Re: hacking a home with free technology and Debian
On 02/10/18 at 17:25 +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote:
> > - hardware controller:
> > + a USB ZWave dongle
>
> Did you mean the Z-Stick[1] or another model?
>
> Z-Stick is rated highly in reviews[2] and the web site claims it is
> aimed at open source and cloud-averse users.
Yes, that's the one I'm using
> Can anybody comment if they give a genuinely plug-and-play experience,
> without needing firmware blobs or proprietary tools to get up and
> running? Or are there even better alternatives for the
> freedom-conscious Debian user?
The Z-Stick just exposes a serial device. As far as I remember it worked
out of the box with libopenzwave, and thus domoticz.
Lucas
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