User Guide Part 7

Installation of the We.R™ System
We.R
™
System User Guide
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All Z-Wave-certified products “speak the same language” to provide true Z-Wave
®
interoperability.
A given device must be added to the Z-Wave
®
network before it can be controlled via Z-
Wave
®
controller. This process (also known as “pairing” see Appendix G on page 299) is
usually achieved by pressing a button on the device, an operation which must be performed
once, after which the device will always be recognized by the controller.
Devices can also be removed from the Z-Wave
®
network through a similar process of button
strokes.
3.14.2. Essence Z-Wave
®
Controller
Unlike all other We.R
™
peripheral devices, the We.R
™
Z-Wave
®
Controller is classified as a
controller (just like the system’s Central Control Unit) and not as a peripheral device.
The Z-Wave
®
Controller is the We.R
™
system interface to Z-Wave
®
approved Smart Home
devices allowing control of such devices via the We.R
™
system thus expanding the We.R
™
system’s capabilities and devices’ portfolio beyond Essence ECOP RF protocol capabilities.
The dongle connects to the We.R
™
Central Control Unit (CCU) as an add-on.
Figure 149: The Essence Z-Wave
®
Controller Dongle
The Z-Wave
®
Controller incorporates two connecting points:
 A cable with a mini-USB
™
type connector which connects to the We.R
™
Central
Control Unit’s mini-USB
™
back-panel socket, and
 A mini-USB
™
socket, on its other end, for the Central Control Unit’s power adaptor
connector.