Control devices on "another vera" (in the same network)

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The mission is simple,

I want to get me another vera, to control a different set of z-wave hardware (us frequency & ui 7)

Mut my main vera runns eu-frequency and ui5.

So controller shift, wont work, i also dont want to use lua triggers to control other devices,

So is it somehow possible to “add” the other vera as a secondary controller and somehow publish the devices connected to it to the main vera?

This not have to be automated, i dont mind adding them manually, since the other vera will be only do “production” for a few light switches and 2 thermostates, anything else is (and stays) with the eu-vera anyway.

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With bridged Veras, the devices from discrete networks can be managed from one unit. The Z-Wave networks do not have to be on the same frequency, as they are discrete, but the Veras do have to be on the same firmware version.

The alternative to this is to use an app to manage both Veras from a phone or tablet.

Or, you must use HTTP calls from one Vera to the other.

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I was quite afraif of such a response.

Same firmware is out of the question, (never touch arunning system)
So no controller shift.

an app is also out of the question, as i have a “automated” home, not a controlled one.

So i guess just the lua_wget solution left… :frowning:

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This thread talks about communicating between a Vera1 and Vera3:

http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,27008.msg192411.html#msg192411

Hope that helps.

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Thanks,

But if going the lua-http aproach i gonna do that external,
Fetching sdata from both vera’s compare the status and se-set them if necessary so i also have status informations on both ones.

On the vera not have the actual item, install virtual switches and use triggers to “do the action” on the vera das physically have the switch connected.

Pretty simple.

Just a lot of typing to do :slight_smile:

After thinking a while about that, this may even better than a real controller shift, as this causes alot less load as well :slight_smile:

Remote scenes are sure not gonna happen, beter to have one vera exclusively do the “thinking” and the other one just manage the additional z-wave network.
A lot more easy to keep a eye on, if all the magic happens just on one device.

With this in mind, its also a good aproach to migrate slowly to UI7 by simply “try” to move all the logic to the new vera, well im still thinking about that, as this also requires a lot of bridging lua/http

A devils circle … Haha

I guess