Fw: Re: Anyone here use Z-Wave, and specifically with a Comfort ZWave UCM ?

[Gareth Cook <g@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Balraj

With the modules, do you have to query them to get the status, or does
Comfort always know the status of any given zwave module ?

Also, the on/off modules (not dimmer) - how loud is the local relay on the
device ? Old X10 units are very loud, and the new ones are better - but
how loud are the zwave units ?

TIA




Hi Gareth,

I have the Z-Wave UCM and a few modules, but I've only experimented
with it. None of the modules are actually live yet... I do plan to
eventually upgrade from my X-10 modules.

I was one of the first to start up with Z-Wave on Comfort so I got a
fair bit of support from Chiu @ Cytech.

My understanding is that the command structure is loosly based on
RS232, but these are obviously not exposed using the Comfort Action
codes. It's fairly straight forward to set up. The only trouble I
found was identify the device Id for any given module, when my
Harmony remote hides this during set up. So it was a little trial
and error before I Comfort found the modules, but thereafter I was
able to control on/off/dimming and sense check the status of any
give module.

I'm not familar with the C-Bus command strings, but I'd think they
should be similar.

Cheers,

Balraj


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