Migrate from the 500 Series Zwave to the Home Assistant Connect ZWA-2

This is a complete migration from the Aeotec Gen5 circa 2018 Z-Wave dongle to the newly released Home Assistant Connect ZWA-2. I do the firmware update on the Gen5 prior to migrating the whole network via NVM backup and restore. I add a new Long Range capable device at the end of the video.

Links:
✔️ ZWA-2 Migration Docs: https://support.nabucasa.com/hc/en-us/articles/29529265751965-Migrating-an-existing-Z-Wave-network-to-Home-Assistant-Connect-ZWA-2
✔️ Aeotec Gen 5 Firmware Update: https://aeotec.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/6000252294-z-stick-gen5-v1-02-firmware-update
🔥 Buy: https://apolloautomation.com/products/home-assistant-connect-zwa-2?bg_ref=CcWib6lePS

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00:00 Intro
00:40 First Look Unboxing
02:02 Specifications
03:24 Update Gen5 Firmware
07:45 Check Gen5 working after update
10:00 Backup NVM
11:53 Migrate from Gen5 to ZWA-2
16:30 Checking if it worked
18:10 Rebuild Routes
18:50 BONUS: Add a Long Range Device to test LR
21:44 Re-enable the Z-Wave integration
22:31 Final Thoughts