Z-Wave Z-Box User Manual

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Quick Start

This device is a control center (gateway) for Z-Wave home automation networks. It is used to control different single devices as well as complete defined scenes and actions combining device functions within the network. It needs only a few steps to get your Z-box up and running.

1. Power it up by plugging in the external power supply

2. Connect the z-box to your local router using a standard Ethernet cable

3. Use a web browser on your desktop PC or mobile internet device and go to login page .Input the IP address into the address bar, press ENTER to enter the login page.（IP address：192.168.10.1）

4. Login using the initial local default login (login: admin; password: 123456)

5. Got to setup (upper right corner)

My Settings

, remember your remote access ID and define your remote password. This password is used for accessing the controller from outside the home. It is shared among all local users in the home. If you want to protect your login from other users inside the home, change the local default password.

6. Define your rooms using

Rooms

7. Setup the other users and give them access to the rooms.

8. Installing your smart home devices one by one. Use the dialog

Devices

for this

Hardware

The Z-Box is a small but powerful hardware offering various interfaces:

• Power Input: The device is powered by AC adapter DC9V 1.3A.

• Ethernet: The device can be connected to any standard 10/100 MBit/s Ethernet router

• 3*USB(2insidethechamberand1external):The3USBportsallowtoconnectadditionalcommunication

or storage options such as an EnOcean dongle, Bluetooth dongle, hard disk or any other USB device suitable for Z-box.

Installation

• Connect to Router

Using the LAN cable connect the Z-box to your router.

Note-If a connection through the router is not available, there is an refer to the Dome App for step-by-step instructions when installation is complete.

• Connect to Power

Using the cord provided, connect the Z-box to an electrical wall outlet.

Installing Batteries (optional)

The Z-box uses 4 Ni-MH AA Rechargeable batteries (not included) which allow the system to continue operation for up to 6 hours (depend on battery capacity and application) when the power is out. We recommend use 2400mA Z-Box provide trickle charge to recharge battery which is the safest charging technique, it takes approx. 48 hours to fully recharge 4 x 2400mA Ni-MH rechargeable batteries – please DON’T MIX different capacity/brand/age of batteries.

To install the batteries, pry open the lid of the Z-box at the notch in the back just above the cable ports.

LED Behavior

Defaulting Network Settings

To reset the Network to the default settings, press and hold the Main button (on top of the Z-box) for 10 seconds. Release the button when the LED quickly flashes red indicating reset. Refer to the Dome App to reconnect the Z-box.

Defaulting the Z-box to Factory Settings

Important:

Resetting the Z-box will delete all the settings, disconnect all Z-Wave devices and delete all of the

presets.

To revert to the Factory default settings, press and hold the Reset button (inside the Z-box) for 10 seconds. Release the button when the Status LED quickly flashes red indicating reset.

Smart Home User Interface

Your smart home can be controlled from different user interface. The design of the interface will adapt to the various screens of PC, pads or mobile phones.

This interface allows managing your smart home equipped with interconnected Z-Wave devices. It will show every function of the device as one single Element (In case a physical device has multiple functions – like switching and metering – it will generate multiple elements). All elements are listed in the Element View and can be filtered by function type (switch, dimmer, sensor) or other filtering criteria. Important elements can be placed in the Dashboard. Additionally the elem ents can be grouped into rooms. Every change of a sensor value or a switching status is called an event and is shown in the Timeline. Filtering allows monitoring the changes of one single function or device.

Functions of the User Interface

General

Thegreentimeontheheadershowsthetimeofthelastcommunicationtothesmarthomegateway.Incase communication gets lost, a red sign is shown.

Different users (login/password) have different dashboards and settings. Apps and tags are activated for all users. Admin privilege is to setup new users, install/configure/delete apps and assigning access rights of rooms to users

Elements

Clicking into the element may show more control options (like for dimmers or motor control). Switching a switch will immediately result in showing the new state but in greyed. Once the wireless network reconfirms the new state of the switch, the new switching status is shown using the real color icon.

The Element Configuration allows assigning user-defined tags to different elements. This allows further grouping or filtering. It is even possible to use tags inside apps to auto-select certain elements. The time shown in certain elements refers to the time where value was read from the sensor. You can change this by configuring the app “Sensor Polling”.

Some physical Z-Wave devices are quite complex generating a lot of functions. You may want to delete certain elements from the element view. This can be done on the elements configuration with the checkbox “Permanently delete”. If you accidently deleted an element you need to go to Setup  Z-Wave Network, Tab Network and click on the physical device that generated the very element. Here you can hide/unhide every element.

Timeline

Some elem ents may create a lot of events regardless of their possible polling. If you don’t want them to flood your timeline disable all events from this device using the element‘s co nfiguration dialog. In your personal settings you can define if new elements shall generate events or not. This setting can be changed as wel l.

Devices

You can include all certified Z-Wave devices. If you can’t find your device in the list of known devices please use the Autodetect function. It will create the same result but you need to find out from the device manual how to add (include) the device to the network.

