Introduction

Our goal is to create free software library that interfaces with selected Z-Wave PC controllers, allowing anyone to create applications that manipulate and respond to devices on a Z-Wave network, without requiring in-depth knowledge of the Z-Wave protocol.

This software is currently aimed at Application Developers who wish to incorporate Z-Wave functionality into their applications.

If you are a looking for applications to control your Z-Wave devices, please consult this page which lists applications that utilize OpenZWave.

Features

• Developed in C++
• Dotnet wrapper for Windows
• Portable to most Linux, Mac OSX and Windows Platforms
• Works with the multiple ZWave Controllers
• ZWave Protocol is abstracted away hiding a lot of the complexity
• Works with most switches, dimmers, thermostats, energy monitors, motion sensors, appliance modules,key fobs, door/window sensors etc (see here for a complete list)
• Security related devices such as Locks are Supported
• Reverse Engineered the ZWave Protocol
• Easy to add support for new devices
• Fully Documented Code Base
• Includes simple examples to demonstrate how to interface to the code

Code Details