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(Last Updated: May 13, 2020)
  • R

    I'm trying to monitor the indicator command class of a 5 button scene controller in Z-Way so openluup can properly create and track it. seems like Z-Way COMMAND_CLASS_INDICATOR (0x87 or 135) are not being monitored by the ZWave module as I couldn't find anything for this command class in (/z-way-server-path/automation/modules/ZWave/index.js) When a Get or Set Indicator command class request is sent to the controller. ZSniffer picks up the request and response just fine although this packets are not being monitored by the zwave module Example: ZWayIP:8083/ZWaveAPI/Run/SendData(NodeID,[ Command_Class, Instance, Value ]) ZWayIP:8083/ZWaveAPI/Run/SendData(2,[ 0x87, 0x01, 0x01 ]) (Hexa) ZWayIP:8083/ZWaveAPI/Run/SendData(2,[ 135, 1, 1 ]) (Decimal) the answer looks like: [2020-04-24 19:59:36.261] [I] [zway] Waiting for job reply: Indicator Get [2020-04-24 19:59:36.281] [D] [zway] RECEIVED: ( 01 0B 00 04 00 02 03 87 03 01 B6 00 C2 ) [2020-04-24 19:59:36.281] [D] [zway] SENT ACK I’d like to store the Indicator response “RECEIVED” correctly. I believe by modifying the index.js of the zwave module could do the trick and once the module start tracking the indicator command class values as a metric then openluup's z-way plugin would properly track any changes as well. I'm wondering if anyone around here could share any thoughts or comments that could make it easier...

  • rafale77

    After seeing some people struggling with their installations on ubuntu 64bit, I figured I would post an installation tutorial: First start by making sure you have all the dependencies loaded and packages up to date. sudo apt-get -y update && sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get -qy install libxml2 libarchive-dev curl sudo apt-get -qy install sharutils tzdata gawk sudo apt-get -qy install libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libarchive.so.13 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libarchive.so.12 Then download and install z-way-server (current latest version is 3.0.6) and install it in the /opt folder wget http://razberry.z-wave.me/z-way-server/z-way-server-Ubuntu-v3.0.6.tgz sudo tar -zxf z-way-server-Ubuntu-v3.0.6.tgz -C /opt/ Then follow the auto start process here: https://smarthome.community/topic/108/auto-start-z-way-server For ubuntu 18 and later, there is currently an issue with z-way-server not supporting the newest libcurl4 causing apps download failures so the following additional steps are needed: Force downgrade to libcurl3 and save a copy of it and then upgrade back to libcurl4 sudo apt-get -y install libcurl3 sudo cp /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl.so.4 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl3.so.4.5.0 sudo apt-get -y install libcurl4 libcurl4-openssl-dev stop the z-way-server if it is already running: sudo systemctl stop z-way-server edit the systemd service file sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/z-way-server.service And add the following text at the end of the Environment line after adding a space to separate from the previous quote: 'LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl3.4.5.0' Hit ctrl-o and ctrl-x to exit nano and now start the server again after updating systemd: sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl start z-way-server I did all of this a while ago and had forgotten about it. Thanks to @sender, I remember now... PS: I don't frankly recommend using the rPi in spite of being the "default platform" as I find it a bit slower. That being said, Raspbian buster has the same problem as ubuntu 18+ but apparently the apt repo for raspbian doesn't have the older libcurl. zwave.me has provided a full raspbian buster image with the old libcurl library. My test rPi was upgraded from a raspbian stretch installation and does not appear to have this problem.

  • DesT

    For those like me, using Debian. You can use the Ubuntu version. Just did the switch this morning from 3.0.0 Debian to 3.0.6 Ubuntu on a Debian VM!

  • S

    After a major hassle got z-way running on my ubuntu 16 VM with a USB pasthough UZB1 stick including license and connected to Vera... I see: UZB/RaZberry Firmwares I also see: But how do I update that?

