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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

3.

Setup

your

password

and

remember

your Z-BoxIDforfuture

remoteaccess

4.

Choose

http://YOURPI_IP:

8083 or

usefind.zwave.me

for

remote access

to your Smart

Hom

e

Interface.

Quick

Start

for

the

rest

of

us

Z-Box

is a

Z-Wavecontroller

for your Smart

Home.

Abuilt-in

web server

allows fast

installation andusagewithoutinstallingfurthersoftware

or

apps.

Of

course there are

apps

forvariou

smobileplatforms

that

canbe

downloaded

from

thevarious

app stores

that

further

enhance the userexperience

of thesolutio

n.

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Poweritup. After about1minute

openawebbrowserand pointtofind.zwave.m

e

Below

the

login

screen

you will

see theIPaddress

of your

Z-Box syst e m .

Click on

the

IP

address

link toopen

theconfigurationdialog.

The Configuration Service

The

configurationserviceisaccessible

with any

web browser

on Port

8084. Whenever

you

want to

changesettingsthisservice

willbeat yourservice

andisavailableindependent

of

the Z-Waveengine

.

Find your Z-BoxIDand remembe r

it for

remote a cc ess

to yoursystem

.

1.

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

f

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

follow

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

n.

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Whenever

you

accessfind.zwave.me

again and

alocal

Z-Boxisfoundclickingonthe

IP

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

s

the enhancedfunctionsofZ-Wave Plus.

Thisdevicecan

communicate

in a

se

c

u

r

ee

n

v

i

r

onm

e

n

t

if

the other device supports the secure

environment too.

If notthecontrollerwill fall

backtothenormalcommunicationmode

a

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.

In

case thereismore than one controller

in the

network

thecontrollers

needtobe kept

synchronous

in

regardtot

heirknowledgeofthe network .

This iscalled

Con

t

r

o

ll

e

r

R

ep

li

c

a

t

i

o

n

and thefollowingpolicyapplies:

(a)incase there

is a

SIS

in

the network(check

in

Con

trollerInfomenu)every othercontrollerswill

query the

SIS

for

updates.(b)Inthe

rare

case that

there

is no

SIS

and

thisdevice

is

Primary

C

ont

r

oller

please re-include other

controllers

toperforma

networkinformationupda

te.

Thedevicesupports

the

commandclasses‘

Sw

i

t

chM

ul

t

il

ev

el

’,

‘

Sw

i

t

c

hB

i

na

r

y

’

and

‘

Ba

sic

’

to

catch events

from

devices usingthese commandclassestotrigger actionsinthecontrolle

r.

There

is no

other actionperformedthanchangingvaluesinth

edevice

data

objects

.

Thedevicesupports

lifeline(associationgroup

1, max 3nodes)

and

16

channels (simulating

a

generic MultilevelSwitch)todifferentiatereceivingcommands

fromdevices

not

abletosend

modern scene control commands. The

channels

supportthesame commandclasses(Basic

,

SwitchBinary, SwitchMultilevel and SceneActivation)that do

notperformanyrealactionbu

t

allow

commandreceptiononly.

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Various

User

InterfacesofZ-Box

When goingtoh

ttp://YOURIP:

8083

you will

seeaselection

menutochoose

the

web based

UI

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

of

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

UI

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

to

Add

(

inclu

d

e

)

and

remove(exclude)Z-Wavedevices

and manage thenetwork.

 Configure

Z-Wavedevices

.

 Operate

Z-Wavedevices

.

 Manage

Assoc

i

a

tions

betweenwirelessdevices.



Accessalldatage

neratedby

thedevices

andperformallkindoffunctions

andactionstothedevice.