PAU01 Z-Wave Dongle Philio Z-Wave Utility Manual Version: 2.
Table of Contents 1.Copyright and Confidential.......................................................................1 2.Disclaimer...............................................................................................1 3.Abbreviations..........................................................................................1 4.Introduction............................................................................................2 5.Installation.......................................................
PHILIO Z-Wave Utility Manual 1. Copyright and Confidential The information contained in this document or diagram is confidential and proprietary to Philio Technology Corporation This information may not be distributed or used for any purpose other than the evaluation of Philio’s solutions, nor may it be disclosed to any party without the prior written consent from Philio. All Rights Reserved. 2.
PHILIO Z-Wave Utility Manual 4. Introduction The “Philio Z-Wave Utility” application is a tool for Philio RD testing, and also suitable for product line testing in factory. The purpose of this manual is to help user familiar the functionality of the application, and operate the user interface. This tool is for Z-Wave product, some concept of the Z-Wave network, or the specification of the Z-Wave command, please refer to the Z-Wave SDK first.
PHILIO Z-Wave Utility Manual 5. Installation 5.1. Install Dongle Driver The dongle need the PC driver. Please extract the “ZW040x_USB_VCP_PC_Driver.zip”. There is a uzb.inf file. Insert the dongle to the PC, in the first time, the PC will issue the driver can't found. You can observe the Control Panel → System and Security → System → Hardware → Device Manager Click the “Device Manager”. Right Click the “Unknown device”. And select “Update Driver Software...
PHILIO Z-Wave Utility Manual Click “Browse my computer for driver software”.
PHILIO Z-Wave Utility Manual Fill the driver file location. And click “Next”.
PHILIO Z-Wave Utility Manual Select “Install this driver software anyway”. Wait a while.
PHILIO Z-Wave Utility Manual Install OK.
PHILIO Z-Wave Utility Manual 5.2. Install Application Extract the “PhilioZWaveUtil.7z” to the folder whatever you want, but please don’t install on the remote disk, it may cause some error. Insert the dongle into the PC USB socket. And then execute the “PhilioZWaveUtil.exe” to start the application. Note: This tool is designed by .Net Framework, you need to install .Net Framework 4.0 before running the application. You can easily use the “Windows Update” to install that. Windows 7 already install .
PHILIO Z-Wave Utility Manual Figure 2 Reading the information of the controller After finish, it will show the basic information of the dongle. Home ID: The home ID of the controller. Node ID: The node ID of the controller. If the controller is secondary controller, this value may not be 1.
PHILIO Z-Wave Utility Manual Figure 3 Display the basic information of the controller 7. Binding This function tab is for user to maintain the Z-Wave network, include or remove a device from the network, or add dongle to the other network. 1 2 3 4 5 Figure 4 Binding page The binding page has 5 parts: 1. Controller Info: The information of the controller.
PHILIO Z-Wave Utility Manual 2. 3. 4. 5. Main Function: Include or exclude the device from the network, and also can add the dongle to the other network. Controller Function: User can abort the operation, reload or reset the information of the controller. Device List: Display the device information of the controller. Message: Display the operation result or the status. 7.1. Include Device Add a Z-Wave device to the Z-Wave network, the controller should include it.
PHILIO Z-Wave Utility Manual Now press the learning key on the device, usually the Z-Wave devices made from Philio, press the learning key three times the device will into the learn mode. If the controller got that message, the UI will show a progress bar, the dongle will query some information from the device. Figure 6 Query the information from the device After all done, the all buttons of the main function part will recover, and in the device list part will add a new device record.
PHILIO Z-Wave Utility Manual 7.2. Exclude Device Remove the Z-Wave device from the Z-Wave network, the controller should exclude it. To execute the exclusion operation, please press the “Exclude” button. The all buttons of the main function part will be disabled. And the controller will into to the exclusion mode. If you want to abort the exclude operation, please press the “Abort” button in the controller function part.
PHILIO Z-Wave Utility Manual Figure 9 Exclude a device 8. Report Form The “Report Form” will show up, when the dongle receive the report from the other devices. For instance, you send a “Basic Get” command to the device, if the device response the “Basic Report” to the dongle, that report will be show up in the “Report Form”.
PHILIO Z-Wave Utility Manual 1 2 3 4 Figure 10 Report Form There are 4 parts in the “Report Form”. 1. History Report: It is a drop down list box, It will display a list to record the report commands, those were received by the dongle. And you can click the old report in the list; it will show the content of that report. 2. Report Name and Time: This part will display the report is belong to which Z-Wave command class. And the time of receive the report.
PHILIO Z-Wave Utility Manual 9. Z-Wave Command Function You can send out the Z-Wave command by this function. 2 1 3 5 4 Figure 11 Function page There are 5 parts in this page: 1. Device List: Display the node of the controller. 2. Basic Control: Quick to send out the basic set command, On or Off. 3. Support Commands: List the supported commands of the device that you selected in the device list. 4. Special Commands: Some commands always can send, no mater the device is supported or not. 5.
PHILIO Z-Wave Utility Manual 9.1. How to Send Command First select the device that you want to send the command to it. Note: The NID: 255 is for broadcast. Figure 12 Select the device Select the command that you want to send. Figure 13 Select the command Before you send out the command, you must make sure the Z-Wave device is in sleep mode or not. If the device is sleeping, it won’t receive any command. Usually you can press some button to wake up the device.
PHILIO Z-Wave Utility Manual send button, the command will send to the device instantly, otherwise, please don't check it. And after you click the send button, the application will put the command into the queue, wait the device to wake up, or got the node information from that device. When it happen, the application will send out the command, those in the queue. Another option is “Enable Route”, if this option be checked, the command will be sending by the route table path.
PHILIO Z-Wave Utility Manual Figure 15 Select the command type At the end, click the send button to send out the command. Some command types will response the report. So the “Report Form” will pop up. please refer to the “8 Report Form”. 10. Consistent Test This page is for test the RF command is send to the device correctly. Figure 16 Consistent Test Page You can do some settings by press the “settings” button.
PHILIO Z-Wave Utility Manual Figure 17 Consistent Setting You can choose send the NOP command or the basic command. The interval field is for setting the interval time between each command. The repeat field is for setting how many commands will be sent. Figure 18 Using the basic command If you choose the basic command, you also can choose the basic value. On: 255 Max: 99 Off: 0 Click the “start” button to start the testing. There are two way to trigger the consistent test.
PHILIO Z-Wave Utility Manual consistently to send the command to the device. And also calculate the count of the sent command and the response acknowledge. Figure 19 Start testing 11. Specification Power by DC 5V. Signal (Frequency): 868.40 MHz, 869.85 MHz(EU), 908.40 MHz, 916.00 MHz(US), 922~927 MHz(JP/TW), 921.40 MHz, 919.80 MHz(ANZ), 869.00 MHz(RU), 865.20 MHz(IN), 916.00 MHz(IL), Range: Minimum 30 meters indoor, 70 meters outdoor line of sight. Operating Temperature: -10oC ~ 40oC For indoor use only.
PHILIO Z-Wave Utility Manual FCC ID: RHHPAU01 Disposal This marking indicates that this product should not be disposed with other household wastes throughout the EU. To prevent possible harm to the environment or human health from uncontrolled waste disposal, recycle it responsibly to promote the sustainable reuse of material resources. To return your used device, please use the return and collection systems or contact the retailer where the product was purchased.
PHILIO Z-Wave Utility Manual This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.
