[OBSOLETE] Aeotech Multisensor 6 (gen 5 zwave plus, model ZW100-A)

[JDRoberts]

@Robert_Vandervoort

I’m sure you’ve heard it plenty, but is there any formal training or books or whatever you’d recommend. I’m really just getting into it… I used to do home automation back in the day (2001) with HAI and Crestron lighting, but it was largely a different ballgame then. I didn’t have to program anything like this.

My college major was Computer Information Systems, then I worked as a network engineer for IBM. So I had literally years of formal training.

I’ve added a FAQ topic on learning more about Z-Wave specifically:

FAQ: Where Can I Find Technical Resources for Learning More About Z-Wave?

This FAQ is specific to Z-Wave. There are many free or low cost references for zigbee available–just stick to the ones for the zigbee Home Automation 1.2 profile in order to understand use with SmartThings. The Official Sigma Designs Training Materials As far as zwave goes, the following answer is unpopular but true: zwave is a proprietary standard owned by one company, Sigma Designs. Buy a developer’s license for $3,000 and you’ll get access to lots of training materials, none of which can be published openly on the Internet or bought as standalone books. http://z-wave.sigmadesigns.com/dev_kits Open Z-Wave: Good for Learning Z-Wave Concepts There is an open zwave project which is reverse engineering and is good for learning concepts, particularly the management of sleepy devices, th…

I’m actually falling a bit behind with regard to zwave plus, as I no longer have that access nor work with this stuff every day. I tripped up on explorer frames the other day, although @duncan kindly corrected my error.

So I’ll likely be back to discussing topology generalities by the next generation of zwave in another few years. I’m definitely not paying for a personal developer’s license!

In terms of programming for SmartThings specifically, it uses a Groovy variant. But documentation is a long way from being finished, although they’re working on it. @tgauchat or @slagle could probably make suggestions on a learning path to become an ST coder.