Could i use the old ISY994i with zwave 500 board in it in my shop, but use it as a remote "dongle" of my polisy?

in other words.. use the zwave in my shop, but connect to it thru my polisy in my house?

just curious if i could repurpose this or is it destined for trash?

I recall others doing this in the past. It's not particularly pretty, but can be done... assuming the rest api has not been deprecated. 

You could push device states and variables back and forth with Network Resources with substitution {,,}.  If the shop will not be changing frequently from a device perspective, it might be worth it.  Pass variables back and forth for a few devices/functions you want to control or monitor from the main building.

https://wiki.universal-devices.com/ISY_Developers:API:REST_Interface

Scroll down a bit to devices and variables. I've done the variable setting from my own python programs, it does work well.

Here's a related how to for zwave

 

This post explains how to do what @paulbates suggests keeping two hubs in sync using variables and network resources

 

@EWhite just be sure to install the firmware on the ISY994 that is specific for z-wave and no PLM! Otherwise, it will always go into safe mode and potentially cause issues.

 

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3.  Download firmware

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  -  ISY 994i ZW, Z, or ZS Series (Z-Wave/Zigbee and/or if you do NOT have a PLM)

Source:  the 5.3.4 release post

Thanks all...i am going to try this but without the cloud involved...