Vera1 To Vera2 Migration

Revision as of 04:52, 17 August 2010

Before you do anything or to restore any backups, you MUST first upgrade your Vera 2 to the latest firmware by visiting [1] from a browser on your home network. Only after you receive confirmation that your Vera 2 has been upgraded to firmware 1.1.1047 or later can you proceed.

If you're going to rebuild your ZWave network from scratch with the Vera 2, or start with a new network, you can skip the rest of the document that deals with migrating your data and ZWave network.

The list of ZWave devices is actually stored in the ZWave chip, which is in the dongle in Vera 1 and is built in to Vera 2.

There are 2 ways to get the ZWave network into the Vera 2.

1. The 'official' ZWave way is to have both the Vera 1 and Vera 2 running at once, and on the Vera 1, in the ZWave devices options, choose the 'Controller Shift' option, and on the Vera 2, choose the 'Download ZWave network' option. This will make both the Vera 1 and Vera 2 be on the same network and they can co-exist. However, only the list of ZWave nodes is copied over. Your scenes, device names, etc., are not. To do this, choose Advanced, Backup on the Vera 1, and on the Vera 2, choose Advanced, Restore and restore the backup you created from the Vera 1. Do NOT choose the 'Restore ZWave firmware' option.

2. The other way to move the ZWave network is to actually 'clone' the ZWave network from the Vera 1 to the Vera 2. But, if you do that, your Vera 1 and your Vera 2 will then have an identical house ID; this is a sort of unique ID that is built into all ZWave networks. At that point, both the Vera 1 and Vera 2 cannot be on at the same time or they will conflict with each other. So, if you are going to backup and restore the ZWave network from Vera 1, you will need to either turn off the Vera 1 and send it back to Mi Casa Verde, or, if you're going to keep the Vera 1 and use it for something else, do a Reset ZWave Network on the Vera 1 after you cloned the data to Vera 2. That will reset the network and also reset the house ID to a new value. Then you can use the Vera 1 and Vera 2 side by side and they will be totally separate.

So, if you're going to want to use both the Vera 1 and Vera 2 on the same network to control the same devices, use option #1. Just remember if you restore the backup from the Vera 1 on the Vera 2, both Vera's will be running the same timed scenes! Or, if you're going to send the Vera 1 back, or want to reset it and use for some other ZWave network, use option #2.