This is one of the few things on Vera hubs that works well, I can backup my Vera Plus and restore it to my test Vera Edge, mess around with things to my hearts content (eg new beta Vera FW) and then backup the Edge and restore the config to my Plus.
Obviously I can’t run both hubs at the same time or the Zwave controllers will both try to be primary and make a mess, but it’s very very handy. It has saved my bacon a few times when fw updates have gone badly or I’ve done something stupid. I just factory reset and then restore from Backup and my wife never knows I broke it.
Is there a waitlist or anything for the new version? I'm new to the community and literally waiting to install my devices until I have a hub (which will be the elevation). I just don't want to miss it and end up waiting months or going with something else (inferior!) In the meantime.
Nah, Apple has always had an “our way, no other way” attitude. Before the lightning was the 32 pin connecter that was for their devices only. They don’t play well with others.
Nah, FireWire mini 4-pin is definitely the worst. Looks like it's already broken when new, then breaks easily, falls out, with added bonus that a powered disconnect could send 12V straight through your equipment, destroying the IC. Now that's a classy connector.
@tja If a hub is good for USA market you may rest assured it's good for you in EU. This 5V device will not burn your house. The power supply you got with your hub converting 230V AC to 5V DC is CE marked.
They will be available on hubitat.com and eBay.co.uk/eBay.de (just search eBay) delivered from EU with no extra tax/duty when bought on eBay to your country in 4-5 working days.
Aye, customs ain't going to see it that way though. Not that they'll usually notice.
The C-4 likely had CE marking because, to the best of my knowledge, the hardware was a repurposed media box manufactured for other purposes, re-cased and re-badged and running Hubitat's code. A very clever way of getting a device to market in my opinion.
One further point about the new hub, that I hope will materialize.
The following is from a much quoted document on making up a good zwave mesh:
3. Place the hub in a central location
Putting the hub in a corner of the basement might be convenient, but its a terrible idea for Z-Wave. The hub is the most important node in the network and should have the best location possible. While Z-Wave is a mesh network and can route or hop thru other nodes in the mesh, each hop is a significant delay and chokes up the network with more traffic. Ideally the hub should reach 90% of the nodes in your Smart Home without relying on routing. If the hub has Wifi then putting it in a central location is easy, you just need a wall outlet to plug it in. I have my hub hung off the back of a TV cabinet in roughly the middle of the first floor of my home.
(bolding - mine)
If the new hub will have a much improved range, then hopefully it will reach much more of your mesh - without changing it's placement in the home.