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Sensors and Home Automation => Home automation => Topic started by: mparadis on December 28, 2016, 08:24:12 pm
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Brand: Aeon Labs Aeotec
Model Name: Z-Stick S2
Model Number: DSA02203-ZWUS
What units it works with: Almond 3
Protocol: (Zigbee, Z Wave, Wifi) Z Wave
What functions work / don't work: Adds Z Wave ability to Almond 3
What Batteries / Power Supply: Self Powered via USB (also incorporated battery, non-replaceable)
Purchase Location: Amazon (has been replaced by the Gen 5 version since)
Price Paid: Approximate Okay $40 (3 years ago)
Notes, Comments or Limitations: Worked immediately upon plugging it in; do not know if it would work to with its battery function to add devices; does not appear to be the Z Wave Plus Version which is an update from this; this is the Z-stick Series 2, the newest one is the Z-stick Series 2 Gen 5 (the naming is a little ambiguous)
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Brand: Aeon Labs Aeotec
Since I have the A+ and not the A3, this may be a dumb question. If you have a controller that is handling your zwave devices, why would you need a stick? Does the A3 not come with zwave?
I did look at differents sticks as an option for my Raspberry Pi (RPI)/device emulation project, but all the ones I found only supported controller type functions, none of them emulated a device.
Just asking, still learning.
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Since I have the A+ and not the A3, this may be a dumb question. If you have a controller that is handling your zwave devices, why would you need a stick? Does the A3 not come with zwave?
I did look at differents sticks as an option for my Raspberry Pi (RPI)/device emulation project, but all the ones I found only supported controller type functions, none of them emulated a device.
Just asking, still learning.
Almond 3 does not have native support for Z Wave only Zigbee. It supports USB sticks to add that functionality.
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Almond 3 does not have native support for Z Wave only Zigbee. It supports USB sticks to add that functionality.
Suspected that.
This did give me a thought, does/how the A+ supports sub controller?
In theory, could I use the stick on RPI, create a sub controller to the A+, would the sub controller devices show up and be able to be controlled by the A+?
Is that how sub controllers work?
When it get down to it, the DeviceList.xml still maybe the ticket.
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Suspected that.
This did give me a thought, does/how the A+ supports sub controller?
In theory, could I use the stick on RPI, create a sub controller to the A+, would the sub controller devices show up and be able to be controlled by the A+?
Is that how sub controllers work?
When it get down to it, the DeviceList.xml still maybe the ticket.
No secondary controller support at this point unfortunately.