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EISY does not offer support for ir and will not offer ir in the future. It's not a supply issue. It has more to do with where the market is going with products and the amount of people that used it. While some users will obviously be impacted by this decision, they made it to help keep costs down. There's a Node Server for global cache devices. You can find more information on it in the be Node Server section

You would write a program. Choose the hub and activity that you want.

I googled your question and came across this post in the results. I dont use my system in that manner so I cant help you past that.

Only you can decide this. If your happy doing what you are doing you can stay where you are. Upgrade when you're ready to try new technologies that the eisy supports I googled "how to use home assistant with ISY" and came across these instructions. UDI does not support homekit directly. You could use home assistant to make that happen. In regards to running home assistant on the eisy, that is possible but its something you would need to know how to do so that you do not mess up your eisy. I would recommend using home assistant's yellow box instead.

Its not hard to find! The very first post on this thread above yours answers your questions

Personally, I trust UDI so I dont have an issue with it. If you dont then you should just purchase your eisy outright and sell your ISY on ebay or something. If you know your ISY or polisy is in great condition, most likely its a moot point.

They disabled it due to people messing up their systems with static ip's because they didn't know what they were doing not because it caused an issue. Changing the ports can cause system issues however.

You don't need it. Some like myself have 2 systems. 1 to run our home and the other for testing.

In the notes of the 5.3.4 section it says you'll need to verify your programs. Most likely something has changed with some of your programs so you'll need to update them. It may be as simple as clicking on a line in your program, clicking update, and saving. The problem programs are usually in yellow. You may also need to update your java runtime memory (also found in the notes for the upgrade with instructions on how to do so). If you're having problems with wireless devices, make sure that it's in linking mode when trying to restore them. If you're trying to re-add your wireless devices, make sure that you're typing the address in correctly. An 8 may be a B or D for example. There may be comm issues with your iolinc. Bring it closer to your plm, restore it, and then hook it back up.

If ordering the cable from udi or any of the other countless places that has been talked about on here is too hard for you, then it may be time to move to HA. Sometimes you have to see if the grass is really greener on the other side.

I wouldn't say it's a lack of wisdom. Smarthome provided the necessary cable to be used with the product and allowed anyone to use it as they saw fit. They put it on the end-user to research and determine what their particular setup requires. The isy made use of the plm and it's Ethernet port by having a direct connection, Polisy used the DB9 directly, and EISY uses USB.The fact that the plm works with 3 different setups shows they made a wise choice. UDI isn't at fault either. On the eisy sales page, it explicitly states that the 2413s requires their adapter kit (with link to kit). They can't help if the end user doesn't bother to check what they have or click the link to the product to verify.

See step 6 in the installation instructions

https://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/39372-curated-answers-to-general-eisy-questions/

If the switch is part of the scene still, remove the switch from the scene. Factory reset the kpl, and then right click on the kpl and choose restore

What are you trying to do? You're not making sense! Keypad buttons will always be part of a keypad as they are 1 device. If you're trying to I group them then right click on the device and choose ungroup

As Mrbill stated, you need to go to the scenes that have your devices in them and remove the devices from the scene. What you're attempting to do is delete the kpl itself from the isy.

Correct. This has been covered a few times on here and from Michel. Its still being worked on. When I posted I was travelling at the time and I wasn't aware of 5.5.2 being released with the fix at that moment. Hopefully @Michel Kohanimwill be able to chime in and clarify

If you read all the way through it, it also says: Features Migration from existing network (e.g. Zooz) Migration from ISY-994 500 Series Backup But you're more than welcome to wait. Hopefully someone who has done it will respond. You can also reach out directly to UDI via their support lines.

According to what the firmware page for 5.5.2 says, yes it can be done. https://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/39592-iox-release-v552-is-now-available/

They can repeat the signal. The encryption is for the end device itself

https://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/29371-zwave-tips-and-tricks/

What problems are you having? It's nice to know your board (500series) but that doesn't help us determine what's wrong if we don't know what's wrong. S2 support or lack of would not cause any issues.

Due to the mixed nature of scenes in the 5.x.x firmware, that is no longer available

Sounds good. I'm curious if it can be as dynamic as insteon

For some of the things you've talked about, it should be enough. Especially for simple things like multi-way switching or lights controlled by motion sensors. I prefer the flexibility of programs to directly linked devices but it'll be something that you'll have to decide on. With you using zwave, you don't have the same flexibility that insteon has so your mileage will vary. Let us know how you like it. You could always get a switch and sensor and start testing things.