Hi Guys. I am brand new to the forum, and whilst very new to home automation, am thoroughly enjoying it, but far from the point of understanding it in any detail. I have a query which I hope you can help me with.
I current live in the UK but have a small remote farm house in Spain which I use my HA system to switch off/on lights etc, and other items such as water pump and irrigation when not there. I currently have Homeseer HSPro running on a laptop there, which until now has only used X10 modules. The problem is the house has outbuildings which are some way from the house, so I thought it best to switch to Z Wave whilst I am still at an early stage and only have a few modules, and bring the laptop etc. back to the UK and use that here.
With the above in mind I have purchased a Fibaro HC2 unit, with various modules. However, I am not due back to Spain for 3 weeks, and would prefer not to have to waste time there setting up all my sections and rooms if I can do it here before going. also I would prefer to make sure it works here before heading off.
The unit is still in the box and not yet switched on, so my question is can I set up the HC2 here, excluding inclusion of the modules as I understand this is best done on site for the dynamic meshing(?). I have looked at the instructions and YouTube videos, and it appears the initial set up involves logging on to Fibaro, and applying your IP address, so I am worried that this of course will change, and don't want to spend a whole load of time here to have to start all over again there anyway.
I hope I have explained this clearly enough because as I say I am pretty new to this, so may be worrying over nothing.
Many thanks in anticipation for any advice you can give.
Ray
I current live in the UK but have a small remote farm house in Spain which I use my HA system to switch off/on lights etc, and other items such as water pump and irrigation when not there. I currently have Homeseer HSPro running on a laptop there, which until now has only used X10 modules. The problem is the house has outbuildings which are some way from the house, so I thought it best to switch to Z Wave whilst I am still at an early stage and only have a few modules, and bring the laptop etc. back to the UK and use that here.
With the above in mind I have purchased a Fibaro HC2 unit, with various modules. However, I am not due back to Spain for 3 weeks, and would prefer not to have to waste time there setting up all my sections and rooms if I can do it here before going. also I would prefer to make sure it works here before heading off.
The unit is still in the box and not yet switched on, so my question is can I set up the HC2 here, excluding inclusion of the modules as I understand this is best done on site for the dynamic meshing(?). I have looked at the instructions and YouTube videos, and it appears the initial set up involves logging on to Fibaro, and applying your IP address, so I am worried that this of course will change, and don't want to spend a whole load of time here to have to start all over again there anyway.
I hope I have explained this clearly enough because as I say I am pretty new to this, so may be worrying over nothing.
Many thanks in anticipation for any advice you can give.
Ray
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