Anybody (besides me) gotten a device (GE/Enbrighten in this case) with NO DSK sticker on the box or device? I e-mailed JASCO support. We shall see what happens.
@kanewolf
Are they 700 series chip switches? If not they won't have a dsk sticker. That said, any z-wave device you have should be paired with no security except for locks and garage door stuff.
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Why no security? Performance?
They seem to react a little slower with the S2 enabled.
I did get a reply from JASCO, they will RMA the device with no DSK sticker ...
Pretty much. Although S2 doesn’t affect performance much, unlike S0.
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Wanted to give a shout out to JASCO. They replaced the outlet which had no DSK sticker. Couple of pictures of the box and a copy of the receipt. A new outlet showed up in the mail -- WITH a DSK sticker.
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I'd still add it with no security. Why deal with the overhead if you don't have to?
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Everything I read says that S2 secure protocol is better. Less wireless traffic required.
For the less than 20 Z-wave (and no ZIGBEE) devices I will ever have, I don't think it is an issue.
Encryption regardless of s0 or s2 is overhead. The best rule of thumb is barrier device be encrypted, everything else not be regardless of s0 or s2 (s0 is the worst though) Honestly if someone is close enough to read your z-wave signals they're close enough to know what light you just turned on.
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You and I will just disagree on the benefits or drawbacks of S2 on Z-Wave.
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It seems to be a religious argument around here.
I personally use S2 on every device that supports it. It's not for the security aspect, I do not care about trying to prevent zwave sniffing or being hacked. My plus feature with S2 is that it insures full CRC comparison vs the simple checksum on slower than 100kbs links. I have never noticed any slowdowns or overhead vs non S2. I know there is a slight increase but I don't notice it for the rule types we use.
We all agree S0 is a mess.
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