IVB, have you ever considered Vera as the primary controller for setting up your Z-wave network? It is obtuse in many ways, but it offers up lots of information about and control of the configuration of devices, and it's a networked device that you interface with via a browser, so that's helpful. It comes with a battery pack so you can go around enrolling devices and plug it back into AC when you're done. The newest model is about $150, I think, and you could probably find an older one much cheaper on eBay.
I don't have a big network, just a couple of GE outlets, but it works fine. I'm assuming it can transfer a network to a secondary controller easily, based on what I've read on their forum, but I have to admit I've never done it myself.
I'm moving the Z-wave to my UDI ISY once they come out with version 5, because most of my automation is Insteon, and the folks at UDI are awesome - Michel, the main dude, is Dean-like in his responsiveness and knowledge. However, I think the ISY is too expensive to use just for Z-wave, let alone just to create a Z-wave network and transfer it to a VRC0P.
-Tom
I don't have a big network, just a couple of GE outlets, but it works fine. I'm assuming it can transfer a network to a secondary controller easily, based on what I've read on their forum, but I have to admit I've never done it myself.
I'm moving the Z-wave to my UDI ISY once they come out with version 5, because most of my automation is Insteon, and the folks at UDI are awesome - Michel, the main dude, is Dean-like in his responsiveness and knowledge. However, I think the ISY is too expensive to use just for Z-wave, let alone just to create a Z-wave network and transfer it to a VRC0P.
-Tom