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Battery operated devices are mainly in deep-sleep state and will not answer to
communication requests. Hence the controller will never automatically detect if a certain
device is defect or gone. The function “Mark battery device as failed ” manually marks battery-
operated devices as failed so that they can be removed or replaces. The dropdown list
shows all battery operated devices but this does not mean that they are failed.
The next two functions deal with the controller role in the network. With ”Learn” this controller
can become a secondary controller in another network. This is only possible if this controller
did not include any other device before. Clicking the “Learn” button turns the controller in a
function where it will accept inclusion requests from other controllers. The controller status
dialog on the upper left hand side shows this status. The Learn mode will time out after
about 20 seconds or when the device was included successfully. It is also possible to
manually terminate the mode.
The “Change Controller ” function actively hands over the role of the primary controller of the
network to a controller that will be included using the normal inclusion process. The
controller status dialog shows the mode and its termination.
The “Request NIF from all devices ” function is just a convenient way to retrieve a Node
Information Frame from all devices of the network.
The frequency change buttons allow changing the operating frequency of Z-Box. Handle with
care! Changing the frequency may result in malfunction of your network. If you are uncertain
about the consequences of this change, don’t touch the buttons!
The Z-Box hardware can be changed into every valid frequency however the antenna filter used
with Z-Wave transceivers will attenuate the wireless signal for wrong frequencies. At the
moment there are three different types of antenna filters allowing operation in the three
frequency groups. Changing the frequency within the line (e.g. from EU to CN) will not result in
attenuation of the signal but will stop any communication in a network already established.
Changing between the lines will not only result in communication problems with existing
included devices but also result is severe attenuation of the wireless signal. It may still be
useful to change frequencies for debugging purposes but again: Handle with care!
Routing
Summary of Contents for Z-Box
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