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Raspberry Z-wave module came with rudimentary software, that was just awful. Documentation and debug tools were utter crap and I never want to do that kind of trial and error bs ever again.
I basicly use the software to pass trigger events to linux and handle the timing and remote UI. Linux commandline clients then handle sending messages, capturing images/video and sending captured material to a cloud server.
Software allows remote control through webpage, that you can access either directly in LAN or through an obscure server that uses reverse SSH to get past your firewal.
I blocked the shady SSH connection and only use it directly through my VPN.
I assume by "Raspberry Z-Wave module" you mean the RaZberry z-wave addon board, and I couldn't agree more. I tried to get that thing going with another home automation package and gave up after a few hours of fucking with it.
That said, these days I'm using Home Assistant on a RPi with a Nortek z-wave/zigbee combo radio USB interface and I couldn't be happier. If you've never used HA it's worth trying out; used to require a lot of scripting but now it's a beautiful and polished system that has all the tweakability a nerd wants with a nice high-WAF GUI. They have a plugin that does exactly what you're doing and makes a virtual alarm system out of existing sensors.
I also agree block connections and use a VPN to access it, I do the same thing.