Z-Wave – Can it be reliable? Too many variables? Try something else?

[xrad (Greg M.)]

@ssvenn

I guess for testing purposes before you buy anything you could back up the z-way config on the razberry just to be safe, write another microsd with openHABian on it and let openHAB and the z-wave binding control the razberry directly. I used to do that until I wanted more performance and upgraded my openHAB server to a mini-ITX pc. The openHAB z-wave binding should simply inherit the configuration that is already on the razberry and you can see if it works properly with all your z-wave devices.

Jumping in here. I did just that a few weeks ago using the standard openhabian sdcard. It basically worked, but not all devices were found and those it did find it didn’t really properly recognize. Since I am completely new to OH it’s likely I did something wrong. IIRC the logs also indicated some issues with Z-Wave security. Perhaps we should use a more recent dev build of the zwave binding module. Chris Jackson seems to be heavily working on this, and security functions were added recently. Just my 2 ct - I’m still at this point and don’t find time to continue, but I definitely want to.