@hek Ok, got it.
Sad to hear the Z-Wave protocol is closed. Looks like they choose the same strategy as KNX/EIB which is also hard to tinker with.

I will follow-up on their forums to see if we could still build a gateway that talks to the HC2 / HCL

Bye,

P

@hek Ok, that clarifies a lot.
Is the MySensors protocol/hardware stack anything which already existed or did you design this yourselves ?
Why did you decide not to use the Z-Wave protocol/HW (even if it seems to be quite popular for HA) ?

tnx

P

Hi Alexander, Henrik,

could you write a topic (or point me to existing resources) as to what is needed to make MySensors integrate better with Fibaro HC2 / HCL ? (in general - to make them compatible with any controller)
I see that many commercially available Z-Wave components are 100% compatible with controllers from different brands (http://www.vesternet.com/compatibility/z-wave-compatibility-guide)
That means it must be possible to make the nodes in such a way that they present themselves to any controller which is compliant with the z-wave protocol.

Is my understanding correct that thanks to a plugin at the Vera controller, the nodes (and thus the library they are built from) can be simpler. Working without anything special at the controller requires smarter nodes.. (maybe beyond the capabilities of Arduino..)

I'd like to develop a central heating sensor/actuator, but before doing so I'd like to better understand what is needed to make it vendor independent / work with any controller.

kr,

Pascal