Description

ViaSens 100 connects a PC to a Z-Wave network using the USB interface. The unit emulates a USB communication device (CDC Communications Device Class) and does not need any further device drivers. The operating system and the Z-Wave capable home automation software recognise the device as virtual serial interface. PC software communicates with the device via this serial port using the serial API-protocol of Z-Wave, which is described in the document “Z-Wave Application Programmers Guide, INS10247”. This standard protocol of Z-Wave is used by many home automation software solutions such as

• IP Symcon
• Homeseer
• Embedded Automation
• 4HomeMedia
• ControlThink
  • Wireless behaviour: transmitter and receiver depending on software solution
  • OS -Support:
    • Windows XP, Vista
    • Linux: Ubuntu, Debian, RedHat, Suse
  • Z-Wave type: static controller
  • Distance: up to 50 m
  • Display: LED backlighting
  • Interface: USB 2.0
  • Local operations: None
  • Power supply: via USB interface or external 5 V power supply (not supplied)

All software solutions using the Zen-Sys standard library “zwave.dll” for Microsoft Windows are compatible with this adapter.

Attention: Although all Z-Wave capable software solutions work with the serial API for Z-Wave and can work with this PC-adapter, some software packages may require a certain PC-adapter for licensing reasons. The use of this PC-adapter may fail in this case.

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