CFUG Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Come on Alex, bite it and put in that 800. Stop futzing with that 1000... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wappinghigh Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Come on Alex, bite it and put in that 800. Stop futzing with that 1000...You know I do.... Just like I deliberately put in that Virus into my HC1000 Linux.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Reflashing a HC1000 isn't hard. What takes time is diagnosing a problem and pinpointing what the cause was. I try not to use a restore stick unless i really need to and unfortunately enough after about an hour of troubleshooting the problem did turn out to be a corrupted HC1000. Add on downloading and building a restore stick, reflashing and adding some additional programming and presto two hours have gone by. Two hours to troubleshoot a system isn't actually that bad in my opinion.But yes migrating Director from a HC1000 to a new HC800 is pretty quick. Though to maintain the zigbee mesh you will need to keep your existing co-ordinator (for you alex its the HC200 in the kitchen). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wappinghigh Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 ^ Nobody is unhappy Alan. You did a great job My confidence in the future use of the 1000 is a little shaken that's all. Just exploring what to do next. Whether to move the entire project onto an 800.. and what to do with the 1000 should I go down this path Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Hi Alex,Didn't mean to make it out that you were unhappy. Was trying to point out that nothing is super easy. In faxt i have to point this out to the sales guys at our office everyday as they seem to think that im a super human that can program a project in 5 minutes. Anyway to answer your question unfortunately all technology gets out of date. Especially nowadays as our needs increasingly change faster and faster. The hc1000 in my opinion is still a great product especially as it is dedicated to running the director process. The hc1000 v3 is not actually that much slower then the hc800. 1.5ghz compared to 1.6ghz. Personally I would keep the hc1000 and if I was unhappy with the speed of the onscreen navigator then I would also purchase a hc800 or hc250 depending on your IO requirements. In fact now that I think about it a hc800 would be more suitable for you as you are looking into adding another area. The hc800 would work great as a backup master controller should the hc1000 fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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