Hi all. PoltoS may remember me from debugging a rather odd fault that occurred at 3 a.m. only!
My query is as follows. Over the past dozen years I have written a lot of Python software for my Raspberrry Pi and Razberry setup (now Razberry 7). I did this directly without using things like Home Assistant. It was a hobby created originally to control my underfloor heating on sunny days (using a Met Office forecast download) in spring/autumn when the house gets a lot of solar gain, and then it expanded to control hot water, heating on another floor using a PIR, the ventilation system depending on the weather forecast, blinds raising/lowering (at sunset) etc. So there is a lot of investment in my time.
Z-Way is installed on the Pi. My software uses HTTP calls to initiate actions, such as:
responseAction = urllib.request.urlopen('
http://localhost:8083/ZWaveAPI/Run/devices[' + Device + '].instances[' + DevInst+ '].commandClasses.SwitchBinary.Set(' + DevState + ')')
where the " ' + Device + ' " etc become the values to be used.
If I continue to use Z-Way v4.1.4 then presumably everything will continue to work. But in due course it seems likely that something will change.
- Will I need to do a complete rewrite and use something like Home Assistant. I rather dread that.
- Will I be able to use the same software with whatever Trident offer?
- I use both the Smarthome and the Expert UI quite a bit, for testing switch operations, viewing sensor information, viewing Timing info, doing system Reorganisation, updating or viewing Neighbours, viewing Route information and so on. Will this be available from Trident?
Of course, this depends on my Razberry staying alive, and if not, an alternative board appearing (I note there seem to be no Razberry boards for sale now). USB dongles are a possibility I assume.
Any comments?
