Z-StickC
ZME_ZSTICKC (EU)
USB Stick with Z-Wave transceiver
The Z-Wave.Me Z-StickC connects a PC
platform with USB interface to the wireless Z-
Wave network. The interface to the Z-Wave
network is a standard Z-Wave transceiver
module ZM3102 implementing a serial control
protocol. The USB stick connects this serial
interface to the PC platform. Once the USB
stick is connected to the PC the OS of the PC
will create a new virtual serial device
(/dev/tty.xxxx for Unix/MAC, COM X for
Windows) that is used by control software on
the PC to communicate with the Z-Wave
network. The Z-StickC implements all
necessary communication functions of Z-
Wave but the functionality depends on the
software that uses the Z-StickC.
Installation
The USB Stick will work on every USB
1.1/2.0/3.0 compatible USB interface and is
also powered by USB. The USB Serial
conversion function is implemented using a
serial-2-usb interface chip from the vendor
FTDI. Modern operating systems have a
device driver for this chip already installed on
default. Device drivers for MS Windows and
MAC OSX can be found on the support web
site mentioned below. Updated device drivers
can also be downloaded from the FTDI
website mentioned below.
It is possible to upgrade the firmware on the Z-
StickC. Several different firmware versions are
available, one is built on the SDK 5.03
(SUC/SIS Support) and one is built on SDK
4.54 (Explorer Frame support). You find the
upgrade tool and the most recent firmware for
SDK 4 and 5 on the support web site
mentioned below.
Usage / Serial protocol
The Z-StickC serial protocol is based on the Z-
Wave Serial Interface Protocol, recommended
by Sigma Designs. It is optimized for a static
controller role of the device using this USB
device. Therefore the protocol specification
supports
the
following
functions.
-‐
Network Management (Inclusion, Ex-
clusion of devices, Controller handling, ...)
-‐
Application Data exchange (Send Data,
Application Handler)
The full specification of the Serial API protocol
is not publicly available but part of the Sigma
Designs SDK. However you can expect that
most software solutions for Z-Wave including
the Controllers from Z-Wave.Me (Z-Cloud,
RaZberry, Z-box,
…
) implement the standard
Sigma Designs API.
This Z-StickC supports the Sigma Designs
API as well but offers some enhanced
functions that are not part of this spec. Please
refer to the Annex below for information about
the Z-StickC specific functions.
The Z-StickC enhances the standard Z-Wave
transceiver by the following functions:
-‐
Restore function
Allows to recover all
network data in a different hardware
-‐
Wakeup Helper
If enabled, this function
saves battery lifetime of sleeping devices
when the Z-Wave controller software is not
running on host processor. The USB stick
needs to be powerd by a power supply, e.g.
