How To Use Geofencing In Automations on Z-Box Hub
Geofencing works like setting up a virtual boundary around a real place using GPS or RFID technology. Picture it as establishing an invisible boundary encircling your residence. Each time an individual or object traverses this boundary, it initiates a pre-defined action or alerts you accordingly. In the realm of digi…
How To Simulate Sunrise With Your Smart Lights on Z-Box
If you'd like your Z-Wave dimmer or connected smart bulb turn on gradually, slowly increasing brightness over a given amount of time, you can create a custom scene in your Z-Box using the lua scene editor. We explain the steps below. Remember that this type of advanced programming is for expert users only, apply at …
How to Integrate your Z-Box Hub with Home Assistant
The Z-Box integration for Home Assistant lets you bring your Z-Box–connected Z-Wave devices into the Home Assistant interface for even greater flexibility and control. With this integration, your Z-Wave devices remain managed and programmed through the Z-Box web UI, but you can link them in Home Assistant to create p…
How To Set Up Direct Association Between Z-Wave Devices on Z-Box
Direct Association, which involves linking devices, enables the direct exchange of control commands among Z-Wave network devices. In this type of communication, the main hub plays no role. This mechanism allows devices to communicate with each other, even in scenarios where the hub is inactive or compromised, such as…
How to Create a Scene Using Enumerated Variables on Your Z-Box Hub
The variables panel can allow you to create more advanced home automations and scenes. It enables you to add, change, and check the status of global variables that can be used in your scenes. The greatest benefit of the variable is that if you want to reuse complex trigger conditions across multiple scenes, you defin…
How To Manage the Climate Panel And Thermostat Schedules On Your Z-Box Hub
Temperature schedules allow for automatic control of heating and cooling for each area of the house. This is a great way to save energy, bring the utility bill down, and increase the air quality in the spaces we spend most of our time in. Before you can create a schedule for your thermostat on the Z-Box Hub, you w…
How To Add Users To Remote Access On Your Z-Box Hub
As the account owner, you decide who gets access to your smart home system for both local and remote access. Here are the instructions for adding another user to your remote access account. Multiple steps are involved in the process to protect your privacy and keep the system secure. Make sure that you have already c…
How To Edit Devices In Your Z-Box Hub
You can rename a device and add it to a room right at the inclusion process. But you can also edit and organize your devices easily in the Z-Box Hub WEB UI. HOW TO ACCESS THE ADVANCED VIEW OF YOUR DEVICES IN THE Z-BOX HUB: 1. From the sidebar navigation menu of the Z-Box web interface, go to Settings by clicking …
Z-Box Z-Wave Settings Overview
A properly configured Z-Wave network is essential for ensuring the dependable operation of your smart home. If you ever encounter issues with your Z-Wave network, you might be able to use some of the below options to help with troubleshooting the issues. It is strongly recommended that any changes in this section be…
How To Add Action Delays For Scenes In Your Z-Box Hub
Here is how you can create scenes to trigger a delayed action in the block scene building tool. You can use any trigger to create your scene. For the below example we will use device base triggers and conditions: * Single - trigger, condition, or action * Group - action Triggers will activate the scenes or it wil…
