# Implement z-wave controller shift functionality

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/implement-z-wave-controller-shift-functionality/5721>\
**Category:** Ideas & Suggestions\
**Created:** [December 21, 2018, 6:28am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/implement-z-wave-controller-shift-functionality/5721 "2018-12-21T06:28:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Lurendrejer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/lurendrejer/32/12996_2.png) [@Lurendrejer](https://community.homey.app/u/Lurendrejer)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 6:28am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/implement-z-wave-controller-shift-functionality/5721/1 "2018-12-21T06:28:29Z")

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Give users the possibility to leave the platform, please.

Reading the old forum it looks like Homey supports receiving a z-wave network from another controller, but not sending to another controller.

Which, in short translates to: Easy to migrate to homey, impossible to leave.

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**Author:** ![Caseda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/caseda/32/138695_2.png) [@Caseda](https://community.homey.app/u/Caseda)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 8:09am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/implement-z-wave-controller-shift-functionality/5721/2 "2018-12-21T08:09:10Z")

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Not sure why you are saying this on a community forum, where athom doesn’t read along.

But just to make sure you got your information right, the new controller needs to activate the controller shift, homey only need to respond.

But controller shift is also _to_ homey not implemented, so there is no difference _from_ homey as _to_ homey with changing zwave controllers, just needs to be done manually, nothing is impossible.

Edit: also don’t expect this to be implemented in the upcoming year, it is really low on their priority list.

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**Author:** ![Lurendrejer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/lurendrejer/32/12996_2.png) [@Lurendrejer](https://community.homey.app/u/Lurendrejer)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 8:25am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/implement-z-wave-controller-shift-functionality/5721/3 "2018-12-21T08:25:40Z")

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Homey can be included in another network.  
On on the old forums there are posts regarding the ability to shift.

Afaik, a role transfer can be initiated from either end. But that is hardly the issue.

But hey, i see the error in my ways… Posting in a forum. I might just be from a different time ([forum.athom.com](http://forum.athom.com)), when athom employees was actively engaged in the community.

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**Author:** ![Caseda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/caseda/32/138695_2.png) [@Caseda](https://community.homey.app/u/Caseda)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 8:47am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/implement-z-wave-controller-shift-functionality/5721/4 "2018-12-21T08:47:57Z")

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You can add homey into another controller, but it won’t do anything unless that controller implements homey as a device/controller, homey has never been configured to do more then that.

I’ve said this on the old forum also a few times.