I just got EventGhost on my pc and I'm REALLY imressed! I want to build an HTPC with my Intel NUC and this is pretty good so far with handling the AV automation. HOWEVER, I'm a little depressed that it doesn't do Z-wave integration with the Aeon Z-Stick. I had a Vera Edge and it really was a piece of junk. I had to restart it many times and it was unreliable for my z-wave integration. I noticed there is a Tellstick plugin in my EG program and dug into the web for more info. I found http://www.telldus.se/thirdparty/show?id=4 which makes think Tellstick is the solution to my z-wave problems. BUT, it appears that no one in the US is aware of this device and I can't even find a way to buy one. The company that makes it says "We are not making a US version of TellStick ZNet Lite at the moment." but I don't know if that applies to the Tellstick Classic or not.
Does anyone in the US know about this, or better yet, have one running under EG? Can the Tellstick plugin be converted to run the Aeon Z-stick? I downloaded HomeGenie because it has z-wave support built in and I was planning on using it, but I really don't like what I've seen so far in it and plan to use something else for my UI. Using EG with z-wave support would solve my automation issues, then I'd just need to come up with a simple, web-based UI.
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Tellstick for Z-wave in the U.S.?
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krambriw
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Re: Tellstick for Z-wave in the U.S.?
Hi there and welcome to the world of EG,
There are a number of z-wave initiatives taken & discussed on this board. Myself, I have a RaZBerry z-wave module mounted in a Raspberry Pi and therefore I also developed a plugin for it
http://eventghost.net/forum/viewtopic.p ... t=Razberry
RaZBerry:
http://razberry.z-wave.me/index.php?id=1
A second initiative is this one:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5712
Regarding TellStick, these are normal 433 MHz RF devices (to my understanding not allowed in the US where you need UL-listed devices for the 310/315 MHz range). It is true that they (Telldus) recently released a controller also for Z-Wave. However, they seem not to target the US market according to the answer you received (also here, the frequency band between Europe (868 MHz) and the US (908 MHz) differs).
Anyway, the plugins I developed are available for the TellStickDuo & TellStickClassic. They will most likely not support this new Z-Wave device out of the box (they have indicated some kind of compatibility but you know...until tested). Besides, the regulation required for the US market would still be missing.
BR Walter
There are a number of z-wave initiatives taken & discussed on this board. Myself, I have a RaZBerry z-wave module mounted in a Raspberry Pi and therefore I also developed a plugin for it
http://eventghost.net/forum/viewtopic.p ... t=Razberry
RaZBerry:
http://razberry.z-wave.me/index.php?id=1
A second initiative is this one:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5712
Regarding TellStick, these are normal 433 MHz RF devices (to my understanding not allowed in the US where you need UL-listed devices for the 310/315 MHz range). It is true that they (Telldus) recently released a controller also for Z-Wave. However, they seem not to target the US market according to the answer you received (also here, the frequency band between Europe (868 MHz) and the US (908 MHz) differs).
Anyway, the plugins I developed are available for the TellStickDuo & TellStickClassic. They will most likely not support this new Z-Wave device out of the box (they have indicated some kind of compatibility but you know...until tested). Besides, the regulation required for the US market would still be missing.
BR Walter
My released plugins
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... y01eVBKeHM
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Re: Tellstick for Z-wave in the U.S.?
For the RaZBerry there is even a second plugin:krambriw wrote:There are a number of z-wave initiatives taken & discussed on this board. Myself, I have a RaZBerry z-wave module mounted in a Raspberry Pi and therefore I also developed a plugin for it
http://eventghost.net/forum/viewtopic.p ... t=Razberry
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6867
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