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<td class=Heading1 width=445 valign=top> Introduction </td>
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<td><p class="Heading2"><strong>Purpose</strong></p>
<p class=BodyText>OpenZWave is a library which provides an API for applications to access and control a Z-Wave controller connected to the PC via a serial or HID connection.<br />
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<td><p class="Heading2">Documentation</p>
<p class="BodyText">Although the project is still in too early a stage to produce user documentation, the source code for OpenZWave and OpenZWaveDotNet contains comments that can be converted into HTML documentation.</p>
<p class="BodyText">Instructions for how to generate this documentation, as well as other links to information that may be useful to developers using OpenZWave may be found here: <a href="general/Index.htm">OpenZWave Documents</a><br />
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<td><p class="Heading2">Project Directory Structure</p></td>
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<td width=151 valign=top class="TableText">config</td>
<td width=432 valign=top class="TableText">XML files that provide device- and manufacturer-specific information, as well as the Z-Wave command class codes.</td>
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<td width=151 valign=top class="TableText">cpp</td>
<td width=432 valign=top class="TableText">The OpenZWave library project.</td>
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<td width=151 valign=top class="TableText">&nbsp;&nbsp;cpp/build</td>
<td width=432 valign=top class="TableText">Makefiles and Visual Studio project/solution files for building the library under linux, Mac and Windows (VS2008 and VS2010).</td>
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<td width=151 valign=top class="TableText">&nbsp;&nbsp;cpp/examples</td>
<td width=432 valign=top class="TableText">A minimal console application (MinOZW) that can be built under linux, Mac and Windows. It is a useful example of how to start up the library and can be used to generate a log file (OZWlog.txt) to diagnose startup or other problems with the library and/or Z-Wave devices.</td>
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<td width=151 valign=top class="TableText">&nbsp;&nbsp;cpp/hidapi</td>
<td width=432 valign=top class="TableText">Files related to implementation of a &quot;Human Interface Device&quot; (HID) connection between the PC and the Z-Wave controller. While many controllers use a serial interface, others (the ThinkStick, for example) use HID via USB.</td>
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<td width=151 valign=top class="TableText">&nbsp;&nbsp;cpp/lib</td>
<td width=432 valign=top class="TableText">Essentially empty.</td>
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<td width=151 valign=top class="TableText">&nbsp;&nbsp;cpp/src</td>
<td width=432 valign=top class="TableText">The source code for the OpenZWave Library. The top-level code is in this directory; subdirectories contain files to implement the command classes, the value classes and platform-specific code (linux, Mac and Windows).</td>
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<td width=151 valign=top class="TableText">&nbsp;&nbsp;cpp/tinyxml</td>
<td width=432 valign=top class="TableText">The TinyXML class code. TinyXML is used to read and write XML files for persistent storage.</td>
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<td width=151 valign=top class="TableText">documents</td>
<td width=432 valign=top class="TableText">Draft documentation for the library and example applications.</td>
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<td width=151 valign=top class="TableText">dotnet</td>
<td width=432 valign=top class="TableText">A .NET wrapper for the OpenZWave library.</td>
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<td width=151 valign=top class="TableText">&nbsp;&nbsp;dotnet/build</td>
<td width=432 valign=top class="TableText">Project/Solution files for building OpenZWaveDotNet under VS2008 and VS2010.</td>
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<td width=151 valign=top class="TableText">&nbsp;&nbsp;dotnet/examples</td>
<td width=432 valign=top class="TableText">Code for OZWForm, a .NET application that demonstrates use of OpenZWaveDotNet to connect to a controller, read information about nodes, process notifications, etc.</td>
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<td width=151 valign=top class="TableText">&nbsp;&nbsp;dotnet/src</td>
<td width=432 valign=top class="TableText">The OpenZWaveDotNet wrapper code.</td>
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<td width=151 valign=top class="TableText">license</td>
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