Steinel Z-Wave Controller

Introduction

This application allows you to manage and configure devices in your Z-Wave network. Z-Wave network is mainainted by USB controller. Before you start using this application, plug in the USB controller into your PC. Then open the application. Splash screen shows progress of initalization of the devices. It may take a few seconds to initialize all the devices in network. Afterwards the main window is shown and you can use the application. When you close main window, configuration of graphical user interface is saved. If you open the application again, device components are on the same place as before closing.

Device inclusion/exclusion

For inclusion of the device to the network select item Device from the context menu and then press Add device. New window is displayed. In this moment, do the action specified for inclusion of the device - typically press the button on the device. When the device is successfully included, window is automatically closed and new device is added to the panel of all devices (on the right side of main window). It may take a few seconds to initialize newly added device and show its name (if it is known) or its generic class.

If you want exlude the device from network, select item Device from the context menu and then press Remove device. New window is displayed. In this moment, do the action specified for inclusion of the device - typically press the button on the device. Device is removed from the window and also from the network. Associations are removed automatically.

Controlling devices

You can controll every device separately. To show context menu with possible commands which can be sent to the device, perform right mouse click on the device component in the main window. Afterwards select desired command, which is sent immediately.

If you want to create association between the devices, move device from the panel on the right side (panel of all devices) to the panel on the left side (panel of device group). Devices can be moved simply by operation drag & drop (like icons on your computer). Associations are created immediately when you place the device in the left panel. If you want to discard the association, simply move the device back to the right panel.

Commands Basic On and Basic Off can be sent to all devices in group by pressing yellow or gray lightbulb icon in the right-upper corner of the panel.

Parameters settings

By pressing icon with i on the device component in main window you can open window for configuring parameters of the device. List of parameters is loaded automatically in case of Steinel devices. In case of other devices, you have to specifiy number of parameter, datatype and value manually. By pressing Get button you can load current parameter value from the device. In the header of window are also basic information about the device, its Node ID, Generic Class and Specific Class.