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Looks like it's the end. My ISY stopped running programs this evening, then randomly dropped connections to various Zwave devices. I pulled the power to cycle it and now when power is restored, the unit appears to be dead. Solid blue power light. The rear blue light comes on, flashes 5 times, then turns off. No other lights ever light up. Network cable shows some blinking, but never appears on network. Null modem cable never shows any activity on boot up. Reset button does absolutely nothing. Super frustrating. I even replaced the power supply, and that didn't help either.

I don't want to say just yet until I've fully explored the Programs, variables and Network Resources. It could be that any scenario I come up with can be done with those. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Vera is definitely all about Zwave. But I haven't ever used Insteon for either system so I don't know how it compares. All my Zwave devices work exactly the same under ISY as they did on Vera. I think my motion sensors trigger lights faster under ISY though. The Healing function is nice - I'm not sure how Vera handled. The Program functionality in ISY could only be had with a plugin in Vera called PLEG. But Vera has the advantage of a Lua scripting engine. Free writing code was nice so I guess Polyglot is the solution here? Or maybe it's the server node concept? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I had a Vera Lite for a few years and it was... ok. The device is decent, simple, and worked for the most part. But their portal access is terrible, the UI is pretty but disfunctional, and the support is non-existent. I made the jump to an ISY994iZIR Pro, and had a disastrous setup process trying to get all my Zwave gear migrated over. It was totally my fault, and Michel walked me through what was causing the issues, and how to slowly and deliberately get my devices paired up and the network healed. I didn't really expect to get much of a response via email, but I did. Now I have everything set up and working better than ever.