Version 0.11 30 January 2017 www.benext.eu
Routing slave
This Z-Wave product will be used as slave. Slave nodes are nodes in a Z-Wave network that receive commands
and perform actions based on the command. A routing slave can route Z-Wave messages to other nodes in the
network.
Reporting Sleeping Slave
The Z-Wave plus role type of this routing slave product is ‘REPORTING SLEEPING SLAVE’.
That means that this device is not always reachable for the controller. In sleep mode the device is not active
listening, the device will wake up according to the wakeup command class. Once the device sends a wake up
notification it can communicate with a Z-Wave controller.
Add initiator
The add initiator is used when Primary and add Controllers add nodes into the network. When both the add
initiator have been activated simultaneously the new node will be added to the network (if the node was not
added previously)
Remove initiator
The remove initiator is used by Primary Controllers to remove nodes from the network. When the remove
initiator and a slave initiator are activated simultaneously, it will result in the slave being removed from the
network (and reset to NodeID zero). Even if the slave was not part of the network it will still be reset by this
action.
Z-Wave compatibility
Because this is a Z-Wave device, it means it can co-operate with other Z-Wave devices of other manufacturers.
It can co-exist in a Z-Wave network existing with product from other manufacturers.
Hops & retries
The Z-Wave range has a range of up to 40 meters in line of sight. This signal is not limited to the 40 meter
range due to routing the Z-Wave message to other nodes in the network. This way the range of the Z-Wave
network can be expanded to 160 meters indoors (limit of 4 hops).
Note: Routing can be done by non-battery powered Z-Wave products regardless of the manufacturer.
COMMAND_CLASS_ZWAVEPLUS_INFO_V2
With the Z-Wave plus info get command you can request the Z-Wave plus information of the Tag Reader 500.
The information contains
- Role Type: Reporting Sleeping Slave
- Node Type: Zwave Plus Node
- Installer Icon: Entry Control Keypad
- User Icon: Entry Control Keypad
class: 0x63 COMMAND_CLASS_USER_CODE
Note: The User Code command class is only used in local mode.
The purpose of the User Code command class is to configure the Tag Reader 500 to accept certain RFID Tags or
codes. This is typically done by some kind of static controller or Gateway (for instance the Internet Gateway
from BeNext).
After sending a User Code Set, including a unique User Identifier (UID), the in-use state (0x01) and the Tag
code or keypad sequence using ASCII codes, the Tag Reader 500 will accept the codes and notify any other
device using the Alarm command class.
This other device can be configured using the Association command class and is typically the same controller
or Gateway.
When a tag or code is not known to the Tag Reader 500, it will send an unsolicited report to the devices in its
association group with the UID 0x00. The value in this message can be used to configure new tags.
Note2: Code length must be 4 to 10 ASCII digits.
