Is there any z-wave API for Linux?

[kinman]

There are a lot of Linux freeware, libraries, APIs, documents for x-10 computer interface. But I still cannot find any for z-wave. Those z-wave commercial software have limitations such as flexibility. Do you know any document how to program for z-wave computer interface? thanks!

 

[Dean Roddey]

The Z-Wave interface is only available for purchase and under NDA. There is a .Net interface available from Intermatic, which is a wrapper for the SDK. That won't help you for Linux though. It would require buying the SDK and creating a wrapper library of some sort, and it couldn't be shipped in source form, only binary.

 

[roussell]

MisterHouse has developing support for z-wave using the Leviton serial device (RZC0P). Read about it here.

Also, I believe PlutoHome has support as well.

Terry

 

[twilo123]

you could check here too:

http://forums.controlthink.com/t/288.aspx

 

[Dean Roddey]

Various automation products support Z-Wave, but that's not the same as providing an API to Z-Wave that someone could use outside of another product.

 

[johnnynine]

Various automation products support Z-Wave, but that's not the same as providing an API to Z-Wave that someone could use outside of another product.

I've written a .Net class that supports all the features specified in the Vizia RF documentation, but it requires that you use the Leviton Vizia RF RZC0P serial interface.

And I have not yet compiled it on linux using Mono. I'm not sure how refined the Mono serial port library is, so that could be an issue for linux.

Johnny

 

[kinman]

Thank you everybody. As a conclusion, here are some solutions (please correct me if wrong):

1. .NET on Windows + wrapper on Linux (xPL)
2. .NET emulator on Linux (MONO)
3. MrHouse (for zwave, only support Leviton computer interfaces)
4. Pluto/LinuxMCE (support different zwave computer interfaces, different protocol versions) http://svn.charonmedia.org/trac.cgi/browse...19101/src/ZWave