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Chris,

Could you advise whether Hawking [HRMD1] Wireless Motion Detector and Hawking [HRDS1] Wireless Door/Window Sensor are supported?

 

 

Thanks! 

I was able to add the HRDS1 to my network, using ThinkEssentials, but it is not displayed as a device icon on the floor plan.

ThinkEssentials does not currently provide a utility for setting up device associations.  You will need to set up the association using either a controller that supports associations, or you will need the SDK.

 Do HA09 or HA07 from Intermatic support associations?

The HA09 and HA07 do not support associations.  I have been using either the Leviton RZC0P or the ControlThink PC SDK to setup associations.  I think one of the Leviton handheld remotes also supports associations.  It seems there was a discussion in this forum in which the various controllers that support associations were listed.  I'll see if I can remember where I saw that post.

Oh, I'm not going to get one more (4th) controller just for associations... Do you mind to explain how difficult is it to set it up using SDK? I'm Java guy, not .Net, so please be gentle. 

i know you don't want another remote but the act zth100 supports associations and is pretty cheap.  also, it is the only handheld remote that i know of on the market (jasco coming soon) that can control z-wave thermostats in case you add one down the road.  ugly looking remote but gets the job done cheaply

325xi:

Do you mind to explain how difficult is it to set it up using SDK? I'm Java guy, not .Net, so please be gentle. 

 

I'm not a C# or VB programmer either.  I just hacked one of the C# examples that comes with the SDK.

You'll find sample code that declares a controller of type ZWaveController, and then connects to that controller:

controller = new ControlThink.ZWave.ZWaveController();

controller.Connect(); 

Of course, there's exception handling in there in case it can't find your ZWave dongle.

Once you're connected, you can access an individual device by first declaring it and then getting it by its node number(node 14 in this case):

ControlThink.ZWave.Devices.ZWaveDevice doorSensor = null;

doorSensor = controller.Devices.GetByNodeID(Convert.ToByte(14)); 

Now that you've got your sensor, you can clear it's association groups (group 1 here), and you can add a target device(node 2) to the sensor's association group:

doorSensor.Groups[1].Clear();

ControlThink.ZWave.Devices.ZWaveDevice targetDevice = null;

targetDevice = controller.Devices.GetByNodeID(Convert.ToByte(2));

doorSensor.Groups[1].Add(targetDevice);

 

Note:  Adding a device association to a sensor will also transfer to that sensor's routing table a return route to the associated device.  So be sure to run the network optimization/repair routine in ThinkEssentials before adding any associations.

 

Easy!

 

Thanks!