[quote=“jcsv75, post:152, topic:187412”]I have a raspberry pi with an open z-wave card called Razberry. This is an internal card, not USB. (http://razberry.z-wave.me/).
Do you think this will work with Openluup? I am ready to give it a try but would like know how likely this will work before potentially waisting hours of time on something that will not work anyway.[/quote]
No, out of the box, it won’t work.
I’ve taken a look at USB sticks, and the Razberry, and for the most part they seem to support a fairly low-level serial protocol. There is a Zway library which also supports a higher-level JSON interface, which I think would be the one to use. But it would be a lot of work, which, for the moment, I’m not considering. Also, frankly, this is the bit which tends to go wrong with anyone’s Zwave implementation, so my current approach of using Vera as the ‘stick’ seems not so bad. Vera is well enough behaved if you don’t load it with extra plugins, etc., which is what openLuup is all about.
One more question about the bridge plugin: I currently run 2 vera's in upnp bridge mode. Do I need to remove this bridge mode first before installing the bridge plugin from Openluup/AltUI?Not if you're happy with it (I never was, or at least not for long.) You could simply bridge openLuup to your primary machine and it should see all the devices. However, performance is likely to be better using openLuup's VeraBridge. Having said that, I do know that 'unbridging' Veras is not totally trivial, so for a start I wouldn't try that yet.
Finally, for an easy installation of Openluup on the rpi, would it be possible to create an SD card image with all necessary files?Yes, this is a really good point which I've been considering. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to include the basic Zwave device files which come with Vera. Also, I must ask @amg0 if I can bundle ALTUI into a distribution like that. I am currently implementing the auto-update functionality for ALTUI so that you could easily keep it up to date (a necessary thing with the rate at which @amg0 develops code!)