Z-Wave Controllers

Supported Z-Wave USB Sticks & Hardware Modules

You need to have a compatible Z-Wave stick or module installed. This needs to be a static controller, which most Z-Wave sticks and modules will be. If yours is a bridge device then it won’t work with OpenZWave, which is what provides Open Peer Power’s Z-Wave capabilities. USB sticks using the new 700 series Z-Wave platform are not compatible. The following devices have been confirmed to work:

There have [been reports](https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=245031#p1502030) of the Aeotec stick not working on the Raspberry Pi 4.

Aeotec Z-Stick Series 5
Everspring USB stick - Gen 5
Sigma Designs UZB stick
Vision USB stick - Gen5
Zooz Z-Wave Plus S2 stick ZST10
ZWave.me Razberry Board
ZWave.me UZB1 stick

We recommend that you purchase a Z-Wave Plus controller, to take advantage of the improvements this provides. As OpenZWave doesn’t support S2 or Smart Start, there’s no need to buy one just for support of these features.

If you're using Opp.io or running Open Peer Power in a Docker container, it's recommended to use a USB stick, not a module. Passing a module through Docker is more complicated than passing a USB stick through.

Stick Alternatives

The alternative to a stick is a hub that supports Z-Wave. Open Peer Power supports the following hubs with Z-Wave support:

Controller Notes

Aeotec Stick

By default this will turn on “disco lights”, which you can turn off by following the instructions in the device specific page

Razberry Board

You need to disable the on-board Bluetooth since the board requires the use of the hardware UART (and there’s only one on the Pi3). You do this by following the instructions in the device specific page