The ACT serial adapter connects a PC to a Z-Wave network using the RS-232 interface.  It can therefore be used in virtually every operating system, which supports serial interfaces.  PC software communicates with the device via this serial port using a serial API-protocol of Z-Wave, which is described in the document “Z-Wave Application Programmers Guide, INS10247”. This standard protocol of Z-Wave is used by many home automation software solutions such as

• IP Symcon
• Homeseer
• Embedded Automation
• 4HomeMedia
• ControlThink.

All software solutions using the Zen-Sys standard library zwave.dll for Microsoft Windows are compatible with this adapter.
Attention: Although all Z-Wave capable software solutions work with the serial API for Z-Wave and can work with this PC-adapter, some software packages may require a certain PC-adapter for licensing reasons. The use of this PC-adapter may fail in this case.
 
Technical Data:

• Wireless behaviour: transmitter and receiver depending on software solution
• OS -Support: all kind of operating systems
• Z-Wave-Type: static controller
• Distance: up to 50 m
• Display: LED
• Interface: serial RS 232
• Local operations: -
• Power supply: via external power supply (included in scope of delivery)
  

Manufacturers Data Sheet for ACT_ZCS201 (english)