To use EnOcean devices a specia l EnOcean transmitter USB stick needs to be attached to the Z-box. Furthermore the EnOcean module needs to be activated. Please note that only a selection of EnOcean devices are supported by the EnOcean module. You can browse through the list of supported EnOcean devices.

Z-Wave Network

This menu option allows a deeper look into the Z-Wave network. The tab

Network

lists all Z-Wave hardware devices and the elements controlled by them. A configuration button allows changing the names and room assignment o f all element. At the end of this dialog a bu tton

Hardware Configuration

leads to a hardware specific configuration dialog. Some Z-Wave devices offer such configurations to adapt their functions. Not having this configuration option is not a malfunction!

The tab

Network Status

lists possible problems of Z-Wave de vice s and the Z-Wave network. A link refers to the Z- Way Expert User Interface. Please note that this Expert User Interface is for Z-Wave experts. The Razberry documentation and user forums will provide help for its use if needed. Direct access to the ZWave Expert User Interface is always possible using http://ip:8083/expert/

My Settings

This menu allows the usual user settings (color, languages, preferences). For users with admin privileges this dialog also controls the essential access credentials for the remote access using find.z-wave.me.

User Management

This menu item is only available fo r users with admin privileges. The Z-Box Z-box is powered by Z-Way, the famous Z-Wave control software of Z-Wave.Me that is also powering famous projects such as Razberry (razberr y .zwave.me: This means that all apps, workarounds, tricks and How Tos provided and describes for the Razberry pr oject – e.g. on http://forum.z-wave.me/ – can be used and applied for the Z-box too.

Super

Quick

Start

for Insid

ers

1. 2. Go tofind.zwave.me,find

theIPaddress

of your Z-Box , click onit

Setup

your

password

and

remember

your Z-BoxIDforfuture

remoteaccess

Choose

http://YOURPI_IP:

8083 or

usefind.zwave.me

for

remote access

to your Smart

Hom

Interface.

Quick

Start

for

the

rest

Z-Box

is a

Z-Wavecontroller

for your Smart

Home.

Abuilt-in

web server

allows fast

installation andusagewithoutinstallingfurthersoftware

apps.

course there are

apps

forvariou

smobileplatforms

that

canbe

downloaded

from

thevarious

app stores

that

further

enhance the userexperience

of thesolutio

Poweritup. After about1minute

openawebbrowserand pointtofind.zwave.m

Below

the

screen

you will

see theIPaddress

of your

Z-Box syst e m .

Click on

the

address

link toopen

theconfigurationdialog.

The Configuration Service

The

configurationserviceisaccessible

with any

web browser

on Port

8084. Whenever

you

want to

changesettingsthisservice

willbeat yourservice

andisavailableindependent

the Z-Waveengine

Find your Z-BoxIDand remembe r

it for

remote a cc ess

to yoursystem

Chooseapassword tha t

will

be usedtoauthenticatefor the

remote a cc essinthe

future.Wheneveryo

uaccess

your

Z-Box

within your lo cal

network(as

the

firsttime)you

will not

needapassword

TheConfigurationserviceuses

thecl

oudinfrastructureonfind.zwave.mefor thefollowing

uncti

ons

Find theIPAddress of your

Z-Box.

You just

used

thisfunction

 RemoteAccess

when

you

areoutsideyour

home.

For this avalid

passwordisrequired–

seeabove.



FirmwareUpdate:Just

click on

the firmware

update tab and

theinstructions

 RemoteSuppor

t:Thisfunctionis usuallydisabled.You

will

needtoenableit on

request

if youdesire

remoteservice.Allowing servicepeopletoaccess

your

Z-Box

is 100%

under

yourcontrol

Once

you

set

your

remote access password

you

are done

with

the

initialconfiguratio

Whenever

you

accessfind.zwave.me

again and

alocal

Z-Boxisfoundclickingonthe

address

will

leadyouright

to your Smart

Home UserInterface.

If your Pi

usesafixedIPaddress

this

address

can

be used

for

directIPaccess withoutusingthefind.zwave.meservice.

You can

even

turn off theconnectionto thefind.zwave.meservicebut be aware that

you will not

have

any

remote a cc esscapabilityanymore.

Also in

case theIPaddressof

your

Z-Box changes

you

may have

difficultytofindthe new address. Henc e we recommendusingfind.zwave.me.

The

sametime

we wantyou to have

100% control of any

cloud service usageofyoursystem.

Z-Wave

Product

Information

This is a

Z-Wavestaticcontroller.As acertifiedZ-Wave

Plus

device Z-Boxcommunicatingwith

all

other Z-W avecertifieddevicesregardlessofvendororyear

of origin

anditimplement

the enhancedfunctionsofZ-Wave Plus.

Thisdevicecan

communicate

in a

onm

the other device supports the secure

environment too.

