Python_openzwave on hassbian... do I need it and why?

Configuration Z-Wave
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Dear all:

I was trying comparing my zwave power switch behavior with another colleague here and found out that he has installed python_openzwave python script in his hassbian.

mine was a fresh, vanilla hassbian installation with no customization. the reason why I didn’t realize python_openzwave package even existed is because I actually have total of 6 zwave device and they seems to “work” as it is right now without any of the additional packages.

my silly question is: do i need python_openzwave? or, should I install it? if yes, why? what is python_openzwave is for?

my silly question number 2 is: should i install openzwave related debian packages on my hassbian, such as libopenzwave / openzwave?

thanks in advance

Harv

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If you have zwave in your configuration.yaml it auto installs python_openzwave for you while HomeAssistant starts up.

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thank you. I found it. the package is automatically installed at
/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.5/site-packages/python_openzwave

now i need to find out why my script doesn’t work :frowning: