ZWave 5th Gen USB Stick and Upgrade----Thoughts?

Good idea to make the list and consider what is where. As I did that just now, I am getting cold feet. Two of my 20 devices are Somfy controller and solar shade. I remember setting them up a few years ago and it was very tricky. I will do some research on that before I proceed.

Checking things off the list as I went made it very easy to make sure that I didn't miss anything.

Go back to step 1 and repeat for each device, working outward by distance.

For future clarification, that should say step 3.

I'll be doing this process over summer holidays. Significantly more than 20 devices.


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Go back to step 1 and repeat for each device, working outward by distance.

For future clarification, that should say step 3.

I'll be doing this process over summer holidays. Significantly more than 20 devices.


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Good catch. My description wasn't exactly right. Although I do recommend disabling Z-Wave communication (step 1) each time you pull the Gen5 stick to proceed to the next device. After the first trip through, change step 2 to "Make sure the Gen2 Z-Stick is still in the drawer."

Is there an easy way to export a list of all z-wave devices. If I can get that into a spreadsheet, I could then sequence them based on distance from the z-stick.

If you have the ZEAL plug-in you could print it to the log and then do a cut/paste.

You can also use a simple Python script:

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for dev in indigo.devices.iter(filter="indigo.zwave"):
   indigo.server.log(u"{0}".format(dev.name))

I have a v2 that is still working(knock wood). Have any of you seen any improvements that would make replacing my v2 with a v5 worthwhile? I have ~20 z-wave devices installed.


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Like many other people, I suspect, the fact that you could not back up a Z-stickhas been a concern to me for a while. I have recently discovered however that , as of April 2017, you CAN.
I haven't seen reference to this fact anywhere on Indigodomo, and here seems as good a place as any.

Go to:
https://aeotec.freshdesk.com/support/so ... p-software

The software runs on a PC only (slightly irritating, but much better than nothing). I have demonstrated that it takes a copy of the file from the eeprom on the z-stick. I haven't yet proven that this can be put on another z-stick and used as a replacement - will get round to testing that in due course.

Of course, the ideal would be to be able to edit the file as well - at some point someone may be able to devise a hack for this - but a backup is a great start.

Geoff

[jay (support)]

Yes, this has been pointed out elsewhere. Not generally an option for Mac users. And, unfortunately, Aeotec won't share the details with us needed to perform the backup.

Just started the project to upgrade from MacMini to iMac and from z-stick GEN2 to GEN5. Step one has been to install the IMac and get all my cloud services and apps up to date. So far so good. After installing Indigo 7.0.3, I restarted the interfaces. The Insteon 2413 is working fine, but I am having problems with z-stick GEN2. I have the GEN5 on deck, but want to get everything working with GEN2 before I make the plunge into GEN5. The GEN2 z-stick has been working so well, for so long, I don't recall the details about installing it. Screenshot shows status. Any suggestions on how to get this going will be greatly appreciated. I have a plan for moving 25 or so devices over to GEN5 once I have them working on GEN2.

[jay (support)]

http://wiki.indigodomo.com/doku.php?id= ... te_drivers

Gents, I am planning to do my switch from the S2 stick to the S5 stick soon.
I will use the script @DaveL17 suggested to list all Z-Wave devices:

You can also use a simple Python script:

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for dev in indigo.devices.iter(filter="indigo.zwave"):
   indigo.server.log(u"{0}".format(dev.name))

However, about associations? I do have quite many of them and most of them are actually direct associations between my Merten / Schneider Electric battery operated wall controllers and the devices that they control.
How can I list all associations per device (i.e. the controlling node ID and the node ID:s that it controls)?

How can I list all associations per device (i.e. the controlling node ID and the node ID:s that it controls)?

I *think* this should work. I don't do associations, so I don't really have anything to test against.

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for dev in indigo.devices.iter(filter="indigo.zwave"):

    try:
        assn = dev.ownerProps['zwAssociationsMapStr']
    except:
        assn = 'NA'

    indigo.server.log(u"{0}: {1}".format(dev.name, assn))


@DaveL17: Would it also be possible to run a script that shows all config params for the devices that Indigo knows about?
For some devices I have used the Indigo interface command "Modify configuration parameters" so I understand that it would be difficult to get those parameters?
Unless one creates a script that actually prints out all parameter settings from 1-255 for all devices?