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Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:32 am
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DanHunter
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Been using z-wave for many years now and the only issue that I have had is that some of the first hardware models that went out into distribution used an early version (1.xx) of the z-wave protocol which people are obsoleting out and do like to support anymore. Latest stuff works *GREAT* but there are still some incompatabilities. For instance, Schlage uses an extended feature of the z-wave protocol that older (more than a year old) do not support ... some hardware can be upgraded, others cannot due to the size of the larger z-wave stack required to carry the extra classes/protocols. Biggest issue with z-wave: need to have a solid mesh network installed to insure reliable operations. Tools exist to check your mesh and to determine how robust your mesh is. Overall, like both z-wave and zigbee ... z-wave is cheaper than zigbee ...