Option to exchange your Vera 1 for a Vera 2

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1

Is this still available? I clicked through to the line listed at:

http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php?topic=4053.0 but the product wasn’t found. I also emailed MCV and have had no response …

2

That program is long gone… :stuck_out_tongue:

3

Thanks … not much point in supporting MCV then as I feel I got an alpha product at best. May as well just go for a USB key to persist with Z-Wave which at least is upgradeable.

Seems pretty short sighted to make the offer (which isn’t stated as a limited offer) and then withdraw it.

4

I thought it was pretty nice of them to offer it at all. I have piles of electronic junk where a better version came out a year later and I was never offered an upgrade path other than buy a new one and toss the old.

Of course, I had Beta VCR’s, Laserdisc players, and DIVX (anyone remember that one? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIVX)

5

[quote=“htweedie, post:3, topic:167595”] Thanks … not much point in supporting MCV then as I feel I got an alpha product at best. May as well just go for a USB key to persist with Z-Wave which at least is upgradeable.

Seems pretty short sighted to make the offer (which isn’t stated as a limited offer) and then withdraw it.[/quote]

They haven’t abandoned Vera 1 users. I am still primarily using my Vera 1 (even though I have a Vera 2 waiting to replace it) and it is working well. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, and the Vera 1 ain’t broke…just upgrade the firmware or don’t if the FW you have still works for you. Just think, if Vera 3 is on the horizon then you’ll be first in line for that.

6

Same here. I’m still using my Vera 1, even though I have a Vera 2 unit sitting in its box.

Nothing wrong with the Vera 1 in my opinion, and I’m more of a ‘power user’ as compared to most. My unit is stable, the Z-wave dongle has very good range, and is set up in WiFi client mode, which allows for more ideal placement in my home.

Don’t think of Vera 1 as “alpha” or “obsolete”. At least for me, it meets my needs very well.

7

Why didn’t they give me a discount on my PS3 since I already had a PS2. I just don’t understand. Why didn’t I get a discount on the new 7.1 receiver when I already had their 6.1 I bought just 3 months before. ::slight_smile: I think this may be the only company to do such a thing in the first place with a peice of hardware.