universal1

Tried adding an ISY99i/IR product which is required to transfer module licenses? UDI won't allow serial number from old unit.

You lie. You said you would not offer help anymore to me :D But thanks for your view. I am just looking at backups right now so I am looking for information not a module transfer at this point. Planning is important. Hopefully planning is never obsolete :D

Technically they won't support an ISY99i which is discontinued. Maybe they will do a module license transfer. Who knows. If they truly don't support ISY99i units then maybe they should have a patch that unlocks all modules for discontinued units. Sure it might lose a few trade-up sales but it would greatly increase customer satisfaction and goodwill. I hesitate to invest in companies that don't design for full life-cycle. Planned obsolescence is a big red flag for me. So is "products as a service". As soon as all companies in this market require a cloud connection I will open my own company with internet independent products.

Right now I have a few ISY99i units doing different things. I am thinking about having backup units available. I only have one unit that has IR so I bought an IR chip to install in a backup unit. I was hoping a backup of old unit and restore to backup unit would work but it looks like I need to buy an IR module just to test it? Are module licenses transferable if a unit dies? What if Universal Devices isn't around anymore?