Can't get RaZberry working

[DaveLinger]

Hey everyone!

I have a Kwikset 910 Z-Wave Deadbolt lock, and I've been having a lot of trouble getting it to play nice with my Aeon Labs Z-Wave USB dongle.

First, I tried HomeGenie on my raspberry pi, but it wasn't until I had it setup that I discovered that it does not support Z-Wave Secure protocol, which the deadbolt uses. So it was incompatible. Several other pieces of software say that they are incompatible.

In fact, the only piece of software I have been able to make work with the USB stick and deadbolt so far is InControl for Windows, but I'm unwilling to pay $70 for the software beyond the trial, as well as being unwilling to have a Windows box running 24/7.

Then I found RaZberry, which according to recent change notes, supports the Z-Wave secure protocol. Awesome! First, I downloaded and flashed the pre-made SD card. I went to http://(mypi):80, connection refused. Went to http://(mypi):8083, connection refused. Finally, http://(mypi):8084 loaded up. The Z-Way Configuration interface. But there's only so much I can do from this interface.

Whatever I tried, I couldn't figure out how to get to the demo interface on port 8083. I thought that perhaps the pre-built SD image had some kind of extra configuration baked in, so I tried flashing a vanilla raspbian SD card and installing raZberry from the package online. Exact same results. Z-Way Configuration Interface is responding on port 8084, but I can't get to the demo interface. Connection refused.

I downloaded the Z-Way iPhone app to see if I could get it to connect to the server, but the iphone app has no explanation for any of the configuration, and I couldn't get it to work. For example, what is an "indoor" versus "outdoor" server? Is it asking me to provide the IP address of the raspberry pi when I am connected to LAN and when I am on 3G? Then for "Credentials", it asks for a login and password. Is my "login" my "pi id number" from Z-way? As much as I tried, I couldn't get any combination of anything to even attempt to connect.

Help?

[markolbert]

I'm running into the exact same problem. Port 8084 appears to be some kind of configuration interface only. But even it is incomplete. It offers the option of changing the remote access password, but there are no submit buttons on my display.

- Mark

[pofs]

I have a Kwikset 910 Z-Wave Deadbolt lock, and I've been having a lot of trouble getting it to play nice with my Aeon Labs Z-Wave USB dongle.

I don't get it. Are you trying to use z-way with Aeon Labs dongle, or with RaZberry card?
It won't work with Aeon Labs, which is discussed many times here.

If you cannot get it work with RaZberry, please provide some system information and startup log (/var/log/z-way-server.log).

[markolbert]

Dave,

My problem was resolved by doing two things:

- editing /boot/cmdline.txt and removing the argument for console=tty1

- manually starting z-way-server by going into /opt/z-way-server and running

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=libs ./z-way-server

I'm not sure why the z-way-server doesn't start automatically on boot. I'm researching that now.

But I was able to configure my switch and turn a light on and off after doing this.

Good luck!

[pz1]

You could have avoided a lot of problems if you had started with a clean installation as described in the setup instructions:
http://razberry.zwave.me/index.php?id=24

[markolbert]

Actually, the setup instructions imply you can install the RaZberry software on an already-running pi. That's the first entry on that page.

Personally, requiring installation on a virgin pi would seem pretty silly if that was the only supported method. Offset by the fact that pis are relatively inexpensive and don't use a lot of power so it's not that big a deal to have a bunch of them around.

I think it would be better to provide step by step instructions as to what needs to be installed and configured to get the RaZberry to work properly. That way people who like to tinker (which is a large portion of the pi user community) would have a better chance at getting things set up right.

Granted, one could deduce this by going through the provided bash install script. But that's a roundabout way of providing instructions, IMHO.

[pz1]

Sorry, my post wasn't intended as a reprimand. I just wanted to point users to a quick and clean installation route.
(I found out in the meantime that the 1.7.1 image wasn't as clean as I expected. It does have OpenRemote and Java installed. OpenRemote is started automatically, which imho should not happen.)

[markolbert]

No worries, and my apologies if I came across too pointedly. I will admit that I find the RaZberry environment -- hardware + software -- a little frustrating because it's rough around the edges. On the other hand, it's an inexpensive way to get into something that would be quite expensive otherwise.