Re: Z-wave on Linux

[eclipseha <eclipseha@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Aug 18, 4:58=A0am, dlh <d...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Aug 17, 8:34=A0pm, eclipseha <eclips...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I'm look for a USB device (and the specs) to interface to my custom
> > (fedora 15) based home automation system. =A0I dropped Niel Cherry an
> > email, and well as a few vendors of z-wave USB sticks, but haven't
> > heard back. =A0Anyone got any ideas?
>
> Why not use the ZCS101 serial interface? If you have no serial ports,
> the kernel has built in support for FTDI and other Serial<->USB
> adapters. I've tested with FTDI, Prolific and Silicon Labs based
> adapters on 8-10 of the most used Linux distros.
>
> Byterunner has two very inexpensive adapters, one based on a Prolific
> chipset and one based on FTDI. (I've tested both USB-COM-CBL and Y-105
> under Windows, Linux and OSX.) Spark Fun Electronics has Silicon Labs
> and FTDI based adapters but they are more for breadboarding and/or
> embedded development. (I've tested their CP2102 board - BOB-00198.)
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0http://www.smarthome.com/22011/ACT-ZCS101-Z-Wave-RS232-Interfa=
ce/p.aspx
> =A0 =A0 =A0http://www.byterunner.com/byterunner/category=3DUSB+to+Single+=
Serial+Ad...
> =A0 =A0 =A0http://www.sparkfun.com/search/results?term=3Dusb-serial&what=
=3Dproducts

While that is possible, the problem gets back to the SW.  The ACT unit
says it doesn't provide the SW, and all I've found on the z-wave SDK
says it's for windows and not linux.  I'd bee happy with the specs, as
I'll be writing the SW for the actual interface, but again, it sounds
like even the SDK provides the interface, but not the actual protocol
to interface to the z-wave adapter.  Am I missing something?