starting over

[hammr808]

Hello,

I've been running my ISY 994i with Insteon, Elk, and multiple wall-mounted iPads running eKeypad.  There's quite a bit of switches, sensors, etc that are very specific to my home.  I'm getting ready to move and will need to start over from scratch.  I was thinking that I would uninstall everything, and then upon installing each/any device at the new house I would factory reset it before linking to ISY.  Of course I would need to reset ISY too.

Are there any best practices for this whole scenario?  

How do I reset/default ISY?  Will it retain the current firmware?

Thanks for any help

[Teken]

Hello,

I've been running my ISY 994i with Insteon, Elk, and multiple wall-mounted iPads running eKeypad.  There's quite a bit of switches, sensors, etc that are very specific to my home.  I'm getting ready to move and will need to start over from scratch.  I was thinking that I would uninstall everything, and then upon installing each/any device at the new house I would factory reset it before linking to ISY.  Of course I would need to reset ISY too.

Are there any best practices for this whole scenario?  

How do I reset/default ISY?  Will it retain the current firmware?

Thanks for any help

 

May I humbly suggest unless finances are an issue that you leave the Insteon hardware in place and ensure mechanically everything operates as a normal person would expect?

 

- Doing so will save tons of labor time and retrofit of old switches.

 

- Unless your devices are less than two years old buying new ones will offer more features, lower power consumption, robust power supply, and increased surge resistance within the hardware. 

 

- All Insteon hardware should be hard reset upon receipt to insure any test links and programming are removed. This ensures each device is operating in the default OEM state.

 

- With respect to the ISY Series Controller this link will offer the guidance you seek: http://wiki.universal-devices.com/index.php?title=ISY-99i/ISY-26_INSTEON:Advanced_Configuration_Guide#FR_.E2.80.93_Factory_Reset

[hammr808]

I did consider leaving the hardware (or most of it anyway), but since I will be renting out this house I would prefer basic, bulletproof switches that will never accidentally have their set button pressed, or miss a communication, or whatever. In the long run standard switches will be the longest lasting and require zero maintenance or service calls.

 

Good point on updating the older switches. I'll do that for sure. I don't want to "start fresh" with some old hardware in the mix.

 

Thanks for the ISY reset links. that's exactly what I was looking for.

 

Thank you for the help.

[stusviews]

It takes a special effort to accidently press a set button. Everyone has had a remote that missed its press. Disconnect the ISY. Scenes will remain intact. Programs won't run. If it's easy and if every button is labelled, you may want to leave the devices. IMO, it's not worth using older devices in a new installation. By all means, take the ISY

[apnar]

You can even lock the switches so they can't be programmed locally via options in the ISY. I lock all my devices.

[Teken]

I did consider leaving the hardware (or most of it anyway), but since I will be renting out this house I would prefer basic, bulletproof switches that will never accidentally have their set button pressed, or miss a communication, or whatever. In the long run standard switches will be the longest lasting and require zero maintenance or service calls.

 

Good point on updating the older switches. I'll do that for sure. I don't want to "start fresh" with some old hardware in the mix.

 

Thanks for the ISY reset links. that's exactly what I was looking for.

 

Thank you for the help.

 

Understood if this is a rental property I would probably lean your way also. I thought this situation was a sell and go opportunity so given the new information I see value in spending the time to remove all and replace with common style switches.

 

If going that route as a good balance you could sell some of them and keep those you feel are worth keeping. Given this week Smarthome is having their annual Black Friday event you should definitely take advantage of buying all the hardware you need for the new home.

 

As an aside if you have any dual band KPL's for sale give me a shout, ha!