Hello.

I'm about ready to upgrade ISY 994i (have it for 11 years) to Eisy. I would like to hold off buying Zmatter board.

I have a couple dozen Zwave devices and bunch of Insteon.

1. Can I use Eisy with Aeon Labs Z-stick?

2. Will I retain current zwave functionality ?

3. Will my ISY back up work with Eisy+Aeon Labs Z-stick?

4.When  eventually I'll upgrade to Zmatter board will Eisy +Z-stick back up work?

Thanks.

4 hours ago, tibbar said:

Hello.

I'm about ready to upgrade ISY 994i (have it for 11 years) to Eisy. I would like to hold off buying Zmatter board.

I have a couple dozen Zwave devices and bunch of Insteon.

1. Can I use Eisy with Aeon Labs Z-stick?

2. Will I retain current zwave functionality ?

3. Will my ISY back up work with Eisy+Aeon Labs Z-stick?

4.When  eventually I'll upgrade to Zmatter board will Eisy +Z-stick back up work?

Thanks.

From the UD migration document:

The original implementation on Eisy / Polisy can use generic Z-Wave controllers such as the Zooz stick, or, it can use the ZMatter Z-Wave controller (either board or USB dongle).

The ZMatter Z-Wave implementation can only use the ZMatter Z-Wave controller (either board or USB dongle).

Thanks @DennisC.

Any idea if Zwave backups between hubs and controllers would work?

9 hours ago, tibbar said:

Thanks @DennisC.

Any idea if Zwave backups between hubs and controllers would work?

Not sure what you mean:

"between hub and controllers" ?

3 minutes ago, DennisC said:

Not sure what you mean:

"between hub and controllers" ?

Zwave back up from ISY restored on EISY + Z-stick then backup from EISY + Z-stick restored on EISY + ZMatter board.

7 minutes ago, tibbar said:

Zwave back up from ISY restored on EISY + Z-stick then backup from EISY + Z-stick restored on EISY + ZMatter board.

I believe moving from Z-stick to ZMatter is done through a ZWave migration, not a backup. I don't recall seeing the option of doing a ZWave migration on eisy.

However, maybe I don't see it because I am not running a Z-stick on eisy.

Might be best to confirm with UD via a support ticket.