The Z-Wave Alliance was officially transformed into a standard-setting organization and confirmed its founding members

The Z-Wave Alliance is a membership organization dedicated to advancing the development and application of Z-Wave. It has recently been announced that the Z-Wave Alliance has completed registration as an independent non-profit organization and appointed under its new standards development organization (SDO) structure Seven founding members: Alarm.com, Assa Abloy, Leedarson, Ring, Silicon Labs, StratIS and Qolsys.

According to SDO, in addition to working groups and committees, members of the Z-Wave Alliance will get new opportunities to participate in the organization, and have a new membership level and structure. These include function-specific technical working groups, such as the physical layer working group (mac/PHY), the network layer working group supporting the new Z-Wave specification, the application layer working group (command-type specification), and working groups for the following : Certification, security and marketing.

According to public reports, the Z-Wave Alliance will set up a committee to manage operations, technology and market needs.

"For 15 years, the Z-Wave Alliance has been a leader in the smart home and Internet of Things industry, with members including manufacturers, integrators, and all other members who support the growth of Z-Wave in the market," Z-Wave Said Mitchell Klein, executive director of the alliance.

"Our founding members, several of whom have served as board members with us for many years. This is an important step in formulating a new course for the alliance in 2020 and beyond. These changes are made through the role of the Z-Wave alliance and the Z-Wave specifications. , Our goal is to promote the deployment of open IoT and enable new types of companies to participate in the development of Z-Wave to strengthen the ecosystem, including chip suppliers and software developers, to bring Z-Wave to more devices and more industries."

"Alarm.com has used Z-Wave for more than a decade to help expand our platform so that millions of people can control and manage an ever-expanding range of devices that can protect and automate homes or businesses together." Dan Kerzner, chief product officer of Alarm.com, said. "Together with other founding members, we remain committed to shaping this evolving and far-reaching technology."