Moving from VeraLite to SmartThings help

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appreciate the help. this was the thread:

My initial thoughts of SmartThings (Coming from Vera 3)

Just to be clear, you are transitioning the “z-wave devices” not the “z-wave config”. I.e. if you have specific programming (scenes) on your Vera, these will NOT come across. As such you will need to reconfigure these on the SmartThings either via the dashboard, or via the IDE (especially if you want macro like functionality). SmartThings uses a different language, these are now called Phrases and are tied to modes. Thus you would call the “Goodbye” phrase to transition from the “Home” to “Away” modes. You would create additional modes (Movie night, home alone), and create additional phrases to transition from one mode to another. The phrases are the action sequences that you want performed, while the mode is the state you want your system in. It’s a good idea to document any custom…

it sounds like this person did this successfully to me but i’m not completely sure. i can try it like you said.

one thing though - if i do have to add all my zwave devices one by one, can i just unplug my vera so i have it as a backup just in case i want to go back? i don’t think merely adding a device to ST will delete it from vera unless i clear settings on each device