New home, what to use this time, Zwave or ?

[vincenttor]

Hi all,

i am not sure where to fit this topic.
I am asking this for my parents since they are moving.
In there old home they were using a old system that still works with infrared, now they want to switch to something newer but there is so much for sale and possible that its a bit risky to buy something with the risk being not fully compatible.

My dad wants a wireless system in his house, this is also because he "forgot" to add light switches in the house so wireless it is.
I sad since many people use it, you should look into Z-wave supported switches / dimmers etc.

There are so many zwave usb sticks, Zwave / zwave + , RPI 1 /2 /3.

I have read allot of topics, and i would say use a Aeon Z-stick gen5 with domoticz on a rpi.
The first raspberry,i believe the B version i still have laying around somewhere .
Is it wise to use this raspberry or better to use a newer faster version ?

The idea what we have is to use a bunch of qubino 0-10V units to control the lights in the house.
Everything is LED , also located in 1 location and the led dimmers wait for a 0-10v signal to turn on or off.

The wall switches is something i was also wondering how and what is possible.
I mean, is it like the cheap klik aan klik uit switches when you hold the button the lights turn on or dim, short push is on or off and scenes like this ?
Or is this only possible with certain switches that support this ?

My dad likes the ZRC-90 switch since it has 8 buttons.
As far as i have found some topics it only can support on/off but on a sellers website it says it just works in domoticz but not what exactly.

Can someone push us in the right direction, some advice what to do or maybe go a whole different road ?

Thanks for your time.

[ben53252642]

I'd go Z-Wave (Aeon Z-Stick Gen5 USB) with an RPI 3 and Sandisk Extreme Pro MicroSD but it's just my opinion. Ultimately you need to decide what systems you want, there are positives and negatives to each system. Also depending on where in the world you live there are different options available.

In my home I have 5 home automation systems (which Domoticz brings together nicely):

1) Z-Wave
2) Phillips Hue
3) RFXCOM
4) Xiaomi
5) Logitech Harmony Hub

[vincenttor]

totally forgot to aswer,
thanks for the help Ben.

i have chosen for the H801 dimmers(espeasy) and the chinese xioami buttons to controll the lights.
running on a rpi 3 now.
This works fine.