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@Techman, thanks for the suggestion. I’ll use a 2457D2. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

@Techman, Thank you! You answered the questions beautifully. Looks like I'm buying a Polisy with the Zooz dongle. The only hesitation is the time needed to factory reset and re-configure every device to the Polisy. Am I correct that I would have to add a dual band device first if using the dongle, then add everything else? I bought a 2448A7 on eBay for around $40. Seller seems to have quite a few available.

I want to upgrade my Insteon setup without relying on a PLM and cloud services. I would like to know if a Polisy with appropriate software and hardware would give me a clean migration path and local control. I've spent some time reading posts in these forums, but could not find a specific thread that addressed my issue. I have this hardware: A 2245-222 Hub and 25 Insteon devices including switches, keypads, and plug-in dimmers. Most are dual-band. A 2413U and 2 2513S PLMs, 1.x versions which probably will die when I least want them to. I've replaced caps in the Hub when it died, but adding a failure point and a requirement to only plug into non-surge protected power are not desirable. Several Z-wave devices as well, but they are currently controlled via my alarm system. I don't necessarily need to control them via my next controller but I suppose the capability wouldn't hurt. Aeon tech USB Z-wave dongle Insteon USB dongle (can I use this to control Insteon via Polisy instead of PLM since I have lots of dual-band devices?) I need the following capabilities: Alexa control (I believe this is enabled via the ISY portal) iOS App No PLM dependency I have not set up an ISY device before so don't need to migrate any logic. Although part of me would love to hack around with a Raspberry Pi and Home Assistant, I'd really like to devote my time to other things. Thus I see the Polisy as a potential solution. Questions: Would the Polisy need to run ISY emulation to control Insteon with the USB dongle? Does it come set up for this? Can the Hub be used instead of the PLM instead of the dongle? Hub works even plugged into a surge protector. Would I need to add each device to Polisy as if I were setting up an ISY 994i? I have all device addresses. If I add the devices by address, will existing links automatically get added? I would prefer not to re-program scenes. Can I set up the Polisy in addition to the Hub until I'm sure everything works, then just use the Hub as my PLM equivalent? Thanks in advance for any guidance. In return, if I can get this set up and working, I will write a primer for the next person on this journey.