This page contains past news items pertaining to Z-Wave Certification. News items are listed chronologically. Please contact Z-Wave Administration with any questions.
2021.04.01
Z-Wave Long Range is now available for certification- From April 1, 2021 OEMs may submit for a Long Range Pre-Certification based upon Specification version 2021A. This means OEMs can certify a device, obtain a certification number and the right to market, and sell it as Z-Wave Long Range compliant. The Z-Wave Alliance is not accountable for the outcome of the IPR Review Period so Long Range Pre Certification is at the risk of the OEM. If there are no comments to the IPR Review Period, Pre-Certified devices will automatically be added to the Z-Wave Product Catalog once the IPR Review Period has finished. If comments are received during the IPR Review Period, these will be addressed by the Z-Wave Alliance and updates will be made available for re-certification. The IPR Review Period is expected to finish before August 1, 2021
- Z-Wave Long Range certification is a subset of 6 manual test cases for 700 series US devices. It comes with a new badge logo that must be used if the device is Z-Wave Long Range certified https://sdomembers.z-wavealliance.org/wg/Members/document/folder/54
- 2021 Draft Specifications can be found on the Application Working Group site on: https://sdomembers.z-wavealliance.org/wg/AWG/document/
2021.03.29
Z-Wave LibS2 tests implemented into the Certification Portal and the Compliance Test Tool (CTT)- LibS2 is a subset of additional S2 tests required for devices that are not based upon Z/IP Gateway. Up until now this was a separate individual test conducted by Silicon Labs and lately by Pepper One. LibS2 is now implemented in the Certification Portal and the CTT which means OEM can run the tests during self-certification, like any other Z-Wave Requirement
Specification version 2020C in force for new certifications
- As of March 29, 2021 2021 Specification version 2020C is the in-force for new certifications.
- Specification version 2020B will remain certifiable for cases already in the Portal, until September 30, 2021
- The 2020C release of the specifications may be found here