Z-Wave Resources#

Several resources are available to support Z-Wave development and debugging.

Knowledge Base#

The Z-Wave Knowledge Base is a resource for articles related to Z-Wave. The knowledge base is accessed at https://www.silabs.com/community/wireless/z-wave/knowledge-base

Below are some highlighted articles:

End Devices#

Software#

• Z-Wave 700: OTA of End-Device

• Missing Command Classes in Application Framework

• Z-Wave 700: How to use Software Timers

• Creating Custom Token for ZGM130S

• Where are the S2 keypair stored?

• How to readout the DSK for S2 inclusion

• Decrypt S2 frames in Zniffer trace

• Is S2-AccessControl more secure than S2-Authenticated?

• Why use S2-Unauthenticated?

• Secure S2 DSK

• Secure S2 key exchange methods during inclusion

• How to implement UART with interrupt into the Z-Wave Embedded Framework

• How to implement SPI into the Z-Wave Embedded Framework

• How to implement I2C into the Z-Wave Embedded Framework

• Fast GPIO Wake Up in Z-Wave 700 Series

Hardware#

• Use the tiny Mini Simplicity debug connector on your product - avoid unreliable JIGs!

• Z-Wave 700: SAW filter recommendations

• Purpose of SAW filters

• Z-Wave 700: How to adjust TX power on Slave devices

• Z-Wave 700: TX Power calibration/adjustment in RAILTest and Application FW

• Z-Wave 700: Crystal calibration

Gateway#

• Local only Z/IP client, remove the ethernet port from br-lan

• Z-Ware OTA Firmware Update with the C API

• Z-Wave 700: How to change the region on Controller devices

• Gateway: How do I retrieve the DSK?

• Gateway: Where to find the Security Keys?

• Z-Wave 700: How to adjust TX power on Controller devices

• Z-Wave 700: Programming UZB7 Controller Stick

• Decrypt S2 frames in Zniffer trace

• Gateway: Verify IPv6 Connectivity

• Gateway: What is the purpose of the eeprom.dat file?

• Extracting S0 key from Zniffer trace

• Gateway: Why is my frames coming from a different node ID than 1?