Here’s what I’ve done to prepare.
- Subscribe to the Beta Edge channel and install drivers that sound similar to the built in drivers for devices I have. That way new devices I’ve been adding pre transition are already supported by Edge.
- Take a survey of devices in the IDE and put them into 4 categories:
a. Devices that are “placeholder” are either cloud or already Edge - mark those off the list.
b. Devices that are “local” ie being supported by a built in local driver. Mark those off the list as they should transition to edge fine.
c. Devices that are supported by a “manufacturer DTH” (zooz, inovelli)
d. Devices that are supported by a one off or custom DTH
For devices in group C, I’ve subscribed to the appropriate channel and installed matching drivers for the devices I have. Comment out the fingerprints in the existing DTH. Where I have multiples of that device, I’ve tested one of them by rejoining them and seeing the new Edge driver be attached. The rest of the devices I have a high confidence that they will transition over on The Big Day.
For devices in D, I’m working those one at a time. Some work with a stock driver but lose functionality with parameters, so I’ve been enhancing the stock Edge drivers for those. Some are not that popular so I’m porting my custom DTH’s over to Edge.