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  • randy
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    I’m not using either in production. I haven’t really tested range. If I can figure out how to restore a network to one, I’ll put it in production. This is just playing, if Z-Wave LR devices become available, I’ll be more motivated.

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  • OmegaQuest
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    I have all Zooz Switches in my house but when I saw that Zooz 800 card, I passed since it looks so cheaply made.

    The one from ebay looks nice.

    Have you noticed any actual range improvements from the 800 controller on 500 and 700 devices?

    I just received another Razberry 7 board and that one is working with HS and the Pi. So maybe the first one i got (that I could not get to work for the life of me), was just bad somehow.

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  • randy
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    Originally posted by OmegaQuest View Post


    Which 700 Series Pi Hats are you using as well as which 800 series Pi Hats? Can you provide links.

    Also are you using them with a vanilla Raspberry Pi image (Not the HS Z-Net image since I cannot get a copy of that without buying their Z-Net hardware itself).

    I just want a way to get a couple Raspberry Pi 4 boards I have laying around to become Z-Wave hubs/controllers by adding an aftermarket Z-Wave hat and have the HS Z-Wave plugin see it and be able to add devices to it like normal.
    I’m currently running the HomeSeer 700 series controller used in the Z-net. I use Raspberry POE hats and custom cases. I use Z-Net like software, that functions the same as a Z-Net using ser2net to pipe IP commands to the card.

    I purchased This one from Zooz.

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    and this one from eBay. This one interests me because of the external antenna. It comes with a 2db gain antenna, but I found some 5db versions. Both of these will include and function under HomeSeer, but neither supports restoring a network. The. Zooz seems a little flakey.

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  • Roger D
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    randy I haven’t tried to restore from an original Z-Net but I have been able to backup and restore a Razberry 700 back to itself.

    My next project is to setup a combo Zigbee/Z-wave 800 controller with a mPCIE interface. Hopefully I get time this weekend to work on it.​

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  • OmegaQuest
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    Originally posted by randy View Post
    I wasn't able to. Tried everything I could think of, but even though connected to a Pi running Z-Net software. It would connect but failed establishing inclusion. Rich also said they will not support a restore. I don't know if that will change.

    I'm running HomeSeer 700 series controller cards and they are working fine. I have a couple of GPIO 800 series controllers. They work just fine, but HomeSeer doesn't yet support them for restore. My net step will be to move to those, when I can.

    Which 700 Series Pi Hats are you using as well as which 800 series Pi Hats? Can you provide links.

    Also are you using them with a vanilla Raspberry Pi image (Not the HS Z-Net image since I cannot get a copy of that without buying their Z-Net hardware itself).

    I just want a way to get a couple Raspberry Pi 4 boards I have laying around to become Z-Wave hubs/controllers by adding an aftermarket Z-Wave hat and have the HS Z-Wave plugin see it and be able to add devices to it like normal.

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  • OmegaQuest
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    Originally posted by Roger D View Post
    OmegaQuest I’ve never had an issue with these cards. In fact I just set one up as a z-net last month.
    im also doing a custom install for the same person by adding both the zigbee and z-wave interfaces onto the same 40 pin header.
    Can you give detailed steps on what you are doing to get it to work?

    *I have no issue with redoing my entire zwave setup from scratch if needed.

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  • randy
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    Originally posted by Roger D View Post
    OmegaQuest I’ve never had an issue with these cards. In fact I just set one up as a z-net last month.
    im also doing a custom install for the same person by adding both the zigbee and z-wave interfaces onto the same 40 pin header.
    Were you able to restore one from a Z-Net backup?

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  • Roger D
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    OmegaQuest I’ve never had an issue with these cards. In fact I just set one up as a z-net last month.
    im also doing a custom install for the same person by adding both the zigbee and z-wave interfaces onto the same 40 pin header.

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  • randy
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    I wasn't able to. Tried everything I could think of, but even though connected to a Pi running Z-Net software. It would connect but failed establishing inclusion. Rich also said they will not support a restore. I don't know if that will change.

    I'm running HomeSeer 700 series controller cards and they are working fine. I have a couple of GPIO 800 series controllers. They work just fine, but HomeSeer doesn't yet support them for restore. My net step will be to move to those, when I can.

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  • OmegaQuest
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    I got the Razberry 7 hat and installed it to a Raspberry pi 4. Installed the Razberry 7 image from Zwave.me. I go to add a new Zwave Ethernet Interface to my HS Server running on a Windows Server. I enter in the IP and the Port 8083 (This is the web port Razberry 7 seems to use). Yet the interface won't connect/enable.

    How did anyone get this working?

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  • pistacheL0
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    Maybe some sort of interaction.

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  • PFL
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    Originally posted by ServiceXp View Post

    So are you suggesting there is a hardware issue with the 700 series controller chips?
    I am not sure it is hardware or software issue because they only release binary. Silicon Labs told me they have a plan to open source the code. Once we get their code, we can verify that.

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  • ServiceXp
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    Originally posted by PFL View Post

    Silicon Labs only release 7.17.1. That's the only version so far. Looks reliable so far.
    So are you suggesting there is a hardware issue with the 700 series controller chips?

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  • PFL
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    Originally posted by ServiceXp View Post

    What firmware version are you using with that 800 chip?
    Silicon Labs only release 7.17.1. That's the only version so far. Looks reliable so far.

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  • ServiceXp
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    Originally posted by PFL View Post
    I test my newly developed Z-Wave 800 board, It has no that issue so far for running about 20 days.
    What firmware version are you using with that 800 chip?

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