# Reconnect to devices? **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Tags:** z-wave, zigbee, devices, homey-pro\ **Created:** [September 6, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/reconnect-to-devices/68495 "2022-09-06T12:45:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mheramb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mheramb/32/33925_2.png) [@Mheramb](https://community.homey.app/u/Mheramb)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/reconnect-to-devices/68495/1 "2022-09-06T12:45:05Z")
Hi. Is it possible to reconnect devices to Homey without removing them? So i dont have to update my flows and groups. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/reconnect-to-devices/68495/2 "2022-09-06T15:17:59Z")
You can use this (just for z-wave I guess) [https://tools.developer.homey.app/tools/pair](https://tools.developer.homey.app/tools/pair) Also, you can just pair an existing device again → Homey will probably respond with: “This device is already paired”; → When you restart the app in question, the device should work again without further actions needed. Does it need to be removed, and paired again, then there’s this brilliant script to replace the device ID’s, and then all’s set: > [@\[HOW-TO\]\[Pro\]\[Cloud\] - Tool to FIX (advanced) flows after removing and re-adding devices](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-pro-cloud-tool-to-fix-advanced-flows-after-removing-and-re-adding-devices/65018): > > rotating_lightwarning Use at own risk! warning rotating_light Hi, So I just go a new house and wanted to make my Zigbee network a bit better by removing an re-adding my devices so I get a stable network. But the issue with this is you have to fix all your flows. (Ofcourse [Flow Checker App for Homey | Homey](https://homey.app/a/com.athom.flowchecker/) can indicate the broken flows) I made a small script which can help with fixing the flows. So what do you need: Device ID you would like to update - You can get this via t… ---
**Author:** ![Mheramb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mheramb/32/33925_2.png) [@Mheramb](https://community.homey.app/u/Mheramb)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/reconnect-to-devices/68495/3 "2022-09-06T19:49:09Z")
I reconnected it, but Homey deleted the old dimmer and made a new one. I will try the script next time. Thank you for the tip ---
**Author:** ![Jurek\_Chlebowski](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jurek_chlebowski/32/111461_2.png) [@Jurek\_Chlebowski](https://community.homey.app/u/Jurek_Chlebowski)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/reconnect-to-devices/68495/4 "2025-03-24T13:36:15Z")
Hi, I was looking thru various topics and this one seems not to be continued for a longer time but also quite close to what I wanted to ask so please do excuse me if I place my question in a wrong thread… I have few HA devices connected to Homey and I noticed that when Homey is down and than reconnects not always these devices reconnect to Homey too… in particular - I have two ESP based presence sensors that I sometimes need to manually reconnect to Homey and then everything works perfectly fine again. Now my question: is there a way to have the “reconnect device” action in a flow starting with “when Homey reconnects”…? I mean this particular action from device maintenance menu: ![IMG_544C7AD31D94-1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/b/a/ba2a03797c5624df92e54e8753a721f52d521cce.jpeg) many thanks J.