eISY install without a migration

[SSchmidt]

I will not be migrating anything because my ISY, PLM and all the devices it controlled are in the house that I sold. I am about to buy an eISY for my new house, in which I will be using Z-wave because I do not have a PLM and also do not want to be dependent on a vulnerable single point of failure.

I would greatly appreciate answers to:

Is the eISY Z-wave enabled as is or is that one of the things that the Matter is for?

Is there anything else that I need to buy besides the Z-wave devices so that I can move forward?

Thank you, Steve

[asbril]

You also need the ZMatter board USB. 

While I wait for the migration tool to move my setup, I added one Zwave device with success. 

[lilyoyo1]

46 minutes ago, SSchmidt said:

I will not be migrating anything because my ISY, PLM and all the devices it controlled are in the house that I sold. I am about to buy an eISY for my new house, in which I will be using Z-wave because I do not have a PLM and also do not want to be dependent on a vulnerable single point of failure.

I would greatly appreciate answers to:

Is the eISY Z-wave enabled as is or is that one of the things that the Matter is for?

Is there anything else that I need to buy besides the Z-wave devices so that I can move forward?

Thank you, Steve

https://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/39372-curated-answers-to-general-eisy-questions/

[auger66]

5 hours ago, SSchmidt said:

. . . I am about to buy an eISY for my new house, in which I will be using Z-wave because I do not have a PLM and also. do not want to be dependent on a vulnerable single point of failure.

. . .

Wouldn't you still have a single point of failure?

[SSchmidt]

Yes but I wrote "vulnerable single point of failure". In the 14 years that I had ISY/Insteon in my last house, I NEVER had a single ISY failure but did have MANY PLM failures.

[auger66]

Good point and understood. 

My experience is a little different. I had one ISY-99 a long time ago, and until a few days ago, six ISY-994s running. I finally stopped concurrently running my personal 994 and switched it completely over to Polisy last week. Never had a failure. My eisy will be here soon.

I've also never had a PLM failure. Lucky, I guess.

[SSchmidt]

May we all be blessed with a great eisy experience for many many years with no points of failure!