I am planning on switching Z-Wave controllers from Nortek GoControl to an Aeotec Z-Stick 7. Has anyone else gone through this and can provide some advice or comment on their experience?

[JDIacobbo]

Like the title says I am prepping to switch from the Nortec GoControl to the Z-Stick 7 and I’m looking for some input. I plan on keeping the GoControl for ZigBee until my preorder for the SkyConnect arrives. I’ looking for some input on how this process has gone for others who have tried this. Where there any unforeseen issues? Is there anything I should keep in mind before starting?

Thanks!

[NathanCu (Nathan Curtis)]

Its not easy:

Move from one Z-Wave stick to another

Pretty late reply for this post, but I just went though the process of upgrading to a new 700 series stick (Aeotec Z-stick 7, 700 series) from the same 500 series Nortek combo stick. I too was receiving this same error with my Nortek combo stick when trying to do a NVM backup in Home Assistant. To get it to work, I had to upgrade the firmware on the Nortek first (definitely a bit involved and the most difficult of this entire process, but very well outlined in this Hubitat post: [Guide] Nortek …