Hi folks,
I'm appealing to anyone with ZWave experience and HomeGenie. I chose HomeGenie because the interface looked very nice and the Aeon ZWave stick I have suggested it. Supposedly my ZWave stick works with HomeGenie. And, to some degree I can agree.
What's puzzling me is the lack of information to set up ZWave and the various Z devices. This is not unusual to home automation. I've been tossing around home automation for years and always avoided it because of this very problem - lack of documentation - lack of things "just working" - and a somewhat closed feeling to the whole category.
I'm a coder and sysadmin - so this stuff should be easy. But there seems to be a lack of documentation and huge requirement of searching the Internet for solutions. 20 years ago I had that sort of time on my hands. Today - not so much.
So, rather than continue ranting ... here's the dilemma.
I'm using Win7 and the Aeon ZWave Gen 5 stick. The Aeon driver is installed and COM3 is the chosen port. HomeGenie sees this port and does give me some diagnostic info. Paired with the stick is a MultiSensor. It was paired according to ZWave's instructions.
I'm unable to see the MultiSensor in HomeGenie.
I don't see any app in HomeGenie related to the Multisensor.
I can't find any helpful instructions on ZWave and HomeGenie.
What I'd like to do is draft documentation for future users of HomeGenie specific to ZWave.
Yes, I'm volunteering to write a manual. Why? Because that's how you can get more people to use your product. Make it pretty, easy to use, and supported by a suitable knowledgebase for reference.
So, I'm appealing to any HomeGenie users with ZWave. HELP!
HELP!
Thanks in advance,
Jason