Migrating from Hub2 to PLM

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My second Hub v2 died recently, and rather than pay for a third one, with migration, and then the subscription, I thought I would switch to a USB PLM. That seems to be seen by the HA server (running on a Raspberry Pi) - I see the kernel messages in the dmesg output reporting /dev/ttyUSB0 was detected - but I cannot see how to change the Insteon modem to use the USB connection instead of the IP/Port that it was using for the Hub2.

Is it even possible to switch that over, or do I have to wipe the whole setup and start again (it looks like I will need to pair every Insteon device with the PLM manually again, so maybe deleting the integration and seeing whether the discovery mode triggers on the USB modem is the best option?).

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Unfortunately changing modem type is not supported in the integration. This would require you to uninstall and reinstall the integration. Sorry about that.

You will also need to relink your devices to the new modem. The only way Insteon devices know to follow the commands from a modem is to be linked to it.

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Thanks! That’s what I guessed - just didn’t want to delete it all if there was a simpler way :slight_smile:

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One thing to watch out for when you reinstall is that the devices will show up as if they are there, but in fact are not controllable by the modem

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Yup, found that one. Ended up deleting (renaming) the JSON file that had the all connections database in it, and that solved that problem and allowed me to add all the devices back. Luckily, I had a spreadsheet with the device IDs, locations etc, and all but a couple happily went into paring mode from the remote command so I didn’t need to walk around pressing set buttons :wink:

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I, too plan on migrating from my Hub2 to a new PLM. I understand that I have to remove the integration that uses the Hub2, then reinstall the integration with the PLM. I haven’t done it, so if anyone can tell me what to expect, that would be helpful. For instance, will I have to provide the address of the PLM? Should I turn off the Hub2 before installing the integration?

The other issue seems to be that once the PLM is being used by the integration, the devices still don’t respond. Can someone outline some simple steps I can follow to resolve that issue?

Thanks!