I have selected Z-wave as the technology to use and I have started buying some devices from www.vesternet.com (I am extremely pleased with the service from them so far). They have fantastic deals on Mondays and I have fallen for their marketing several Mondays in a row now. This blog post is about TKB home on/off switch and how to configure it for VeraLite.
Start off like this
1. Put the Vera into pairing mode by going to the add devices and select "Add ZWave devices, like light switches, door locks, thermostats, etc."
2. Plug in the TKB on/off module close to the VeraLite and the web interface will soon discover it
3. Follow the instructions to add the device
When this is done you should be able to turn the power on and off on the device. This was when I ran into trouble. The blue light on the TKB on/off module was on when it was not letting power through. To me this seemed very odd. The blue LED was off when power was on. After some help of Google I found this blog post http://cdrussell.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/z-wave-fixing-inverted-led-issue-on-tkb.html, it is a great blog post about how to reverse the blue light but not specific for the Vera. Apparently the relay comes pre programmed in something called night-mode. This is controlled by a parameter on the sensor. Unfortunately the VeraLite doesn't set this parameter p automatically when the module is added.
Here is how to do it manually
1. Find the device in the Vera web interface
2. Click the wrench symbol in the top right corner of the frame around the device
3. Go to the tab "Device Options"
4. Create a new parameter called 1 like the snapshot below
5. Now save the changes and if needed reload the Vera. After doing so the light should be reverted and working in a more logical way.
For more info on parameter 1 for this device read the blog post here http://cdrussell.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/z-wave-fixing-inverted-led-issue-on-tkb.html
useful info. Thanks for sharing.
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