HouseBot

Hi,



I haven't been able to fully resolve my issues when using the ACT z-wave USB controller. I have read on many other forums that people have all sorts of problems with this controller which seem to disappear when a controller with a RS232 serial interface is used.



Will housebot work ok with the z-wave serial interface? Has anyone tried the serial version with housebot?

interruptvector wrote:Will housebot work ok with the z-wave serial interface? Has anyone tried the serial version with housebot?

Unfortunately, no.

That's too bad. I've come to a non-ideal solution for the interim. By ensuring the latest drivers and a standalone USB pci card, I am able to get housebot properly polling all z-wave switches for a couple hours before the ACT z-wave controller hangs up the polling process. What I've done is automate the closing and restarting of housebot every hour to ensure that the polling doesn't hang. This process takes a minimal amount of time, and allows for proper status to be indicated on all of my housebot clients.



It would be interesting to try the same things with a serial version of the z-wave controller to see if resolves the issue. But for now, I'll have to live with this solution.

If you run an Interface trace on the Z-Wave Hardware Interface, maybe it will give some clues to what the problem is.

I did look at the interface trace logs -- it didn't really shed much light on the issue. The polling eventually just stops. I'm convinced it is a hardware issue with the USB z-wave interface. I've read several cases where people have similar problems with this interface in general.