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Hello Asbril, That wasn't quite my intention. I wanted to migrate ISY to my Polisy PRO, initially all the non Z-Wave items, while waiting for the UDI Z-Wave dongle. Hence, my original, still unanwered question: Can I migrate everything from ISY to IoP, except the Z-wave for now? But now you bring up Eisy, which was news to me. I just found a thread on it here: This obviously begs the huuuuge question: What is the difference between Polisy and Eisy? If I already have a Polisy, should I upgrade to Eisy? If I'm a developer (budding, very budding!), should I go straight to Eisy developing, or stick with Polisy, or do they work the same? Cheers.

Thanks Asbril, A couple of reasons, why I'm waiting for the UDI dongle: 1- future support for Matter 2- separate antenna connection 3- I like the idea of having the hardware hidden inside the Polisy. Looks cleaner. 4- financially supporting UDI, who support me in my home automation journey... That gets me back to the question, if i can migrate everything but Z-Wave away from ISY to IoP... Cheers.

I'm chomping at the bit to get this migration started. Seems the UDI dongle is not yet available. Browsing through all of your very helpful past posts, I'm wondering, if I can move everything from the ISY to IoP, except the Z-wave (all the Z-wave sensors). Is that possible? ELK seems logical. But how to separate all the programs from the the Z-Wave... Cheers.

And just to make sure, I'm not confused here: I'm having problems logging into Polisy, not Polyglot (unless that is the same thing).

Thanks, MrBill; I haven't migrated ISY994 onto my Polisy yet. Waiting for UDI's Z-Wave dongle. I don't want to do things twice. Nor do I have PG3 installed yet, same reason as above. My main question remains at: is only the Polyglot password reset, so I don't have to reinstall/reconfigure my node servers etc... Cheers;

Greetings; This morning, I tried to log onto my Polisy locally, but it says "Password not recognized". No idea, how this would have changed... Looking at means to reset my credentials, I see the following statement under the MULTI FUNCTION BUTTON: Could you please clarify what "This action resets Polyglot" refers to? Will I have to reconfigure everything from scratch, or only the credentials? Cheers;

Thanks @bpwwer, That's good good information. Solar-Assistant offers an MQTT link already. Given my limited knowledge at this point, it will be easier to put an RPi with their software next to the inverter and get the data that way. I know Sol-Ark is working hard to improve their data connectivity. Cheers.

Thanks @bumbershoot, I have contacted Solar Assistant directly and pointed them in the direction of Polisy and PG3... Let's see, what they say. Hopefully they'll get interested and port their code. My question was more on the hardware side: the Polisy's USB port is available, correct? There's a ton of code on GitHub, that does manage to extract data from the Sol-Ark and other inverters. Cheers

Greetings from Colombia, I have a Polisy Pro. I also have a Sol-Ark 12k hybrid inverter, which has an RS485 port used to get live data out of the unit (they also have an IP connection via WiFi dongle, but it is locked up and only delivers data every 5-8mins anyway). There's a company out of South Africa (https://Solar-Assistant.io), which has developed some RPi based software, using a USB-RS485 dongle to extract data out of the Sol-Ark. My question: Can I use the Polisy's USB port for this application? I'm guessing the software will need some adaptation... Cheers.

Thanks for the @Bumbershoot; just checked: Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on zudi/ROOT/default 25G 2.3G 22G 9% / Looks like I'm good there. Cheers

Thanks @Geddy; @Michel Kohanim just informed me that the 700 dongle will have an EXTERNAL antenna. I'm sold!!! will wait for it. Much cleaner implementation than a Polisy sitting above the clouds? Thanks @Techman, please see above. If the migration path exists as well, that's even better! And no, no Insteon. A friend talked me out of that and into Z-wave about 6 years ago. Foresight??? Although most of my devices are WiFi based Sonoff now (Tasmota/MQTT) - 100 and growing and only 20 or so Z-Wave... Cheers;

