There was a now closed thread (so I can't post there, hence the new thread) where fresnoboy had problems restoring the z-wave configuration to the new G3 smartstick+. It turns out that a restore requires you to connect to an HS server. As rjh said, without this HS server you would have to become a z-wave developer (which probably costs a bunch of money), get the z-wave SDK and create your own program to do the conversion. If this was a relatively easy task then HS would have done it. Hence, that is NOT a solution at all.
As Rupp pointed out, you can still use the smartstick but you have to basically redo everything manually (not just devices but also events, etc). I am going through that process but it is a MAJOR PITA. We need to have a backup/restore solution that doesn't despend on HS
One major reason I chose HS is because it does not depend on the cloud. Of course, the control of my devices is still not cloud based but almost all my devices are z-wave and not being able to backup and restore this independently from HS is a VERY serious concern to me. As avpman pointed out, while HS has been around for a long time businesses can still go under (Kodak, and MANY other ones), they can be bought by others and they have other goals/ideas, etc.
It appears HS isn't willing to rectify that problem so is there an alternative 700 series z-wave stick solution that allows backups and restores without depending on HS?
https://forums.homeseer.com/forum/ho...rtstick-solved
As Rupp pointed out, you can still use the smartstick but you have to basically redo everything manually (not just devices but also events, etc). I am going through that process but it is a MAJOR PITA. We need to have a backup/restore solution that doesn't despend on HS
One major reason I chose HS is because it does not depend on the cloud. Of course, the control of my devices is still not cloud based but almost all my devices are z-wave and not being able to backup and restore this independently from HS is a VERY serious concern to me. As avpman pointed out, while HS has been around for a long time businesses can still go under (Kodak, and MANY other ones), they can be bought by others and they have other goals/ideas, etc.
It appears HS isn't willing to rectify that problem so is there an alternative 700 series z-wave stick solution that allows backups and restores without depending on HS?
https://forums.homeseer.com/forum/ho...rtstick-solved
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