# Failed to initialize the driver: ZWaveError

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/failed-to-initialize-the-driver-zwaveerror/100874>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** zwave, zwave-js\
**Created:** [29 April 2026 12:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/failed-to-initialize-the-driver-zwaveerror/100874 "2026-04-29T12:42:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![magicman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@magicman](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/magicman)\
**Post date:** [29 April 2026 12:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/failed-to-initialize-the-driver-zwaveerror/100874/1 "2026-04-29T12:42:46Z")

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Thank you for your reply @marcus-j-davies and have solved the problem another way but as a side note i am getting this error message on occasion when i do a full deploy  
Failed to initialize the driver: ZWaveError: The Serial API did not respond after soft-reset (ZW0100)  
at Driver.softResetInternal (/home/pi400/.node-red/node\_modules/zwave-js/src/lib/driver/Driver.ts:3566:11)  
at Driver.initializeControllerAndNodes (/home/pi400/.node-red/node\_modules/zwave-js/src/lib/driver/Driver.ts:2066:5)  
at Immediate. (/home/pi400/.node-red/node\_modules/zwave-js/src/lib/driver/Driver.ts:1760:5) (ZW0100)

If I redepoly it loads properly . is there anyway i can check the node has not loaded correctly? and redeploy progamattically? i will start a new thread for this issue if i am supposed to?  
hopefully you can help as always 😉

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**Author:** ![marcus-j-davies](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/marcus-j-davies/32/103435_2.png) [@marcus-j-davies](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/marcus-j-davies)\
**Post date:** [29 April 2026 13:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/failed-to-initialize-the-driver-zwaveerror/100874/2 "2026-04-29T13:52:02Z")

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Hi @magicman,  
On the configuration Node, disable (uncheck) **Soft Reset** - some controllers don’t like it enabled, I myself also disable it.

Marcus

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**Author:** ![magicman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@magicman](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/magicman)\
**Post date:** [30 April 2026 08:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/failed-to-initialize-the-driver-zwaveerror/100874/3 "2026-04-30T08:31:28Z")

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Thank you for your response @marcus-j-davies and it worked perfectly as always!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [29 July 2026 10:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/failed-to-initialize-the-driver-zwaveerror/100874/4 "2026-07-29T10:00:11Z")

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