Yes, there is a way to install with the files already downloaded on your hard drive. It's been a long time since I used that method. It was when I was testing the the install file for the stuff that I have in the updater. I'll see if I can find the instructions.How is the package installed if you cannot download it, but you already have it on your hard disk? I don't see an executable, like setup.exe, in the package.
Has anybody determined where the updates come from? I assume they are coming via FTP, so we should be able to find the server. Then we could download all the plugins & scripts without installing them, to give us options in the future.
Sure, it is coming from ftp://ftp.homeseer.com/updates/ and then add the name of the zip file which you can get from your upgrades directory.
Also in the HS 1.x updater there is a script called Updater Web Page. This installs a set of webpages that will display the updater info in the web pages. The page for uninstalled has a link you can click to download the zip file. The page that shows the installed plugins displays the zip file name which you can use to download that file. It wouldn't take much to modify that page to have a link as well.