I'm a french senior developper that is interested in the home automation. I'm planning to automate my already build house. For that purpose, I'm looking towards Z-Wave technologies. I've made quite searches in this forum and elsewhere but I can't find exactly the answer. That is why I've created this topic in order to know if OpenRemote has Z-Wave support.
Thanks for this quick answer.
I've read the thread you mentionned but unfortuna...
Thanks for this quick answer.
I've read the thread you mentionned but unfortunatly I didn't manage to find the answer. Some tests are currently made but it seems that Z-wave is not currently supported. Am I right ?
This would probably an interesting use case also.
Since I am currently setting u...
This would probably an interesting use case also.
Since I am currently setting up some Z-Wave device to test with the IP gateway, I could look into a USB controller also.
Do you know of any Z-Wave USB controller which provide at least Linux and Windows driver?
A stick that is recognized as a USB2Serial converter would be even better since we already have some RS232 devices.
This would bind back to Olivier's current work on generalizing serial access, in...
This would bind back to Olivier's current work on generalizing serial access, in particular if the USB device abstracts sending and receiving as serial communication channel which may be quite common. The idea was also to incorporate access to USB devices using what Olivier is developing, and we were looking for USB use cases for him (but many USB controllers are basically serial comms underneath).
You're also right there's no single "USB Z-Wave" support we can build. This will always be vendor specific integration.
In order to use the USB dongle, we need the API document from zensys. However, i...
In order to use the USB dongle, we need the API document from zensys. However, it's included in the SDK and need to sign the NDA. This is why some vendors like us and Levinton invent ASCII API for the integrator to access the ZWave network without accessing the SDK.
Unfortunately the HSC-40 (at least not the version I have) is not purely ASCII b...
Unfortunately the HSC-40 (at least not the version I have) is not purely ASCII based which means a pure TCP solution is not possible.
So I created a special HSC-40 protocol which supports the device and it can be used to control switches and dimmers for now.
Comments (11)
Oct 10
Marcus Redeker says:
I am currently testing the homescenario HSC-40 device which is a Z-Wave IP bridg...I am currently testing the homescenario HSC-40 device which is a Z-Wave IP bridge.
We talked about it in this thread already: http://www.openremote.org/display/forums/QNAP+and+OR
Oct 10
Syl says:
Thanks for this quick answer. I've read the thread you mentionned but unfortuna...Thanks for this quick answer.
I've read the thread you mentionned but unfortunatly I didn't manage to find the answer. Some tests are currently made but it seems that Z-wave is not currently supported. Am I right ?
Sylvain
Oct 10
Marcus Redeker says:
Well, if you have a device that speaks ASCII over IP support is there through th...Well, if you have a device that speaks ASCII over IP support is there through the socket protocol.
This is what I am testing with the HSC-40 device.
If you want to control a Z-Wave network from a Z-Wave USB stick this is currently not supported.
Oct 10
Syl says:
If you want to control a Z-Wave network from a Z-Wave USB stick this is currentl...If you want to control a Z-Wave network from a Z-Wave USB stick this is currently not supported.
==> That is exactly what I'm talking about : USB stick controller.
I won't be able to use OpenRemote in that case.
Thanks for reply !
Sylvain
Oct 10
Marcus Redeker says:
This would probably an interesting use case also. Since I am currently setting u...This would probably an interesting use case also.
Since I am currently setting up some Z-Wave device to test with the IP gateway, I could look into a USB controller also.
Do you know of any Z-Wave USB controller which provide at least Linux and Windows driver?
A stick that is recognized as a USB2Serial converter would be even better since we already have some RS232 devices.
Oct 10
Juha Lindfors says:
This would bind back to Olivier's current work on generalizing serial access, in...This would bind back to Olivier's current work on generalizing serial access, in particular if the USB device abstracts sending and receiving as serial communication channel which may be quite common. The idea was also to incorporate access to USB devices using what Olivier is developing, and we were looking for USB use cases for him (but many USB controllers are basically serial comms underneath).
You're also right there's no single "USB Z-Wave" support we can build. This will always be vendor specific integration.
Oct 13
Damir says:
Seems to me that AEON Labs Z-Wave stick is most used on linux. Take a look here:...Seems to me that AEON Labs Z-Wave stick is most used on linux.
Take a look here: http://www.domotiga.nl/projects/domotiga/wiki/Z-Wave
this guy is using it on his Linux HA software.
Oct 14
Marcus Redeker says:
Cool thanks. @Juha, might be worth to take a look at. It is also supported from ...Cool thanks.
@Juha, might be worth to take a look at. It is also supported from LinuxMCE. http://www.aeon-labs.com/site/products/view/2/
Oct 16
Juha Lindfors says:
I did and it says: it becomes a Z-Wave communication device, which exposes the...I did and it says:
This I think is the proprietary API that you need to license.
We can get it if you want to take this on – or unless you want to port the C++ from LMCE: http://svn.linuxmce.org/svn/branches/LinuxMCE-0810/src/ZWave/ZWApi.cpp
It's going to be serial communications but you'll need to dig up the frame structures one way or another. From the source or the docs.
Oct 30
Yu-Chung Wang says:
In order to use the USB dongle, we need the API document from zensys. However, i...In order to use the USB dongle, we need the API document from zensys. However, it's included in the SDK and need to sign the NDA. This is why some vendors like us and Levinton invent ASCII API for the integrator to access the ZWave network without accessing the SDK.
However, there are some "leaked" information in some projects. I believe that those people has SDK in hand because the information is too precise. It does not looks like hack result. You can check the openzwave(http://code.google.com/p/open-zwave/) or ASW(http://z-wave.alsenet.com/index.php/Main_Page).
Jan 25
Marcus Redeker says:
Unfortunately the HSC-40 (at least not the version I have) is not purely ASCII b...Unfortunately the HSC-40 (at least not the version I have) is not purely ASCII based which means a pure TCP solution is not possible.
So I created a special HSC-40 protocol which supports the device and it can be used to control switches and dimmers for now.
I will write a How-To for this which will be available here: http://www.openremote.org/display/docs/OpenRemote+2.0+How+To+-+Z-Wave+with+HSC-40
A demo video is available here: http://www.openremote.org/display/project/2011/11/25/OpenRemote+Z-Wave+Demo