rolls eyes Whatever Markus
Here we go:
I had the same questions. I am a homeseer user and want to explore openhab, but I don’t want to buy a new Zwave adapter (and rebuild network) or put my radio in my garage with the rest of my gear.
The homeseer znet does not run a home automation controller of any kind, it is purely a Zwave radio with an ip based interface to pair with homeseer over IP.
It is similar to the iTach IP-to-IR/Relay/RS232 that provide a generic IP interface to whatever they connect to on the other side. I have an ip…
I was unaware that there were some devices that didn’t work with certain controllers. I thought the standard was a little better defined than that. What specifically did you read that says it won’t work so I and others know what to look for before we buy?
Not really. A lot of people come to openHAB because of poor performance, flakiness, and other problems with both. Hopefully someone with more experience can chime in.
Zwave as a standard has the following limitations. Each device must ha…
Any plug-in Z-Wave will also act as a repeater, so I would get 2 dimmers or 2 switches (or even convert the closest outlets to Z-Wave). Plug one switch/dimmer into the shop outlet closest to the house and plug the other in the house closest to the shop.
"Z-Wave’s devices can communicate point-to-point for up to 120 feet on their own, but with their ability to hop signals, effective ranges of up to 600 feet are easily achieved, and Z-Wave networks can be linked together for even larger deploymen…
Now i have reset everything.
Primary controller is the USB stick on my nas with Openhab, can I include the razberry to extend the range ?
On raz I have these options!
"Start the inclusion or learning mode on the customer’s primary controller and click the button below.
Include into Network
This starts an inclusion process for a new controller. This new controller will become the new primary controller of your network."
I don’t think you can do this with a “secondary controller”. ZWave allows multiple controllers, but a secondary controller infers that it’s on the same network, and then you’re still limited by the 4 hop issue back to the primary controller.
If I understand correctly, you really want a second controller - ie on a second network - that is connected back to OH via IP? I’m not very familiar with Z-Way, but it it runs over an IP network (which I think it does?) then it should allow you to do this.
My openhab is on a virtualised Linux server. I currently also have a raspberry Pi with a dht11 sensor and two USB connected ups.
Found I connect a z wave controller to the rasp Pi and send commands to it remotely?
I have not purchased one yet and am still in the research phase.
I guess one could build a custom Pi and just use a remote dongle, but the HomeSeer device is already loaded with the required programs.
I’m sure there are many many many more. All use cases for linking multiple zwave networks together or extending range or overcoming range issues etc etc etc.
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