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Background This guide is for  installing an AeonLabs Z-Wave Stick Gen5 usb stick on a a Raspberry Pi and integrating it into the openHAB home automation server for controlling Z-Wave devices. Steps Install Z-Stick on Raspberry Pi USB port - powered hub is desired The Z-Wave Stick is automatically detected without additional software installation. Correct detection of the USB stick can be verfied with the  lsusb  command: pi@raspberrypi /usr/share/openhab $ lsusb Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9512 Standard Microsystems Corp. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 008: ID 0658:0200 Sigma Designs, Inc. Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp. Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB Bus 001 Device 005: ID 045e:00f5 Microsoft Corp. LifeCam VX-3000 Bus 001 Device 006: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB The “Sigma Designs, Inc.” device is the Z-Wave USB stick. Now we ne...