Zwave Long Range for Europe

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Hi everyone,

A little topic out of despair:

I recently bought the Z-Wave antenna from Nabu Casa (Home Assistant) in order to use Long Range sensors to automate my mailbox, which is too far from my setup to use more common protocols like Zigbee, Matter, or Wi-Fi.

So, I added 3 sensors: a Zooz ZSE18 motion sensor and 2 ZSE41 contact sensors, all advertised as Long Range compatible sensors by the well-known home automation retailer Domadoo.

The problem is that when installing these sensors in Home Assistant via Z-Wave JS, I’m never given the option to choose between a mesh or a long-range installation. All three sensors are automatically integrated as mesh…

So I contacted Domadoo, who explained they had reached out to Zooz, and Zooz replied that the sensors need to be updated to version 2.20 (while the most recent OTA version offered by Z-Wave JS is only 2.10).

I went ahead and downloaded the updates from the Zooz website, unpaired the sensors, re-paired them, but still — no option to choose between LR or mesh…

Has anyone else run into the same problem? Does anyone know where this issue might come from?

For context, I’m based in Europe and my sensors are the EU versions.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Here’s my setup:

  • zwave-js-ui: 11.2.1

  • zwave-js: 15.12.0

  • Home Assistant 2025.8.5

  • Sensors: FW: v2.20.0 SDK: v7.23.1

  • Nabu Casa antennas: FW: 1.1

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Hi there! As long as the ZSE41 sensors have been updated to 2.20, and confirmed that you are running the Z-Wave JS UI integration, then you can follow our inclusion instructions here.
For the ZSE18, ZWLR has not been implemented for the EU frequency at this time, so this would need to be included as a mesh device. Devices that are currently available in Long Range in EU frequency will still need a complete SDK update due to a shift in the EU frequency specifically for Z-Wave Long Range.
We will be updating our EU devices to support the long range protocol in Europe, but it will take time due to the required SDK update for the frequency shift.
This update will be done via OTA; we will reach out with the new firmware as soon as it is available.
Please let us know if you have any questions in the meantime.

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