Linux & SDK

Post by **beatboxer05** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:06 am

Hallo people,

I have to do some research about Z-wave and I was wondering if you could help me out ?

I need a zigbee adapter which is compatible with linux and also has a sdk. If you know a good one please let me know.

Does the ControlThink CTZUS also work with linux ?
Thanks for your help.

Kind regards.

Post by **RDNZL** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:35 am

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by beatboxer05
 Hallo people,

I have to do some research about Z-wave and I was wondering if you could help me out ?

I need a zigbee adapter which is compatible with linux and also has a sdk. If you know a good one please let me know.

Does the ControlThink CTZUS also work with linux ?
Thanks for your help.

Kind regards.

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Don't know if a Linux SDK exists, but a open source working API is found here:
http://svn.linuxmce.org/svn/trunk/src/ZWave/
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/ZWave_API
This is the list with supported controllers.
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Z-Wave
I see no ControlThink interface there though, but enough alternatives.

Post by **beatboxer05** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:49 pm

Thanks for the information , Do you know how to install this API on my pc ? And where can i find the codes which a z- wave system uses to interact.

kind regards.
niek

Post by **RDNZL** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:00 am

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by beatboxer05
 Thanks for the information , Do you know how to install this API on my pc ? And where can i find the codes which a z- wave system uses to interact.

kind regards.
niek
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It's not a standalone one, it belongs to LinuxMCE (open source Plutohome), so you need to seperate it from that, funny enough the developers started it as a standalone app/lib, and later migrated it, if we only could find it

I have peeked at the source code, and it's not so easy as controlling X10, but it's a better protocol too.

Post by **beatboxer05** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:53 am

Thanks for the information,

Could somebody tell me what the importance is of the libary version in the specifications of the z-wave adapters and what the function is of those libaries.

Kind regards