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X - WHAT IS Z-WAVE?
Z-Wave is a bidirectional radio communication protocol designed specifically for controlling, operating
and monitoring home automation equipment : lighting, heating, security, etc.
The Z-Wave
protocol utilizes an optimized technology for weak bandwidth radio communications (9-
100 kbps) around the 900 MHz band (868.4 MHz in Europe) and does not interfere with wireless
receivers operating in 2.4 or 5.0 GHz (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee
®
).
The range of the Z-Wave signal is approximately 50m (higher outdoors and lower indoors). However,
the Z-Wave technology automatically and dynamically creates a "
mesh network
" between the various
Z -Wave
®
devices that compose it and each of these devices becomes itself a repeater. This enables
connections between devices that are not within direct range of each other.
Each Z-Wave network has its own identifier (Home ID), which enables multiple Z-Wave networks in a
single location to operate completely independently and without interfering with each other.
The main advantage of the Z-Wave radio protocols over mesh network competitors such as ZigBee
®
is
the complete
interoperability
between the various Z-Wave devices from different manufacturers.
This interoperability is guaranteed by a specific Z-Wave certification process which is performed by
companies approved by Silicon Laboratories Inc., which itself is the owner of the Z-Wave name and
technology, and by the Z-Wave Alliance, which was created in 2005 to bring together all the
stakeholders in the Z-Wave ecosystem.
By year-end 2017, the Z-Wave Alliance has more than 700 members and more 2400 products have
been Z-Wave certified. It is estimated that, as of year-end 2017, more than 94 million devices using
the Z-Wave technology had been sold worldwide.
XI - Swiid
®
/ CBCC DOMOTIQUE
Swiid
®
is a registered trademark of
CBCC Domotique SAS
, a French limited liability company,
incorporated in Paris under the Commerce Registry number 791 884 125 and having its registered
address at 27 avenue de l'Opéra, 75001 Paris, France
WARRANTY
CBCC Domotique SAS
(as defined in the next section and hereinafter referred to as the "Supplier")
warrants to the original purchaser for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of purchase or
delivery (whichever is later) that the present device is free from material defects in materials and
workmanship and undertakes, subject to continuing availability of the device, to supply at its cost a new
device to replace any malfunctioning or otherwise defective device. In no event, shall the Supplier
refund any monies paid for the device.
Warranty claims must be filed by using the form provided on the Supplier's website
(
www.swiid.com/en/contact.html
) and completing it in full and sending us (against refund) the defective
device and a copy of the proof of purchase (with the date of purchase or delivery date!). Warranty
claims made more than thirty (30) days after the occurrence of the event giving rise to the warranty
claim and claims made without following the procedure set out above shall not be admissible.
The present warranty shall
NOT
cover, whether for damages to the device itself and for consequential
damages, faults not resulting from a material or manufacturing defect on the device, including but not
limited to:
