I purchased the HS4 upgrade in 2019 when it was on sale, before it was even released. Thought I'd wait for it to gain some maturity / stability before upgrading and next thing I know it's three years later... Anyways, I tried upgrading this weekend. I used this post as a reference: https://forums.homeseer.com/forum/ho...grade-from-hs3
It appears that Homeseer has removed the articles linked in that post, and from Googling they don't have any articles that I can find to guide the update process. I used these instructions:
Therefore, what's the best way nowadays to upgrade from HS3 to HS4? One of my reasons for waiting this long was I was hoping there'd be a super easy / intuitive way to upgrade by this point, but so far seems disappointing.
It appears that Homeseer has removed the articles linked in that post, and from Googling they don't have any articles that I can find to guide the update process. I used these instructions:
- Install HS4 on your PC and do not install it over the HS3 installation folder.
- Once HS4 is installed, open it up and then close the HS4 program window so that HS4 is no longer running and cannot be connected to from find.homeseer.com. Completing the following steps while HS4 is running will cause issues.
- Copy the contents of the Config folder in HomeSeer HS3 to the Config folder in HomeSeer HS4. When asked, select Replace the files in the destination.
- Next, move onto the Data folder in HomeSeer HS3 and copy its contents into the Data folder in HomeSeer HS4. When asked, select Replace the files in the destination.
- Now, start the HS4 software again and register it!
- Finally, click on the Setup tab in the HS4 web interface. From here, click the Edit Config button.
- Click Switch and you will be presented with all of the .hsd files you copied over. Select the one you made a note of in step 4 of Backing up HS3. You will receive a warning that this will overwrite data, click Yes.
Therefore, what's the best way nowadays to upgrade from HS3 to HS4? One of my reasons for waiting this long was I was hoping there'd be a super easy / intuitive way to upgrade by this point, but so far seems disappointing.
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