The Z-Wave Alliance, the standards development organization dedicated to advancing the smart home and Z-Wave technology, has released its third-annual Z-Wave State of the Ecosystem Report. The newly available report – fielded in cooperation with Interpret – leverages a mix of syndicated data to provide a baseline of the overall...
In my last article I looked at the various protocols used for communications by smart home devices. At the end of the article I touched upon the new Matter protocol (formerly Connected Home over IP - CHIP).
To review:
The Matter protocol is being backed by a wide range of companies including Amazon, Apple, Google, and Samsung...
Wikipedia defines a communications protocol as “a system of rules that allows two or more entities of a communications system to transmit information via any variation of a physical quantity. The protocol defines the rules, syntax, semantics, and synchronization of communication and possible error recovery methods.”
When I first...
URC Lighting is a fresh start for a company that has been in the lighting control category for more than a decade. The company has completely overhauled its home and commercial lighting solutions around the Z-Wave protocol in an effort to better serve its dealers and their clients going forward.
“URC has been in the lighting...
Installing smart blinds, shades, and drapes isn’t usually the first choice for people starting to create a smart home, despite the numerous benefits to installing smart window coverings.
In this article, I will be reviewing Graber’s cellular shades, solar shades, pleated shades, roller shades, natural shades and roman shades with...
Smart home technology interest is on the rise, but there are still a lot of misconceptions that can be easily dispelled.
According to a recent report from the NPD Group, 50 percent of U.S. consumers now own at least one smart home device. That’s a 35-percent jump from just one year ago, proving the demand for smart home products is...
If you own a Z-Wave equipped smart home, there’s something cool on the horizon. The company announced last week that the company has opened its Long Range spec to developers for product creation.
Z-Wave is a wireless technology that will not interfere with your Wi-Fi signal and operates on low power. When the technology is utilized...
In light of social distancing and travel restrictions, the Z-Wave Alliance announces a new webinar series hosted by its members to offer education, training, and insight around hot topics in Z-Wave and the larger smart home and IoT ecosystem.
The Z-Wave Pavilion features new products, demonstrations from emerging brands and opportunities for integrators looking to deploy Z-Wave in their projects
