stevehoyt Posted December 2, 2021 Posted December 2, 2021 I am just wrapping my head around the implications of the serialPLM disappearing along with a lot of other Insteon products. I have an Insteon only site with about 100 devices, 40 scenes and about 20 running programs. I will be stockpiling additional Insteon devices, if and when they become available, and hope to keep my site running for years into the future. It seems the only way to do this, given the demise of the serial PLM, is to migrate to ISY on Polisy. To this end, I have purchased 2 USB PLMs ( one for Backup). I will also be purchasing a POLISY Pro in the near future. At the moment, all is running fine however, I expect to start the manual migration next year. Before I go ahead and buy the POLISY, I have a couple questions. 1) From what I can tell there is no firm date on a migration tool, hence my plan to do it manually at a slow pace. Is it still true that a migration tool is not on the near horizon? 2) To do the migration manually, I think I need to keep, both my old ISY and the new ISY running on POLISY up and running at the same time. From what I can tell, there is no problem doing this. However I am a bit uncertain on what the steps are to migrate. Do I, one by one, delete a device, the scenes and programs it participates in, and then add it to the ISY on Polisy along with new scenes and programs? Are there any issues that might arise having 2 ISY's with 2 PLMs running on the same INSTEON network? 3) Currently I use moblinc X to control the house both locally and remotely. During the transition I expect to keep Mobilinc on the old ISY and run UD mobile on the POLISY. I am seriously considering moving to UD mobile and this would be a good time to compare them. Are there any issues in doing this I need to worry about. 4) If I have missed anything else please let me know. Thanks Steve PS I look forward to the new node servers and new options as I have a number of devices that are supported.
MrBill Posted December 2, 2021 Posted December 2, 2021 (edited) 23 minutes ago, stevehoyt said: USB PLMs A trick that's been discovered is that you can open up a dead serial and good USB PLM and swap the daughter boards. No soldering required. If you can solder or know someone that can it's also fairly easy to repair the serial PLMs. Personally I'd wait on moving ISY to Polisy until more of the bugs have been chased. You can do it today, and a few already have. 23 minutes ago, stevehoyt said: Do I, one by one, delete a device, the scenes and programs it participates in, and then add it to the ISY on Polisy along with new scenes and programs? Yes, personally I'd recommend a factory reset, after removing from one ISY and adding to the other. At this point It's a slow manual process, I'd wait and find out the if there's a better migration plan to come. there is after all no rush. 23 minutes ago, stevehoyt said: I will also be purchasing a POLISY Pro in the near future. Save a few bucks. buy the regular polisy... the wifi interface is pointless, and the bluetooth interface isn't yet implemented and there is nothing specific on the roadmap to be excited about that needs pro. 23 minutes ago, stevehoyt said: Currently I use moblinc X to control the house both locally and remotely. Dump Mobilinc X (it's been well over a year since it was updated), switch the ISY portal, use UD mobile. Most everything you've asked is covered in multiple threads... Edited December 2, 2021 by MrBill 3
PatPend Posted December 2, 2021 Posted December 2, 2021 If/when my serial PLM croaks I'll replace the caps. And just in case I'm making one of these as a backup: See also https://github.com/mrworf/serial-bridge
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