Hi all. Looking for some advice based on experiences.
After a Stick failure, I ordered a new Mac M1 MM with 16 GB ram to get me through the next decade...
I am nearly complete adding all devices, but I want to ultimately house the MM in my server cabinet with good ventilation. This will be a location move of basically one level down, and ~ 25 feet diagonal from where I have staged the new machine.
Many devices are older than ZWave Plus, and my concern is the location move may break routing with no success optimizing.
I ordered an expensive active powered 50 foot USB cable to connect the Zooz 800 stick away from the server, but that would not work. Does anyone have experience using a USB extension of some length to insert the Zwave Stick / Dongle , and if so, what was the max length / Brand/ you had success with ? Any product links would be great!
I am thinking 2 scenerios:
1, is while the MM server will be in my metal server rack, I would want to permanently mount the Z-Stick outside the rack, so the length could be as short as 3 feet.
2, I am wondering if a gradual , room by room move of the Z-Stick on a USB extension would allow me to OPTIMIZE the network at each new location , until I am in the final server rack.
If I need to buy an inexpensive MacBook to do this, that is an option of last resort...Some Zwave devices are very very stubborn, as we all know, and like the older devices very close to include!
Appreciate the feedback / advice , other than, "Why did I not rebuild from the new location to start with? " ,
Thanks