Hubitat and Z-Wave Long Range

bcopeland · January 15, 2021, 12:33am

Since the new node address space won't interfere with legacy 8-bit addresses it should be a seamless update..

rob9 · January 15, 2021, 12:34am

So, how do you get a LR capable device that's currently using the legacy mode set up to use the new LR mode?

Something would seemingly have to change.

bcopeland · January 15, 2021, 12:35am

Oh.. Ok. yea.. if you firmware update a node to support LR it will have to be excluded and re-included.. I misunderstood the question..

danabw · January 15, 2021, 12:37am

[Looks back nervously over his shoulder at the first Z-Wave 700 SDK release]

brianwilson · January 15, 2021, 1:03am

So can both co-exist on a single 700 series hub or is this an either/or?

bcopeland · January 15, 2021, 1:04am

Yes

dennypage · January 15, 2021, 1:05am

That really killed the endorphin high I was on...

Sebastien · January 15, 2021, 1:38am

Do we expect that some of the current devices (not including the Hub) will be updatable to support this?

JasonJoel · January 15, 2021, 1:47am

Really most any 700 series device SHOULD be able to be updated to LR... Whether manufacturers do that, or release the firmware publicly, is another matter.

But in most cases it is not a hardware limitation.

bcopeland · January 15, 2021, 1:49am

I do expect that, given that all 700 series chips support it.

Sebastien · January 15, 2021, 1:55am

Nice! I’ll have to figure out how to tell if any of my devices have 700 series chips.

Richard.Albert.Bryan · January 15, 2021, 1:58am

Man, I'm soo glad I held off on that Zooz switch upgrad/replace. I have a house full of the original Zooz switches and 7 of the new 700 Series. I'll now wait until they start shipping the switches with LR firmware before swapping out. Maybe I can now get a reliable front door lock while I'm at it. .. I know I can upgrade them myself but why not let someone else do the work.

bcopeland · January 15, 2021, 1:59am

Zooz has been good about releasing firmware updates.. If they plan on supporting it, I'm sure you will be able to upgrade.

JasonJoel · January 15, 2021, 2:02am

Speaking of which... I see the new 700 series Kwikset locks on on the alliance page listing now.

bcopeland · January 15, 2021, 2:02am

Nice

Richard.Albert.Bryan · January 15, 2021, 2:03am

Boom!

JasonJoel · January 15, 2021, 2:06am

So Schlage, Kwikset, and Yale all have 700 series locks now. Coming ???? to retail.

bcopeland · January 15, 2021, 2:21am

Locks will be a game changer for LR

rob9 · January 15, 2021, 2:22am

That would be sweet. Albeit. Expensive AF.

Hmmm.....

My door locks have been rather picky (I desperately need to be able to trigger on knowing whether or not a specific code was entered, the inside thumb knob was turned, or if it was locked from the outside keypad).

rob9 · January 15, 2021, 2:23am

What are you seeing/thinking?

I know pairing them (esp S0--ugh!) has been painful.

Oh, also, it looks like "S2 unauth" isn't even a possibility in LR.