Hi! I just replaced batteries in an IKEA motion sensor, but it seemed to not reconnect to Homey. So, I tried adding it again, but Homey told me that the device already exists, and I need to delete the existing device before adding it again. If I delete the device, what will happen to flows using t…

Have you tried rebooting your Homey to see if that brings the device back? Or possibly just wait a few hours to see if it appears again.

Restarting Homey seemed to do the trick. Thanks, robertklep! Not sure I understand why it helps to restart, but before restarting I put the sensor into pairing mode to try to reconnect it, so I was afraid that the sensor had lost the connection to Homey, but apparently it didn’t :+1:

After paring and the duplicate device msg restart the app [image] Fixing disconnected Zigbee devices (without having to modify all flows) Devices With the release of Homey firmware 5.0.0 some improvements have been made to the Zigbee stack. I experienced som…

Good information. Thanks, Dijker!

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After paring and the duplicate device msg restart the app

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