Z-Way & OpenRemote

[SubnetMask]

I've been playing with Z-Way, and trying to figure out how to actually end up with a good HA solution. I might be better off purchasing some commercial solution, since when it comes to programming, I'm a bumbling idiot... but I figured I'd give this a shot since I like the idea of doing something useful with the RPi.

I was looking at trying to get OpenRemote working to see what I can do with that, but the instructions I can find seem to be wrong. First problem is where they say to run 'sudo /etc/init.d/Z-Way stop' - problem being it's not 'Z-Way', it's 'z-way-server'. The next problem is where they say to go to '/opt/z-way-server/automation/' and edit 'config.json' - well, there is no 'config.json' there.

So how would one go about getting OR working with Z-Way?

[pz1]

First a warning: OpenRemote and RaZberry can work together on the Pi, but be aware that you can not make bigger sytems. This also depends on the logic you want to add.
The integration as described on the OpenRemote site refers to the old 1.3 - 1.4 RaZberry releases. In the header of the OpenRemote page is a link to a short description from Poltos on how to change the http commands in OpenRemote.
I may update the documentation on the OR side some day, but would need some more help from them to solve the problem of the need for excessive polling.

Update: I did copy PoltoS' description to the recipe section, so it is easier to find. I'll polish it a bit. Note: The Recipe pages are only intended to discuss the recipe description. Problems with the module can continue here.

[pz1]

Update: I did copy PoltoS' description to the recipe section, so it is easier to find. I'll polish it a bit. Note: The Recipe pages are only intended to discuss the recipe description. Problems with the module can continue here.

I have updated the the openremote Recipe to the state where it is under Z-Way v2.0.0 rc8 and higher

[SubnetMask]

First a warning: OpenRemote and RaZberry can work together on the Pi, but be aware that you can not make bigger sytems. This also depends on the logic you want to add.
The integration as described on the OpenRemote site refers to the old 1.3 - 1.4 RaZberry releases. In the header of the OpenRemote page is a link to a short description from Poltos on how to change the http commands in OpenRemote.
I may update the documentation on the OR side some day, but would need some more help from them to solve the problem of the need for excessive polling.

Update: I did copy PoltoS' description to the recipe section, so it is easier to find. I'll polish it a bit. Note: The Recipe pages are only intended to discuss the recipe description. Problems with the module can continue here.

What would constitute a 'bigger system'? Where exactly is the limitation of 'bigger systems'? Is it Z-Way on the Pi, or is it Z-Way + OR on the Pi? Meaning if I were to install OR on a separate Linux machine, would that mitigate that limitation?

I'm running 1.7.2 at the moment, so documentation for 2.0 might not help much unless the file is in the same place for both. How stable is the latest 2.0 RC (Is it RC13) compared to 1.7.2? Is there some reason a noob like me should or should not be running the RC? At the moment, I'm just playing with Z-Way, trying to figure it out.

[pofs]

How stable is the latest 2.0 RC (Is it RC13)

The latest is rc20 actually It is the build certified for Z-Wave+.
The backend and expert UI are pretty stable, but we're making final changes in HA UI (to support websockets and stuff).

[pz1]

Over the weekend I have updated the documentation on the OpenRemote side as well as on this site in the Recipes section. As stated there it is tested under rc20, which looks pretty stable. (I must admit that I haven't done yet prolonged testing because of the frequent RaZberry updates lately)