So i am thinking about replacing my old Aeotec Gen5 stick with something newer. What's the current recommendation for EU frequency nower days? I see that the the Gen7 Aeotec stick had (?) it's issues, but could not find outif they have been solved.
#Recommended Z-Wave USB stick
warm idol
shadow niche
Zooz has an EU variant, and from what I understand Zooz stuff the recommendation for zwave these days.
warm idol
Was think about the Zooz 800 Series Z-Wave Long Range S2 USB Stick ZST39 LR as well, reviews look pretty good. While i was happy with my Gen5 Aeotec Stick new Gen7 gets very mixed reviews
frail plinth
Avoid the gen7
If you don't need one now, you could also wait for the new one from Nabu Casa in 2-3 months
warm idol
Actually my network has been rock solid for several years, but recently started to became flaky, I get a lot of „Failed to send the command after 3 attempts“ and can‘t figure out why, mesh seems perfectly fine. Additionally I still have an old firmware on the stick but updating it is a pain in the a**, I don‘t have a windows machine etc. So I decided to pull the plug;-)
frail plinth
Actually my network has been rock solid for several years, but recently started ...
Updated Z-Wave JS in the last few days?
There was a bug where commands would not be retried when there was a collision between Z-Wave JS and the stick.
warm idol
Yes I did, you have a link to the GitHub issue? Can‘t find anything
hollow badger
If you're ever going to use Zigee too, get the Z-Station by Z-Wave.me. It has BLE, Zigbee, Z-Wave and Thread. Works great for Zigbee and Z-Wave. I haven't tried BLE
digital stump
If you're ever going to use Zigee too, get the Z-Station by Z-Wave.me. It has B...
Can I use Z-Station with Raspberry Pi 3?
hollow badger
Should be able to. It plugs into a USB. Confirm with Z-Wave.me who make the Z-Station
frail plinth
FWIW, Z-Wave.me is no longer and only support the existing hardware.
I wouldn't expect future firmware updates to be available much longer
hollow badger
Damn... The Z-Station is a nice device hopefully someone will buys the IP or develops firmware for it. I'll ride it until it develops a problem then look for something similar I like the design
What happened to Z-Wave.me?
marble escarp
Joined Trident. https://forum.z-wave.me/viewtopic.php?f=3417&t=36140
hollow badger
How does the Z-Stick 10 pro work from Aeotec? It's dual Zigbee 3.0 Z-Wave 800
frail plinth
hollow badger
Yeah I'm aware but, I think it's Z-wave only based on FCC cert
hollow badger
Joined Trident. <https://forum.z-wave.me/viewtopic.php?f=3417&t=36140>
Looking at the Trident site, it's not clear what tech they obtained from Z-Wave.me since Trident develops its own RF devices
marble escarp
The employee? 🤷♂️
frail plinth
Looking at the Trident site, it's not clear what tech they obtained from Z-Wave....
Everything. Mostly know how
One of /the/ Z-Wave experts
frail plinth
I hope so. If only because you don't need a 5 GB bloated slow as fuck application that requires a login to download a publicly hosted 5 GB SDK before you can do anything.
marble escarp
I'd make a guess the SDK was one of the reasons to acquire Z-Wave.me, since they've been writing firmware the whole time
hollow badger
Understood, but users may prioritize a long history of Zigbee and Z-wave radio technology experience
marble escarp
There's a lot of ill will towards SiLabs due to their recent Z-Wave firmware, IMO
(for those that care at that level)
hollow badger
I'd make a guess the SDK was one of the reasons to acquire Z-Wave.me, since they...
Anyone done a datasheet spec comparison between Trident and SiLabs? Or better yet, an actual professional RF engineer performance comparison analysis?
In a former life I developed code for very low power FCC part 15 radio devices. If you don't use an RF engineer experience in low power devices you'll be in pay me latter situation. RF design is science and magic
A quick Zigbee data sheet benchmark it looks like Trident is behind Silabs in technology and it looks like it's their first Zigbee and Z-Wave rodeo.
frail plinth
Not sure about Zigbee but they got a bunch of Z-Wave tech from Silabs when starting. The entire point was breaking up the single source situation.
...which is AFAIK why IKEA went with Zigbee instead of Z-Wave for their Smart home stuff in the first place
hollow badger
I'd make a guess the SDK was one of the reasons to acquire Z-Wave.me, since they...
Been using Z-wave for 15+ years ... never had any issues. I just set it and forget it. Zigbee has always fought me to create a reliable mesh
frail plinth
I'd make a guess the SDK was one of the reasons to acquire Z-Wave.me, since they...
They base their stuff on the Z-Wave.me SDK, so yes
hollow badger
I guessing Nabu Casa Paulus was wise enough to not go the early adopter route
frail plinth
Truth be told, they were too slow. We had decided on a chip months before they had their first one.