Ok, I have blogged about Z-wave a wee bit, but I haven’t actually posted any pics. I recently received some more Z-wave gear (in exchange for a Z-wave universal remote I sent back as it wouldn’t bloody pair with the USB Stick), the gear I received was 2 x In-Wall Appliances and 1 x Minimote.  It took a while to get the minimote to pair with the USB stick, but once I figured it out I can now use the minimote as an inclusion device.  This means that I can walk around to newly installed Z-Wave gear push the pair button on the device and the inclusion button on the remote and it will send all pairing information to the USB Stick, which LinuxMCE will then pick up and start off the wizard… It’s just that easy…

So no I have my minimote configured to add devices and to control certain lighting scenes in my house, at this stage it only handles the Kitchen light on one scene and the dining and lounge on another.  I am thinking that a few more minimotes might be worth while for different parts of the house and for different scenes, but we shall see…

The 2 x In-Wall appliance modules are to replace my Dimming modules as they seem to not work to well with the LED downlights have.  I believe this is due to the lead/trailing edge dimming. Search wikipedia if you want to know more about how dimming works. 😛

Here are some poor iphone quality photos!