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layout: documentation
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title: Adding Things - Intermediate
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{% include base.html %}
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Previous: [Adding Things - Simple]({{base}}/tutorial/things_simple.html)
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# Adding Things - Intermediate
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This section will show an example for dealing with a binding where the bridge Thing cannot be automatically discovered.
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Scenario: you have some Z-Wave devices, including a wall plug and a rollershutter module, and a Z-Wave controller stick connected to the computer running openHAB.
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{::options toc_levels="2..4"/}
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- TOC
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{:toc}
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## Install the Binding
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From Settings, go to Things, then click the blue "+" button.
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We need to install the Z-Wave binding.
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Click "Install More Bindings".
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Find the Z-Wave binding, click on it then click Install.
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Wait for it to disappear from the list then go back.
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## Create the Bridge Thing
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Click on the new option: Z-Wave Binding.
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Click on Z-Wave Serial Controller to add the controller.
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We need to specify one required parameter, the serial port.
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In certain cases, depending on your system, you will be provided with a list of options for this setting.
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Choose the correct port, alter the name and/or ID of the controller Thing, then click Add in the top-right corner.
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## Discover Things
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Once back on the Things screen, click on the "+" button then Z-Wave Binding again.
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Click scan and all the devices already paired with the Zwave controller will be discovered and appear in the Inbox.
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To pair a new device, while on this screen, perform the procedure specific to the device to include it in your network.
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Go to the add-ons section of [this site]({{base}}/addons/bindings/zwave/doc/things.html#things-supported-by-the-z-wave-binding) and search for for the device model in the search bar.
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The page should give you details on the inclusion procedure.
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Alternatively, look in the device's documentation from the vendor.
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Once included the device should appear in the Inbox, and on the "Add a new Thing: zwave" page.
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Approve it the usual way.
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Repeat the procedure for every Zwave device.
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Note: Battery powered devices will be discovered but may remain as an "unknown" type until the device has woken up enough for the binding to discover what it is.
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On it's own this process can take days.
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To speed up the process activate the device several times until the Thing shows the correct device.
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As shown, some technologies like Zwave and Zigbee require additional manual steps to add them to openHAB.
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However, there are some technologies and bindings that simply do not support automatic discovery at all.
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