TZ40 Zwave Thermostat Support

[sweezy]

Does mControl have the ability to use the TZ40 ZWave Thermostat? Reading the mControl manual tells me it supports the TZ16, but no where is there mention of the TZ40. I think that that TZ16 is fugly, and there is little chance my wife will allow me to replace our relatively ok looking thermostat with the TZ16, but she likes the look and feel of the TZ40.

[jagowar]

dont know about that one specifically but i was in your same boat about the tz40 not being what i wanted.

According to the support people here this one works with mcontrol (it might be another option for you). http://www.smarthomeusa.com/Shop/Climate/Item/ZTT000/

[sweezy]

Certainly will be running that one by the wife (thanks for the suggestion jagowar), but still insterested to see if TZ40 is supported by mControl. Anyone from the support staff able to chime in here whenever they get a chance?

Thanks in advance,

Greg

[jolagues]

I spoke with the people at RCS a couple of months back and all commands are the same so it should not matter. I wound up going with the ACT thermostat for cost reasons.

[katrash]

We haven’t seen a TZ40 yet, but it should be identical to the TZ16. mControl should work great with any Z-Wave Complaint device (including thermostats), regardless. If it has the Z-Wave logo on it, you should be good to go.

Regarding the ZTT000, it works as well. If you add your USB controller into its group 1, you’ll even get status updates when certain buttons on pressed on it (mode and fan mode, I believe)

[sweezy]

Ordered the TZ40 today, and I'm gonna test it with mControl. I imagine it will work just fine, but I'll post my findings once I receive it and install it.

[jolagues]

I use the ztt000 and it works great but I was not aware of the added updates by adding the usb adapter to group1 how do you go about doing this?

Also does anyone know of a way to disable the audible feedback when buttons are pressed or when it receives changes from mcontrol. It is a litle anoying when the scheduled temp changes takes affect at 5am.

[ichiphead]

I've been running a RCS TZ40 (Z-Wave) since the 23rd of Dec., '06... Runs fine, except one little glitch I haven't figured out. The temperature always reads 78 degrees in mControl. Checked the server log, and it's logging 78 degrees there, too. So it's not just an issue with the webpage refreshing, the internals seem to think the thermostat is transmitting 78 degrees. *shrug* ..Not sure who to blame! I can, however control the thermostat through mControl. I can set the temperature settings, the mode, and the fan, and then verify the settings by looking on the thermostat itself. If anyone from support wants to log into my PC with remote desktop and have a look, I'll set up a username and password.

[katrash]

Please, zip and email your latest log file (located in "%programfiles%embedded automation\mControl\logs") to support and we will look into this issue. But wait ... to help us further diagnose this, we would like you to increase the debug level of you z-wave adapter by changing the related entry in the mServer.exe.xml file (as shown below). Change this value from 5 to 9 and restart the service then do some changes to the settings and send us the latest log file after that.

Changes to xml file:

<adapter base="ZWCTRL" load="Y" ...>
    ...
    <aparam name="DebugLevel" value="9" />
    ...
</adapter>

[ichiphead]

Okay, I sent the complete log to support@embeddedautomation.com .. but here's a condensed version:

