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What is Z-Wave?
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Z-Wave is a wireless communications protocol used primarily for home automation.
What’s the difference between Z-Wave and Z-Wave LR?
Z-Wave LR will bump this up to over 2,000 nodes on a network though, so it’s heading in the right direction. Standard Z-Wave boasts a range of 100m for point-to-point contact (4x that for LR, remember) and operates at such low power that some sensors will last 10 years on just a coin cell.
What is the interoperability of Z-Wave?
Z-Wave’s interoperability at the application layer ensures that devices can share information and allows all Z-Wave hardware and software to work together. Its wireless mesh networking technology enables any node to talk to adjacent nodes directly or indirectly, controlling any additional nodes.
What’s the difference between Z-Wave and Insteon?
Other network standards competing with Z-Wave include Wi-Fi HaLow, Bluetooth 5, Insteon, Thread and ZigBee. Z-Wave has a long open-air operating range at 90 meter (outdoor) and 24+ meter(indoor). Insteon has a large number of maximum devices capability at 17.7 million (to ZigBee’s 65,000 and Z-Wave’s 232).
How many interoperable Z-Wave products are there?
There are a growing number of interoperable Z-Wave products; over 1,700 in 2017, and over 2,600 by 2019. The Z-Wave protocol was developed by Zensys, a Danish company based in Copenhagen, in 1999.
What is the Z-Wave Certified Installer toolkit?
That year, the Alliance announced the Z-Wave Certified Installer Toolkit (Z-CIT), a diagnostics and troubleshooting device that can be used during network and device setup and can also function as a remote diagnostics tool. Z-Wave Alliance maintains the Z-Wave certification program.
What is the difference between thread and Z-Wave?
Z-Wave has better interoperability than ZigBee, but ZigBee has a faster data transmission rate. Thread and Zigbee operate on the busy Wi-Fi standard frequency of 2.4 GHz, while Z-Wave operates at 908 MHz in the US, which has reduced noise and a greater coverage area. All three are mesh networks.