ZWave setup with ophenhab Server in the basement? OpenHab Server cannot be the zwave Controller

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Share Z-wave dongle over IP (USB over IP using ser2net / socat ) guide

Hi, Recently i’ve been working on virtualising all IT systems in my home. I’ve virtualised my NAS, Firewall, Router, Network Video Recorder and ofcourse my Openhab2 setup. During this virtualisation effort i ran into a few issues with regards to passing through my Z-wave.me USB1 z-wave dongle to a virtual machine. Community member Rikoshak pointed me to an alternative solution where i would leave my USB dongle connected to a physical machine (e.g. Raspberry Pi) and share the USB device over t…