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3.6.2 Static ID Server (SIS) ....................................................................... 52 3.7 Networks with portable slaves .............................................................. 54 3.8 Inclusion and Exclusion in practise ...................................................... 57 3.8.1 Inclusion and Exclusion of Slaves .................................................. 57 3.8.2 Inclusion of Controllers ..................................................................... 60 3.8.3 Inclusion of battery operated devices ........................................... 62 4 Application Layer ................................................................... 63 4.1 Types of Z-­‐Wave Devices ........................................................................ 63 4.1.1 Command Classes ............................................................................. 65 4.1.2 The command class „Basic“ ............................................................. 66 4.1.3 Device Classes ................................................................................... 67 4.2 Configuration ........................................................................................... 73 4.3 Battery operated devices ........................................................................ 74 4.3.1 Typical Failure during Inclusion into a Network .......................... 77 4.3.2 Maximization of battery life time .................................................... 79 4.4 Groups, Scenes and Associations ........................................................... 82 4.4.1 Associations ........................................................................................ 82 4.4.2 Groups .................................................................................................. 88 4.4.3 Scenes .................................................................................................. 88 4.4.4 Comparison of groups, scenes and associations ........................ 88 4.5 Usage of IP-­‐Gateways .............................................................................. 90 4.5.1 Display of Switching Status Information ....................................... 92 4.5.2 Using controllers to switch scenes ................................................. 94 4.5.3 Configuration of Devices by the gateway ..................................... 99 5 Z-­‐Wave Practice .................................................................... 100 5.1 General approach to setup a Z-­‐Wave Network – „A Quick Start Guide“
........................................................................................................................ 100 5.2 Selection of Devices .............................................................................. 101 5.2.1 Controller .......................................................................................... 101 5.2.2 Slaves ................................................................................................ 101 5.3 General recommendation for installation of Z-­‐Wave networks ....... 102 5.4 Typical difficulties using Z-­‐Wave ........................................................ 104 5.4.1 Lack of knowledge .......................................................................... 104 5.4.2 Unclear and confusing language ................................................. 104 5.4.3 Different usage of similar devices ............................................... 104