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Ashbay
Ashbay

Reputation: 1661

Wake up a Z-Wave node programmatically

I'm looking for away to wake up a node programmatically, but I don't even know if it's possible.

The Context : I wrote a nodejs application that aim to interface z-wave modules thanks to node-openzwave-shared . Every things works fine with lights but I recently got a PIR sensor that is sleeping directly when I start my nodejs application. Does anyone know how to wake up my PIR sensor programmatically ? (I can wake it up by pressing a physical button but this solution does not satisfy me)

NB : What is the difference between a sleeping node and a awake node ? (I mean technicaly speaking) It'seems that sleeping node can't receive controller command but can anyone confirm this please ?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1027

Answers (1)

Jim Rush
Jim Rush

Reputation: 4163

Sleeping devices can't be woken up pro grammatically, but most offer settings that can be changed to periodically wake up and provide updated sensor data as well as accepting commands.

I have a battery powered motion/light/temperature/humidity sensor that does that. It wakes on movement or provide a status update every 10 minutes.

Sleeping, on z-wave, just means non-responsive. From a device standpoint, it probably just means a powered down transmitter/receiver.

Upvotes: 3

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