  • rafale77

    Just upgraded to 3.1.0 and am happy to report that it has not impacted the z-way bridge for openLuup. I am now seeing the SDK version for firmware 5.39

  • S

    Hey guys ... I've started creating a Docker container for Z-Way. I was previously using the Razberry2 but found it a bit slow on my Raspberry Pi 3. I could upgrade to a Raspberry Pi 4 but since I already run a dedicated Linux server and many Docker containers I thought it might make more sense to run Z-Way on there. GitHub: https://github.com/sofakng/docker-zway DockerHub: https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/sofakng/zway This container is based on other containers that are no longer updated: (ruimarinho/docker-z-way) and (EugenMayer/docker-image-zway) I'd love to hear feedback and any improvements that might be needed. One thing I want to add immediately is to separate the configuration files from the Docker volume but it looks like Z-Way has several user configuration files/directories? $ZWAY_DIR/config/Configuration.xml $ZWAY_DIR/config/Rules.xml $ZWAY_DIR/config/maps $ZWAY_DIR/config/zddx $ZWAY_DIR/automation/user_syscommands $ZWAY_DIR/automation/storage $ZWAY_DIR/automation/userModules $ZWAY_DIR/htdocs/smarthome/user $ZWAY_DIR/config.xml

  • rafale77

    Just updated my production UZB to the latest firmware. It was very painful through the ZME upgrade tool as I had to go through least 40 tries but I got it on. It was less painful on my test razberry which only required a handful of retries. Looking at the upgrade process... the uzb seems unbrickable with the firmware being loaded on the nVME on the stick before performing the upgrade on its own, I am impressed, it is much more robust than the silabs reference design stick. It brings the firmware to silabs very latest SDK version which had a bunch of minor fixes. Happy to report that minor quirks I had observed upon server rebooting appear to have been fixed.

  • R

    Hello, Recently picked up a 5 socket zooz powerstrip to use to test with. Tried adding to my Razberry setup and while I can get it to be seen, the only thing showing in the Z-Wave app are the master switch, and two power monitors (KWh and W). None of the individual sockets are showing up. Anyone have any experience with power strips?

  • rafale77

    Before transitioning to Z-way completely, I was using it as a zwave tool for my vera controlled network. To do this, I added z-way as a secondary controller to the vera: Put the vera in inclusion mode by making it include a generic device. Go to the ExpertUI of z-way after you setup the zwave plugin on it to the right serial port and under the Network/Control menu click on “Join Network” That’s it... It will take a few seconds but and the vera will sluggishly luup reload and show a new controller device which will say that it needs to configure. Disable auto configuration for this device on the vera. Your z-way now should see all the devices on your network. You can even set SUC/SIS roles from it and do all kinds of things the vera cannot, or at least not easily. Examples of what I did: Look at routing, assign lifeline associations, survey and modify wakeup intervals. Check on device command classes hidden on vera. Verify routing health. Be careful with associations as by default z-way will want to add itself to the lifeline associations when you try to check them. I often had to delete z-way. There is a way to prevent that but requires editing some files and is probably not worth doing since you can just modify associations directly from z-way.

  • prophead

    It seems like zway really wants to use wifi for internet access. It doesn’t see my ethernet connection and thinks it has no internet but I can’t find anywhere to change it. TIA |-<:)

  • S

    Sorry, I have to say... installation of z-way is not simple. I started with ubuntu 20. turned out that it is too new due to various reasons. So reverting back to 18... also too new... libcurl4 vs liburl3 etc. not able to install apps etc. So reverted back to ubuntu 16. installed 16 successfully and then install z-way: sudo wget --no-check-certificate -c http://storage.z-wave.me/z-way-server/z-way-server-Ubuntu-v3.0.6.tgz --no-check-certificate -O - | sudo tar -xz -C /opt/ then followed: https://smarthome.community/topic/108/auto-start-z-way-server reboot... nothing luckily rafael is there to help, but this is NOT EASY AT ALL! ...waiting for personal support from rafael...

