Do you want to be notified when your analog water sensor detects a leak, or when your dry contact switch changes state? The ZEN17 can do it!
Save on batteries while monitoring up to 2 binary sensors at one time with the ZEN17. While the Universal Relay will not report varied values, like from a temperature sensor, you can use the device to receive reports on 2 states, like those found in the sensors below:
- water sensor
- heat alarm
- motion alert
- open/close alert (door sensor)
- CO alarm
- CO2 alarm
- dry contact sensor (with on/off reports)
HOW TO WIRE THE ZEN17 UNIVERSAL RELAY
If the sensor outputs a dry contact signal (no Voltage), then you will connect them under the S - C terminals:
If the sensor outputs a 12-24 V signal, then connect them between the C - VC terminals on the inputs.
If the sensor outputs 120 V (like a motion sensor on outdoor motion activated lights), then the ZEN17 cannot be used, and we would recommend using the ZEN51 Dry Contact Relay instead.
HOW TO PROGRAM THE ZEN17 UNIVERSAL RELAY
Once you have wired your sensor to the ZEN17 Universal Relay, you will need to change the input type on the ZEN17 so you can monitor your device. The ZEN17 has two settings for this, Parameters 2 and 3; one for each input on the relay. Select the type of sensor you will be connecting to the inputs on the ZEN17. If the value selected is between 3-11, please exclude and include the ZEN17 so that a child device is created for the input or re-interview / reconfigure your device. Parameter 2 affects inputs for R1, and Parameter 3 applies to inputs for R2.
Parameter 2: Choose the wall switch or input type you want to connect to the S1 C terminals.
Values:
0 – momentary for lights only;
1 – toggle switch (light on when the switch is toggled up, light off when the switch is toggled down);
2 – toggle switch (state changes whenever the switch is toggled);
3 – garage door momentary mode (for Z-Wave control );
4 – leak alarm (water sensor);
5 – heat alarm;
6 – motion alert;
7 – open/close alert (door sensor);
8 – CO alarm;
9 – CO2 alarm;
10 – on/off report (dry contact switch/sensor);
11 – garage door mode for the relay (momentary contact) and door sensor type for the input (use with wired analog door/window sensors and garage gate openers).
Default: 2.
NOTE: Press and hold the Z-Wave button for 5 seconds to change to garage mode manually.
IMPORTANT: If you set this parameter to value 4-11, you’ll need to exclude and re-include the device (without changing any settings) so that a child device is created for the input of your choice!
Size: 1 byte dec
If you would like to reverse the reported values for your selected input type on the S1 and S2 C terminals, you would use Parameters 19 and 20 and select the same value as you chose for Parameters 2 and 3 to reverse the values for the open and closed circuit. For example, if you connected a dry contact sensor to S1 C and selected value 10 in Parameter 2, you would select value 10 in Parameter 19 as well, which would reverse the reported value for the dry contact sensor. Please note that your unit must be on a minimum of 1.10 firmware for access to Parameters 19 and 20.
You can also decide to separate the inputs from the outputs, to allow control of a separate device connected to the relays and keep the switch inputs for monitoring purposes only. You would need to change the Parameters 10 and 11, below correlating to either R1 or R2. This will allow you to choose if you’d like the connected input (switch) on S1 C / VC C to trigger the load connected to R1 or if you want to use the input reports for monitoring only and separate the output from the input.
HOW TO ACCESS THE ADVANCED SETTINGS FOR THE ZEN17
Different platforms provide different levels of access to advanced settings and parameters for Z-Wave devices. Please refer to the below articles for detailed instructions on how to change advanced settings for your ZEN17 on these platforms:
Please don't hesitate to reach out to us with any questions you may have! We're always happy to help!
