The Tricklestar USB Adapter connects a PC to a Z-Wave network using the USB interface. The unit conveys the USB signals to a serial interface and does therefore need a device driver for this conversion function.  The operating system and the Z-Wave capable home automation software recognise the device as virtual serial interface. PC software communicates with the device via this serial port using the 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:
• Windows XP, Vista, 98
• Linux: Red Hat
• Mac OS 10.1, 10.5
• Z-Wave type: static controller
• Distance: up to 50 m
• Display: LED
• Interface: USB
• Local operations: -
• Power supply: via USB interface 

Manufacturers Installation Manual for TRI_USB (english)
Manufacturers Data Sheet for TRI_USB (english)