migrate ISY994 to EISY (using pre-era Zwave?)

[johnstonf]

Received my eISY today...

I see where it says Zwave500 but i have old card.

How do i migrate ISY994 to EISY (using pre-era Zwave?)

(Does the attached tell for sure??)

 

 

Edited February 7 by johnstonf

[Geddy]

@johnstonf as best as I can tell there is no direct migration path if you have the series 300 Z-Wave controller. The Wiki states for 500 series and an updated news/blog headline said earlier versions of ISY994 firmware “and don’t have any Z-Wave devices”. 

How many Z-Wave devices do you have? It sounds like you might have to reset everything.

I will make a simple suggestion in your migration process…. Be sure to copy ALL PROGRAMS to a text file for reference. Especially since you’ll be setting up Z-Wave new. Right click on the root folder of the program tree and select “Copy Folder to Clipboard” then paste to a text editor (not a word processing program/app). 

[johnstonf]

On 2/7/2025 at 10:13 PM, Geddy said:

@johnstonf as best as I can tell there is no direct migration path if you have the series 300 Z-Wave controller. The Wiki states for 500 series and an updated news/blog headline said earlier versions of ISY994 firmware “and don’t have any Z-Wave devices”. 

How many Z-Wave devices do you have? It sounds like you might have to reset everything.

I will make a simple suggestion in your migration process…. Be sure to copy ALL PROGRAMS to a text file for reference. Especially since you’ll be setting up Z-Wave new. Right click on the root folder of the program tree and select “Copy Folder to Clipboard” then paste to a text editor (not a word processing program/app). 

VERY helpful advice @Geddy, thanks!  (My eISY is still taped in the box... I only have 15 maybe 20 zwave, but ya, locks and programs... not looking forward to it LoL.).  (Glad I didn't just hack into it.  So my thoughts are...
-Backup ISY now
-Get the PROGRAMS as you mentioned
-Get a list of all Zwave nodes (eg ZW017_1)
-Delete all Zwave devices
-Backup Zwave (so zero in ISY backup)
-Backup ISY (so backup w/o Zwave)
-Upgrade ISY to latest version
-Backup ISY (With latest firmware, and zero zwave)
-Power down ISY
-Set up eISY, and move my serial PLM over to it
-Restore ISY backup onto eISY
-Get all non-zWave stuff going/tested
-Plug the ZMATTER-USB in
-Redo all zWave from scratch

Any hints, or things I've missed?

Many Thanks!




 

Edited February 14 by johnstonf

[junkycosmos]

@johnstonf  - how goes your process here?

I can relate, I think I’m in the same spot you posted.  I’ve had my EISY for a year now….  My second attempt migrating was following the directions just to move the Insteon on Network with plans to manually reset and manually add all of the Z wave.   Glad I did it that way because it was very easy to roll back from and go back to my ISY994.   (just moved the PLM back to the ISY994 and plug it back in) 

Which Z wave locks do you have ?  

[johnstonf]

Hi there!  Great to hear from someone!  I have a feeling there's a few of us in this boat.

I have one Yale lock and 4 Kwikset.  All have worked great on the ISY994.

My EISY is (Seriously) STILL taped up in the shipping box (they might have sent me a birdfeeder for all I know LoL).

I'm reluctant to dig in until I know my path forward.

I wish someone from UDI @bmercier ?? at least would confirm or deny my thoughts in this post.

So are you back to your ISY994 right now?

Are you saying you can flip your PLM back and forth? (sounds dangerous to me).

Waiting (im)PATIENTLY... @bmercier

 

 

[bmercier]

10 hours ago, johnstonf said:

Hi there!  Great to hear from someone!  I have a feeling there's a few of us in this boat.

I have one Yale lock and 4 Kwikset.  All have worked great on the ISY994.

My EISY is (Seriously) STILL taped up in the shipping box (they might have sent me a birdfeeder for all I know LoL).

I'm reluctant to dig in until I know my path forward.

I wish someone from UDI @bmercier ?? at least would confirm or deny my thoughts in this post.

So are you back to your ISY994 right now?

Are you saying you can flip your PLM back and forth? (sounds dangerous to me).

Waiting (im)PATIENTLY... @bmercier

 

 

@johnstonf, please use these instructons:
https://wiki.universal-devices.com/Eisy:User_Guide#Migration