If notthecontrollerwill fall

backtothenormalcommunicationmode

utomatically.Duringinclusionthe useofsecure environmentcan

be suppressed

for

performance reasonifdesired.In

Z-Wave

all

non-battery powereddevicesuch as

the Z-Box

will actas

routers

for

otherdevicesto form aso-calledmeshednetwork.

case thereismore than one controller

in the

network

thecontrollers

needtobe kept

synchronous

regardtot

heirknowledgeofthe network .

This iscalled

Con

and thefollowingpolicyapplies:

(a)incase there

is a

SIS

the network(check

Con

trollerInfomenu)every othercontrollerswill

query the

SIS

for

updates.(b)Inthe

rare

case that

there

is no

SIS

and

thisdevice

Primary

ont

oller

please re-include other

controllers

toperforma

networkinformationupda

te.

Thedevicesupports

the

commandclasses‘

chM

’,

‘

’

and

‘

sic

’

catch events

from

devices usingthese commandclassestotrigger actionsinthecontrolle

There

is no

other actionperformedthanchangingvaluesinth

edevice

data

objects

Thedevicesupports

lifeline(associationgroup

1, max 3nodes)

and

channels (simulating

generic MultilevelSwitch)todifferentiatereceivingcommands

fromdevices

not

abletosend

modern scene control commands. The

channels

supportthesame commandclasses(Basic

SwitchBinary, SwitchMultilevel and SceneActivation)that do

notperformanyrealactionbu

allow

commandreceptiononly.

Various

User

InterfacesofZ-Box

When goingtoh

ttp://YOURIP:

8083

you will

seeaselection

menutochoose

the

web based

you

liketowork

with. The two

mostinteresting

UIs

are

theZ-WaveExpertUI

(to

create

and

manage

the

Z-WaveNetwork)andtheZ-

WayHomeA

utomation userinterface

for

day-by-day

usage

thewhole

system. Above andbeyond

this you can

use various mobileplatform

native

apps

you find in the

app storestoaccess

thesystem.

Just visit

theGoogleApp storeorthe

iOS

app store

fornativeapps

with

the name“Z-Way”

TheZ-

Wave

Expert

The Z-W av e Expert U serInterfaceisdesignedforinstallers,te

chnicallysavvypeople

and other

users

that kno w how to builtandmaintainaZ-Wavebasedwirele

ss network. Henceituses some

Z-Wave

specificlanguage and

offers detailed insight

into

the

work

and data str uc tu reifthe

Z-Wave network.

It allows

Add

(

inclu

)

and

remove(exclude)Z-Wavedevices

and manage thenetwork.

 Configure

Z-Wavedevices

 Operate

Z-Wavedevices

 Manage

Assoc

tions

betweenwirelessdevices.



Accessalldatage

neratedby

thedevices

andperformallkindoffunctions

andactionstothedevice.

 Lookbehindthesceneinto

the data structures, routing mechanisms and

timings

theZ-Wavecontrolstack. This isparticularlyusefulfordebugging

andsoftwaredevelopment

The

Z-Wave ExpertUIdoe

snotprovide

any acces

stohigherorderbusinesslogi c a n

automation

.Pleasereferto

other UserInterfacesfor

thesefunctions

TheUIoffers a

home screen

and four

top menuitems:

 Control:

Accesstofunctionsof

thewirelessdevicesincludedinthenetwork.

 Device:Accesstoinformation

aboutdevices.

 Configuration:

Configure

thedevicesafterinclusionifneeded

 Network:Add and rem o vedevicesand manage thenetwork.

The

top

level also has alanguage

selector.Please

we aware that

thisselectionis onlyvalid

for

the Expe rtUIand

will not

be used by other web basedorapp basedUIs.

Thetiminginfo on

the

upperrightside

shows

thetime

thecontrollerdevice.Itsupdate serves

as a

heart

beat

thesystem

Allvalues

showninthe Z-Wave ExpertUIare assigned

to atime

stampindicatingwhen the

value

ofstatusinformation

was

received

from

the w ireless network.Ared

color of

thetime

stampindicatesthat andupdaterequest

from

thecontrollerfor thisvalueispendin

HomeScreen

The

home screen

offers

some high

levelinformation

about

thesoftwareandanotepad

where the user

orinstaller

can

leave importan tinformationforfutureuse.

The

NetworkInformation

box

offers

somestatistics

about

the

numberofdevices

in the

network

and howmanyof

them are

mains or

battery operated. The network healt

hbox

will

list

devices that have problems: the

batteryis

down, the interview

is not

completeorthe

device

failed.

Clickingonthe stateme nt

will

lead

to a

helppageexpla

iningthe prob lems

and givin g guidan c e

forremediatio

Control

The

Control Tab

allows

operating the variou s typesofdevices and shows the reported values

caseofsensorsormeters.Incase thecontroloptionsoffered

here are

not

sufficient please

refertothe Expe rt Command Tabas

partoftheConfiguration

for a full

setoffunctions

supportedbythedevice.

Switc

The switchdialoglists alldevicesof the

networksupportingswitching,dimmeror

motor

control

capab

ilities.

