Las Vegas, Nevada, USA – Z-Wave Alliance Pavilion Venetian Expo Booth #51715 – January 05-08, 2022– Flex Automation has reached the age of majority. One of the oldest members of Z-Wave Alliance (since 2003), brings innovative integration products to CES2022 with the latest FlexControl Hubs ZIR100, GIR100 and IRF100 fully integrated to ELAN, Control4 and Fibaro. “Integration is a key of success in Smart Home. Diversity is a trend but nobody has everything for everyone. We are delighted to introduce at CES this year new approaches to managing diverse technologies by integrating different … [Read more...]
Airzone showcasing its Aidoo Z-Wave HVAC Integration Controller at CES, Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV - January 5, 2022 - Integrators, building professionals and those interested in BMS (building management systems) have an unmissable date: the 55th edition of CES, Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV will be held from 5 to 8 January 2022 and the Airzone team will be at the Z-Wave booth #51715 at Venetian Expo to inform you about our Aidoo integration solutions that add climate control to building management systems. Aidoo is the highlight of the event provided by Airzone. Visit the company web at www.airzonecontrol.com The Airzone solution functions as a gateway for … [Read more...]
Z-Wave Alliance CES 2022 Pavilion to Provide Dozens of Live Smart Home Demos and Experiences
With fifteen member companies exhibiting, the Z-Wave Pavilion and Z-Wave Smart House will host the largest live display of new smart home devices at CES 2022. Beaverton, OR – December 16, 2021 – The Z-Wave Alliance, the standards development organization dedicated to advancing the smart home and Z-Wave® technology, will return to CES 2022 in Las Vegas to host the Z-Wave Pavilion and the Z-Wave Smart House in Tech West, Venetian Expo, booth 51715. Consuming 5,000 sq./ft of show floor space, industry leading Smart Home and IoT member companies will showcase the latest certified Z-Wave … [Read more...]
Thinka launches the world’s first certified HomeKit controller for Z-Wave
Amsterdam, September 7, 2021 - Smart Home technology company Thinka has launched their new Z-Wave Controller Thinka Z-Wave. It is the world's first Apple HomeKit-certified Z-Wave controller and is designed to unlock the more than 3,300 smart Z-Wave products for Apple HomeKit users. By choosing Z-Wave as a protocol, Thinka brings professional home automation to the consumer world. Thinka also supports Amazon and Google Home.. Thinka offers Apple HomeKit users access to more than 3,300 additional productsThinka is specially designed for homeowners who use HomeKit as their home automation … [Read more...]
Z-Wave Alliance Celebrates 20 Years of Z-Wave at CEDIA Expo 2021
August 31, 2021 After a year of unprecedented challenges and industry growth, the Z-Wave Alliance is thrilled to return to CEDIA Expo in the Z-Wave Pavilion, booth #3346. Z-Wave Alliance members Jasco, Qolsys, Yale, and Zooz will come together as we explore the latest Z-Wave-integrated applications and emerging smart home and IoT products. As we celebrate 20 years, we continue to expand our member base while making technical updates, such as Z-Wave Long Range, that strengthen the Z-Wave ecosystem across the residential smart home industry and in related verticals. The Z-Wave Pavilion … [Read more...]
Z-Wave Alliance Hosts Power-Packed Smart Home Industry Influencers Panel at CEDIA Expo 2021
Gathered for the first time on stage, the Z-Wave Alliance hosts experts across the full smart home industry spectrum to openly discuss the future and evolution of the smart home as legacy protocols and ecosystems combine with new initiatives Beaverton, OR – August 11, 2021 – The Z-Wave Alliance, a standards organization dedicated to advancing the smart home, today announces a never-before-executed panel comprised of cross-industry IoT and smart home experts coming together to openly discuss how newly announced initiatives – such as Matter – will work with legacy protocols and established … [Read more...]
Z-Wave: Matter is an opportunity for true interoperability
With the power of Big Tech behind it and Project CHIP morphing into the marketing-friendly Matter, we could be looking at one of the biggest ever shake ups in the smart home world. It might seem, looking from the outside at least, that Z-Wave could be a casualty of this shake up. Z-Wave is not a communications protocol the new initiative is making use of and, let us not forget, Matter is an initiative essentially run by Z-Wave’s long term rival Zigbee, under its new guise of the Connectivity Standards Alliance. Guide: Z-Wave all you need to knowExplainer: What is Matter for … [Read more...]
Z-Wave Alliance Announces Vivint Smart Home as Latest Principal Member
Beaverton, OR – February 3, 2021, 11:00 AM ET – The Z-Wave Alliance, a standards organization dedicated to developing and advancing the popular Z-Wave® wireless smart home protocol, today announces that Vivint Smart Home, Inc. (NYSE:VVNT), a leading smart home company and long-time adopter of Z-Wave, has joined the Z-Wave Alliance as its newest Principal Member, which also includes a seat on the organization’s Board of Directors. In 2020, the Z-Wave Alliance transitioned to a non-profit standards development organization and has been actively recruiting leaders in smart home and IoT to join … [Read more...]
Z-Wave Certification Updates: CTTv3 and Certification Cost
The Z-Wave Alliance is excited to share updates to Z-Wave certification, including the launch of the new CTTv3, reduced Z-Wave end device certification fees and the latest Z-Wave specification 2020B. Members are invited to join and participate in the Product Certification Working Group (PCWG), helping to drive the certification program. See below for details of each of these new developments. Next generation Z-Wave Compliance Test Tool Now Available The new Z-Wave Compliance Test Tool version 3 (CTTv3) automates test cases for the Z-Wave Plus v2 certification program. Not … [Read more...]
Now-Available Z-Wave Long Range Enables Several Miles Range with Thousands of Nodes
Alliance members may now develop Long Range products for the Z-Wave ecosystem Beaverton, OR – December 17, 2020, 9:00 AM ET – The Z-Wave Alliance, today announces the Z-Wave Long Range (Z-Wave LR) specification is available for product development. Z-Wave LR connectivity enables new IoT applications beyond the home, without any need for repeaters, ensuring easy install and low cost. With a network size of up to 4000 nodes, Z-Wave LR provides the scalability needed in MDU & hospitality deployments. Z-Wave LR also reduces ongoing maintenance costs with up to 10 years of life on a … [Read more...]