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budda1
Dec 18, 2012Aspirant
USB to UART Bridge VCP Drivers for CP210x
I've just begun looking at using my ReadyNAS Pro 6 as a potential home automation controller for the Z-Wave devices dotted around my home. I have an Aeon Labs Z-Stick S2 controller connected to my ...
iamthemitch
Feb 11, 2014Star
### Kernel modules for USB\_FTDI & USB\_CP210x
In order to use USB keys for RFXCOM and Z-Wave, we need to build missing kernel modules.
https://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=395521#p395521
RFXtrx433 USB needs USB_FTDI.
Aeon Labs Z-Stick needs USB_CP210x.
Install packages for build tools.
Get GPL sources from Netgear. Download the version matching your ReadyNAS OS6 release.
Sources will be unzip into /data/Download folder, as it takes more than 1GB (to adapt if necessary).
Update kernel config (linux-3.xx, to attapt according to the ReadyNAS OS6 release).
Navigate in order to enable as **M**odule
And compile (as root).
### open-zwave
open-zwave is needed to allow Z-Wave networks managment.
Install packages for build.
Get sources.
### Domoticz
Install packages for build.
Get sources.
In order to use USB keys for RFXCOM and Z-Wave, we need to build missing kernel modules.
https://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=395521#p395521
RFXtrx433 USB needs USB_FTDI.
Aeon Labs Z-Stick needs USB_CP210x.
Install packages for build tools.
apt-get install build-essential libncurses5-dev
Get GPL sources from Netgear. Download the version matching your ReadyNAS OS6 release.
Sources will be unzip into /data/Download folder, as it takes more than 1GB (to adapt if necessary).
cd /data/Download
mkdir GPL
wget http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GPL/ReadyNASOS_V6.1.5_WW_src.zip
unzip -oq ReadyNASOS_V6.1.5_WW_src.zip
Update kernel config (linux-3.xx, to attapt according to the ReadyNAS OS6 release).
cd linux-3.0.93
cp arch/x86/configs/readynas_defconfig .config
make menuconfig
Navigate in order to enable as **M**odule
Device Drivers --->
USB Support --->
USB Serial Converter Support --->
<M> USB CP210x family of UART Bridge Controllers
<M> USB FTDI Single Port Serial Driver (EXPERIMENTAL)
And compile (as root).
make ARCH=x86_64
make modules_install ARCH=x86_64
modprobe cp210x
modprobe ftdi_sio
### open-zwave
open-zwave is needed to allow Z-Wave networks managment.
Install packages for build.
apt-get install libudev-dev libxmlrpc-core-c3-dev libjson0 libjson0-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev
Get sources.
svn co http://open-zwave.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ open-zwave-read-only
cd open-zwave-read-only/cpp/build/linux
make
### Domoticz
Install packages for build.
apt-get install build-essential
apt-get install cmake libboost-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-system-dev libsqlite3-dev subversion curl libcurl4-openssl-dev libusb-dev
Get sources.
svn checkout svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/domoticz/code/domoticz
cd domoticz
cmake CMakeLists.txt
make
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