Thedevicename andId

and the curren t statusofthe

switch is

given and

the

timeof

the

last

status up d a te .The“Update” buttonforcesanimmediate

updateofthe

switch

(if

mains

power eddevice).A‘SwitchAll’Iconshowswhether

or not

thespecificdevice

will

react

on a Switch All ON or Switch All Off

command .Agreentriangle

indicates that th e device

will

reacttothe com mandshown.

All actuators can be switched on or off. Dimmer and motors controls can be operated using a slider. For dimmer there is a button “On” and “Full”. “Full” turns the dimmer always to 100 % diming value while “On” will turn to the last dimming state before the dimmer was turned off. Clicking on the table heads reorders the table view of the data.

Sensors

The

sensordialoglists alldevicesof the

networkprovidingsensorinformation.Devicename

andid,the

typeofthe sensor, theactualsensorvalue

and the sensorscaleislisted.The

Date/timecolumnindicateswhen thegivensensorvaluewasreceived.Itspo

ssibleto call for

sensor upda t e but bea rinmindthat battery operateddevice

will only

respondafterthe

wakeup

Meter

The

meterdialoglists alldevicesof the

networkproviding(accumulating)meterinformation.

Device

nameand

id,

the typeofthe meter, theactual

meter value and the me ter

scale is

listed. The Date/tim e columnindicateswhen thegive

nsensor

value wa s

received.It

possible

to call for a

meter update but bear

in mind

thatbatteryoperateddevicewill only

respondafterthe next wakeup . Clickingonthetableheads reorders thetableviewof

the

ata

Thermostat

The

thermosta tdialoglists all

thermostat devicesofthe ne tw ork.Device

name andid

and

the curre nt

setpointtempera tu reisshown. TheDate/timecolumnindicates

when thegive

setpointtemperature

was

transferredtothedevice

.Thesetpointtemperature

can

changed

using

the‘+’or

‘-‘

buttonsorthe slider. Clickingonthetable

heads reorde rs

the

table

view of thedata

Attention:

The tem peraturevaluedoes

notdifferentiate

betweenheatingandcoolin

evices.Ifacoolingand a heatingf

unction

shall

havediffer

ent setpointsplease

refer to the

expert com mandsection

for

moreprecise

commandsettings.

DoorLocks

The

door

lockdialoglists all

door

lockdevicesof the

network.Devicename

andid,the

current

status

of thelockand

lasttimeofthe changeofthe statusislisted.

Clickingonthetableheads reorde rs

thetableview of thedata

Device

TheDeviceTabgives

accesstooverview

pages

with

detailedinformationabout

the

devices

in the

networkandtheiractual status

Status

Thisdialogshows

theactualnetwork status

of alldevices.

All

devices are listed by t he ir node

and name.Thedate/timeindicates

thetimeofthe

lastsuccessfulcommunication

between thecontroller

and

thisdevice(eitherconfirmedsendingorreception).

The green

checkmark indicates that the device

alive.Ared

signindicate

that

thecontrollerassumes thedevice

not

beingactive

anymore.

Mains

powereddevice

can

be checkedfortheir

network availabilit y byhi

tting

the “Checkconnectivity”bu

tto

case the device interview andconfigurationwas notperformedproperly

a little

question

mark icon will

indicate

this.

Clickingonthequestion

mark will

openawindowdisplaying

the

detailsof

theinterviewprocess.

The

correctloadingof aDeviceDescription

Fileisindicated

as w ell. Fo rbattery-

operateddevice

thetimeofthe

last

wakeup, the timeofthe next

wakeup and the current wakeup status

shown. Clickin g

thetableheads

reorders the

tableviewofthe data.

Clicking

thetableheads reorders thetableview of

thedata

Batter

This

dialoggivesanoverview

of the

battery status

of thebattery-

operateddevicesin

the

network.

Devicesarelisted by name an d

id. The last

reported battery

level(0…

100

including update timeisshownaswellasthe

number and typeofbatteryifknown. The

“Update”

button

will

requestastatus up date

from

thedevice.The

new

status

willbeavailabl

after the next wakeupofthedevice.

Clickingonthe table heads reorders thetable

view

thedata

TypeInf

The

type

infodialog

lists alldevicesof

the network andindicatesifthey supp o rt en hanced

Z-WavefunctionssuchasSecurityand Z-Wav e

Plus.TheirZ-Waveprotocolversion,their

applicationversionandtheirdevicetypeindicatorisshown

forinformationpurposes too.

Clickingonthe tableheads reo rd e rs thetable

viewofthedata

Association

This overview

page

shows the

current association

set in the

network.

The

lifelines

(association

to the

gateway

report

status

changes

and

heard

beat)

can be

hidden

needed.

‚Change’

button

leads right to the

Configuration

page

of the

device

change association

settings.

Configuration

The Configuration Tab allows configuring the functions of the device. Pick the device to be configured from the drop down list to access four tabs.

