Palit, Nilanjan wrote: > Any experience on this list with the following? > > Z-Wave USB devices: > http://www.z-wave.com/modules/Products/?id=54&chk=0f048a0c1b1b9bfc5a733ca6d53fb254
No direct experience, but the OpenZwave folks, last I checked, recommended the Aeon Labs Z-Wave USB Adapter. See other recommendations here: http://code.google.com/p/open-zwave/wiki/Controller_Compatibility_List If I remember correctly it comes in two flavors, one with a button that allows you to put it into learning mode and carry it around detached from your computer. (With Zwave the learning process uses a lower-power communication for security reasons, so you need to be in close proximity to the device being added to the network. Building your network could be a pain if you don't have a master controller that you can physically move to where the device you want to add (say a light switch) resides.) Also listed at your link is a ControlThink interface. I believe it is generally recommended against because they withdrew their developer SDK. I suspect most of the other interfaces listed there have been discontinued. > Z-Wave Commander: > http://melloware.com/products/zwave/ Nope. In summary, it uses a ControlThink interface and some server software running on a Windows machine, which you can then remotely control via a client running on your smart phone. Personally, I'd stick with open source tools (the above is semi-open source) and in particular tools that used open protocols, like xPL[1]. 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XPL_Protocol -Tom _______________________________________________ Hardwarehacking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking
