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Zooz 700 Series Z-Wave Plus Universal Relay
Add Z-Wave Anywhere
Truly a universal solution that lives up to its name! With the Universal Relay, you can turn almost any load between 0 to 240 V into a Z-Wave device. Automate garage doors, motors, pumps, and more.
The Universal Relay provides both a normally open or normally closed relay to choose from on each of the outputs. Have a reversed polarity motor? No problem! You can even use the terminals on both NC and NO relays. With a load limit of up to 20 A (1/2 hp) for NO applications and up to 10 A (1/4 hp) for NC applications, there are so many creative ways you can implement the Universal Relay in your smart home environment.
Relay Outputs
The Universal Relay utilizes dry contact relays, which allows each load to run on its own power source. Each device uses its own independent power, including the Universal Relay device itself.
Control reverse polarity motors for up-down screens, shades, or motorized awnings. You can even optimize energy use around your HVAC system through damper automation or controlling a whole-house fan.
Smart Inputs
Use the inputs on the Universal Relay to monitor analog binary sensors and other dry contact or low voltage devices.
Trigger the connected outputs with wall switches or buttons for simple physical control. Close the circuit on the ZEN17 relays with low-voltage HVAC or alarm signals. Just remember that only one input type (either 12-24 V or dry) can be connected for each output at a time.
With advanced functionality, you can separate the inputs from the outputs to utilize the Universal Relay for monitoring purposes instead of triggering a device. You can then program how each input device will display in your hub (open/close, motion, water, or on/off reporting device) to turn your Universal Relay into a smart monitor with 2 independently controllable outputs.
DIY Garage Door Controller
Automate up to 2 garage doors with a single Universal Relay!
Do you want to add Z-Wave control and monitoring to your garage door opener? The most common use case for the Universal Relay is providing full garage door automation.
To accurately monitor the status of your garage door, you can connect a wired door sensor to the input side and program it to report open/close notifications through your hub’s interface. Then wire the opener to the relay part to activate your garage door opener remotely when needed.
You can still use a Z-Wave tilt or contact sensor installed on the garage door that will accurately report the status and position of the garage door if that's your preference.
For simple, intuitive monitoring and control, check out the Zooz Garage Door Opener App on Hubitat, created specifically for the Zooz relays.
NOTE: Please make sure you use a Z-Wave system that supports all of the advanced features of the Universal Relay before you purchase the device. These Z-Wave hubs include Home Assistant (Z-Wave JS), HomeSeer, Hubitat, and compatible with SmartThings. (Hub sold separately).
Powerful Tech
Technical Details
Electrical Specs
- Power for device: 12 - 24 V / USB C
- Maximum Load: NO relays: 20 A, NC Relays: 10 A
- Installation and Use: Indoor Only
- Operating Temperature: 32-104° F (0-40° C)
- Dimensions: 4" x 2.5" x 1.5"
Z-Wave Specs
- Z-Wave Chip: 700 series
- Z-Wave Security: S2 Authenticated & SmartStart
- Z-Wave Frequency: 908.42 MHz (US, CA, MX)
- Range: Up to 350 feet line of sight
How it's powered
You can use either a 12-24 V or a USB C plug to power the Universal Relay. Do NOT use both power supplies at the same time.
You’ll need a standard 1 A power adapter to plug into a standard 120 VAC receptacle (power supply is not included).
Do NOT power the device with laptop or tablet chargers. Do NOT use power banks or batteries to power the relay.
Better Z-Wave
The Universal Relay is equipped with the 700 series Z-Wave chip. It offers more range and a reliable signal repeater to your growing network.
SmartStart and S2 Authenticated security in this device allow for a quicker and safer set-up.
Why Z-Wave
There are many reasons for choosing Z-Wave technology over Wi-Fi alternatives.
Z-Wave devices are more secure. It's the preferred wireless protocol at the largest security companies. This Z-Wave relay runs on encrypted radio signal while Wi-Fi products often rely on an unsecure network that can be easily hacked.
Products equipped with Z-Wave communicate faster and are more reliable. That’s because they don’t contribute to router overload. This makes them perfect for tasks like turning on lights or appliances instantly when needed.
Finally, Z-Wave doesn't depend on the cloud. This means your devices continue to work even if the servers go offline. You can continue using your Z-Wave gear locally and have an operational system made up of different brands and device types, even if any of the companies stop supporting their product.
D.D.
Reviewed in Canada on September 3, 2023
Now I have a smart HRV controlled by relative humidity in the house.
Brian L.