Int

erview

Thedevicei

ntervi

ew section

shows

the

result

of thedevicei

nterview.In

this

process

the

ontroller

tries togetinformationabout the device.Incase the controller fi ndadevice

description record

for

thedeviceit willdisplayfurtherinformation

about thedevice

that

can

not

obtainedfrom

thedeviceitself.Ifthesoftware

willnotautomaticallyrecognize

the

deviceandloadthedescriptionrecordabutton “ChooseDeviceDescriptionRecord”

allows

to do this

manually

Theinterviewstage

linegivesinformation

about

the

progress

of thedevicei

nterviewby

splittingit intothedifferent

commandclasses

supported

thedevice.‘+’

indicate

successfulinterview,

‘0’apermanent

failanda‘.’

that this

command

class is still in

thewaitin

queue

becompleted

There are

a few

reasons

why aninterviewis notcomplete:Inmostcases

thedeviceswent to

deepsl

eeptoo

early to has

someproblems.

The

button “ForceInterview”

allows

re-doin g

the whole

interview.

Thebutto

n“RequestNIF”

requestsaNodeInformation

Frame

from

thedevice

and the Button “Showinterviewresults”

allowsdisplayingtheinformation

about

the

differentcommandclassesfoundduringtheinterview.Itisalsopossibletoforcethe

interviewof acertaincommand

classonly.

The only

configurationoption

on this

tab

is to

change

thegiven

name

of thedevice.During

inclusionthesoftware

generatedageneric

name but

it ishighly

recommendedtochange

this

name. Thegivennameshould

bedescriptivebit not toolon

Configuratio

The

configurationtab

allows

configuringthedevic

There are

four

more commandclassesthat

may

needadditionalconfigurationwork

and that

are displayed

ifthecertaindevicesupports

it.

Theactual

dataofthedifferentsections

are

shown

theUIand

can

beupdated

using the

button“Update

fromdevice”Atimeindicatio

shows

when thetime

where

thevalues

wherereceivedfrom

thedevice(Beware,

that

update

may

be delayedifthedeviceifbattery operated

an in

deepsleepstate)

•

Wakeup:Definethe

wakeupinterval

and t h e node

is of

the

maincontrollertaking

care

thewakeup

sequence. Thecontrollerwill set a

standard wakeu ptime

of 1800

secondsunless

thedevicessetsadifferent

minimal ormaximalwakeuptime.In

most

cases the node

idof

thecontrolleristhecorrectsettingfor

the target nodeid

and

should

not

be changed.Incase

thiscontrolleris only

seco

thisvalu

may

change.

A tooltipon

theinputfield

shows theallowed

minimum and maximu

wakeup

timeas

reporte d b y thedevice

•

otection:In

case the device sup po rts

local

protection–means suppressin g

local

use

the device –

thebehavior

of thisfunction

can

be defined.Theprotectioncommand

classactually

offers more

optionsthan displaye d here, Refertothe‘ExpertCommands

’

tab

for acomplete

setofcontrols.

•

SwitchAl

lconfiguration:

Z-Wave supports thesocalled

switch allfunctionas a

broadcasttoallswitches

anddimmers.

This

setupdefinesthereactionofthe

device

to such a “Switch A ll”command.

Thesettingis alsodisplayed

in the“Switches

“sectionaslittle

gray/greenic

on.

•

Configuration :In

case the controller

can

identify the device and findsinformatio

aboutfurtherconfigurationoptions

these

optionsare shown.

Thelittle

(i)

symbol

maygive

moredescriptiveinformationabout theconfigurationvalue.

If no

device

description

the deviceisfoundnoconfigurationoptionsare shown.In

case

the

device

does haveconfigurationoptionsitspossibletoset

themusingthe expert

comman d

sectio

Note:

For mains

powereddevicesand

FLIRSdevice

the button“Applyconfigurationtodevice”

willactivatethechanges

within

few seconds.

For

battery operated devices the co mmands

are stored

the next wakeup.Itspossible

and recommendedtowakeup thedevic

manuallyto

speed up the chang eofconfigurationvalues.

Associatio

Associations allow switching a Z-Wave device B (target) as a result of an event in Z-Wave device A (source). Z- Wave device A offers lists of devices to switches for each event supported. The list of these events - also called as sociation groups - and the devices that are associated with it are shown in the Association tab. In case the information is provided either by the device or by the device record stored in the software the meaning of the events is written. Otherwise only event group is shown unnamed. In this case refer to the devices manual for more information about th e association group meaning. The stored devices can be called from the actual device using a button. The buttons ’+/-’ used to add and remove device from the group. A dialog is opened and a device can be picked. In case this device has multiple instances an instance drop down list will appear allowing to choose the right instance of the target device. The node ID and - if applicable – the instance id are shown in the targ et device list. Move the mouse over t he ID to show the complete given name of this device.

ExpertComman

The

expert commandsectiondisplays the statusvalues

and

possible

command s

in a

very

genericway. Ontheleft

hand side thedifferentchannelsofthe devic e are listed

in a

column.

case there

is only

onechannel(that’sthe case

for

mostdevices)

onlychannel

0is

shown.

Clicking

the number opensadialogshowing

allinternalvariables

for

thechannel.

