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Events

This is a list of all the events emitted by the library. This list is not exhaustive, please take a look at src/callbacks.cc for calls to emit_cb() for a full list.

Driver events

Events emitted by the OpenZWave Driver class:

  • zwave.on('driver ready', function(homeid){...})

the OpenZWave driver has initialised and scanning has started. Returns a unique homeid which identifies this particular ZWave network.

  • zwave.on('driver failed', function(){...})

The OpenZWave driver failed to initialise.

  • zwave.on('scan complete', function(){...})

The initial network scan has finished.

Node events:

  • zwave.on('node added', function(nodeid){...})

A new node has been found on the network. At this point you can allocate resources to hold information about this node.

  • zwave.on('node naming', function(nodeid, nodeinfo){...})

Useful information about the node is returned as a plain JS object. It includes elements like 'manufacturer', 'product', 'type' and 'name' amongst others.

  • zwave.on('node available', function(nodeid, nodeinfo){...})

This corresponds to OpenZWave's EssentialNodeQueriesComplete notification, which means that the node is now available for operation, but don't expect all of its info structures (nodeinfo, see below) to be filled in.

  • zwave.on('node ready', function(nodeid, nodeinfo){...})

This corresponds to OpenZWave's NodeQueriesComplete notification. The node is now ready for operation, and information about the node is available in the nodeinfo object:

- nodeinfo.manufacturer
- nodeinfo.manufacturerid
- nodeinfo.product
- nodeinfo.producttype
- nodeinfo.productid
- nodeinfo.type
- nodeinfo.name
- nodeinfo.loc (location, renamed to avoid `location` keyword).
  • zwave.on('polling enabled/disabled', function(nodeid){...})

Polling for a node has been enabled or disabled.

  • zwave.on('scene event', function(nodeid, sceneid){...});

This is fired when a scene event is received by the controller. For example when you have your Aeon Labs Minimote setup with the following configuration:

zwave.setConfigParam(nodeid, 241, 1, 1);
zwave.setConfigParam(nodeid, 242, 1, 1);
zwave.setConfigParam(nodeid, 243, 1, 1);
zwave.setConfigParam(nodeid, 244, 1, 1);
zwave.setConfigParam(nodeid, 250, 1, 1);

It would send:

- sceneid of 1 when (1) is Pressed
- sceneid of 2 when (1) is Held
- sceneid of 3 when (2) is Pressed
- etc.

  • zwave.on('node event', function(nodeid, data) {});

    This event gets called when a Basic set command is received by the controller. This might indicate that the node has changed (eg due to manual operation using the local button or switch) or that a sensor device was triggered. As an example, an Aeon Labs Water sensor will fire this event and data would be 255 when water is detected and 0 when it isn't.

Value events:

  • zwave.on('value added', function(nodeid, commandclass, valueId){...})

A new ValueID has been discovered. ValueIDs are associated with a particular node, and are the parts of the device you can monitor or control. Please see the official OpenZWave docs on ValueIDs for more details.

Values are split into command classes. The most commonly used ones and their unique identifiers are:

- COMMAND_CLASS_SWITCH_BINARY (37)
- COMMAND_CLASS_SWITCH_MULTILEVEL (38)

Binary switches can be controlled with .setNodeOn() and .setNodeOff(). Dimmer (multi-level) devices can be set with .setLevel() (if of course they support the BASIC command class, which is not always supported by most dimmers! Use setValue instead)

- COMMAND_CLASS_VERSION (134)

The version class is informational only and cannot be controlled.

The valueId object differs between command classes, and contains all the useful information about values stored for the particular class. You can use this object as the 1st argument in setValue to alter its state.

  • zwave.on('value changed', function(nodeid, commandclass, valueId){...})

A value has changed. Use this to keep track of value state across the network. When values are first discovered, the module enables polling on those values so that we will receive change messages. Prior to the 'node ready' event, there may be 'value changed' events even when no values were actually changed.

  • zwave.on('value refreshed', function(nodeid, commandclass, valueId){...})

A node value has been updated from the Z-Wave network. Unlike 'value changed' which implies an actual change of state, this one simply means that the value has been refreshed from the device.

  • zwave.on('value removed', function(nodeid, commandclass, instance, index){...})

A value has been removed. Your program should then remove any references to that ValueID.

Controller events:

  • zwave.on('controller command', function(nodeId, ctrlState, ctrlError, helpmsg){...})

The ZWave Controller is reporting the result of the currently active command. Check out official OpenZWave documentation on ControllerState and ControllerError so for instance, controller state #7 (remember: 0-based arrays) is ControllerState_Completed which is the result you should expect from successful controller command completion. A help string is also passed for display purposes.

Please Note: OpenZWave's management API has slightly changed with the inclusion of the security framework. As of version 1.3, OpenZWave has deprecated BeginControllerCommand and has added a separate method for each of the controller commands. This seems to have the side-effect that some extra management events are fired upon initialisation that were not being fired before. As such, be warned that you might get some callbacks on controller command even though you've not sent any actual controller commands.