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Hello everybody,

since few years I am using the raspberry2 module (series 500) on my raspberry Pi. As it is quite old and gen 7 is already there i am thinking abut replacing it. Now the thing is that I have around 70 devices and i am not keen on including them one by one in the new module.

If I export the setting via the ExpertUI will i be able to import them into the new module and thus get all devices back without manual inclusion one by one?

Thx for the Help,
zavjah

Yes that will work.
Take both backups. .zab, .zbk
The .zbk you mentioned contains your devices.
Restoring that to a new module will work.
It's what I did to go Pro7
Think you need to be later than 3.2.3 for a gen7

micky1500 wrote: ↑

15 Feb 2023 19:54

Yes that will work.
Take both backups. .zab, .zbk
The .zbk you mentioned contains your devices.
Restoring that to a new module will work.
It's what I did to go Pro7
Think you need to be later than 3.2.3 for a gen7

Hello micky1500,

thx for the reply. Knowing that'll work makes me confident to switch.

One question though: what do you mean "need to be later than 3.2.3"?

Cheers,
Zavjah

Z-Way version.

You need at least ZWay version 3,2.3.

I recently did this upgrade with 3.2.3:
- took both backups
- stopped system and changed the Razberry board
- restarted
- in ExpertUI upgraded the firmware to 7.28
That needed several steps. I did a restart between every step, don't know whether it's necessary
- restored the zbk backup

The system works properly since several weeks.

Thx all, I get it now.

One last question: why are there two different backups, .zbk and .zab?

Thx,
Zavjah

I might be wrong, but this is how I see it.

The .zbk backup is a copy of what's on the z-wave chip, so it is all the devices that you have.
The .zab also has the .zbk data and also the details for the home page settings, like the Icons, Rules and Schedules.
If you were to get a new Raspberry, Restore the .zab file and 'restore z-wave network' to make a fully working system.

Thx all, I'll mark this post as solved

zbk is a zip file. It contains mainly the file 0e0d0c0b-DevicesData.xml with your device data.
zab is a json file. Formerly it contained only config.json with the software configuration (modules, instances,...). Now it contains non-printable data. Don't know what's the contents now.

It is base64 encoded inside a JSON