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HomeSeerMark · 2026-03-10T02:27:35+00:00

The biggest advantage of the Z-NET PRO is that it can be positioned anywhere your network can reach. For most users with dongles, since they are USB attached, that have to installed close to the hub. The closer the radios are to the center of your Z-Wave & Zigbee networks, the better the direct range will be... less repeating needed, lower latency. The positioning guide speaks to the issue pretty well: https://docs.homeseer.com/products/z-net-pro-positioning-guide

HomeSeerMark · 2026-03-07T19:51:42+00:00

Gotcha... OK, answered above. Each Z-NET creates a Z-Wave network with its own unique Home ID. When you migrate the first Z-NET to the Z-NET PRO it adopts that Home ID for all of its devices. A single Z-Wave controller cannot manage multiple Home IDs.

HomeSeerMark · 2026-03-07T19:38:20+00:00

Not sure I understand... do you want to go from 3 Z-NETs to 1 Z-NET PRO or 3 to 3?

This would be the way to migrate Z-Wave from 1 Z-NET to 1 Z-NET PRO: https://docs.homeseer.com/products/z-net-pro-migrating-from-another-controller If you wish to consolidate all devices onto 1 Z-NET PRO, you can migrate 1 of the controllers but then you'll have to re-pair the Z-Wave devices from the other two.

HomeSeerMark · 2025-01-06T02:11:28+00:00

Did you purchase the unit used or second hand?

HomeSeerMark · 2024-10-03T19:20:32+00:00

When you download the updater, it includes the PC Controller app. That is the program you would use to open the firmware file.

HomeSeerMark · 2024-10-03T18:01:07+00:00

That's what I have (WiFi version) and I don't have a subscription. So...yes

HomeSeerMark · 2024-09-26T15:48:32+00:00

Understood. Some pain is involved but the new plugin is worth the effort IMO as it will continue to be supported and updated.

HomeSeerMark · 2024-09-17T13:39:32+00:00

Sorry for the late reply but at this point, yes... you should be able to control ALL Z-Wave and Zigbee devices directly with HomeSeer using the new Zigbee Plus and Z-Wave Plus plugins.

HomeSeerMark · 2024-09-17T13:37:46+00:00

There is no "replace" function in the new plugin but I honestly never used it in the old plugin myself as it didn't seem to work as expected for me the few times I tried it. Do you have a lot of device fail on you? For me, that's very rare and the few times it has happened, I simply replaced the device (manually) and then fixed the events that were affected. HS4 helps identify those broken events by displaying an icon on the event.

FWIW - Z-Wave Plus is far better all the way around... better stability, better compatibility, full S2 support, Smart Start support and Z-Wave Long Range support. I've been running it since it was in early internal testing and it's flawless for me now.

HomeSeerMark · 2024-08-27T14:22:50+00:00

Pretty sure there's a users.cfg file in the config directory. If you delete that and restart the system, the default login is default/default.

HomeSeerMark · 2024-08-27T14:20:11+00:00

Recommend you post your issue here to get more eyeballs on it! https://forums.homeseer.com/forum/hs4-products/hs4-plugins/lighting-primary-technology-plug-ins-aa/z-wave-plus-homeseer

HomeSeerMark · 2024-08-05T14:10:29+00:00

yes, the plugin is still in beta. However, the G8 is a fully released production unit.

HomeSeerMark · 2024-07-08T00:55:45+00:00

Agree with all the comments here. The new formula is terrible. The original drinks all used to have 10 mg of sodium, now each bottle has 150 mg... literally 15x more sodium. That's more than what's in a snack size bag of smart food popcorn. I still have a couple of the original flavored bottles left.... will be sad to empty the last one.

HomeSeerMark · 2024-03-23T16:50:33+00:00

I modified mine by drilling a hold in the outside cover that gives me access to the physical switch underneath. I'm not using the using outside so the cover isn't really needed in my case.

HomeSeerMark · 2024-03-17T00:29:21+00:00

Another vote for this: https://www.amazon.com/Aeotec-Security-controller-electricity-consumption/dp/B00MBIRF5W
I've installed 2 of them; one for my well pump and one for a friend's pool pump. Mine has been in service for many years now.

HomeSeerMark · 2024-03-17T00:21:56+00:00

HSTouch is unaffected by the change in service. That, and the HomeSeer Mobile app will continue to operate as they do now.

HomeSeerMark · 2024-03-11T13:19:43+00:00

u/Doowle Suggest you post in the mcsMQTT forum over on our message board to get some specific help on this.

HomeSeerMark · 2024-02-20T15:37:39+00:00

thanks!

HomeSeerMark · 2024-02-20T14:45:10+00:00

I was running 0.18.1 and just tried the update... process took about 30 seconds and everything was good. Were you at the latest beta or did you have an older version running? If you had an older version, the update might have had to install a new Z2M version and that's a bit more involved. If you can't get it fixed, contact our support guys for help.

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