Talk:Z-Wave

message: Hi guys, and thanks for the good information on Z-wave.
There is one item that I am having trouble understanding.
The Radio specifics section says:
Z-wave units can be in power-save mode and only be active 0.1% of the time, thus reducing power consumption dramatically.
But then the Topology section says:
In order for Z-wave units to be able to route unsolicited messages, they cannot be in sleep mode.
So even though the protocol allows for sleep mode, sleep mode is not used in
actual products.  Is this correct?  Perhaps a clarification of this point
would be useful.
Thanks again!
::When units are in sleep mode, they cannot relay messages. So you cannot have re-routing of messages in a network where all nodes are sleeping. Typically, sensor units with very stringent power requirements would sleep most of the time, wake up periodically and submit data. If the recipient is multiple hops away, there needs to be non-sleeping nodes along the path to the receiver. Snielsen 21:44, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sleep mode 

message: Regarding range, the article includes this line:
"Range: Approx. 100 feet (30 meters indoors) assuming "open air" conditions, with greatly reduced range in normal situations."
So the range is 100 feet assuming "open air" conditions, and "30 meters indoors".  But 100 feet is approximately 30 metres and the indoor range should be considerably less than the open air range, so this doesn't make sense.
This is also not good style.  The text in parenthesis should be either a translation into metric, or a statement of the range indoors vs. outdoors.  It shouldn't be both.
I will edit the article to remove this contradiction, but someone who knows more than my about this topic should fill in the indoor range.
::I agree. I might add that it is almost impossible to generalize about the indoor range of such units. I have seen specs mentioning 100 feet indoors. And I have seen real life deviations of more than 50%. Snielsen 21:44, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The range doesn't make sense. 

message: There should probably be a Z-Wave versus ZigBee comparison section.  They both begin with the letter 'Z' and people may think they are one and the same, or Z-Wave a derivative of ZigBee, which doesn't seem to be the case.
--Ray (talk) 13:48, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Z-Wave versus ZigBee 

message: I would like to see an article/list of products that implement Z-Wave, maybe manufacturer link.
Or is this Googles job?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.15.240.60 (talk) 09:08, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Z-Wave product list 

message: I have tried several times to change the Z-Wave link to the official Z-Wave.com website, but it seams like someone changes it back to z-wave.ru as soon as i have changed it. 
The official site is Z-Wave.com please leave the link as it is.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.95.44.86 (talk) 00:07, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link to Z-Wave 

message: I've added and named several references that can be used to support more statements within the article. They're are
* <ref name="zensys"> - http://www.z-wavealliance.org/modules/iaCM-ZW-PR/readMore.php?id=254803968
* <ref name="zwave"> - http://www.zen-sys.com/modules/Products&Techonology/?id=2&chk=9cfacb0936245e541b36940d76150450
I've done this for the regulars that contribute to the article. I'm off on a new mission :)
E_dog95'   Hi ' 00:59, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: In order for this article to be more reference oriented, I'd like to see
# A clearer discussion of advantages and disadvantages.  In particular there should be a reasonable mention of critiques / weaknesses.
  -Added disadvantage of slight delay occurring with multiple repeater hops and advantage of not requiring a neutral wire like some powerline communication technologies. --68.147.95.248 (talk) 04:00, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Would like to see: Critique, Alternatives, and Discussion of Proprietary Nature. 

message: In section Setting up a Z-Wave network: "key-fob controllers". Couldn't it be interpreted as a controller that controls a key fob? Isn't it just key fobs? --Mortense (talk) 19:31, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Key-fob controllers 

message: The section that sounded like an advertisement in 2008 is gone.  I'd just remove the tag myself, but I don't like to do that while I'm not logged in. --50.133.131.206 (talk) 16:34, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Let's remove the advert tag 

message: I think that a section on security would be appropriate. I was checking G.9959 and could not find anything about authentication of nodes and encryption of data. How is that done? To me it looks like the technology is very unsecure? Can somebody comment?
+1.  ˥ Ǝ Ʉ  H Ɔ I Ɯ (talk) 02:55, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Security 

message: Security: 
"Z-Wave is based on a proprietary design and a sole chip vendor." 
Anyone a citation? Otherwise I'll delete that sentence.
--176.5.21.248 (talk) 18:48, 5 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Security: citation needed 

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