Hello,
First post here. I'm considering a HomeSeer system after dealing with Vera Control the past couple of years.
I have one very important user requirement that Vera offers that I can't seem to determine if HomeSeer can also satisfy.
My current setup has 2 Vera Plus controllers with the same ZWave configuration. One is the "primary" and the other is the "standby". Only one of these is running at any one time and each is independent of the other. The power supply to each of these is controlled by a third Vera Lite.
What this lets me do is to shut down one controller and boot up the other controller remotely, via Vera Lite, in the event of a runaway controller crash. This has happened and I'm thankful I had this setup configured as I had to perform the switchover from another time zone. My ZWave network came back up and all was well until I could get back home for repairs.
The result is that the standby controller fully recognizes and assumes control of my ZWave network after I shut down the primary controller. Works great. Wish I didn't have to have this redundancy, but when I needed it, it was effective.
My question is: does HomeSeer systems offer this sort of ease of remote switchover to a standby type of controller in the event of failure of the primary controller without having to be physically present to do "stuff" to make the switchover successful? I don't mind investing into two independent systems to make this happen. Seems more robust that way, IMO.
Thanks for any advice.
~Brian
First post here. I'm considering a HomeSeer system after dealing with Vera Control the past couple of years.
I have one very important user requirement that Vera offers that I can't seem to determine if HomeSeer can also satisfy.
My current setup has 2 Vera Plus controllers with the same ZWave configuration. One is the "primary" and the other is the "standby". Only one of these is running at any one time and each is independent of the other. The power supply to each of these is controlled by a third Vera Lite.
What this lets me do is to shut down one controller and boot up the other controller remotely, via Vera Lite, in the event of a runaway controller crash. This has happened and I'm thankful I had this setup configured as I had to perform the switchover from another time zone. My ZWave network came back up and all was well until I could get back home for repairs.
The result is that the standby controller fully recognizes and assumes control of my ZWave network after I shut down the primary controller. Works great. Wish I didn't have to have this redundancy, but when I needed it, it was effective.
My question is: does HomeSeer systems offer this sort of ease of remote switchover to a standby type of controller in the event of failure of the primary controller without having to be physically present to do "stuff" to make the switchover successful? I don't mind investing into two independent systems to make this happen. Seems more robust that way, IMO.
Thanks for any advice.
~Brian
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