upstatemike Posted December 8, 2021 Posted December 8, 2021 I was wondering if anybody is doing any pre-staging of ISY and Z-Wave? Shop time is a lot cheaper than field time so it would make sense to do as much enrolling and programming as possible in advance and just dedicate on-site time to physical installation and testing. Is this practical using an ISY and Z-Wave devices?
lilyoyo1 Posted December 8, 2021 Posted December 8, 2021 1 hour ago, upstatemike said: I was wondering if anybody is doing any pre-staging of ISY and Z-Wave? Shop time is a lot cheaper than field time so it would make sense to do as much enrolling and programming as possible in advance and just dedicate on-site time to physical installation and testing. Is this practical using an ISY and Z-Wave devices? Yes. Everything is setup prior to me going to a house to ensure everything works properly prior to Installation. I create my scenes, folders, rename, etc. before then as well. (this started with insteon but goes for anything i install)
upstatemike Posted December 8, 2021 Author Posted December 8, 2021 That's good to hear. I was worried that pre-staging Z-Wave might be a problem when the switches are installed in the field and had to adjust to the new topology. I don't want to be waiting around onsite for some extended time while the switches recalculate their routing table before I can finish testing and get out of there.
lilyoyo1 Posted December 8, 2021 Posted December 8, 2021 7 minutes ago, upstatemike said: That's good to hear. I was worried that pre-staging Z-Wave might be a problem when the switches are installed in the field and had to adjust to the new topology. I don't want to be waiting around onsite for some extended time while the switches recalculate their routing table before I can finish testing and get out of there. You'll still want to run update neighbors. For each device. In the past, I'd simply run a network heal once done which was easier. Back when I was heavy into it, I'd install when the house was least used so that no one could interfere.
Recommended Posts