  • rafale77

    Not too well documented elsewhere if you did not install the z-way-server from a prebuilt image like it is the case for the rPi, this is how to add the z-way-server logs to the linux log rotation process for ubuntu/debian installations: open the logrotate config file: sudo nano /etc/logrotate.conf insert the z-way logs to be rotated at the end of the file. In my example below, I keep 9 compressed logs and I rotate daily. /var/log/z-way-server.log { missingok daily rotate 9 postrotate killall -HUP z-way-server endscript delaycompress }

  • S

    So I installed z-way and I have a bunch of questions. I also sent an email to z-way@zwave.me but might receive an answer here quicker MQTT. I cant get MQTT to work. I need integration for homeassistant! What can I do? I have ordered a UZB1 via amazon including license. It is not yet connected to my z-way server. When I want to go to settings I get below, is this normal? Installing the remote app does not solve this. Setting the time zone in the standard interface says it is save but it is not. What is wrong there? Also going to the expert screen does not save it:

  • rafale77

    This could probably done in a script but short of it, this is the fairly simple process: from the SSH or terminal prompt of ubuntu run this: sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/z-way-server.service then paste the following: # /etc/systemd/system/z-way-server.service # systemctl enable z-way-server # systemctl start z-way-server # journalctl -f [Unit] Description=z-way server Wants=network-online.target After=network-online.target [Service] Type=simple # User= Group=owntracks WorkingDirectory=/opt/z-way-server Environment='LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/z-way-server/libs' ExecStart=/opt/z-way-server/z-way-server Restart=always RestartSec=15 StandardOutput=syslog StandardError=syslog SyslogIdentifier=z-way-server [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target then sudo systemctl enable z-way-server z-way-server will start automatically at the next reboot. I probably should also post how to make it rotate logs... This will be another post.

  • S

    Hi, when I install ubuntu 20 and try to install z-way with this: sudo wget -c https://storage.z-wave.me/z-way-server/z-way-server-Ubuntu-v3.0.6.tgz -O - | sudo tar -xz -C /opt/z-way-server or sudo wget -c https://storage.z-wave.me/z-way-server/z-way-server-Ubuntu-v3.0.6.tgz --no-check-certificate -O - | sudo tar -xz -C /opt/z-way-server I get: --2020-05-10 08:13:33-- https://storage.z-wave.me/z-way-server/z-way-server-Ubuntu-v3.0.6.tgz Resolving storage.z-wave.me (storage.z-wave.me)... 46.20.244.36 Connecting to storage.z-wave.me (storage.z-wave.me)|46.20.244.36|:443... connected. OpenSSL: error:1425F102:SSL routines:ssl_choose_client_version:unsupported protocol Unable to establish SSL connection. gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file tar: Child returned status 1 tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now It seems the z-wave.me sit is using older ssl and ubuntu is not allowing me to use it... how can I overcome this?

  • K

    Night and day difference for me. I think I was getting a lot of interference in my media closet. Devices were very slow to respond and sometimes not at all. Switched to UZB and used a USB extender to place it a good 5 ft from the location of my pi. Now things are fast and reliable.

  • rafale77

    In case you need it: Attend our Webinar Z-Wave Network Diagnostics with Z-Way controller

  • rafale77

    As often, I am not seeing the release note yet. I actually have not interrupted my z-way-server production in nearly 2 weeks now. I think I will test it just for kicks. Link here https://storage.z-wave.me/z-way-server/ Edit: Upgrade was seamless though I can see what changed...

  • rafale77

    Useful for migration from a vera zwave network to z-way. Find the vera's S0 network key, close the z-way-server and input the key into the z-way-server/config/zddx/homeid-DeviceData.xml line 147 at the end of the line networkKey replacing the one z-way created by default when you loaded your uzb on it for the first time. (replace homeid with your homeid after you already migrated the dongle data from the vera to the uzb and already booted z-way at least once)

