ZWAVE - Debugging Tool siLabs for free

[Garbisa]

Hi to all with ZWAVE Problems:
I just saw the SiLabs Tool is available for free now.
https://aeotec.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/6000226205-z-wave-command-class-configuration-tool-download-

[jwiseman (Mr. Wiseman (OH 4.2 Snapshot on Pi4))]

Does anybody know how to use it with a “spare” zStick vs. having to use the actual one that is in production?

Basically I want to gather information w/o interrupting what is happening live.

Best, Jay

[5iver (Scott Rushworth)]

You can’t use PC Controller and OH at the same time with one controller. You should flash your spare controller and checkout Zniffer. I was going to do a tutorial for this after Silabs fixed their download links…

Zniffer

I have the zniffer setup as a permanent appliance… wish I’d set it up sooner! I hadn’t realized it was available for free for Silabs. I plan to post a tutorial for it once Silabs fixes their download links. The one thing I haven’t made sense of yet is how to capture everything in the zniffer that the controller is seeing. The source of all packets received are either from the controller or devices that are close by, but I see the ACKs from the controller to devices all over the house. The only…

Hmmm… I see you were over in that thread too.

[vespaman (Micael)]

@5iver

I was going to do a tutorial for this after Silabs fixed their download links…

I downloaded all the stuff, and was hoping for that tutorial to show up

[jwiseman (Mr. Wiseman (OH 4.2 Snapshot on Pi4))]

@5iver

I was going to do a tutorial for this

Hey Scott,

I eagerly await your tutorial . . . I believe enabling the zWave end user community with more helpful data will help a lot of people - especially taking the load off @chris at looking at tons of log files.

Best, Jay

[chris (Chris Jackson)]

@jwiseman

I believe enabling the zWave end user community with more helpful data will help a lot of people - especially taking the load off @chris at looking at tons of log files.

The reality is that the log file analyses will still be required. A sniffer doesn’t tell you what the controller received - it tells you what the sniffer received and even if the controller is right next to the sniffer, there is no guarantee that they are the same.

What is important is what the controller, and ultimately the binding sees, and this comes only from the logfile.

The sniffer provides a different view of things and it’s useful for a different set of analyses.