whole_func_string: function(thisObject, commandClass, command, data) {
      if (typeof data === "undefined") {
          // default
          data = Buffer.alloc(0);
      }
  
      // convert data into a buffer
      data = new Buffer(data);
  
      let offset = 0;
  
      // create z/ip packet
      let packet = Buffer.alloc(2 + data.length);
      packet[offset] = commandClass;
      offset += 1;
      packet[offset] = command;
      offset += 1;
      data.copy(packet, offset, 0, data.length);
      offset += data.length;
  
      // send our message
      thisObject.dtlsSocket.send(packet, 0, packet.length, 41230, thisObject.ipAddress, thisObject.pskIdentity, thisObject.pskPassword);
  }
func_code_string: function(thisObject, commandClass, command, data) {
      if (typeof data === "undefined") {
          // default
          data = Buffer.alloc(0);
      }
  
      // convert data into a buffer
      data = new Buffer(data);
  
      let offset = 0;
  
      // create z/ip packet
      let packet = Buffer.alloc(2 + data.length);
      packet[offset] = commandClass;
      offset += 1;
      packet[offset] = command;
      offset += 1;
      data.copy(packet, offset, 0, data.length);
      offset += data.length;
  
      // send our message
      thisObject.dtlsSocket.send(packet, 0, packet.length, 41230, thisObject.ipAddress, thisObject.pskIdentity, thisObject.pskPassword);
  }
func_documentation_string: NOTE: this function sends a raw Z-Wave command without wrapping it inside a Z/IP frame and without waiting for an acknowledgment