Z-Wave med stærkt CeBIT-momentum

Z-Wave Alliance partnere demonstrede ny løsninger baseret på den trådløse kommunikationsstandard (in english).

The open  manufacturing consortium Z-Wave Alliance (www.z-wavealliance.org) can reflect positively on CeBIT 2012. In their presentations Alliance members Fibaro, Eminent, NorthQ (together with the Danish electricity provider Dong Energy), Greenwave Reality, Cuculus, Zoneoff and Z-Wave.me demonstrated current trends, developments, home control products and solutions.

Furthermore, the network specialist ZyXEL presented its new home automation solution, 'Home Smart Home'. In addition, the application opportunities that Z-Wave offers were topics in CeBIT’s specialist forum Smart Home. In a lecture during this forum, Mark Walters, Chairman of Z-Wave Alliance, gave an introduction to the subject 'Home Automation with Z-Wave'.

At CeBIT 2012 Z-Wave had a string of good news to report, including the announcement of the 600th certified Z-Wave device. Of particular importance to visitors was the Z-Wave principle that all certified Z-Wave products must be interoperable. This allows customers to be sure that all devices can communicate with each other, regardless of the manufacturer that developed them or the year that they were produced.

In this way, customers are not dependent on one individual manufacturer, giving them the freedom to combine at will the Z-Wave solutions on the market that are most appropriate for them. A Z-Wave network can thus be constructed with products from different technical areas. Amongst other products presented by the Alliance at CeBIT were IP Gateways, through which Z-Wave equipment is connected to the Internet, and the new cloud solution, Z-Cloud, with which the individual Smart Home can even be remotely managed online.

'Home Smart Home'

Even the new, OSGi platform-based 'Home Smart Home' solution by network specialist ZyXEL works with Z-Wave. This allows the user to control heating, ventilation, air conditioning, etc., using their PC, tablet PC or Smartphone. Additionally, 'Home Smart Home' makes it possible to design entire home automation scenarios H[pospossible according to the user’s requirements.

- As one of the first network solution providers we’ve succeeded in bringing a Z-Wave based home automation solution onto the market. With Z-Wave we have the benefit of a recognised home automation standard, which can be used flexibly and is simple and straightforward in its operation, explains Claus Uellendall, Director of the Technical Competence Center Europe at ZyXEL.

- House and apartment owners are increasingly seeking solutions that simplify the control of electronic devices at home and that are, above all, more efficiently designed. With the development of the ‘Home Smart Home’ and as a member of the Z-Wave Alliance, we are doing our part to achieve this.

Mark Walters, Chairman of Z-Wave Alliance, adds:
- The high market potential and value that Z-Wave offers telecommunication companies, service providers, smart energy and AAL suppliers, for instance, are significant factors in the high momentum of Z-Wave in these areas. The continuously growing number of Z-Wave devices also testifies to the fact that comfortable and, above all, energy-saving control of appliances within the home network is increasingly arousing consumer interest. The certification of the 600th product and cooperation with recognised manufacturers, such as ZyXEL, Verizon, Danfoss, Dong Energy etc. are additional milestones in the Z-Wave success story.

Certified products can be recognised by the Z-Wave logo on the packaging.