Where is the ZMatter USB Enclosure manual?

[ferventgeek]

Looking at the site and forum, I don't see a manual for inserting the ZMatter card and antennas into the case. The clearances for the antenna mounts are fairly tight. Even a couple of pictures would help. However the images on the ZMatter card in the store don't show the card and antenna leads installed. There's no document in the store under "Additional" and there was no insert in the package with the card or enclosure or QR code to docs. 

Hopefully Google and I are just missing it somewhere. If it's not documented by UD, would one of you have photos of the correct internal layout of the ZMatter card in the enclosure?

Thx!

[Guy Lavoie]

It's specified elsewhere, but you need to snap off the top half of the card before installing it in the enclosure.

[ferventgeek]

2 hours ago, Guy Lavoie said:

It's specified elsewhere, but you need to snap off the top half of the card before installing it in the enclosure.

Thanks Guy, that's the doc I'm looking for. An unexpected requirement for snapping a card in half should have something from the manufactured describing the process. 

I snapped it off and it fit in the case.

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Edited April 28 by FerventGeek

[Guy Lavoie]

I couldn't get the ZMatter enclosure in Canada, so I ended up making my own. Because my enclosure was bigger, I could put the whole board in it.

 

[ferventgeek]

On 4/29/2025 at 7:05 PM, Guy Lavoie said:

I couldn't get the ZMatter enclosure in Canada, so I ended up making my own. Because my enclosure was bigger, I could put the whole board in it.

 

Oooh.. sweet! Thanks Guy!

Yeah it feels like there's an opportunity for a USB cable connected wall mount enclosure as a sidecar. Having the dongle hang off the USB port with those big antennas feels a bit sus, plus it would be handy to mount the ZMatter's antenna array independently of the eisy. Nice work.

[xlurkr]

@FerventGeek It looks like the UDI ZMatter enclosure is out of stock at the moment, too.  After @Guy Lavoie responded in his original post (linked above) about the part # of the enclosure he used, I found that it is available in the US from Digikey.  Part # is HM209-ND, and I paid $7.68 for it two weeks ago.  Shipping is not free, but I was ordering a bunch of other stuff so I got one of these anyway.  I have a Polisy with internal ZMatter now but when I upgrade to Eisy I'll have choices about how to mount the board.  I like the idea of not snapping off the unused part and being able to use the cable of my choosing.

-Tom