Using Z-Wave
Don’t miss the “ZWave intoduction” chapter!
How to install Z-Wave Stuff
Z-Wave software
Then some nodes are needed in Node-RED to communicate with the USB Key.
If you want to install it :
- Use the menu import / node
- type ttb-zwave2 in the dialog box.
- Wait for the install
- Then reboot
- then refresh the web browser page
No ZWave node in the palette? You forgot to refresh the page (or there is an error: look at the console from the right menu)
Activate Z-Wave
- Type “zwave” into the palette filter box.
- Drag’n drop the ZWave node to the workspace:
- Then Activate: a new Z-Wave workspace appears (if not already there) that contains one node per Z-Wave device functionality.
- Then Activate again to save this new workspace.
Using Z-Wave devices
Now it is possible to use Z-Wave devices.
First, you need to buy a Z-Wave USB Key that you should plug on the pi in any USB available port: The Z-Wave Aeotec Z-Stick Gen 5 USB Key
Then you can add Z-Wave devices.
Waiting for the devices
Devices need time to load.
use the menu/Console to check the state.
Here is the Dongle dump at boot time: no devices are ready:
--- ZWave Dongle --------------------- node: [1] ZW090 Z-Stick Gen5 (Static PC Controller) node: [2] no infos yet node: [3] no infos yet node: [4] empty node: [5] empty node: [6] no infos yet node: [7] no infos yet node: [8] no infos yet node: [9] empty node: [10] no infos yet node: [11] no infos yet node: [12] no infos yet node: [13] no infos yet node: [14] no infos yet node: [15] no infos yet node: [16] empty node: [17] no infos yet node: [18] no infos yet node: [19] no infos yet node: [20] no infos yet node: [21] no infos yet node: [22] empty node: [23] no infos yet node: [24] empty node: [25] empty node: [26] no infos yet node: [27] no infos yet node: [28] empty node: [29] no infos yet node: [30] no infos yet node: [31] no infos yet node: [32] no infos yet --------------------------------------
Then, progressively (it takes minutes), devices are mounting:
--- ZWave Dongle --------------------- node: [1] ZW090 Z-Stick Gen5 (Static PC Controller) node: [2] alive but no infos yet node: [3] alive but no infos yet node: [4] empty node: [5] empty node: [6] alive but no infos yet node: [7] FGWPE Wall Plug (Binary Switch) node: [8] ASP-3-1-00 Smart Plug (On/Off Power Switch) node: [9] empty node: [10] FGWPE Wall Plug (Binary Switch) node: [11] ZW098 LED Bulb (Light Dimmer Switch) node: [12] alive but no infos yet node: [13] alive but no infos yet node: [14] alive but no infos yet node: [15] FGWPE Wall Plug (Binary Switch) node: [16] empty node: [17] alive but no infos yet node: [18] AN157 Plug-in Appliance Module (Binary Power Switch) node: [19] alive but no infos yet node: [20] alive but no infos yet node: [21] alive but no infos yet node: [22] empty node: [23] alive but no infos yet node: [24] empty node: [25] empty node: [26] alive but no infos yet node: [27] alive but no infos yet node: [28] empty node: [29] alive but no infos yet node: [30] AD147 Plug-in Dimmer Module (Light Dimmer Switch) node: [31] alive but no infos yet node: [32] FGWPE Wall Plug (Binary Switch)
At the end, some device seems to be definitively sleeping. Try to stimulate them by pressing their setup button.