# Zwave: waiting message when trying to add device, does not go away **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [June 2, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zwave-waiting-message-when-trying-to-add-device-does-not-go-away/137508 "2025-06-02T19:30:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![B3rt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/b3rt/32/9435_2.png) [@B3rt](https://community.homey.app/u/B3rt)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zwave-waiting-message-when-trying-to-add-device-does-not-go-away/137508/1 "2025-06-02T19:30:24Z")
When I try to add a new zwave device I get a message to wait until zwave is ready… ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/e/0/e02322cee37480a49837a5e5c068c40fb4df6ff0.png) I am waiting ver an half hour and nothing seems to happen… Restarting the pairing proces results in the same message, other zwave devices seem to work normal. What do I wrong here and hw to fix this?! ---
**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:** [June 2, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zwave-waiting-message-when-trying-to-add-device-does-not-go-away/137508/2 "2025-06-02T19:48:41Z")
Can be different things A wireless device usually has to be kept “awake” during the pair process, by pressing the pair button briefly every other few seconds ![1000049641](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/8/5/85883973d47fd82822353f360e586ca976d852ea.jpeg) All useful z-wave KB articles: [https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/search?utf8=✓&query=z-wave](https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=z-wave)