Well, it had to happen sooner or later....
I've had a HomeTroller SEL (Pro) and two Z-Nets running for 2 years. Great hardware and exceptional home automation software combination. However lately, starting about a month or so ago, I had been experiencing minor issues, that led to my system "locking up" twice. (history here --> http://forums.homeseer.com/showthrea...27#post1373927)
Thanks to Pete for helping me out!
So I started researching topics all over this forum in a effort to upgrade my system. Inspired by posts from jeubanks (http://forums.homeseer.com/showthread.php?t=195851) and mwolter (http://forums.homeseer.com/showthread.php?t=193110) I decided it was easier to start fresh with a new PC and the latest Ubuntu Server OS (18.04.1 LTS) and Mono (5.12.0.301). Then transfer my configuration.
This would allow me to take my time setting up the new system and most importantly keep the house automated with a minimum amount of downtime.
The hardware:
I wanted something similar to the HomeSeer hardware (Gigabyte BRIX). I settled on a Zotac CI327NANO.
Specs here --> http://www.zotac.com/product/mini_pcs/ci327-nano
Now thus far I have installed the OS and Mono. I installed Webmin (good recommendation Pete!) to help with system admin. I chose to use the server install of Ubuntu because I wanted to keep the system "lean and mean" with no excess clutter. With the Webmin GUI, FileZilla and my recently sharpened command line skills, I feel like I have all the tools necessary to maintain the system without all the extra "digital clutter", RAM and CPU overhead a desktop environment will cost me.
The latest version of HS3 (3.0.0.435) is installed and running. Thanks to Alex (ARA) for the great How-To on HS3 startup --> http://forums.homeseer.com/showthread.php?t=186864
I signed up for a 30-day trial of HS3 Pro so I could have both systems running and allow me to cut-over the system in chunks if necessary.
Now the next steps I'm a little confused about. Other than installing HS3, I have not moved any of the files from my old system over yet. Which files do I need to copy over from the old system? I have system generated backups (via TOOLS > Setup > Backup Config) as well as a manual copy of the entire HomeSeer directory from the HomeTroller.
How do I gracefully move the Z-Nets over to the new HomeSeer box? Randy (rprade) mentiond something that I hadn't thought of in this thread --> http://forums.homeseer.com/showthread.php?t=196093
Since the Z-Nets are IP devices and their configs are onboard (local to each device), there is not any particular config files I need to move from the old system, right?
I'm already anticipating having to redo all my Events from scratch as there appears to be some issue in migrating from Mono 3 (or 4) to Mono 5.
Also, once I do have my events migrated over, is updating Mono a no-no?
Looking for advice and guidance on how to proceed.
I've had a HomeTroller SEL (Pro) and two Z-Nets running for 2 years. Great hardware and exceptional home automation software combination. However lately, starting about a month or so ago, I had been experiencing minor issues, that led to my system "locking up" twice. (history here --> http://forums.homeseer.com/showthrea...27#post1373927)
Thanks to Pete for helping me out!
So I started researching topics all over this forum in a effort to upgrade my system. Inspired by posts from jeubanks (http://forums.homeseer.com/showthread.php?t=195851) and mwolter (http://forums.homeseer.com/showthread.php?t=193110) I decided it was easier to start fresh with a new PC and the latest Ubuntu Server OS (18.04.1 LTS) and Mono (5.12.0.301). Then transfer my configuration.
This would allow me to take my time setting up the new system and most importantly keep the house automated with a minimum amount of downtime.
The hardware:
I wanted something similar to the HomeSeer hardware (Gigabyte BRIX). I settled on a Zotac CI327NANO.
Specs here --> http://www.zotac.com/product/mini_pcs/ci327-nano
Now thus far I have installed the OS and Mono. I installed Webmin (good recommendation Pete!) to help with system admin. I chose to use the server install of Ubuntu because I wanted to keep the system "lean and mean" with no excess clutter. With the Webmin GUI, FileZilla and my recently sharpened command line skills, I feel like I have all the tools necessary to maintain the system without all the extra "digital clutter", RAM and CPU overhead a desktop environment will cost me.
The latest version of HS3 (3.0.0.435) is installed and running. Thanks to Alex (ARA) for the great How-To on HS3 startup --> http://forums.homeseer.com/showthread.php?t=186864
I signed up for a 30-day trial of HS3 Pro so I could have both systems running and allow me to cut-over the system in chunks if necessary.
Now the next steps I'm a little confused about. Other than installing HS3, I have not moved any of the files from my old system over yet. Which files do I need to copy over from the old system? I have system generated backups (via TOOLS > Setup > Backup Config) as well as a manual copy of the entire HomeSeer directory from the HomeTroller.
How do I gracefully move the Z-Nets over to the new HomeSeer box? Randy (rprade) mentiond something that I hadn't thought of in this thread --> http://forums.homeseer.com/showthread.php?t=196093
Since the Z-Nets are IP devices and their configs are onboard (local to each device), there is not any particular config files I need to move from the old system, right?
I'm already anticipating having to redo all my Events from scratch as there appears to be some issue in migrating from Mono 3 (or 4) to Mono 5.
Also, once I do have my events migrated over, is updating Mono a no-no?
Looking for advice and guidance on how to proceed.
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