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OK =E2=80=A6 so Z-Wave units create a mesh network *AND* report status etc?
=20
Do they all report current consumption?
=20
The plug in switches and dimmers appear to be around the =C2=A325 -
=C2=A33=
0 mark nowadays which isn=E2=80=99t too bad (I haven=E2=80=99t looked at
Z-=
Wave for a loooog while and it seems to have settled in price quite
nicely)=
so I might just head that way straight off the bat =E2=80=A6=20
=20
What=E2=80=99s good in the way of Z-wave controllers? I see that the Vera
E=
dge is about =C2=A3100 =E2=80=A6 Is the Samsung =E2=80=9CSmartThings=E2=80=
=9D hub also a Z-Wave controller? Does the Edge provide proper conditional
=
logic and programming or just scheduling / triggering?
=20
Cheers
=20
Phil
=20
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: 10 November 2015 07:06
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Lightwave RF...
=20
I have tried it and am gradually moving to Z-Wave, I have a load (20+) of
p=
lug in modules (you could buy 3 for =C2=A35 at one point in B&Q). The
devic=
es do not report their status so you can=E2=80=99t see what state they are
=
in so it=E2=80=99s not as reliable as I need, I found devices getting out
o=
f sync or the command not always being received.
=20
You can use software like Domoticz and an RFXTRX433 to communicate with
the=
devices.
=20
I'm now moving to Z-Wave for controls and leaving the 433Mhz for passive
mo=
nitoring type solutions where it seems to work well.
=20
I now use a combination of a Vera Edge as primary Z-Wave controller with
Do=
moticz running an Aeon Labs Z-Wave USB stick, 1 x RTXTRX and 1 x RFXTRXe
(b=
oth run at 433 Mhz).
=20
Heating, power switch modules, smoke sensor & fish tank flood sensors
are Z=
-Wave.
=20
Temperature sensors, wind, rain, electricity use & solar generation are
all=
over 433Mhz as they tend to be cheap.
=20
I also added my Seneye fish tank monitor to Domoticz using their API.
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US'>OK =E2=80=A6 so Z-Wave units create a mesh network
*<b>AND</b>* report =
status etc?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p
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consumption?<o:p></o:p></span><=
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style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"=
Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The
plug in s=
witches and dimmers appear to be around the =C2=A325 - =C2=A330 mark
nowada=
ys which isn=E2=80=99t too bad (I haven=E2=80=99t looked at Z-Wave for a
lo=
ooog while and it seems to have settled in price quite nicely) so I might
j=
ust head that way straight off the bat =E2=80=A6
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p c=
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",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>What=E2=80=99s
good =
in the way of Z-wave controllers? I see that the Vera Edge is about
=C2=A31=
00 =E2=80=A6 Is the Samsung =E2=80=9CSmartThings=E2=80=9D hub also a
Z-Wave=
controller? Does the Edge provide proper conditional logic and programming=
or just scheduling /
triggering?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p
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ukha=
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<br><b>Sent:</b> 10 Nove=
mber 2015 07:06<br><b>To:</b>
ukha_d@xxxxxxx<br><b>Subject:</b> Re:=
[ukha_d] Lightwave
RF...<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p
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rmal><o:p> </o:p></p><p
class=3DMsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><=
p>I have tried it and am gradually moving to Z-Wave, I have a load (20+)
of=
plug in modules (you could buy 3 for =C2=A35 at one point in B&Q).
The=
devices do not report their status so you can=E2=80=99t see what state the=
y are in so it=E2=80=99s not as reliable as I need, I found devices
getting=
out of sync or the command not always being
received.<o:p></o:p></p><p>&nb=
sp;<o:p></o:p></p><p>You can use software like
Domoticz and an RFXTRX433 to=
communicate with the
devices.<o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p>I'm=
now moving to Z-Wave for controls and leaving the 433Mhz for passive monit=
oring type solutions where it seems to work
well.<o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p>&nb=
sp;</o:p></p><p>I now use a combination of a Vera Edge as
primary Z-Wave co=
ntroller with Domoticz running an Aeon Labs Z-Wave USB stick, 1 x RTXTRX
an=
d 1 x RFXTRXe (both run at 433
Mhz).<o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p>=
<p>Heating, power switch modules, smoke sensor & fish tank
flood sensor=
s are
Z-Wave.<o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p>Temperature
sensors,=
wind, rain, electricity use & solar generation are all over 433Mhz
as =
they tend to be
cheap.<o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p>I
also adde=
d my Seneye fish tank monitor to Domoticz using their
API.<o:p></o:p></p><p=
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