# Z-Wave Radio frequencies and regions for Homey and Z-Wave devices **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [January 10, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/z-wave-radio-frequencies-and-regions-for-homey-and-z-wave-devices/24194 "2020-01-10T18:23:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oren\_Malki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/oren_malki/32/13766_2.png) [@Oren\_Malki](https://community.homey.app/u/Oren_Malki)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/z-wave-radio-frequencies-and-regions-for-homey-and-z-wave-devices/24194/1 "2020-01-10T18:23:25Z")
I have normal homey, not pro And f i want to addz wave devices, what frequency i need to buy? 10x ---
**Author:** ![DirkG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkg/32/118897_2.png) [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/z-wave-radio-frequencies-and-regions-for-homey-and-z-wave-devices/24194/2 "2020-01-10T18:34:26Z")
You can find this out in the Z-Wave menu: More - Settings - Z-Wave - Hardware Region ---
**Author:** ![Oren\_Malki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/oren_malki/32/13766_2.png) [@Oren\_Malki](https://community.homey.app/u/Oren_Malki)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/z-wave-radio-frequencies-and-regions-for-homey-and-z-wave-devices/24194/3 "2020-01-10T18:58:48Z")
What is the difference between Hardware region And Software region? In the software rehion i can change from Europe to asia,etc… ![Screenshot_20200110-205818_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/9/3/93f84ebdc7f5977842de9b7ad15be401b5bf940c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![DirkG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkg/32/118897_2.png) [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/z-wave-radio-frequencies-and-regions-for-homey-and-z-wave-devices/24194/4 "2020-01-10T19:12:45Z")
Sorry, I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Caseda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/caseda/32/138695_2.png) [@Caseda](https://community.homey.app/u/Caseda)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/z-wave-radio-frequencies-and-regions-for-homey-and-z-wave-devices/24194/5 "2020-01-10T20:49:48Z")
Hardware Region are big jumps between frequenty ranges (868mhz for europe, 916mhz for USA as example), these require an entirely different chip. Software region are small jumps (868-869 for EU options). **Do not** change the regions if you don’t know what you are doing, the right one should have been selected by Homey itself during setup, if it isn’t the correct country, you should contact Athom if it is OK to switch. If you don’t know if the device is the correct frequentie for your country (like from your country anyway), then you are either on a wrong website, or you have the possibility to contact that seller to make sure you’ll get the right one for your country (they will useally offer most frequenties), don’t bother with frequenties, there are too many, just make sure the country is right. ---
**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/z-wave-radio-frequencies-and-regions-for-homey-and-z-wave-devices/24194/6 "2020-01-10T21:19:05Z")
I think @Caseda 's answer is the best, Just for the techies: look in the table here: > **[Z-Wave | Radio frequencies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-Wave#Radio_frequencies)** > > Z-Wave is designed to provide reliable, low-latency transmission of small data packets at data rates up to 100kbit/s, and is suitable for control and sensor applications, unlike Wi-Fi and other IEEE 802.11-based wireless LAN systems that are designed primarily for high data rates. Communication distance between two nodes is 200 meters line of sight outdoors and 50 meters line of sight indoors, and with message ability to hop up to four times between nodes, it gives enough coverage for Z-Wave uses... Normally you will only find the correct devices with local frequencies for your region. (unless you imported another frequency device from another region, and you then have to import all Z-wave devices!) Further I want to make the topic title clear so others searching for information will find it. Changed from: > In which frequency homey support? to > Z-Wave Radio frequencies and regions for Homey and Z-Wave devices ---
**Author:** ![onefatguy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/onefatguy/32/29996_2.png) [@onefatguy](https://community.homey.app/u/onefatguy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/z-wave-radio-frequencies-and-regions-for-homey-and-z-wave-devices/24194/7 "2020-10-20T15:31:32Z")
Thank you for the information but HOMEY is not made for the US because we have to be so different then the rest of the word… lol… so babd… anyway… so my goal, is to get it to work, where there is a will, there is a way… Thank you… Cheers…