Thanks @Geddy; Yes, I do have the 500 series dongle. Let's see, what UD says about my Polisy and the new dongle. I'm willing to wait if it makes sense, that's for sure. My only worry is about the reception of a built-in dongle. I have a 6,000sqf home with poured and reninforced concrete walls. I put my 994 with built in 500 Z-Wave module 10' off the ground, so it can seek through the glass that sits above those concrete walls and below the steel roof. All zwave sensors are literally line of sight. With a built-in z-wave module inside the Polisy, I may have to move that whole thing to 10'. Doable but MPITA. Cheers

Thanks @Geddy and @Techman; Most useful information. I submitted a ticket. Let's see, what UD says. I now have ISY Version 5.3.0 on the 994. Is there really a need to upgrade to 5.3.4. if I'm going to retire the ISY 994? Haven't done any changes on Polisy, pending feedback from @Michel Kohanim. With Techman's comment about my zwave dongle, the whole spiel is on hold anyway. Living in Colombia anything that I can't get here via Amazon takes more than a month and is supremely expensive in shipping costs. Aeotec and ZOOZ have the 700 series dongle on Amazon, but it won't ship to Colombia. go figure... To be continued... Cheers

Greetings! Thanks to all of your efforts, I seem to have a path to migrating my 994 to Polisy. Before I embark on this project, I'd like to get some clarity though. The Set-Up: 1- my Polisy is one of the first ones, i signed up for it before they were shipping. 2- I have an ISY with a Z-Wave dongle AND and Elk dongle (Elk M1) 3- about 100 Tasmota flashed Sonoff switches controlled by the Polisy MQTT NS 4- About 20 Aeotec Z-Wave multisensory, which currently are controlled by the 994. These sensors are sitting at 15ft elevation, powered by USB 5V. 5- Google Home Assistant for everything! There are no switches in the house! I also have an Aeotec Z-Wave dongle, Gen5. Now a few questions: 1- can I use that Gen5 Z-Wave dongle or should I just order a new 700 series unit, as recommended in the instructions? Any way to test that? 2- there are 4 pages of instructions there. At what point do I get to a point of no return? Or can the IoP coexist with my current setup with the 994? As I mentioned there are no switches in the house, so either with hey Google or with with the UD app I will need to be up and running before sunset... Or else my wife will have a word with me. She loves the home automation when it works. When it doesn't......... 3- that brings up another point, since I have a very old Polisy: adding ISY to the Polisy by itself will not crash the rest of the system, correct? I'm an occasional user, and if things don't work smoothly, my troubleshooting skills are limited. @Michel Kohanim had to bail me out more than once, from SoCal, via Lake Tahoe into the Polisy sitting in Colombia... Thanks for understanding Cheers.

Update: I contacted Homecontrols.com, from where I had bought the ELK M1. Through them, ELK did some trouble shooting and determined that the RS232 connection of the M1 was busted. Warranty. I finally got the replacement yesterday, installed it and it worked! Case closed! No need for DSC for now.

It worked! They gave me installer privileges. Thanks @TrojanHorse

Thanks; As I was looking for the rs232 gender, i noticed that when the M1XEP is disconnected, the TELCO SEIZED stops flashing... the problem definitely lies around there. Looked at the log from the touch panel. Nothing interesting there, unfortunately. Will update, once I have a solution.

Yes, I do have RP2. I just tried to download it on a laptop again with that USERID I had, but that company is out of business and ELK must have purged them out of their system. Just tried to sign up as an installer, pending verification... Let's see, what they say. Yup, my PC with RP2 is locally talking to the M1XEP and the MAC ID matches the label. Reached out to HomeControls.com, where I bought the panel. They'll be contacting ELK, I guess. In the meantime, I will research, if my USB-RS485 dongle will work with the M1's RS232 port. If that works and I can talk to the ELK, that means the control is good and the M1XEP's rs232 is busted... one step at a time...

Thanks @TrojanHorse, I thought only installers can get access to RP2. Has that changed? With "acting up", I mean that the M! Control is no longer communicating with the M1XEP. All sensors are working, the keyboards are working, but not communicating with RP or with ISY994. And the TELCO SEIZED Led is always on, and flashes off every 16 secs (or 16 STATUS LED blinks)... RP2 starts talking to the M1XEP, but M1Gold doesn't respond. M1XEP is bound to my router and everything. I have a pretty hefty ELK investment 2 LCD panels, 4 keypands, 5 input expanders. So switching to DSC would be a tough one, but since I sold the cabin, if ELK gives me grief, I'll do the math with a DSC PowerSeries NEO... Seems like the more modern system anyway. And my Polisy is handling all of HA and wireless sensors anyway... Cheers.

