How can I change the zwave frequency EU to US

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I have several devices from EU and US. I need to control these devices with european vera lite. It does not matter using them at the same time/simultaneously. And I don’t care the legal issues, because home automation is my final project and I need to control these devices in any case.

:cry: :frowning:

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[quote=“hakanaydin, post:1, topic:184672”]I have several devices from EU and US. I need to control these devices with european vera lite. It does not matter using them at the same time/simultaneously. And I don’t care the legal issues, because home automation is my final project and I need to control these devices in any case.

:cry: :([/quote]

If I had to guess, the easiest, least expensive solution would be to get your hands on a US/NA Vera and run them bridged. I’ve considered that as there are some interesting ZWave devices for the EU-frequency market that are not currently available in the NA-frequency market.

I’m guessing but I suspect changing individual devices would be expensive, difficult or both.

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You’ll need two different Vera’s one EU frequency and one US frequency to control the devices. One Vera unit will not be able to control both.

  • Garrett
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[quote=“clippermiami, post:2, topic:184672”][quote=“hakanaydin, post:1, topic:184672”]I have several devices from EU and US. I need to control these devices with european vera lite. It does not matter using them at the same time/simultaneously. And I don’t care the legal issues, because home automation is my final project and I need to control these devices in any case.

:cry: :([/quote]

If I had to guess, the easiest, least expensive solution would be to get your hands on a US/NA Vera and run them bridged. I’ve considered that as there are some interesting ZWave devices for the EU-frequency market that are not currently available in the NA-frequency market.

I’m guessing but I suspect changing individual devices would be expensive, difficult or both.[/quote]

[quote=“garrettwp, post:3, topic:184672”]You’ll need two different Vera’s one EU frequency and one US frequency to control the devices. One Vera unit will not be able to control both.

  • Garrett[/quote]

Does ‘US zwave usb dongle’ solve my problem?

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If the controller supports it possibly. But it won’t work in Vera that way

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OK then, does Vera Lite support this feature?

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[quote=“hakanaydin, post:4, topic:184672”]Does ‘US zwave usb dongle’ solve my problem?[/quote]No. A U.S. Z-Wave dongle on a EU Vera will make it U.S. frequency, but the EU dongle will be inaccessible from Vera, so it will be U.S. only or E.U only.

As @garrettwp stated previously, one Vera cannot do both frequencies(two Z-Wave dongles) at the same time. To do both Z-Wave frequencies, you will need two Veras and two Z-Wave networks.