  • A

    For all systems backup is a vital part of the long-term usability. I thought that I describe my set up with Z-way so far. Hopefully others can fill in with their backup thoughts as well. I am sure that there are much more streamlined ways of doing this and hope to learn from you all. I run Z-way on a Raspberry Pi 3B+ with a daughter RaZberry card. In order to reduce the risk of getting corrupt SD cards I have it running off an SSD. So far this works very well. Setting it up was really easy just reading a standard Raspbian image onto the SSD. The only minor obstacle was that I had to test a few old 2.5" enclosures to find one that the Pi liked. The Pi is then also powered via an UPS, hopefully this will avoid problems in the event of power outages. In order to backup Z-way I have so far done manual backups from the regular Smarthome backup & restore function creating .zab files and from the Expert UI creating .zbk files. As far as I have understood the .zab files which are bigger contain more information than the .zbk files. The strategy so far has been to make backup files after each inclusion/exclusion. Also before updating Z-way. I have yet to test restoring from these files. From Smarthome it is also possible to set up cloud backup. I have not yet set up this as I need to decide that it is safe enough to do so. On the other hand I had this set up on my two Veras. It would have been nice to be able to schedule a local backup of Z-way instead of having to put them in the cloud, perhaps from OpenLuup via the Z-way bridge? In addition to the built in backup function I try to do complete image copies of the SD cards on my Pi's with Win32DiskImager. When I moved to an SSD the image file grew to the size of the SSD since it is a raw copy including all the empty space. Image files of 160GB are not practical to handle so I found a good instruction on how to shrink the .img file with Gparted in Linux: https://steemit.com/raspberrypi/@wizzle/shrink-raspberry-pi-images-using-windows-virtualbox-running-raspberry-pi-desktop By shrinking the .img file with Gparted it is now a more reasonable 4GB. These file are stored on my NAS for safekeeping. The strategy here so far is to make a new image file before updating Z-way and to use these in combination with more frequent Z-way backups. I have tested restoring a Gparted shrinked .img file to the SSD when my Z-way for some strange reason became unreachable through the regular UI but remained reachable through the Expert UI. Always good to test the restore function and to see that it works. The downside of the .img strategy is that I need to power-off the Pi for a while when making the backup. However if the Z-way backup files work then the complete .img backup need not be done so very often. //ArcherS

z-way installation horror

  • S

    Sorry, I have to say... installation of z-way is not simple.

    I started with ubuntu 20. turned out that it is too new due to various reasons. So reverting back to 18... also too new... libcurl4 vs liburl3 etc. not able to install apps etc.

    So reverted back to ubuntu 16.

    installed 16 successfully and then install z-way:

    sudo wget --no-check-certificate -c http://storage.z-wave.me/z-way-server/z-way-server-Ubuntu-v3.0.6.tgz --no-check-certificate -O - | sudo tar -xz -C /opt/

    then followed:
    https://smarthome.community/topic/108/auto-start-z-way-server

    reboot... nothing

    😧

    luckily rafael is there to help, but this is NOT EASY AT ALL!

    ...waiting for personal support from rafael...

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  • prophead

    I'm also having the libcurl3/4 issue on a fresh pi install, this is ridiculous.
    to make matters worse someone removed the libcurl3 from the apt-get repository, so now I can't even apply the fix I read about unless I recompile libcurl3 from source...for ARM...to install a home automation system...to make my life easier...

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  • I

    Had the same libcurl problems with my Ubuntu server 18.04 VM.
    Ended up downloading the "Fresh Pi" image (https://razberry.z-wave.me/z-way-server/razberry.img.zip) and was up and running within a hour.

    At the moment I suggest to spare yourself all that frustration and do the same.

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  • prophead

    @iRobot I'll try your suggestion, I'd rather redo a zway installation then go back and redo the full pi install. How do I remove zway before I start?
    Wait a minute, this is a full image, no way am I going through the kabuki dance again to get this thing booted on ssd with new image. Did you perhaps mean I should mount the image and try and grab libcurl3 from it? I'm ready to ditch zway, I need something more reliable. These bozos can't spell right, the main install link on their download page that clearly says supports buster doesn't work. And worse, they KNOW it doesn't work. Oh, sorry did I say bozos, I mean bozo. Weak. Lame. Fail.
    |-<:(

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  • rafale77

    remove the z-way installation:

    sudo rm -R /opt/z-way-server

    As for @sender ... it was an attempt to run a 64bit version of z-way-server on a 32bit OS...

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  • S

    Yes, as for the ubuntu 16 I downloaded the 32 bits version due to the 64 was intel and 32 AMD and since I have intel NUC with ESXI... but now I am running on ubuntu 16 64 and still horror... app still not downloading... adn why can't I paste pictures?

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  • akbooer

    @sender said in z-way installation horror:

    why can't I paste pictures?

    Could be that you need to do this in the full reply window, rather than the quick one.

    0 S 1 Reply
  • S

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  • S

    @akbooer yes thats it

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