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MARKET CERTIFICATION
COMMON ISSUES
AND
BEST PRACTICES
Rick TinkerDirector of Technology
[email protected]://Z-WaveAlliance.org
MARKET CERTIFICATION - INFORMATION
It is part of the overall certification process owned by Silicon Labs
Manages the presentation of your product to the consumer.
http://Products.Z-WaveAlliance.org
Provides content to the consumer.
Maintains Z-Wave as the leading provider of interoperability.
MARKET CERTIFICATION - INFORMATION
The owner of the BRAND must
be a Full or Principal Member of
the Alliance.
Let Marketing of the Brand
Company do the Market
Certification when possible.
You can clone (Import) an existing
market certification as well.
CERTIFICATION – WHO DOES WHAT?
Technical Certification Market Certification
Certification Type Company Responsible Company Responsible
New Certification
MFG owns Brand
OEM/ODM OEM/ODM
(Brand Company)
New Certification
OEM/ODM for Brand
OEM/ODM Brand Company
Re-Certification of Existing
Product to Change Brand
OEM/ODM Brand Company
Other Scenarios ** OEM/ODM Brand Company
** Don King is your FRIEND!
MARKET CERTIFICATION – WHAT YOU NEED
A Z-Wave Alliance Member login (Full Member or higher).
A photo of the Brand name or mark on the product.
A photo of the Z-Wave Plus mark on the product with dimensions.
A photo of the Z-Wave Plus mark on the product packaging with dimensions.
Photos of the S2 or Smart Start labeling on the product and in or on the product packaging.
Product information (model, name, description)
Owner’s Manual
MARKET CERTIFICATION – WHAT YOU NEED
A few pieces of technical information:
Network instructions (inclusion, exclusion,
reset)
Association Information
Configuration Information
MARKET CERTIFICATION – COMMON MISTAKES
Do Not Wait
Start when Silicon Labs has accepted your certification request and has issued a Certification Case ID.
Silicon Labs will manage making sure that Technical
Certification and Market Certification are both complete
before a Certification Number is issued.
Part of Market Certification includes a
publication date field – you may time the
publication of the product to the productcatalog with your product release.
MARKET CERTIFICATION – COMMON MISTAKES
Your model is probably not called “New Product”
Please remember to fill in your model name and
number.
MARKET CERTIFICATION – COMMON MISTAKES
Original Manufacturer Company is the one who engineered the product, Brand Name is the name of the brand visible on the product that it will be sold under. (Only Brand is visible to public)
MARKET CERTIFICATION – COMMON MISTAKES
Present your product with a good picture!
JPG/JPEG
format
250kB
or smaller
1920 x 1920
maximum
resolution
White
Background
MARKET CERTIFICATION – COMMON MISTAKES
Owner’s Manual - the consumer can download it if
they need it and no longer have the original.
We require:
All network operations (inclusion, exclusion, reset, etc.)
All Association Information
Purpose of each association group.
How many nodes can the association group hold?
What information (signal) is sent by the device to the nodes in
that group?
All Configuration parameters
information.
MARKET CERTIFICATION – COMMON MISTAKES
We require:
All Configuration parameters information.
Configuration parameter values are SIGNED values.
Example: If the size of the parameter is 1 byte, then the
values are from -128 to 127 (And can NOT include 255!).
Note: bit mapped values are not consumer friendly for
Configuration V1 or V2!
Only Configuration Command Class Version 3 or Higher supports Unsigned Values, Bit Mapped Values, and
Enumerated Values.
MARKET CERTIFICATION – COMMON MISTAKES
Want to simplify
your user manual
and not include
this information?
Attach in Market
Certification
only.
MARKET CERTIFICATION – FEATURES
Features – New in Market CertificationFeatures provide a way to describe things that cannot be determined from technical information.
Example: Sensor Multilevel does not specify what type of sensor your device has in it!
Features will help market your product in the product catalog and at Z-Wave.com
Most common mistake in features – not reading the feature and believing that adding lots of features is a good thing.
Example: Add the feature “IP66 Rated” = Yes if it is true, but do not add it and set it = No if it is not.
MARKET CERTIFICATION – FEATURES
Remove
Features
(checkbox)
Set Options &
Answers
Add Features
(checkbox)
MARKET CERTIFICATION – COMMON MISTAKES
Product Mark & Product Packaging MarkYes, we can accept marks smaller than the minimum size of 11mm x 13mm on a case-by-case basis.
Help us by providing a good photo of the mark as it is used, and provide us with the dimension information.
Check the Z-Wave Alliance websitefor updated graphics, or changes to the Brand Guidelines.
MARKET CERTIFICATION – COMMON MISTAKES
Product Mark & Product Packaging Mark
The mark does not have to go on the
front of the product or product package.
We understand that you worked hard on
your Apple-esk beautifully designed
product, but do not tell us that your design
is “too pretty” to have the mark on the
product – this will only delay your
certification.
MARKET CERTIFICATION – WHAT’S NEW
What’s New? Why S2 and Smart Start are New!
Proof of the S2 DSK is required (photo).
The S2 DSK “form” (Pin Code, QR Code, or Full DSK) follow Silicon Labs Z-Wave Specifications.
The S2 DSK presentation (size, placement, colors, etc.) is managed in Market Certification.
Review the “Security 2 (S2) andSmart Start Z-Wave Product Labeling Requirements” document downloadable from the Z-Wave Alliance Member website.
MARKET CERTIFICATION – HOW IT WORKS
It is an iterative process until approval!
StartEnter Data
Submit for
Approval
Approved? Done
Not Approved
eMail is used to notify the manufacturer, Silicon Labs, and the Z-Wave Alliance of submissions, rejections, and approvals.
MARKET CERTIFICATION – WHAT TO EXPECT
When you submit a certification for approval, we get
an email notification and can also see it in the queue
to be processed.
We will typically provide acceptance or rejection
(with comments) within a business day, but our
service commitment is 3 business days.
Approvals are automatically
sent to the Silicon Labs’
Certification Manager.
MARKET CERTIFICATION – WHAT TO EXPECT
Can you ask us questions?
Certainly! [email protected] will
get a response as quickly as we can.
MARKET CERTIFICATION – WHAT TO EXPECT
Can you fix the product image or description
after it is certified?Yes!
Send an email with the Case Number – OR – Z-Wave
Certification Number along with the requested change to
THANK YOU
