RaZberry Z Wave controller for the Raspberry PI

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Description

The RaZberry is a small daughter board which connects on to your Raspberry PI, enabling it to act as a controller and gateway for your Z-wave equipment. It is intended for those who want to write their own user interface and applications however an Installer UI and Ajax web demo are available for download to get you started.

Features

• Connects directly to Raspberry PI GPIO connector
• Firmware based on SDK 6.51 (5th Generation/Z-wave Plus and 4.54 (3rd Generation)
• Backup and recovery function including network topology
• Extended Node Information Frame (up to 20 (3rd gen) and 35 (5th gen) Command Classes possible)
• Optimized transmitting queue handling to speed up transmitting process
• Firmware update from the Raspberry PI OS
• Extended Wakeup Notification
• Handling to extend battery life time of battery operated devices in the network
• Watch Dog function
• PCBA antenna
• Full Z-Wave based Smart Home Gateway
• Network management (Include, Exclude, Reorganize)
• Device interview and configuration
• Management of direct associations between devices
• Sensor access and polling
• Operating actors and access actors status
• Automation engine with rules, scripts and timers with scripts in JavaScript
• Job queue management
• A Demo User Interface is provided to get you started
• The Installer UI. This User Interface that implements all the features of the Z-Wave network. It can certainly be used to manage and operate a Z-Wave network right out of the box but also acts as a reference instance to learn how to execute commands and how to access the JSON Data model.
• A web demo written in AJAX

Compatibility

RaZberry is compatible with old Raspberry Pi Model B as well as with new Model B+!
The manufacturer has not yet tested it against the new Raspberry 2, but they don't expect any problems.