The

column

shows

all

the com mand classe s exposed by the device.Againclicking

the

name open s

adialog

with

moreinternal

statusvariableinformation

for this

comma ndclass

therighthandside

there

is a list of

commands.

ThisUIis

auto-generated

from

the

informationprovidedby

the comm an d

classitselfand

notoptimized

fordaily

usage.

FirmwareUpdate

case the device supportsafirmware

update ‘over theair’thisdialogis

showntoperform

such afirmwareupdate.

The firm wa r e

can

be providedin two ways:

eitherasURLintheformat

http://IP:PORT/file

or asfileuploadusing thefileuploaddialog.The firm wa refilemust

availablein raw

‘BIN’formator

‘HEX’format.Thetargetfieldallowsspecifying

the target

memory/processor

for

the update process.

For

updating theZ-Wavefirmware parta‘0’

must

be set. The firmwareupdatingprocess

will

take up

to 10minutes.Please don ’t doany

other

operationduring

thistime

It may

berequiredto

activate the firmware

update mode

the devicetobe updated.

Please

refertothe

manual

forfurtherinformationaboutactivation.

Network

The

Networksectionof theUIfocuses

the netw ork

as such

and offers

allcontrols

and

informationtobuild,

manage andrepair

thewirelessnetworkofthecontroller.

Control

The

network control sum marizesall

commands neededtomanage

the

network

and the

ontroller.The

pageisstructured

in four

boxes

Thedevicemanagement

box allowsincludingandexcludingZ-Wavedevices.Astatusdispla

shows thestatus

of thecontroller.The“IncludeDevice”

resp.“ExcludeDevice”button

turn

thecontroller

into

the

nclus

resp

mode.

In this

case the status display changes

and the resp. buttons

turns into a

“Stop”function.Theinclusion and exclusion modes

will

time

outafterabout20seconds but

can alwaysbeterminatedusingthe“Stop”buttons

Another

way to

stop theinclusionmode

is t o a c t u allyinclu

anewdevice

.Inthis

case

the

inclusionmode

will

stop and the nodeidofthe newdeviceis

shown. Thecontroller

generatedadefaultnameofthedeviceascombinationof itsprimaryfunction

and the new

node

id.

Clicking

on thisdefault

nameleadstothe

Configuration

page where the name

can

be changed

and

otherconfigurationtasks can

erformed.

Please

refer to the

es m

nua

on how to do an

inclusion.

case the inc l usion does

not

work as

please

thedev

first. M o

than 90 % of all

caused by

still

ded

ere

networ k and

can

then

not

The Ex clusionmode

also

stops wh en onedevice

wassuccessfullyexcluded.

Thisfunctio

canexcludedevices

from

other networks

too

but the device need be

available

and

functioning.Toremove

nonfunctioningor

disappeareddevices

pleasereferto

“Replace

Failed

node”orRemoveFailedn

ode”.

case the new device supports enh an ced secu rityfunction

(Security CommandClass)this

controllerwillinclude

thedevicesecurely.

After

this all

data exchang e between thecontrolle

and the newdeviceisencryptedusingAESencryption.

Forperformancereasons

it mays

esirednot to

use thesecurityfunction.Theslider“Forceunsecureinclusion”turns the

controller

into a

mode where

allsecurityfunctions

are suppressed

for

theincludeddevice.

Securityfunctionsofotherdevices

are

notimpacted.

The

second

box of

the pag e

allows creatingandusingab

ackup.

The backupfileis

stored

thelocal

computer.Please

note that

any

restore

willoverwritetheexisting

network.

The

restoreoperation

mustthereforebeconfirmedinanother messag e

box. A

checkboxdefines

the nodeinformationin

the z-wavechipitselfshallbeove

rwrittenaswell.

This

operati

resultin a

possible

loss of all

networkrelationshi

ps an d

mayrequireare-

inclusio nofdevices.

Handle

withcare

Thecontrollermaint

enance

offers two

reset buttons.

The “Z-WaveChipReb

oot”

restarts

the

operatingsystemofthe Z-Wavetransceiverchip.

This can

be donesafely

all

thetime

The “Rese

tController” tu rns

thecontrollerback

into

factory rese t.

Allconnectionstoinclude

evicesandallconfigurationsandsettingsare

lost. Thisfunction

mustbehandleswith

extreme case.Anadditionaldialogrequiresto

explicitly

confirm

thefunction.Onlyusethis

unctionifyouknowwhatyoudo!

ThefunctionRemoveFailedNode

allowsremovinganode

that is notlongerco

mmunicatin

withthecontroller.

Aftermultiplefailedco

mmunications

with adevice

thecontrollerwill

mark this

deviceasfailedandavoidfurthercommunication.Thisfunctionfinally

removes

such adevice

from

the networkconfiguration.Thedrop down

list will only showIDsoffaile

nodes.Ifthis list is

empty

this is a

goodsign!

It is alsopo

ssibletoReplaceaFailednodewith a

new node .

This is acombinationof

removingthefailednode

andadding

anew

node.

