An apparatus comprising: a home automation system having a plurality of sensors (12, 14) that detect events within a predetermined geographic area; a user interface of the home automation system; a first wireless sensor of the plurality of sensors that operates within the home automation system under a Z-wave format, wherein the first wireless sensor has a number of predetermined system operating attributes that are not related to a system address of the first wireless sensor, and wherein the first wireless sensor has scene settings stored in the user interface; a replacement wireless sensor having a device type the same as the first wireless sensor; and a processor of the user interface that receives user input from the user interface, and, responsive thereto, initiates a device replacement program that operatively removes the first wireless sensor from the home automation system while retaining the predetermined system operating attributes and the scene settings of the first wireless device and automatically enrolls the replacement wireless sensor with the home automation system by assigning the predetermined system operating attributes of the first wireless sensor to the replacement wireless sensor and transferring the scene settings from the user interface to the replacement wireless sensor, wherein the processor operatively removes the first wireless sensor in response to a selection of the first wireless sensor from a list of the plurality of sensors displayed on the user interface and an activation of a replace button displayed on the user interface in response to the selection of the first wireless sensor from the list, wherein the list of the plurality of sensors is displayed in response to initiation of the device replacement program, and wherein the processor automatically enrolls the replacement sensor in response to an activation of an enroll button on the replacement sensor. a home automation system having a plurality of sensors (12, 14) that detect events within a predetermined geographic area; a user interface of the home automation system; a first wireless sensor of the plurality of sensors that operates within the home automation system under a Z-wave format, wherein the first wireless sensor has a number of predetermined system operating attributes that are not related to a system address of the first wireless sensor, and wherein the first wireless sensor has scene settings stored in the user interface; a replacement wireless sensor having a device type the same as the first wireless sensor; and a processor of the user interface that receives user input from the user interface, and, responsive thereto, initiates a device replacement program that operatively removes the first wireless sensor from the home automation system while retaining the predetermined system operating attributes and the scene settings of the first wireless device and automatically enrolls the replacement wireless sensor with the home automation system by assigning the predetermined system operating attributes of the first wireless sensor to the replacement wireless sensor and transferring the scene settings from the user interface to the replacement wireless sensor, wherein the processor operatively removes the first wireless sensor in response to a selection of the first wireless sensor from a list of the plurality of sensors displayed on the user interface and an activation of a replace button displayed on the user interface in response to the selection of the first wireless sensor from the list, wherein the list of the plurality of sensors is displayed in response to initiation of the device replacement program, and wherein the processor automatically enrolls the replacement sensor in response to an activation of an enroll button on the replacement sensor.