005176 [2007-02-06 14:55:15.110] I - mServer version 1.70.0.2 started in service mode and is ready.
005176 [2007-02-06 14:55:15.110] I - Initializing drivers ...
005176 [2007-02-06 14:55:15.157] I - Adapter Driver: ZWCTRL, Version: 1.3.0 is loaded and initializing (debug level=9)
002624 [2007-02-06 14:55:16.720] D - ZWAVE event: DeviceAdded, NodeID=1, Type=PcController
002624 [2007-02-06 14:55:16.767] D - ZWAVE event: DeviceAdded, NodeID=2, Type=GeneralThermostat
002624 [2007-02-06 14:55:17.267] D0- ZWave Device: NodeID=2, Type=GeneralThermostat, 
002624 [2007-02-06 14:55:17.267] D1-   Supported System Modes: Off, Heat, Cool, Auto, AuxiliaryOrEmergencyHeat, 
002624 [2007-02-06 14:55:17.267] D2-   Supported Fan Modes: AutoLow, OnLow, 
002624 [2007-02-06 14:55:17.267] D3- 	Supported Setpoints: Heating1, Cooling1, 
002624 [2007-02-06 14:55:17.267] I - ZWave controller found: NodeID=1, HomeID=8066698, IsPrimary=True, IsStaticUpdate=False
002624 [2007-02-06 14:55:19.345] D - ZWAVE event: NodeID=2, ThermoSysModeChg: Auto
002624 [2007-02-06 14:55:19.345] I - Broadcasted notification: ["ZWAVE:2", "C|??|??|??|??|AUTO|UNKNOWN"]
002624 [2007-02-06 14:55:19.345] D - Device Command Received: SYSMODE AUTO
002624 [2007-02-06 14:55:19.470] D - ZWAVE event: NodeID=2, ThermoFanModeChg: AutoLow
002624 [2007-02-06 14:55:19.470] I - Broadcasted notification: ["ZWAVE:2", "C|??|??|??|??|AUTO|OFF"]
002624 [2007-02-06 14:55:19.470] D - Device Command Received: FANMODE OFF
002624 [2007-02-06 14:55:19.595] D - ZWAVE event: NodeID=2, ThermoSpChg: Heating1 73 F
002624 [2007-02-06 14:55:19.595] I - Broadcasted notification: ["ZWAVE:2", "F|??|73|73|??|AUTO|OFF"]
002624 [2007-02-06 14:55:19.595] D - Device Command Received: SPHEAT 73
002624 [2007-02-06 14:55:19.720] D - ZWAVE event: NodeID=2, ThermoSpChg: Cooling1 77 F
002624 [2007-02-06 14:55:19.720] I - Broadcasted notification: ["ZWAVE:2", "F|??|73|73|77|AUTO|OFF"]
002624 [2007-02-06 14:55:19.720] D - Device Command Received: SPCOOL 77
002624 [2007-02-06 14:55:22.017] D - ZWAVE event: NodeID=2, ThermoOpStateChg: Idle
002624 [2007-02-06 14:55:22.267] D - ZWAVE event: NodeID=2, ThermoFanStateChg: Idle
002624 [2007-02-06 14:55:22.392] D - ZWAVE event: NodeID=2, ThermoTempChg: 78 F
002624 [2007-02-06 14:55:22.392] I - Broadcasted notification: ["ZWAVE:2", "F|78|77|73|77|AUTO|OFF"]
002624 [2007-02-06 14:55:22.392] D - Device Command Received: TEMPVAL 78
002624 [2007-02-06 14:56:20.173] D - ZWAVE event: NodeID=2, ThermoSysModeChg: Auto
002624 [2007-02-06 14:57:22.423] D - ZWAVE event: NodeID=2, ThermoFanModeChg: AutoLow
002624 [2007-02-06 14:59:21.532] D - ZWAVE event: NodeID=2, ThermoOpStateChg: Idle
002624 [2007-02-06 15:00:23.907] D - ZWAVE event: NodeID=2, ThermoFanModeChg: AutoLow
002624 [2007-02-06 15:00:27.470] D - ZWAVE event: NodeID=2, ThermoTempChg: 78 F
006044 [2007-02-06 15:01:22.032] I - mServer Remoting connection created.
006044 [2007-02-06 15:01:22.032] D - Client ping request from machine: (mControl Web Client - 1540) JEFFREY - 192.168.1.100
006044 [2007-02-06 15:01:22.298] D - Creating JavaScript data for the browser.
006044 [2007-02-06 15:01:40.673] I - Automation command [3, "2", "SETALL 73|77|Off|Auto", 4, "ZWCTRL", 1]
002624 [2007-02-06 15:01:40.907] D - ZWAVE event: NodeID=2, ThermoSpChg: Cooling1 77 F
002624 [2007-02-06 15:01:41.126] D - ZWAVE event: NodeID=2, ThermoSysModeChg: Off
002624 [2007-02-06 15:01:41.142] I - Broadcasted notification: ["ZWAVE:2", "F|78|77|73|77|OFF|OFF"]
002624 [2007-02-06 15:01:41.142] D - Device Command Received: SYSMODE OFF
002624 [2007-02-06 15:01:41.626] D - ZWAVE event: NodeID=2, ThermoFanModeChg: AutoLow
006044 [2007-02-06 15:02:08.985] D - Creating JavaScript data for the browser.
002624 [2007-02-06 15:02:20.251] D - ZWAVE event: NodeID=2, ThermoSysModeChg: Auto
002624 [2007-02-06 15:02:20.251] I - Broadcasted notification: ["ZWAVE:2", "F|78|77|73|77|AUTO|OFF"]
002624 [2007-02-06 15:02:20.251] D - Device Command Received: SYSMODE AUTO
006044 [2007-02-06 15:02:24.188] D - Creating JavaScript data for the browser.
002624 [2007-02-06 15:03:23.032] D - ZWAVE event: NodeID=2, ThermoFanModeChg: AutoLow
002624 [2007-02-06 15:03:52.782] D - ZWAVE event: NodeID=2, ThermoFanModeChg: AutoLow