Z-Wave Control4 Setup Manual

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Z-Wave Setup Guide

With the addition of the optional Control4® Z-Wave® Module (C4-ZWU/E/H)
and Z-Wave USB Dongle (C4-ZDUSB), you can add and control supported Z­Wave devices to your Control4 system. The Control4 Z-Wave Module is a
security-enabled Z-Wave Plus product. You must connect the Z-Wave USB
Dongle to an EA or CA controller. If you are running Control4 OS 2.8 or 2.9, the
controller running Director in your project must be an EA controller. (You can
connect the dongle to a secondary EA controller if your primary controller is an
EA controller.) This limitation is removed in OS 2.10.

The EA and CA series of controllers (CA-1, EA-1, EA-3, and EA-5) require a
Z-Wave USB Dongle and a Z-Wave Module for the appropriate geographical
region inserted into the dongle. Details on the installation of the Z-Wave Module
and the Z-Wave USB Dongle can be found in the Z-Wave Quick Start Guide
(ctrl4.co/z-wave). Once the module and dongle are installed, you can add and
connect Z-Wave devices in Composer Pro.

Important! After assembly, do not mount the Z-Wave USB Dongle on a metal
surface! For best Z-Wave signal performance, mount on a non-metal surface. A
wall-mounting slot is included on the back of the dongle for easy wall
installation.

Configuring a Z-Wave controller

You can use System Design to check the project properties, enable a Z-

Wave controller, and view the status of the Z-Wave controller

a Control4 project.

Note: Z-Wave requires a Z-Wave module connected to an EA or CA controller.
See the Z-Wave Module Installation Guide for more help.

To configure a Z-Wave controller:

1 In the Project Tree, select the Project Name (top line of the project tree)

object for the project properties to appear.

running in

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2 Click on the Z-Wave Configuration tab.

3 Check the box under Z-Wave Enabled for the controller you want to be

your Z-Wave controller.

Note: Only one Z-Wave controller can be configured in a Control4 project.

The configuration should show a status of “Secure” when it is configured
properly. If the Status field is empty, make sure the Z-Wave module is
connected and installed properly, and that the EA or CA controller is online and
identified in the project.

Advanced configuration

Several options are available for advanced Z-Wave configurations in the
Z-Wave Configuration tab in the project properties window. These are not
required in most cases when operating Z-Wave devices with a Z-Wave module
in a Control4 system. They can be used for extending operation with external
devices and third-party Z-Wave controllers.

• Learn—This option joins the selected controller to another open Z-Wave

mesh. This action will change the Home ID of the controller, and any devices
on the previous Home ID will no longer be available. If the controller is
joined to a mesh that contains a Node ID controller (SUC/SIS), the
controller will be an Inclusion controller with the Home ID of the mesh it
joined.

• Network Update—When acting as an Inclusion controller, Network Update

requests network topology updates from the Node ID controller (SUC/SIS).

• Reset Defaults—Reset Defaults clears the Home ID on the Z-Wave

controller and abandons any nodes on the existing network. Any
Z-Wave devices previously joined to the network must be removed before
they can join the new network. See “Removing Z-Wave devices.” Use this
procedure only in the event that the network primary controller is missing
or otherwise inoperable.

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Note: If this controller is the primary controller for your network, resetting it will
result in the nodes in your network being orphaned and it will be necessary,
after the reset to defaults, to reset and re-add all of the nodes in the network. If
this controller is being used as a secondary controller in the network, use this
procedure to reset this controller only if the network primary controller is
missing or otherwise inoperable.

• Send Node Info—When connected to another mesh, Send Node Info sends

information about the controller to all other devices on the mesh.

Adding Z-Wave devices

After configuring your Z-Wave controller, add drivers corresponding to the
Z-Wave devices to your project. Many Z-Wave device drivers will also need a
motorization, sensor, or light driver, like a door or window driver, added into
your Control4 project to represent the Z-Wave device in a Control4 Navigator.

Z-Wave device drivers

To add a Z-Wave device driver into your project:

1 In System Design, enter the name of driver in the Search tab.

2 Double-click on the driver to add it into the project. You can also right-click

on the driver and select Add to Project to add the driver.

3 If you have more than a couple Z-Wave devices, it is recommended that

you rename this driver to help with troubleshooting multiple devices. Right­click on the driver and select Rename. Enter a descriptive name and press
Enter.

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