Info about Z-Wave protocol

by **Digit** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:21 am

I've been looking at z-wave the last couple of days, triggered by reading so much about it on the forum lately. However there is very little information available about the protocol. LinuxMCE seems to be the best source of information but still limited. I've found some docs on reverse engineering z-wave, but it looks like it's only the tip of the iceberg... and to be honest i think z-wave can be quite complex when you don't want to make use of a 3rd party zwave.dll or .NET assembly.

So, the real question is, how do we deal with this situation? Maybe if we join forces we can accomplish something. But how...[?]

by **Mdamen** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:43 am

I've been looking into the same thing. I wouldn't mind joining forces in "reverse" engineering the protocol. First step for me would be to have some z-wave interface and appliances.

xPL also has some documentation on z-wave however their implementation seems to be based on the controlthink sdk.

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Maarten Damen

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by **Digit** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:13 pm

I've been gathering some information here and there. Enough to justify buying a small set of z-wave hardware and trying to understand the z-wave protocol and make my own software for interfacing with z-wave devices. We'll keep you posted.

by **thoweiss** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:28 am

Hello everybody.

On the tricklestar Homepage is a mac widget available for download.

It contains the sourcecode for the widget an it's written in phyton.

Maybe can somebody use it for experiments...

by **Vullisbak** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:46 am

When purchasing a ControlThink 'ThinkStick' you'll get a SDK (C# and VB.NET) for free.
Not sure if this hardware is any good, but seems like an easy way to start developing your own software to me.

by **thoweiss** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:35 am

I'm using misterhouse for my house.
Misterhouse is writte in perl - and i dont know much about C (can't read it...[:(])

Maybe Vbnet is easier to understand. Is a european version of the Control-Think stick available?

regards,

thorsten

by **Vullisbak** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:19 am

There is a EU version available, but needs to be ordered from the USA. I've done some extensive searching, but couldn't find a EU located vendor for the ControlThink Stick.

I purchased the interface last night, currently awaiting shipping info and fees. I expect about $40 for FedEx Priority shipping.

by **flexer** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 1:04 pm

Z-Wave protocol information is available from Zen-Sys:

http://www.zen-sys.com/modules/Products&Techonology/?id=33&chk=7c18247ff46da755b3d1753888e2a342

Especially the document "Z-Wave protocol overview" is interesting. These files are only available for registered users at Zen-Sys.

Some of these files are available of the following location:

http://www.smarthus.info/support.php

Flexer

by **Vullisbak** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 12:49 pm

There is some information available here:
http://wiki.willeke.com/attach/Z-Wave%2 ... otocol.pdf

by **tieske** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 12:10 am

Just an update to an old thread;

Have a look here; http://code.google.com/p/open-zwave/
Its an opensource zwave stack. The project is still in the early stages, but I think Mal Lansell (one of the xPL founders) planned for a launch somewhere in the next couple of months.