Zwave stick recommendation

lidans5 · September 18, 2021, 7:59pm

Can you recommend a zwave stick for pi3 868.42MHz, please?

neilbacon · September 19, 2021, 4:39am

I’ve been using a ZW090 from AEON Labs Z‐Stick Gen5 USB Controller on a pi3b+ for years without any issues. But for new stuff I prefer esphome (WiFi & very cheap) rather than z-wave. Coverage is no longer an issue with WiFi mesh routers. Making battery (low) powered ESP32 devices is still an interesting challenge though.

francisp · September 19, 2021, 5:23am

Buy a Z-Wave series 7, no need to invest in a Gen5 anymore.

neilbacon · September 19, 2021, 6:50am

Yep, didn’t mean to recommend old stuff (just that it’s been reliable).

lidans5 · September 21, 2021, 8:24pm

thank you all, do you think the Aeotec 700 series will work with PI3?

bgreet · September 22, 2021, 2:50am

Zooz 700 series USB stick has been working well for me