Thanks @tmorse305, Appreciate the feedback on this. Follow-up question: How easy is it to install a DSC system like yours? ELK M1 was easy enough, because I dublicated my prior install and expanded it, but I had access to the Programming tools (RP2). This is usually only available to trained techs, but I had access for a while somehow (see previous post). Does DSC provide all tools to DIYers? Cheers

Greetings from Colombia, Where ELK is not present and i recently got locked out of Elk's support page... I bought an ELK M1 Gold when we moved here, because I already had one in California and was familiar with it. The installer in CA gebe me access to the ELK support site and I was able to keep my systems up to date. Seems Elk did a recent purge and my access disappeared. I also sold the cabin in California... Now, as lick would have it, my ELK in Colombia is acting up. If i can't fix it, I'll be facing the decision of replacing the system. (All hard wired sensors, with 5 or 6 IO extenders all through the house). The popular system here in Colombia is DSC... How well does ISY994/Polish integrate with DSC compared to ELK? Any caveats? If DSC is well support, any recommendations in which DSC to get? Thanks!

Hi Asbril; So, I have deleted the Home App from her phone and reinstalled it. With that, UD disappears from list of the "works with google" items. Although her phone, or her voice should defer to what Google Home has on my account. Bottom line though, once reinstalled and signed on, her Home app immediately sees our household, but continues to say " can't reach Universal Devices". Neither from her phone, not with my voice or hers. Not on the Google Display or other Minis. There is something else fouled up! Im thinking of disassociating my Google account from UD. How do I do this? From within the ISY Portal or from within Google Home? or Both? I know how to disociate it from within Google Home, but not from within UD. Thanks

This is a repeat question, the first time i only got snide remarks! I have an ISY994 and Polisy Pro controlling 100+ SonOff switches by voice. I have scenes, programs and switches. My wife's is a member of the Google household. All was working well until November, when upgraded my Pixel 3a to a 5a. All of a sudden, when my wife asks for a program to be executed, like "hey Google, open sesame" (a program in ISY) the Home Display answers "Sorry, I can't reach universal devices right now"... She can turn on/off lights just fine. When I say the same thing, it works ok. This behavior repeats itself on all Minis and her own phone. I rebooted ISY, Polisy, I added/removed UD to WorksWithGoogle, added/removed the same routine on her phone, retrained Assistant with her voice... Nothing seems to work. All devices in the home have voice recognition enabled. And it was working before. Occasionally, even Strangers can say "open sesame" and the wine cellar opens... Any ideas where to look? cheers

Greetings, Its been a while since I had problems with the Policy/ISY set up. Both me wife and I recently upgraded from older version Pixels to 5a's, Android 12. My integration came after hers (Google Home is registered under me and she's "family" by invite), as before. It used to be that if she or I said Hey Google, good morning", the system would respond "Hi Sweetie" and then play my selection of news, starting with BBC.l (which I chose) Now, when I say it it still does that, but when my wife says it, it says "Hi Heather" and plays Fox News( which she didn't chose)!!!! What makes matters worse, when I say "hey Google, open sesame" on any of the several Google minis and screens and my phone, the wine cellar opens. When my wife tries the same on her phone or any Google Device, it says " can't reach universal devices right now"... This is a major problem, since she is accusing me of restricting her access to the booze!!!!!! She can control all the lights, but can't execute any programs/routines. I dis-invited and re-invited her to the household, and tried to set up the routines on her phone. No dice. The wine cellar is newly one of those open/close items, but the fact that Google Home chooses "Hi Heather" and Fox News instead of my "Hi Sweetie" and BBC, is an indication that it is not the open/close functionality that's causing the problem. All the lights on Policy/ISY show up on her phone's Home Assistant and when I try to add a routine like open sesame on her phone the various programs show up as well. But they don't execute (although on the phone it says "done"). Any ideas? Thanks.

Yup, and getting lots of Oohs and Aahs too. Cheers.