-wifi bridge.
Which articles are saying it is?

Here’s the full knowledge base article by Athom themselves, on how the bridge acts and it’s possibilities as satellite of Homey Pro:
https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/7263667137052-Setting-up-Satellite-Mode-for-Homey-Pro-Early-2023

NB: Thumbs up for your excellent issue description.

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Thanks for the clarification!

I now understand that Bridge-as-Satellite doesn’t forward Z-Wave/Zigbee for the Homey Pro.

Here’s my revised setup — could you please confirm if it’s the correct approach?

  • Homey Pro (2023) at home → manages all Wi-Fi/Bluetooth devices (e.g. SwitchBot).

  • Homey Bridge in the garage → removed from the Pro and added as a separate Homey Cloud hub (“Garage”).

    • Will pair two Z-Wave devices directly:
      • Shelly Wave 1PM → gate opener
      • Shelly Wave 2PM → garage light + door

    • This keeps me under the free Cloud plan (under 5 devices).

  • Garage connected via powerline + TP-Link mesh network.

  • MQTT is the key link between the two systems:

    • Broker running on Homey Pro,

    • Both Homey Pro and Bridge connected as MQTT clients,

    • Used for cross-automation and bidirectional event exchange.

Questions:

  1. Is this setup fully supported (Homey Pro + separate Bridge via MQTT)?

  2. Confirm that Z-Wave on the Bridge works only through the Cloud (no local offline control)?

  3. Any inclusion tips for Shelly Wave devices (S0/S2 mode, distance, etc.)?

  4. Any limitations or best practices when using MQTT to link two Homey environments?

Thanks for helping me confirm this design before I deploy it in production.

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TL;DR:
forget z-wave in this use case: instead I’d buy Shelly wifi enabled devices, these are controllable with Homey Pro on WLAN (or WLAN - LAN - WLAN), or even via cloud.

Popcorn & coke version:
Impossible, there’s no MQTT app avaliable for Homey Cloud.
Another cool solution would be the HomeyLink app, but that’s also Pro only.
The (only) thing that works is using webhooks, BUT to unlock the needed Logic cards you’ll need a Homey Cloud Premium subscription…
(If you subscribe: You can send&receive webhooks between Pro and Cloud Homeys.
You can send webhooks to trigger flows on the remote system.
You’ll find relevant flowcards in the Logic cards section.)

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As stated above, no. If it were possible, you won’t need a bridge, only Homey Cloud > of course to connect z-wave devices you’ll need the Bridge.

Yes: No internet / failing Athom cloud == no Homey Cloud == useless Homey Bridge

To link two Homey PRO environments, HomeyLink is way easier: just install the app and import a selection of devices from the remote Homey.

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