Raz as a Secondary Controller - setup?

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ebaugh
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Re: Raz as a Secondary Controller - setup?

Post by ebaugh »

Thanks for the update. Any idea when the update will be available?
DavidL
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Re: Raz as a Secondary Controller - setup?

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Nope, their response was very short. No ETA. Said prior version could be used for now.
ebaugh
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Re: Raz as a Secondary Controller - setup?

Post by ebaugh »

How do you get the previous version?
Is there a simple way to downgrade?
DavidL
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Re: Raz as a Secondary Controller - setup?

Post by DavidL »

Has anyone checked if two Raz can be a primary and then a secondary controller with latest update? I didn't see the fix specifically called out.

I did upgrade but haven't tried yet.
Thanx
simonc
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any news?
hp1
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I kinda have this working. I have 2 devices a 2.0.0 that is primary and a 2.3.5. I went into inclusion mode on 2.0.0 and then on 2.3.5 enter network. the secondary controller seemed to be added, and I can control all the devices from the secondary node. The problem I see now is that the primary and secondary are not sychronized with changes. So I can turn on a light with the primary, and the secondary doesn't see the state change until I go into the secondary and then hit 'update'. I made a post on this in the 'discussions in English' section.
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PoltoS
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This is because most of devices can host only one device in their LifeLine association group (in which all updates are sent)
hp1
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That makes sense. My leviton fan and kwikset lock allow for multiple associations in group 1, so I added those and they update properly. My ZRTSI and Bali blinds just show "Can not configure associations: groups were not reported by the device. Do interview." However they interviewed properly, so I can control them from the secondary, just don't get updates.

Is there any way to promote a secondary to a primary and move the lifelines? I put the raspberry pi 3 / razberry2 in the same location as the raz1, and with the longer range I can access the blinds that I couldn't access before.
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PoltoS
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Do you want to migrate from old RaZ to a new one? The easiest way is:
1) Make a backup of the old (in Expert UI) and copy the full folder of 2.0.0 to the new box.
2) Turn off the old one (keep it as your backup during the process of migration)
3) Run the new box with the 2.0.0 (erase 2.3.5 and replace with the content of the old 2.0.0)
4) Update the server to v2.3.5
5) Resore the backup (with network topology) in the new one (in Expert UI).
6) Do network topology update and do re-interview of all devices.

After this it should work.
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Re: Raz as a Secondary Controller - setup?

Post by hp1 »

Thanks PoltoS!

Just to be clear.
1. So use the web interface to make a backup of the primary 2.0.0 setup.
2. On the secondary, erase the current 2.3.5, probably by just deleting /opt/z-way-server
3. Then copy /opt/z-way-server from the primary to the secondary.
4. boot up the secondary, it should be 2.0.0 and the primary controller.
5. update to 2.3.5
6. restore the backup from the web interface in step 1.
7. Do a network topology update and re-interview everything.

Is that correct? I'd also assume a good step before step 1 would be to exclude the secondary controller before the backup since it won't exist after the change. Correct?
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