Z-wave Controller: Trying to decide between Vera Plus & Aeotec Gen 5 USB

[5iver (Scott Rushworth)]

The HUSBZB-1 has come up a few times in the Zigbee thread,

Zigbee binding

Hello, I would like to try out the Zigbee binding that is under development! Where can I found the repository with the latest work? I have some different TI hardware that I would like to test with it (CC2530, CC2531, CC2538, CC2650). Is there any instruction on how to generate the firmware, as I understand it is based on the sample code from TI, so it might be possible to generate firmware for them? I have some hardware from other vendors also, but then the interface needs to be rewritten? …

but here’s another specifically about this device…

Linear HUSBZB-1

I’ve been using one of these for over a month now, and it cost me less than a spare zstick. The zwave chip is the same as a zstick, but the firmware versions are slightly different. However, they have the same libraries, as reported by Zensys Tools. The Aeon backup software can be used with it, and I have done backups and restores across the two. After some recent fixes Chris has done, the zigbee binding is now working very well, except for a possible bug in reporting states accurately (he proba…