Aeon Labs Multisensor 4-1 and Vera beta firmware.

Aeon Labs Multisensor 4-1 DSB05 is not possible to include in the Vera as such, right now. But the friendly guys at Aeotec has released a firmware that should solve this http://aeotec.com/partner/z-wave-firmware/viewcategory/7-multisensor 
Or directly to the Europe firmware:
http://aeotec.com/partner/z-wave-firmware/viewdownload/7-multisensor/31-multisensor-firmware-europe

If you take out the batteries you will find the place for the usb cable.
The USB cable that come with the sales package can unfortunately not be used to upgrade the firmware. It can only be used to power it. I had to test several USB cables before I found one that worked and that identified something on the USB port. After that the Firmware upgrade went well.

Then you need to request a beta firmware from mios. So log in to your vera and press the support button and after usually a day or two you will have the link for the beta firmware ui5-1.5.460 or even better the private beta 1.5.532. That is the one I'm using when writing this right now.

Once the firmware upgrade is complete, exclude and re-include the sensor using the full power inclusion explained here http://docs5.mios.com/doc.php?language=1&manual=1&platform=3Pro&page=full_power_inclusion

When you include it I got the information that I should press the black button "between 5-9" times. 

What you probably is ending up with then is a picture like this:

Under that picture is a very annoying "Waiting for device to wake up". What you should do then is to press the button 3 times. And in the settings tab press the "configure node right now". This you might have to repeat a couple of times.
Then you should have a complete set of four devices enabled.

All the devices is  configured from the _4 in 1 sensor. So go to that one and fill in this

Settings tab
Wakeup interval (seconds): 720      (12 minutes) this time is rounded to 4 minute intervals.
Poll this node at most once every: 360     (6 minutes) this should be lower than the Wakeup interval.

This post seem to have been able to help me out with something that both Micasaverde and Aeon Support faild with. I upgraded to the Beta Firmware but was stuck since it was waiting for configuration for ever.... Now I have everything up and running, i hope. I took the freedom to correct the table since I think you had made a typo.

Device Options
Variable 2     1-byte-dec        1    (Wake on battery insert)
Variable 3     1-byte-dec      30    (Motion timeout in seconds)
Variable 4     1-byte-dec        1    (PIR enabled)
Variable 5     1-byte-dec        2   (Enhanced set commands. Use 1 if you associate a switch directly to the sensor)
Variable 111  4-byte-dec   720   (Time between temperature reports)
Variable 112  4-byte-dec   720   (Time between light level reports)
Variable 113  4-byte-dec   720   (Time between humidity reports)

What you then end up with after a new node configuration is something like this:



I borrowed a lot of the text for this post from RexBeckett posts at
http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,3831.msg102469.html#msg102469

This was by far the most complex device to get added to Vera.

Vera3 2013, Product of the year winner.

http://www.electronichouse.com/product/details/vera3/

Nice when something you have bought actually is good enough to get an award! Make you believe you got the right stuff! The Z-wave Home Automation controller Vera3 received the Product of the Year 2013 from the Electronic house!

Nothing beats the paper.

A 11 Mb PDF catalogue with only Z-wave goodies to print and put on the coffee table.

http://www.tkbhome.com/uploads/13584914089336.pdf

Home Genie. Your Raspberry Pie Z-wave home automation package

At http://sourceforge.net/projects/homegenie/ they presented home genie. This is a package that might really rock the HA, Smart Home market in it’s foundation. It’s a “Open Source Home Automation Server Project” that not only looks great. It’s also available directly for your favorite device the Raspberry Pie!

If my Micasaverdes Vera would need a replace some day this is something I would definitely look into.

Jump over there and support them! (So it will be fully supported the day I might test it)

Cubieboard

Cubieboard is a new 49$ “developer board”. We all know that it means a sweet device to run your linux project on for a low cost. A herd of this will show up in the Raspberry Pie’s foot step. This one is a bit different and more powerful with 4GB memory and IR!.

A lot of details at http://linux-sunxi.org/Cubieboard like:

Specifications

SoC
A10 @ 1Ghz

DRAM
512MB / 1GB
DDR3 @ 480MHz

NAND
4GB

Features

Video
HDMI

Audio
3.5mm jack, HDMI

Network
10/100

Storage
µSD, SATA (+5v power)

USB (Host/OTG)
2 / 1

Other
IR

Aeotec Z-wave LED light bulb and SmartFilm

Aeotec is always hiding the details well and not the best in providing gor product pictures but here is one thing that captured by attention. A Z-wave LED light bulb might be released on CES 2013
http://aeotec.com/z-wave-led-lightbulb
It seems to be able to work both for EU and USA. I'm so much hoping for this...

"Ambiance Series
Reflecting the fact that a smart home plays a major role in the pleasure we can derive from
where we live, Aeon Labs is expanding its Ambiance Series in 2013. A Z-Wave LED light bulb is
amongst the latest products to be offered with Aeon Labs’ LED Bulb bringing the perfect lightwarmth and brightness to Z-Wave. "

Aeotech is mentioning 23 new things. One more to mention is the Z-wave controlled smart film. Something that you put on your window and can "opaque" the window in no-time. The video link currently seems to link to anything else but video:
http://aeot.ec/smartfilm

Fibaro Z-wave movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K35uFXoa5c0&feature=player_embedded

I liked to promote this nice movie from Fibaro that shows some of the options available with Z-wave technology.