Dr. Z-Wave during the livestream was saying that actually helps with increasing the signal (but only marginally), but at least it doesn’t hurt it.
Also, for all those worried about having it in an optimal spot in the house. Unless your home is very big, placement seems like less of an issue with Z-Wave (especially long range).
This graphic from the livestream shows, even with difficult construction types, people are reporting good results. Lots of Youtubers are testing it now, and many are putting it at the top and bottom of their houses, and are still reporting full home coverage.
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This is so exciting! Can’t wait to give this a go. As someone who has an almost exclusively Zwave smart home, I’m very happy to hear about this.
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I use HAOS on a VM in Windows 11. How would I pass through a USB device to it?
Yes, I run HAOS on a VM in my basement server rack. Can this be remoted via raspberry Pi using ser2net, or is the protocol not the usual serial type that zwave devices use?
POE would be really good, not just because it allows optimum placement in the home, but it eliminates the need for a power adapter. My HA runs on an system that has UPS backup, but the random wall jack this would plug into would not have UPS.
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I run my current Aoetec adapter via a separate docker on a different box and connect it via ws server on HA.
Can I do the same, and is there a migration plan?
You run zwavejsui on the raspberry pi and connect that to zwave integration in HA
Yes and yes
When connected to HA there is UI to migrate cintroller. If you watch the livestream they show this at the 1:08:00 mark.
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Another vote for POE and Ethernet from me.
While it’s easy to do POE into a Pi and run the docker container for Z-Wave JS that way, it’s not as clean. I was imagining ceiling mounting this somewhere central, but then I’ve got to mount a Pi with it too. Or cut in a ceiling hatch with the Pi inside to hide it and the cabling.
Either way I just placed my order since the antenna is what I’ve always longed for in one of these. Looking forward to seeing how it helps the fringe coverage areas in my house, because even though I’ve got 50 devices to mesh with there are still some areas that just aren’t great.
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Man! I was really hoping this was going to be POE. Looks like I’m not the only one.
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Cool new z-wave Antenna! But should have been Ethernet/POE based. Will wait for that version to come along.
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Maybe someone (or NABU) take a compute module running zwavjs, add a PoE pwb to power Pi and Antenna then make base bottom cover that replaces existing and allows those new pieces to exist in single Chassis
Would that solve this issue for you?
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Sure, that sounds good too. It would be nice if whatever assembly (add on or OEM) just took Ethernet in and the single assembly is just like any other POE device without any external cables or dongles.
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I migrated from the 500 g5+ on 1.2 straight to the zwa.
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I notice it is capable of utilising Australian Z-Wave frequencies but doesn’t support them at this stage. Will the launch model be updated to support Aus frequencies with a firmware update, or will a new model be launched to support Aus frequencies?
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So I would be able to simply use the “Migrate adapter” button in Z-Wave JS to seamlessly move from my current Zooz ZST39 LR to the ZWA-2?
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How about for round two make a PoE version that can be easily positioned on a separate floor, mounted to a ceiling like a Wifi access point, or stationed in a totally different building as long as the LAN reaches? And of course, detected and managed through Home Assistant, not through a secondary interface.
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Z-Wave in Australia is supported.
If you’re talking about Z-Wave Long Range, that has not been released yet in Australia by the Z-Wave alliance. Once it is released and available in the SDK for 800 chips, we’ll make it available for the ZWA-2 via a firmware update in Home Assistant.
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It is a pitty that many European retailers have raised their prices by 10 or more EUR upon the aparently high demand
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HAshop in the Netherlands did not. I’ve paid 59 € 
then you were early enough. Current price at HAshop is 69.95. It was raised halfway the evening.
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