About to migrate 100+ devices from ST; Some questions and a request for general advice

[erktrek]

So a thought or two..

• Get a Z-Stick for easy exclusions, possible ghost removal and to be able to include as unsecured non-S2 Zwave+ devices that force S0 security. Note: S0 is not something you want everywhere on your network if possible, it's too "chatty" - only locks and other critical stuff maybe.

Amazon.com: AEOTEC Z-Stick Gen5 Z-Wave Hub Z-Wave Plus USB to Create Gateway...

• From other threads.. my experience with C-4 to C-7 migration.

@erktrek

I would be careful bringing stuff over piecemeal you can mess up both meshes and lower WAF to the extreme - the issue is other connected devices can suddenly go out of range when you exclude and either your original hub becomes erratic and/or you have difficulty including/controlling the new one.

To mitigate this you might want to start with a "skeleton" layout of some devices on your new hub (I've used extenders) that can act as repeaters - pair them in an outward fashion from the hub. Then when migrating - do the opposite, go from outward back in.. I am in the process of doing this now for my C-4 to C-7 migration and it seems to be working well so far..

@erktrek

One thing you could do if you had a mix of Z-Wave and Zigbee is migrate one set of devices over first. I am doing this with my C-7 migration. Of course I am also thinking about putting the Zigbee stuff on a C-5 but will make that decision once all ZW have been moved over.