z wave protocol

[jayesh s]

please see the link. there is an open stack. the problem with this is they are not mentioning about the hardware module here.
http://www.openzwave.com/dev/

[Monkeh]

There is no open stack. That is a library for communicating with the closed stack. There is no support for the hardware there and there won't be.

You're not going to use Z-Wave unless you pay for it.

[hermit]

please see the link. there is an open stack. the problem with this is they are not mentioning about the hardware module here.
http://www.openzwave.com/dev/

I suggest you click on the support link at the bottom of that page then and post your questions there.  That is obviously the correct forum for what you are looking to do then as no one here is giving you the answers you want.

[janoc]

I think all of this rush to believe every single person on Earth needs to be able to code is ludicrous, but I'm sure it is fueling the educational glut.  Of course it is being fueled by companies seeking to drive down their coding costs too.

There is "code" and "code".

You can churn out trained monkeys that will be able to use a few javascript frameworks and cobble some mess together quickly. But that's a monkey, not a software engineer - for that one needs to know quite a bit more (design, complexity theory, bits of computability theory, good foundations in math & logic, etc.)

Granted, I am biased, because I have specifically the "old school" software background and degree in it. On the other hand, as with everyting, you get what you pay for 

BTW, the idea behind the push to teach "coding" in schools is not completely wrong or misguided. Not everyone will (nor needs to) be a programmer. However, the basics of abstract thinking, problem modelling and math that this teaches (well, depending on curiculum, of course) are useful to anyone wanting to do a white collar job today, heck even blue collar one - ever heard of CNC machines?

Even if it means only being more efficient with Excel because you know how that you can automate certain tasks in it by writing a few macros. Or even less than that - just understanding that the machine is not just a magic black box spitting out answers that nobody is supposed to question is important and a lot of people has no clue about this. Especially today, when computer algorithms are used even for things like determining for how long should a judge jail you based on how likely it is that you will re-offend or mundane things like whether you will get a mortgage or not.

Anyway, this is off-topic here. I have only made the comment to point out the stereotyping that it is the Indian coders that are incompetent - as if "westerners" were any better.

[hermit]

Anyway, this is off-topic here. I have only made the comment to point out the stereotyping that it is the Indian coders that are incompetent - as if "westerners" were any better.

Understood.  I was one of those old xxxxx going back to school on the company dime.  I had enough experience to gauge the quality (or lack of) instruction being offered in the classes I took.

On the other side the classes in EET I took were very good.  The department head lamented that engineers used to go out and start companies, now they were expected to train them to go out and "get jobs".    Like I said though, the coders could get jobs.  They couldn't keep them but the university only tracks placement percentages and they had an excellent track record in that regard.  One guy that started in the EET courses the same time I did switched because the classes were "so much easier" in the computer department. 

[tszaboo]

oh, and z-wave is not french ( i don;t know where you got that ...) it comes from the scandinavian countries. denmark i believe )

I totally confused myself with Z-Wave and Sigfox.
Too many damn competing RF standards.