HouseBot

[quote="Steve Horn" post_id=455215 time=1718209928 user_id=6]
Well, clearly, I'm missing a step. I installed the stick, identified the COM port, added the hardware interface to HB, but cannot enable the thing. Restarted HB until the system log did not have a ZWave error. No help. I did notice that there are 2 ZWave USB HW interfaces, tried both, with no different results. What am I missing?
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Hi Steve
Did you get your gen 7 z-stick to work?
I have about 120 z-devices in my network and a gen 5 stick from Aeotec. Currently a restart of HouseBot takes about 4 minutes, because of the initial communication with all z-devices on the network. I don't know if it would be faster with a gen 7 stick??? But I don't want to give it a try when it will not work with Housebot. Anyhow I assume it will be a hassle to move all devices over to the new stick. I don't assume there's a tool to migrate a whole network.

BR -Alex-

I have not had a chance to get back to that work. It’s summer and a lot of outdoor stuff - both work and play - take precedence. Scott suggested checking for drivers and i still have to do that.

An update to this: I just discovered that Insteon is NOT no more after all. See https://Insteon.com. New company, separated from former Smarthome (RIP), Hardware (switches, hub, etc.) available, as well as Android and Apple apps. All this discovered because my HB server is dead - see separate post. As a result, I was looking for a way to control my embedded Insteon stuff “outside” of HB. Upside of Insteon’s resurrection: hardware (hubs, etc) are readily available on the new or used market. Down side: the use of the app to control devices via the hub requires a subscription ($40/yr), but somehow bridges functionality/voice control to Alexa and Google Assistant. So, this appears to extend the usable life of my Insteon stuff until I migrate to something else.