Bumbershoot

I have a Polisy and 5.5.2 is running things around here in the usual fashion, which means just fine. There are a couple of Z-Wave issues that UDI says will be addressed in the next build, but that's okay, nothing that can't be dealt with. I'm amazed that UDI released the eisy, ZMatter and a new software stack during the holidays. When I was working, we made sure to never rock the boat just before a holiday, lest we spend the entire holiday period on the phone, in the office, whatever... I feel for these guys. This stuff can be stressful.

There are some Z-Wave issues that need to be resolved, even with a clean install. There are a few devices on my network (I've done both the migration and have factory reset the ZMatter dongle and excluded/included my Z-Wave devices) that don't work as they did under the three previous Z-Wave dongles (300 series, 500 series and Zooz 700 series). Notably, status isn't reported correctly (or at all, in some devices) with the ZMatter dongle. @Chris Jahn indicated that the ZMatter dongle is strict about following the Z-Wave specifications, and some devices vary from the specifications. I have motion sensors and garage door openers that don't report status. In the case of the motion sensors, the dongle receives the notification of motion, but it doesn't process the message and update the status, so it's not actionable in programs. I will say that the range of the ZMatter dongle is much improved, and the speed in which devices react to commands is fast, maybe Insteon fast. I'm running 5.5.2 on a Polisy Pro. I'll get an eisy after the first of the year.

UDI would obviously have to weigh in on this, but I understood that the ZMatter implementation would be as a fully functional citizen of the Matter universe, and not limited to being something akin to a UDI walled garden of Matter devices that only communicate with a Polisy or eisy. I doubt something like that would pass muster with the CSA, as that one of the points of Matter is interoperability. https://csa-iot.org/all-solutions/matter/ One protocol to connect compatible devices and systems with one another. Smart home devices should be secure, reliable, and seamless to use. And with Matter, they are.

I've got one of the same range extenders, and it included into the Z-Wave network, but there aren't any nodes visible in the device tree. See the linked post:

I don't know how else you'd do it. That's the way it's always been done, and given that Polisy and eisy are running the same OS, it probably is a much easier migration than it was from ISY994 to Polisy. As long as you don't move your Zooz dongle to the eisy, I can't imagine that anything would happen. The ZMatter board doesn't know anything about the devices you have installed on your Zooz dongle on your Polisy. Also, you can always factory reset your eisy if you need to.

Looks like it's partially out. I updated from the AC this morning, and got a new Admin Console, but it seems that something is amiss... The firmware won't yet upgrade, so it might pay to wait for an announcement prior to upgrading packages.

I don't have an eisy, but for Polisy the ports are 8080 for http connections and 8443 for https connections (look on your Configuration | System tab in the AC). Lots of people here use the UDI Portal for that purpose so they don't have to open their firewall.

I believe that for every time you include/exclude a device, the next item you include will use an incremented device ID, whether the previous device ID is vacant because of an exclusion or not. It was mentioned somewhere that an update to IoX should be available this week.

A couple of us have had the same results with those repeaters, and UDI is aware of it:

Here's a place to start: https://github.com/UniversalDevicesInc-PG3/udi-poly-ELK/blob/master/README.md

I think your Elk M1XEP can only connect with one device at a time, so I don't think this will work.

I think device 01 is your Z-Wave controller, so I wouldn't expect that one to be interviewed.

In order to get the latest version, I had go through the uninstall/install process, but I found that you don't have to uninstall it at all. You can reinstall it in the same slot as the current installation. Go through the install process, and at the final screen you have the option to install it in the same place it's already installed. See screenshot. That might fix it. There weren't any negative consequences to me.

No, it's not bad storage. It's been this way for a long time. Here's mine:

I think this is a known issue:

I can't claim much success, because I've only changed parameters on one device, but it worked. I have a couple of Enbrighten Z-Wave In-Wall Motion Switches (500 series chips). I have one of these set to Manual mode for the motion sensor, as I use the motion event to control lights other than those connected to the load. You can change the mode for motion by removing the switch plate and initiating a series of button presses, but I found that by setting parameter 3 to a value of 1 also did the trick. Not all is well with the switch, however. Using ZMatter, the device interview never completes, and the motion event isn't handled, so it's not available in programs. This is a general problem on my installation as 9 devices interviews don't complete (including device 1), against 10 that do (Z-Wave | Z-Wave X-Ray | DH All Devices) Devices list: 1 Interview Not done 2 Interview done 4 Interview Not done 6 Interview done 7 Interview done 8 Interview done 9 Interview Not done 12 Interview Not done 13 Interview Not done 14 Interview done 15 Interview done 18 Interview Not done 19 Interview Not done 20 Interview done 23 Interview done 24 Interview done 25 Interview done 26 Interview Not done 27 Interview Not done

I have it as well, and it works.

Back in the day when I first installed my Zooz stick, I got associations working with an Aeotec Multisensor 6 and a Zooz Zen76 switch. You might have another look at this thread:

I don’t know how Z-Wave handles things at the network level, but shouldn’t the controller <—> device communication handle this? I have both on my current network, along with Z-Wave 300, 500 and 700 devices. Only one network, as far as I know.

I’ll just drop this here:

I can't imagine why. You restore the backup into the latest/greatest IoX version on your eisy, which we know is at least 5.5. Then you migrate using the tools in on your eisy, which contains the latest/greatest version of IoX. Maybe I'm not understanding something about how this would work, but you'd be on the latest with all your programs/etc. intact. You'd just need the devices to migrate from the Zooz dongle to the ZMatter dongle. If the devices don't come along for the ride, then the migration hasn't worked.

You might just wait. I think the Z-Wave information is on the Zooz dongle, not in the IoX software. Consider this path: Take the ZMatter card out of your Polisy and place it in the USB enclosure when you get it. See what firmware the eisy ships with -- it's likely not the version that has the finished migration tools. Upgrade the eisy to the finished version when it's available. Backup your Polisy. Insert the ZMatter dongle and the Zooz dongle in your eisy. Restore the Polisy backup on your eisy. Migrate. Just a few thoughts... I don't think anyone other than UDI can reassure you at this point, as no one has any experience with doing what you're trying to do.

Take a look at the thread below. Some of the issues regarding "any old browser" are discussed:

@brians, thanks for writing this up. I've got five Zooz Zen77 dimmers in our primary bathroom, and I am able to use one of them to control the on/off, dim level on the other four. It works, not quite as neatly as Insteon as you say, but it works. Again, thanks!

That takes me back...