Hello everybody,
In the last weeks I´m trying to test a wide variety of sensor & actuators which work with some kind of wireless protocol (mqtt, zigbee…). Now is the time for Zwave.
Normally (and thanks to the maintainer Chris Jackson for the useful information), zigbee devices are discovered following this sequence: -> power on the device -> start the scan with openhab -> reset the device during the scan.
I´m trying something similar with Z-wave devices (in my case a radiator thermostat) but unfortunately my controller isn´t able to find the device. I tested different configuration of my Z wave controller but also didn´t work…
I´m not expert with Z-Wave, but reading the logs I think something is not working fine with the controller… (I use [HUSBZB-1] which already works with zigbee and the Z-Wave controller is also “online”.
I hope someone has another idea which I didn´t have during the last week.
For Z-Wave you need to put the controller into inclusion mode and then put the device into inclusion mode. Many recent devices start in this mode when powered on if not already part of a Z-Wave network.
The Thing can then be discovered by OpenHAB and added.
The binding then needs to fully discover the device. You likely need to wake up battery powered devices many times to complete this process.
Hi Bruce,
thank you for your answer. I´ve read about putting the controller into inclusion mode and about the “many wakes up” necessary for battery devices…
The second I tried lot of times during the 120 sec that my controller is looking for incoming devices… but my question is about putting the controller into inclusion mode. Do I need something special or just the controller set-up that I have and start the “Scan” operation from Paper UI… Am I missing something related to this “Inclusion Mode”?
Really - please provide the logs - not a picture of your monitor. It’s absolutely impossible to process this and it’s only an extremely small part of the log. There’s also an exception showing at the top of the screen - what is that? Is it related?
I just thought that if a controller is certified with the standard Z-Wave should be compatible with all Z-Wave devices (doesn´t matter the where they are from)…
That´s mean Z-Wave standard is compatible depending of the region?
No - there are various regions, so you MUST use a controller that is from the same region as your devices. Different regions use different frequencies due to regulations in different parts of the world.
Your controller will not work with EU devices. Full stop. This is why it doesn’t work.
The EU uses 868MHz, while the US uses 915MHz. There are a number of different specifications around the world - the ZWave standard is exactly the same, but due to licensing requirements they use 3 different frequencies.
Okay Chris, I get it.
Sorry about the logs, I will post it next time in the proper way…
I didn´t know this fact regarding Z-Wave controller and for sure as you say this is the reason why it´s not working.
I will get a “european” Z-Wave controller and share my experience.
Thank you all, and have a nice Home-Automation Sunday
Really any of them are fine. Currently most adaptors are the same and my only suggestion is to avoid the very new series 7 devices (although I’m not sure they are generally available).
