The purpose of this thread is to investigate possible Z-Wave hardware implementations that could be used on a Linux
Single Board Computer such as the Raspberry Pi.
Supported Z-Wave Hardware includes
Aeotec Z-Stick Series 5 - $89.00 AUD
Everspring USB stick - Gen 5
GoControl HUSBZB-1 stick - Includes Both Z-Wave and Zigbee
Sigma Designs UZB stick
Vision USB stick - Gen5
Zooz Z-Wave Plus S2 stick ZST10
ZWave.me Razberry Board - Non USB Connects to RPi GPIO Pins, using onboard UART
ZWave.me UZB1 stick
NOTE: There are known compatability issues with older hardware versions of the Aeotec stick not working on the Raspberry Pi 4.
Aeotec has released a 2020 hardware revision ZW090-A with Pi 4 compatibility.
Both hardware revisions are still being sold, make informed purchasing decisions if using paired with a Pi 4.
Z-Wave Linux Options
OpenZWave
A website dedicated to providing a free software library that interfaces with selected Z-Wave PC controllers,
allowing anyone to create applications that manipulate and respond to devices on a Z-Wave network, without requiring in-depth knowledge of the Z-Wave protocol.
The software is currently aimed at Application Developers who wish to incorporate Z-Wave functionality into their applications.
Developed in C++
Dotnet wrapper for Windows
Portable to most Linux, Mac OSX and Windows Platforms
Works with the multiple ZWave Controllers
ZWave Protocol is abstracted away hiding a lot of the complexity
Works with most switches, dimmers, thermostats, energy monitors, motion sensors, appliance modules,key fobs, door/window sensors etc
Security related devices such as Locks are Supported
Reverse Engineered the ZWave Protocol
Easy to add support for new devices
Fully Documented Code Base
Includes simple examples to demonstrate how to interface to the code
Notes: It appears that this site is no longer maintained as of 2016, however code updates are available up until November 2019
The most recent post on the website mentions,
A website dedicated to providing a free software library that interfaces with selected Z-Wave PC controllers,
allowing anyone to create applications that manipulate and respond to devices on a Z-Wave network, without requiring in-depth knowledge of the Z-Wave protocol.
The software is currently aimed at Application Developers who wish to incorporate Z-Wave functionality into their applications.
Developed in C++
Dotnet wrapper for Windows
Portable to most Linux, Mac OSX and Windows Platforms
Works with the multiple ZWave Controllers
ZWave Protocol is abstracted away hiding a lot of the complexity
Works with most switches, dimmers, thermostats, energy monitors, motion sensors, appliance modules,key fobs, door/window sensors etc
Security related devices such as Locks are Supported
Reverse Engineered the ZWave Protocol
Easy to add support for new devices
Fully Documented Code Base
Includes simple examples to demonstrate how to interface to the code
Notes: It appears that this site is no longer maintained as of 2016, however code updates are available up until November 2019
The most recent post on the website mentions,
Great News for OpenZWave - Sigma have released a lot of the protocol Specs into the public domain. They have pretty much opened up the protocol now to allow anybody to write software that talks to Z-Wave Devices…. Obviously this is great news for OpenZWave as well, as we no longer have to reverse engineer the protocol to make new devices work!