Using thisfunction

makes sure

the next

included

node

has the

same nodeIDas

thefailednode.

The

drop down

list will only showID

offailed

nodes.Ifthis list i s

empty

this is a

goodsign!

Battery operated

devicesare

mainly in

deep-sleep state and

will not

answer

communication

requests.Hencethecontrollerwill

neverautomaticallydetect

if acertain

deviceisdefectorgone.

Thefunction

“Markbatterydeviceasfailed”manuallymarksbattery

operateddevicesasfailedso

that they

can

be removedorreplaces.The

dropdown

list

shows

all

battery operate ddevicesbut

this

does

not

mean that they arefaile

The next twofuncti

onsdealwith thecontroller

role

in the

network.

With ”Learn”thiscontrolle

can

become a

secondarycontrollerin

another network.

This is on lypo

ssibleif thiscontrolle

did

notincludeany

otherdevicebefore.

Clicking th e“Learn”button

turns

thecontroller

in a

functionwhere

it will

acceptinclusion requestsfr

om othercontrollers.

Thecontroller

status

dialogon

the upperleft

handsideshows

this

status. TheLearnmode

will

time

outafter

about20secondsorwhen the

device

wasincludedsuccessfully.Itis also

possible

manuallyterminatethemode

The “Change

Controller”functionactively

hands over theroleoftheprimarycontrollerofthe

network

toacontrollerthat

willbeincluded

using thenormalinclusionprocess.

The

controller statusdialog

shows

themode

and

itstermination.

The “RequestNIFfrom alldevices”function

is just aconvenient

way toretrieveaNode

InformationFrame

from alldevicesof

thenetwork.

Thefrequencychange buttons

allowchangingthe operatingfrequencyofZ-Box. Handle

with

care!Changingthefrequency

mayresultinmalfunctionof your

network.

If you

areuncertain

about the consequencesofthischange,don’ttouch thebuttons

The Z-Box

hardware

can

be changed

into eve ryvalidfrequencyhowever the antenna

filter used

withZ-Wavetransceiverswill

attenuate thewireless signalfor

wrongfrequencies.At

the

moment there are three

different

typesofantenna

filtersallowingoperationinthe three

frequencygroups.Changing

thefrequency

within

theline(e.g. from EU toCN)will not

result

attenuationofthe

signal

but

will

stop

any

communication

in anetworkalreadyes

tablished.

Changing

between thelines

will not onlyresultincommunicationproblemswithexistin

included devi ces but

also

resultissevere attenuationofthe w ireless signal.

It may still

usefultochangefrequencies

fordebugging

purposes butagain:Handlewithcare

Routin

Thistableshows

the

neighborhoodrelationshipofdevices.Theid,the

name

and the

type

of the

node arelisted.Dark

green indicates

that

the

twodevicesare indirectwirele

neighborhoods

anddon’

tneed

any

otherdevice

to forwardtheirsignals.ALightgreen

connection

needs one rou ter between.Yellowcolorindicates

thatthecommunicationroute

just ok. This can

beachievedbylongerbutmultiple

routes.Ared

color

betweentw

onodes

indicated

aninsufficientco

unication

link. Alittleblackdot

in thecoloredfieldindicat

thatth

currentconfigurationofthe ne two rkrequires

these

two

nodestoco

mmunicatewith

each other duetoanassociationrelationship.

The‘Update’

button

calls thedeviceto

scan its

neighborhoo d

and

report ba cktheresultto

update

its ownlineof

the routing

table.

Reorganizati

Thereorganization

page controlsanalgorithm

that reorganizes

the

networkrelationshipsand

fixes

problems.

With

checkboxesdifferent

stagesofthe algorithm

canbeselected.

Theresult

thereorganizationisshownina

log and

can

be downloaded

TimingInfo

The Timing

tab shows some

veryvaluabletiminginformationofcomm

unicati

ons

between

the

ontrollerand

otherdevices.All

otherdevices

thecontroller

hascommunicated

with

are

shown

in a list.

The numberofpackets

and the percentageofsuccessfulcommunicatio

nare

shown.

This cangive

anindicationabout thestab

ilityofthecommunicationlink

between the

controllerand

this

device.Ontherighthandside

thetimingdelayofeachcommunicationis

shown andcolor-coded.A

red numberindicates

that

thiscommunicationfinallyfailed.

mmunicationwithoutreroutingattemptsasshownasgreen andarerouting

attempt

codedinbla

ck.Thefact

thatacommunicationfailed(red)mayindicate

that there

is a

severe

problem

the netw o rk

or inthedevice.Itis

however

also

possible

thatabattery operated

device

just

went

back tosleep

too fast .

Z-Wavepros

can

read

a lot out of thistiminginformatio

particularly

whencombinedwith

theroutingtable.

ControllerInf

This dialog shows some internal technical data of the controller hardware used. The first box offers some deep insight into the dynamics of the controller software. It visualizes the job queue of the system. Every communication attempt of the controller is queues into a job queue and then handed over to the Z-Wave chip for execution. The list shows the jobs pending and the jobs that are completed or failed.

