Migrating Insteon Hub and Devices to HA

[zimbrich (Dave)]

Ok, I think this is going to be a long thread, or at least popular with us “nomads” from Insteon world.

I have Home Assistant setup now on a Raspberry Pi and have my Insteon Hub 2 (2245-222) connected and running. So far, so good.

I have figured out that Scenes are not pulled out of the Hub. I can live with that. Now the real questions:

• Can I configure individual devices that were configured before through the Hub (e.g. Dimming Duration, etc.)?
• Can I adjust schedules that were saved in the individual devices?

I am sure I will have more questions as well as others too. I suspect that the best approach will be to “Factory Default” all devices and start fresh with Home Assistant. Any help for those of us new to HA and refugees from Insteon world is most appreciated!

DZ

[Hamsterbrain]

I have similar questions (see this post). Has anyone factory reset their hub and then was able to re-link Insteon modules?

[mwav3 (Tim)]

This poster appears to have succeeded

Insteon Hub

I reset my Insteon Hub2 while troubleshooting when Insteon pulled the plug on us. I installed Home Assistant in Docker on my Synology NAS, and I added the Insteon integration. I was able to connect the hub using the login info on the bottom of the hub. I had to find the IP address of the hub on my router’s management portal. The LED stays red since there’s no cloud connection, but doesn’t matter. After that, I was able to add two Insteon Leak Sensors and an Insteon On/Off Module. I’ve created, a…

[dblee50 (David B Lee)]

I have a Synology NAS also and want to try this. Do I need a Raspberry pie also? Any additional info is greatly appreciated. thanks

[dblee50 (David B Lee)]

I just looked on my NAS packages and don’t see HA or docker. can you shed some light as to how I do that? thx

[mwav3 (Tim)]

See if this community guide helps. I don’t run it on synology myself, and I know there can be some complications the Synology OS throws at you (like passing through zigbee and zwave sticks), but others on here do run Home Assistant on Synology. However, I don’t believe it works on all Synology models.

Installation on Synology Virtual Machine Managager

Here are a quick guide to get Home Assistant OS running in Synology VMM. Install Synology VMM (only supported on some models but I managed to get it to run on my DS716+II by downloading directly from Synology dsm6, dsm7) Download the Home Assistan OS VMware ESXi/vSphere image from here: Alternative - Home Assistant. Start up VMM and create a Storage pool. Create a network interface (Choose Type External and select the primary Network Interface). [Screenshot 2021-02-17 at 09.04.04] Click on V…

@dblee50

Do I need a Raspberry pie also?

If you get Home Assistant running sucessfully on Synology, you would not need a raspberry pi

I also believe you can run Home Assistant on Synology in a VM or docker - but I would search the forum for pros and cons of either way

Synology - Docker vs Virtual Machine

I have been using docker on my Synology 918+ (with usb Aeotec zwave stick & usb zigbee2mqtt stick) for a while. everything works flawlessly. Last week end I tried the HassIO (VMDK) image on synology Vitual Machine manager and it also seems to work fine. Now I am wondering which one to choose going forward. In theory, running home assistant container directly on docker could have a resource advantage as it eliminates the HassOS layer (virtual machine). On the other hand, HassIO makes it easy for…

[dblee50 (David B Lee)]

Thanks for the info. I’m afraid I have a too old unit, DS-213J, and it doesn’t suppor VMM. I may have to go the pie route.

[mwav3 (Tim)]

The pi will be the easiest option, but there are other hardware options as well. Take a look at my post here, which includes a good video about hardware choices:

Insteon Hub

The Raspberry PI will be the simplest way to startout, since Home Assistant is basically geared to run on it with minimal experience using Linux, VMs, or docker. There are many other options though if you are comfortable with a more advanced setup, including options like a VM on existing Windows machine, or installing Linux on an old desktop or laptop. [6 Hardware Recommendations for Home Assistant]

[dblee50 (David B Lee)]

thanks, I ordered one, be in a a few weeks. I’ll go from there.

[mwav3 (Tim)]

Sounds good - the developers put this blog post together to help former Insteon users as well which has some good tips for getting started

Hey Insteon users!