How to add Z-Wave to ISY994i/IR-Pro

[ulrick65]

I have an ISY994i/IR-Pro and I was wondering if adding Z-Wave capability was as easy as buying the z-wave card from the store and installing it?  I see there is an internal and external version, can someone confirm if it will work and which one?

Thanks for the help.

[Michel Kohanim]

@ulrick65,

Here you go:

https://wiki.universal-devices.com/index.php?title=Z-Wave:_Ordering/Assembly_Instructions

 

With kind regards,
Michel

[ulrick65]

12 minutes ago, Michel Kohanim said:

@ulrick65,

Here you go:

https://wiki.universal-devices.com/index.php?title=Z-Wave:_Ordering/Assembly_Instructions

 

With kind regards,
Michel

Thank you Michel, I assumed that would do it but wanted to make sure it worked with my model.

[ronvond]

On 10/24/2019 at 1:37 PM, Michel Kohanim said:

@ulrick65,

Here you go:

https://wiki.universal-devices.com/index.php?title=Z-Wave:_Ordering/Assembly_Instructions

 

With kind regards,
Michel

Michel,

I don't know if this is the proper place to ask this question, but here goes.  I purchased my z-wave dongle from UDI in March 2018 at which time I was still using 4.7.3.  Everything worked fine.  I have since upgraded to 5.0.15a.  I purchased an Inovelli on/off switch which I was unable to get working.  One of comments I received from Inovelli was questioning whether I had upgraded my Z-Wave dongle to the plus version.  I haven't.  Can you advise how I might accomplish that?  Do I just purchase a new dongle, or is there a software update?

Thanks,

Ron

[Michel Kohanim]

Hi Ron, please click on Z-Wave | Advanced | Z-Wave version and let me know what you see.

With kind regards,
Michel

[ronvond]

z-wave version 4.55.00, Bootloader 1.03, Library Static Controller

[Michel Kohanim]

Hi Ron,

You would need our 500 series dongle. But, I really do not know why it matters. Did they give you any ideas? Otherwise, please send your invoice to sales@universal-devices.com and request for an upgrade to your dongle. Please note that if you move to 500 series, a) you need to upgrade your ISY firmware to 5.0.16 and b) you need to backup your existing dongle and then restore on the new one.

With kind regards,
Michel

[ronvond]

Michel,

Following is the message I received from the Inovelli folks:

Have you upgraded your ISY994i Zwave dongle to Zwave plus?
The ISY has more control options at it’s disposal with the Zwave plus dongle, also you should be running your ISY on firmware version 5.16 (RC1), this version has fixed some bugs that the ISY had with Inovelli switches.

End of their message.

I have downloaded, but not installed version 5.16.

On the subject of the Z-Wave invoice, I no longer have that, but checking my PayPal account I could find a charge to Orchestrated Home, Invoice 5763, in the amount of $59.98, dated 03/10/2018.  Do you think that will suffice?

Thanks for all the help you've given me in the past.

Ron

[lilyoyo1]

55 minutes ago, ronvond said:

Michel,

Following is the message I received from the Inovelli folks:

Have you upgraded your ISY994i Zwave dongle to Zwave plus?
The ISY has more control options at it’s disposal with the Zwave plus dongle, also you should be running your ISY on firmware version 5.16 (RC1), this version has fixed some bugs that the ISY had with Inovelli switches.

End of their message.

I have downloaded, but not installed version 5.16.

On the subject of the Z-Wave invoice, I no longer have that, but checking my PayPal account I could find a charge to Orchestrated Home, Invoice 5763, in the amount of $59.98, dated 03/10/2018.  Do you think that will suffice?

Thanks for all the help you've given me in the past.

Ron

I would try upgrading your firmware to the latest to see if that fixes your issues. 

[ronvond]

On 11/3/2019 at 2:01 PM, Michel Kohanim said:

Hi Ron,

You would need our 500 series dongle. But, I really do not know why it matters. Did they give you any ideas? Otherwise, please send your invoice to sales@universal-devices.com and request for an upgrade to your dongle. Please note that if you move to 500 series, a) you need to upgrade your ISY firmware to 5.0.16 and b) you need to backup your existing dongle and then restore on the new one.

With kind regards,
Michel

Michel,

I have backed up my ISY and did a full backup on my Z-Wave dongle, all in preparation for upgrading to 5.0.16.  Is there anything I should be aware of when doing the upgrade.  I seem to remember I need to clear the Java cache and then download a new UDI version.

Thanks again for all your help,

Ron

[DennisC]

I would suggest making a note of any disabled programs, turn off automatic writes for battery operated devices, and check each program after the update. Some minor adjustments may need to be done after the upgrade or some programs may need to be resaved.