Alegend

informs

about themeaningof

thedifferentflagsn, U, D, E, S

andW.Thetimeou

value

countsbackfrom 20

seconds once thejobwas

sent. Even when

it wascompletedthe

job

will stays in

the queue m arke das

done

(D)

for

some moretime

to allowinspection

.The

target node

ID,adescriptionof

thecommunication message,ainformationabout the

process

and the real Bytes of the

message are shownaswell

The

secondblockgives

detailedinformationabout

the

Role

of thecontroller

in the

network,

the

Z-Wave

transceiverhardware used,firmwarerunningon

the Z-Wavetransceiverand the

releaseinformationof

theZ-Waysoftware.

Thisinformationmay

be needed duringsupport

and

debugging.

Thecontroller

is aspecial

node

in the

network but

still a

node. Therefore buttons

allow

accessingthedevicespecific

dataofthecontrollerand issueaNodeInformation

Frame.

third buttongives

access

to thecontrollerspecific

data.

Most of

these data

is onlyrelevant

developer

The lastblock

shows

the

availability

of thefunctioncalls on the serial API

between

the

Z-Wave

transceiver

and

Z- Way. ‘Notimp

lemented’

means that

Z-Way iseither

notknowingabout the

functionindicatedby thefunctionIDor

does

not

make

any

use

of it. A

redfunction

callid

nameindicated

that

Z-Way isabletouse

thisfunctio

but

thetransceiversfirmware

did

not

reporttooffer

thisservice

Z-WaveTerm

Thefollowing

Z-Wave terms are used

in thismanual:

•

Staticcontroller is a Z-Wave device with capabilities to manage the network ava ila ble on

fixed location in the

home

•

Secure

environmen t:Forsensitiveapplications

door

lockcontrol

Z-.Wave

offers an

enhanc

encryptionwrappingdefined

in the

command

class

Security

•

ControllerReplicati

on:

Copy theinformationofonecontrollertoanothercontroller

•

SIS:

The central

databaseofnodes andids

•

PrimaryController:Ifno SISis

present one controller becomes the primary controller

only

ableto

include newdevices

•

SecondaryController:Ifno SISis

present,

all

othercontrollers

than theprimary

controllerarecalledsecondary

•

Inclus

ion: the proces s of bringing new Z-Wave devices into a

network

•

Exclusion: the process of removing Z-Wave device s from the

network

•

Association is acontrolrelationship betweenacontrolli n g device andacontrolleddevic

•

Association Groupis the list ofdevicescontrollerbyassociati

•

Switch Multilevel,Swi

tchBinaryandBasicare certain commandclasses

•

NodeInformationFrame

is aspecialwireless

messageissuedbyaZ-Wavedevice

announce

itscapab

ilities

andfunctions

CommandClassesControlled/Supported

Alarm V2 Controlled, Alarm Sensor V1 Controlled , All Switch V1 Controlled, Application Status V1 Supported , Association V2 Supported and Controlled, Association Group Information V1 Supported and Controlled, Basic V1 Supported + Controlled, Battery V1 Controlled , Binary Sensor V2 Controlled, Binary Switch V1 Contro lled, Central Scene V1 Controlled, Climate Control V1, Controlled, Clock V1 Supported and Controlled, Configuration V1 Controlled, CRC16 V1 Supported + Controlled, Device Reset

Supported + Controlled, Door Lock V1 Controlled, Door Lock Logging V1 Controlled, Firmware Update V1 Controlled, Indicator V1 Controlled, Manufacturer Specific V1 Supported + Controlled, Meter V3 Controlled, Meter Table V1 Controlled, Multichannel V3 Controlled, Mu ltichan n el Association V2 Controlled, Multicommand V1 Controlled, Multilevel Sensor V6 Controlled, Multilevel Switch V3 Controlled + Supported, Node Naming V1 Controlled + Supported, Powerlevel V1 Supported + Controlled, Protection V2 Controlled, Scene Activation V1 Supported + Controlled, Scene Actuator Conf V1 Controlled, Scene Controller Conf V1 Controlled, Security V1 Supported and Controlled, Sensor Configuration V1 Controlled, Thermostat Fa n Mode V3 Controlled, Th ermostat Fan State V3 Controlled, Thermostats Mode V3 Controlled, Thermostat Operating State V1 Controlled, Thermostat Se tpoint V3 Controlled, Time V2 Supported + Controlled, Time Parameter V1 Controlled, User Cod e V1 C ontrolled, Version V2 Supported + Controlled, Wakeup V2 Controlled, Z-WavePlus V1 Supported + Controlled

Support

Should you encounter any problem, please give us a n opportunity to address it before returning this product. Most questions regarding Z-Wave wireless communication standard can be answered through the international community at www.z-wave.info

FCC STATEMENT :

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) T his device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Warning: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are design ed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

　 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. 　 Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. 　 Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is

connected. 　 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

FCC Radiation Exposure Statement:

This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body.

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