RPi/Z-wave project on hold (Update 1)

21 Jul 2013

I received the Razberry daughterboard this week. Installation is only slightly buggy in that I couldn't use the wget statement in the docs to pipe the download to a shell. Instead, I had to download the "install" script and run it via:

python install

Not sure why it wouldn't run directly. Probably because the docs have it piped to bash instead of Python.

In any case, I spent a few hours attempting to get the Razberry to "talk" to one of the IRIS Smart Plugs. Unfortunately, I think that the Alertme or IRIS people have monkeyed with the devices just enough that they don't "talk" to anything other than an IRIS hub. Is there anyone in the Z-Wave community we can complain to? Technically, it's no longer Z-Wave if you can't pair it with another controller.

On the flip side, I can get the Razberry to pair with the IRIS hub. I'm not sure if anything is gained by being able to do this. It shows up in the IRIS hub interface as an "Unknown Device" with no controls associated with it.

Next up is to find/buy a non-IRIS Z-Wave device.

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myeager1967 over 11 years ago

Many of the Iris products are actually ZigBee based and they have been documented. I'm thinking about grabbing one of these Razberry boards to add to my system. Have a look, the page is at http://myeager.no-ip.biz and runs on a Raspberry Pi. It's modelled after Dave's Desert Home project (Google Desert Home) for a better look...
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packetgeek over 11 years ago in reply to myeager1967

The graphics you used for your page also remind me this Youtube video that I watched earlier today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaCqZNaG4MA I can see buiding your web page in hardware.

The irritating thing about the IRIS system is that while you can use third-party sensors with the IRIS system, the reverse doesn't appear true (i.e., you can't use a non-IRIS controller with IRIS sensors). Because I don't like having to go out onto the Internet to control systems inside my house, I'm not a fan of the IRIS system.
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packetgeek over 11 years ago in reply to myeager1967

The graphics you used for your page also remind me this Youtube video that I watched earlier today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaCqZNaG4MA I can see buiding your web page in hardware.

The irritating thing about the IRIS system is that while you can use third-party sensors with the IRIS system, the reverse doesn't appear true (i.e., you can't use a non-IRIS controller with IRIS sensors). Because I don't like having to go out onto the Internet to control systems inside my house, I'm not a fan of the IRIS system.
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