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2023
I have 9 separate amplifiers for my home theater setup. My processor has 3 12v outputs and is separated from the rear amplifiers by almost 20 feet.I have 5 20 amp circuits for all of the amps. I have to be careful or I get ground loops between the equipment.This relay let me trigger all 9 amps via my existing smart home software and a combination of Emotiva ET-3 trigger expanders (hooked up to smart switches). The ET-3s are not directly hooked to the processor - instead, they are hooked to smart switches that are turned on/off based on the relay state.I use HomeSeer as my home automation software. I had to change the following on the ZEN17 for this to work -Parameter 2 - set to 7Parameter 10 - set to 0I then used (unable to re-name) window/door contact open/closed as my on/off trigger. I'm able to turn on all 9 amps (with a delay set in Homeseer, because my lights dim otherwise) when the processor is turned on.I've been using this setup for a few days and 0 issues so far.
Brian S.
Reviewed in Canada on February 6, 2023
Works with UD EISY/Polisy and ZMatter.Update to latest firmware 1.20 at time of this article.After setting parameter 2/3 to 10 for example (dry contact), make sure when including again after exclude that you use S2 with PIN because extra sensor nodes did not appear with just S0. In this example, setting parameter 10/11 to 0 isolates the inputs from the relays.
Zee observer
Reviewed in Canada on January 6, 2023
Brand new unit shipped from Amazon with a really old firmware installed. Be sure to check current firmware and upgrade when receiving.Although documented to be compatible with Hubitat with Firmware 2.2.6 or higher, this is not entirely true. Some inputs modes are not supported/bugged by Hubitat (Ex dry contact) . Also be sure to update the firmware to the latest one published.At the end, with some workaround, managed to get it working and was able to read the two inputs statuses and command the output relays.
P
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2022
I picked up two of these for operating 3 garage doors (each will handle up to 2) and also to extend my Z-Wave network range. Out of the box this was very easy to set up in Home Assistant. I did have to check the included documentation to get it into Z-Wave pairing mode, but after that it paired right away with Home Assistant through the closest Z-Wave Repeater and populated device information and configuration. The configuration has a lot of options but it's pretty clear and simple if you are familiar with switching and basic residential and low voltage electric. If you are not, get some help before you mess with anything like this and of course unplug/de-energize electric things before you mess with them.I have S1 set up as momentary, meaning it looks for a single button press or switch closure, which is what you get when you click the button on the garage wall. The R1 NO Output was linked to S1 by default, meaning when you click the garage button, it closes S1 momentarily, telling the relay to close R1 momentarily, actuating the garage door. This meets my "keep wife happy" standard where things need to work when you push the button even if something quit working with the automation. I could completely shut down all other devices and home assistant and this would still let the garage door work like normal. Parameter 10 lets you decouple this. Say, for example, if you wanted to set up security conditions, like keep the door from opening unless certain people are home, or time of day or something. There are a lot of other options as well, I added snips in the photos.With HA and Ecolink Tilt Sensors (B00HGVJRX2) on the garage doors it was very easy to set up door status monitoring, notification, and buttons in the HA front end. I was able to set up notifications based on people presence, duration left open, and time of day that prompt a button press to close the door. For example, the last person to leave a home zone with a garage door left open gets notified. If the door is not closed within x time, everyone gets notified.
John H
Reviewed in Canada on August 13, 2022
Works great for me for garage door automation. I love how it has a built-in function to turn off a switch after a certain amount of time after it was turned on.. No more relying on my controller and network latency to try to nail a perfect 5-second delay to toggle it -- now it's bang on every time. For simplicity (and so I wouldn't have to co-locate with the garage motor) I wired a relay to a battery-operated remote (two wires soldered to the button's pads on the PCB). Works like a charm: the controller turns on the relay and the box turns it off again after 5 seconds automatically. I'm about 6-months in and haven't had a misfire yet.
Jason
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2022
I have this currently configured to function as a Garage Door opener that's connected to my Home Assistant server using ZWaveJS2MQTT. After configuring the device to function as a Garage Door and repairing it to my Z-Wave network, it has worked great and is much more dependable than my previous setup... a Raspberry Pi and GPIO relay.The only mild issue I didn't like was having to e-mail them to request the link to the firmware file. They were quick to respond and provided the link to the firmware file. But to do this and require people to prove they purchased it by providing your Amazon order number all felt very unnecessary and paranoid. I can only assume this is to help them track who has attempted a firmware update. That way they can protect themselves from false warranty claims due to users bricking their devices because of a failed firmware update but passing it off as a manufacturing issue. Personally, I would have preferred a direct link to download the file without having to e-mail them to request it.Given that, the documentation on their website is superb and the packaging this came in was excellent.
Chad
Reviewed in Canada on March 14, 2022
This thing just works! Has many purposes and very configurable. I use it to Automate my garage door.
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