Jump to content

Welcome to Smart Home Forum by FIBARO

Dear Guest,

 

as you can notice parts of Smart Home Forum by FIBARO is not available for you. You have to register in order to view all content and post in our community. Don't worry! Registration is a simple free process that requires minimal information for you to sign up. Become a part of of Smart Home Forum by FIBARO by creating an account.

 

As a member you can:

  •     Start new topics and reply to others
  •     Follow topics and users to get email updates
  •     Get your own profile page and make new friends
  •     Send personal messages
  •     ... and learn a lot about our system!

 

Regards,

Smart Home Forum by FIBARO Team


  • 0

Difference while adding in secure/insecure mode


Zitzer

Question

Hello,

 

What does it mean adding in secure/insecure mode?

What is the recommendation for Fibaro switched/roller shutters?

Is there impact on usage/performance/response time?

 

Thanks

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 answer to this question

Recommended Posts

  • 1

A secure mode device agrees key exchange at the point the device is added to the ZWave network see: 

Please login or register to see this link.

 

After this all messages are encrypted between the device and the hub. 

 

So you have to think: If someone was outside snooping the zwave with a laptop with a zwave stick and the captured you traffic or worse still sent a unsecured message to change the deivce. What would be the impact.

 

My opinion - some examples:

Alarm system devices - Secured

Doorlocks - secured

Light switches/Plus etc. unsecured

Blinds - Secured 

 

For Fibaro Devices - Specifically - Thermostat Controllers TRVs upgrades to the firmware cannot be made when they are in secure mode, you have to remove the device, add it unsecured, upgrade and then remove again and add in secure mode. :-(

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Answer this question...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...