The following are requirements for running the Z/IP Gateway-based stack.

Ethernet Connectivity

• Access to the raw ethernet frames
• Linux TAP/TUN driver to achieve the raw ethernet connectivity
• Z-Wave serial API dongle connected to a host serial or USB port to reach the Z-Wave network

Runtime Requirements

• Linux environment
• Debian packages: libusb, libssl, radvd, parprouted, bridge-utils, libjson.
• Bridge Controller (Static Controller in the Serial based stack)

Getting the Z/IP Gateway

To download the Z/IP Gateway application sources or precompiled binaries, please refer to the Silabs portal. Currently Silbas provides different SDKs, including the Z-Wave one, within their development framework - Simplicity Studio.

Bosch IoT Gateway Software 10.0.0 is tested over Z/IP Gateway version 7.13.01 and is not fully compatible with previous releases.

Troubleshooting

Make sure the daemon is up and running on your system:

$ ps aux | grep zipgateway

or

$ sudo /etc/init.d/zipgateway status

Note: Because of various network configuration changes, its strongly recommended that the system is rebooted after Z/IP Gateway installation.

Please ensure that the tap0 interface representing the Z-Wave network as an IP stack is active:

$ ifconfig tap0

Lists the current network interface information. The command may vary depending on the Linux distribution. SIlabs have provided a detailed troubleshooting guide, if the there are any issues during installation or start.

Configuring the Z/IP Gateway

The Z/IP Gateway application is configurable. By default, the configuration file is /usr/local/etc/zipgateway.cfg