Ok I have success and device details to report for Fakro Motorized Skylight (USA version model FVE) and Fakro Motorized Blinds (USA version model SRF-EV), purchased in 2019.
Here are device details:
Indigo Z-Wave Version: 7.4.1
Node ID: 72
Model: Motor Control Class B
Model ID: 00020003
Manufacturer: Fakro
Manufacturer ID: 0085
Protocol Version: 3.83
Application Version: 1.01
Model Definition Version: 0
Library Type: 3
Class Name: Motor Control Class B
Class Hierarchy: 04 : 11 : 06
Command Class Base: 26
Command Versions: 20v1 85v1 26v3 27v1 70v1 71v1 72v1 73v1 5Ev1 77v1 59v1 5Av1 86v1 25v1
Encryption Status: Not Supported
Multi-Endpoint Types: - none -
Multi-Endpoint Classes: - none -
Multi-Instance Counts: - none -
Features: routing, beaming
Neighbors: - none -
Associations: 1:[1] 2:[] 3:[]
Config Values: - none -
Additional details for adding these devices to Indigo:
For me, the window came pre-included to a handheld remote. The shade was not pre-included. I had to exclude the windows from the remote, then add both the windows and the shades to Indigo.
My first attempts to use network exclude/include did not work, but that may have been because I was battling with too many uncertainties and unknowns and adding delays plus some signal unreliability and lack of feedback with network exclude/include made just made it too difficult.
So to make it easier to learn and confirm how things worked, I first tried using exclude/include using the provided remote. Instructions are pretty straightforward, feedback is immediate, and the device is easy to carry up a ladder. This helped me confirm I knew the basics of how to operate both the shades and the window, how to push the appropriate buttons, and how to interpret feedback.
Once I had a better understanding of the devices and their buttons, I took my Z-stick out of my computer and used "local" include/exclude mode to add the units to Indigo. Network include/exclude probably would have worked at this point,, but I can't say for certain. Here are some details I learned for the window-motor units that weren't mentioned in the (sparse) instructions:
- The lower of the two holes is the one that contains the z-wave "program" button (I'm still not sure what the larger upper hole is for).
- You will need a small device like a small finish nail or a very small screwdriver to reach in and push the button. Tactile and visual feedback is sparse. At first, I couldn't even tell if I was pushing the button.
- When you first exclude the device, a red LED will glow inside the unit.
- After about 15-20 seconds, the red LED will timeout.
- When pushing the Z-wave program button on the window for include/exclude operations, you need to hold it for about 1 second. - just "tapping" it doesn't work.
- There's no direct feedback on the unit (such as motor "jog" motion, LED blink, etc.) to provide feedback.
- Iindigo provides an on (open), off (close) and a %-dim interface which corresponds to opening the window that part of the way between full closed and full open.
- Indigo does not provide a stop command, though I know the device supports it.
Here are the device details for the Fakro shades (model SRF-EV):
Indigo Z-Wave Version: 7.4.1
Node ID: 73
Model: Motor Control Class C
Model ID: 00040011
Manufacturer: Fakro
Manufacturer ID: 0085
Protocol Version: 4.33
Application Version: 1.01
Model Definition Version: 0
Library Type: 3
Class Name: Motor Control Class C
Class Hierarchy: 04 : 11 : 07
Command Class Base: 26
Command Versions: 20v1 85v1 26v3 27v1 70v1 71v1 72v1 73v1 5Ev1 77v1 59v1 5Av1 86v1 25v1
Encryption Status: Not Supported
Multi-Endpoint Types: - none -
Multi-Endpoint Classes: - none -
Multi-Instance Counts: - none -
Features: routing, beaming
Neighbors: - none -
Associations: 1:[1] 2:[] 3:[]
Config Values: - none -
The shades have a more intuitive Z-wave interface, with two external easy-to-operate buttons on the unit. One button provides manual operation of the shade (rotates between up/stop/down). The other is the P button. Some other hints/tips:
- The button clearly marked with a "P" is used for Z-wave include/exclude operations.
- Inclusion/exclusion is performed with a simple tap of the P button. (no need to hold as with the window motor unit)
- The green light seems to come on and stay on indefinitely when the device is not included in a Z-wave network. Once the device has been included, the green light goes off.
- Indigo provides only on (open), off (close) and what appears like a %-dim interface, which will open the shade the corresponding part of the way between open and close.
- Indigo does not provide a STOP command, although I am sure one is supported because the Fakro remote includes a stop button.
In case you were wondering (as I was) what the difference between a Z-wave Motor Class B device and Motor Class C device, class C device supports a go-to-position command, while class B does not. Class C supports report-position-exact command, while Class B does not (supports only report-position-approximate), but does support report-position-endpoints. See
this document for details.