Successfully migrating to the Aeon Stick 7 from UZB (M2 Pro)

My UZB z-wave.me key failed dramatically two days ago - lost ~90% of devices.
It used to work for ~6 years flawlessly. Probably a flash ram issue.

So I've tried the new 700 chipset-based controller (Aeon Stick 7).
The good news is that there is no need to install Silabs drivers in Ventura anymore - it is included in the MacOS 13
Literally, plug-and-play with Indigo - works out of the box.

The key works much faster than the old one - inclusion is nearly instantaneous, and the distance is better.

I see no reason to choose the old 500 chipset-based controllers anymore.

MacOS 13.2
Mac mini M2 Pro

" Starting interface "Z-Wave 2022.2.1" (pid 15746)
Started interface "Z-Wave 2022.2.1"
Z-Wave connected to Z-Stick 7 (ZWA010) interface on /dev/cu.usbserial-840 (firmware 7.11, minimum SDK 7.00.00)"

I have the same stick, replaced an old S2, works flawlessly, range much much better

I seem to get lots of zwave errors with mine and the interface gets reset automatically at least a few times a week, maybe more.

You can try to upgrade the FW, latest is 7.17

Good idea. Will dig out my dying windows laptop. I don’t suppose this would work from parallels Windows VM would it.

It will work in the case of Intel.

Earlier FW was quite buggy, but 7.17.2 is very stable (per multiple reports)

Cheers.. I am on 7.17 so will try the .2 release. and see if that helps.

So after installing the software on Parallels and trying a few times and it failing each time, I realised I was already on 7.17.2. It seems like there have been 7.18.1/2/3 releases in the past as GA and then a 7.19 beta all according to various forums, but Aeotec only linking to the 7.17.2 on its support pages and cant find the other ones anywhere. Silicon Labs have the release notes out so all a bit strange.

Will keep looking and hope Aeotec provide the links soon as keen to see if that helps.

I have never gotten any Z-Wave firmware update of any kind (stick or device) to complete successfully with Parallels and Silicon Labs.

Windows booting on any of my Macs......no problem at all. Never in a VM.