Z-Wave on Raspberry PI

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Updated 2025-01-25 !

 Installing a Z-Wave controller on Raspberry Pi is much easier than You think.

 The only add on You need is the Razberry Z-wave Shield and free software from the same site.

Intro
This was the base for my Homekit project but now it's used together with Home Assistant and the Z-Wave.Me integration.

I started up with a clean SD card with the latest version of Raspberry Pi OS Lite and the Razberry card mounted.

Just Buster and Bullseye are supported !

If you need the old Bullseye image its found here
https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspios_lite_armhf/images/raspios_lite_armhf-2023-05-03/

Install
From my, Mac using the app Terminal, PC using PuTTY, I logged on to the RPi with ssh and then installed the application
wget -qO - https://storage.z-wave.me/RaspbianInstall | sudo bash
2025-01-25  The z-way-server (4.1.4) is installed and the script also worked for old hardware. 

Upgrading ??  Use the same command !!

 After the installation is finished reboot the RPi and access the WEB interface
sudo reboot

WEB interfaces
 The WEB user interface is located on port 8083 so in my case I used the URL
http://your_host:8083
Then You will see the logon screen with the user "admin" prompted. Chose a password and then You are ready to set up the system.

The expert interface is located at
http://your_host:8083/expert/
If You want use Remote access and/or Remote support got to
http://find.z-wave.me 

Backup
At the Z-wave user interface select, upper right "Configuration => Settings => Backup & Restore".

Support
Instructions are available at the Razberry site or check the forum.

Remarks
Error 1
The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG D5AA8FC24C6547A2 Z-Wave.Me <info@z-wave.me>
Solved here with 
apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 0x7E148E3C
and then the install script above.

Error 2
If you are doing an "sudo apt update" and get the error "public key is not available" just use the upgrade command above which will solve the problem.

Comments

  1. Anonymous28 February 2023 at 19:24

    I do not have these rows:

    Your user id: 12345
    Your password: secret

    Instead i can call the raspberry pi url on port 8083 and have to set an admin password.

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    1. Pyssel i livet28 February 2023 at 22:00

      OK, and thanks for your comment. These 2 rows are shown to be used for remote access, not local. I had to rebuild my z-way installation for some days ago and they where shown....

      Delete
  2. Lars10 November 2023 at 22:25

    Could this method also be used with an Aeotec 7 USB stick om Raspbian?

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    1. Pyssel i livet11 November 2023 at 11:02

      No, you have to use Aeotecs own software
      https://aeotec.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/6000230551-z-pi-7-user-guide-

      Delete

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