ISY994

I'm new to Insteon, that will be quite evident in a minute. I'm playing around to understand the protocol and how it all works with ISY. I am wanting to setup a simple light on when motion is detected but only during certain times. Setting up a scene is very straight forward but simplistic in that the light will always go on with motion. I am playing with a program but do the devices have to be linked with a scene first or with the authority for one device to control another be managed through the program? A very simple routine but I can't seem to get the program to function.

I've upgraded from an ISY-99 to an 994 and also replaced the modem at the same time. (Turned out the modem was broken, but given the age of the ISY I chose to replace that at the same time.) I restored from a backup. There is a remaining problem: The ISY doesn't seem to notice when a device gets manually switched on or off. The device's status doesn't update in the ISY and programs don't get triggered by devices. If I manually refresh the device status or switch it from the ISY it works fine. So it seems the ISY can talk to my devices, but it doesn't listen to their messages about a switch being pressed and so on. Any ideas how to fix this?

Hello I'm trying to inversely cross link 2 switches, although I'm fairly confident I can do this through local programming, I can't figure out how to do it with a Scene. This is what I want to accomplish: 1. When Switch 1 is turned On, then turn off Switch 2. 2. When Switch 1 is turned Off, then turn on Switch 2. 3. When Switch 2 is manipulated, then do nothing to Switch 1. On a related note, I accomplished the following through local linking but have no idea how to replicate it in a scene 1. When Switch 1 is turned off, then turn off Switch 2. 2. When Switch 1 is turn on, then do nothing to Switch 2. 3. When Switch 2 is manipulated, then do nothing t…

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I have the 2441TH Insteon thermostat and I am trying to figure the wiring out to replace a Honeywell TH3210D. I'm not sure with the wiring and how they match up. Any ideas? https://www.forwardthinking.honeywell.com/related_links/thermostats/pro_3000/install/69_1775.pdf

Do I actually have to add each insteon device by going to each one individually or is there a "trick" ? Also, Trying to add an Open/Close 2843-222 device. I am manually entering the Isnteon address and I get a "fail" message I have an insteon hub and a lot of devices already in service. I've had the UD isy994i for years but it's such a PITA I've gotten little use out of it

I have an ISY994i/IR running 4.3.26. One of the main functions it provides is to give my house a lived in look when I'm away. I'd like to be able to turn the outside lights on & off a random number of minutes before & after sunrise & sunset. I figured out how to create a random number and store it in a variable but I can't incorporate the variable into the code of the program that controls the outside lights. Anyone know how to do this? Thanks, Brian

I posted earlier about this problem but the location is a long distance from my primary residence and there were yet unanswered questions. I am at that location now and will be there for about 10 days. I am not an electrician, but I am competent to wire in such devices given detailed instructions. I hope I can once again draw upon your expertise.
 There are only 2 wires in the wall switch and only 2 wires in the ceiling to the fan. Attached are a wiring sketch, a photo of the wall switch and photos of the fan installation. I understand from some previous feedback that the KPL will not be able to directly control the load to the fan light when installed. I assume, howeve…

Im up to 560 devices on my ISY, it is now starting to get slow and reboot itself randomly. I have the latest firmware and still have the same issue. If Im at the limit is there a new one coming out? Can I link 2 of them together? THanks

This issue has always been present. I am just now seeing if I can fix it. When I get a notification via isy every one comes from a different but sequential number. I send my messages through Gmail's smtp server. They are routed through mynumber@att.net (forget the exact address but it is the default for AT&T test message via email). Is there a way to make the come from the same number so they group as a conversation? I am also looking for the correct parameter to get the temperature from a ZWave mti sensor? ST does not work. I can get the valid name and address but not formatted parameter value. Thanks Jeff

I have been using Insteon / x10 with an ISY for quite some time. We are planning to build a new house and I am looking to accomplish the following and would enjoy hearing from others your thoughts on the following overall set up and when there is redundancy, which option is best to use. Thanks! Hardware: -Insteon & x10: general light control, some motion detection, thermostat, hot tub temp monitoring, irrigation -Russound: Whole house audio -Elk: Security and ? -Zwave: door handles and ? -ISY994i: overall Integrator of the above -Apple Express as input to Russond -Cameras: TBD Software: -ISY Admin -Elk for initial set up -IOS -Mac OS -Mobilinc …

(An optional title for this post might be, "Setting a variable when a 2477S switch is turned on.") I am trying to have a light turn on/off based on motion, but also allow the light switch to override the motion sensor. I have a variable named bMotionLightOn that gets set to 1 when the light is turned on by motion. This lets me know if lack-of-motion should turn the light off. Here are my programs: Motion On: If From Sunset To Sunrise (next day) And Status 'Motion' is On And Status 'Light' is Off Then Set 'Light' On $bMotionLightOn = 1 ' So I know the light was turned on by motion. Motion Off: If Status 'Motion' is Off And $bMotionLightOn is 1 …

Can the ISY994i control all 4 relays of the EZIO4O independently via an ISY program? I need to be sure of this before I part with 100 bucks. Thanks.

I have been struggling with this for some time. No matter what I try, the final result is not what I am after. I have a togglelinc for a walk in closet light that I want to respond to a motion sensor. Sometime I use the Togglelinc to turn on the light, other times I just walk into the closet. My goal is that no matter how the light is turned on (flip the togglelinc or sensor activated) that the light will turn off after the sensor has not detected motion for 10 minutes. I want this to happen Mon - Fri. 5:30am - 11:30 am same day. If anyone can help, I would be most grateful. My motion sensor is set up as: Timeout = 10 min LED Brightness = 0 (I dont want to…

Hi, I use and enjoy my ISY994i Pro every day. ISY support, and the members of this forum are great. I wanted to share my experience with integrating an Insteon Micro On/Off 2443-222 with a new “Outdoor High Power LED Motion-activated Security Light” Item #767697 from Costco. I had read several posts on the Internet, about how older incandescent motion/security lights worked OK but LED lights seemed to fail . When I wired up my LED fixture with a Micro On/Off, I encountered the problem that I could not get the LED’s to stay on – they flashed on and off every second or so. I read the informative post of m5bigdog, “Quest for a better Outdoor Motion Sensor.”…

I tried to figure this out by looking at some other threads after searching, but it still isn't clear to me what config I need. It is a 3-way circuit. 2 switches. In the fixture box I have 2 pieces of romex. Black, white and red conductors. Red ties to other red. White from wire one ties to black of wire two and then the remaining black and white (one from each wire) go to light fixture. I tried to see if I could get the micro in the switch box, but there is another switch in there and five pieces of romex...no room at all left in that box so not an option. Is this possible?

My ISY994 died! I used this with Mobilinc Pro. So, replace or get the Insteon Hub and their iPhone App? Advice sought especially from those who have or had both. On the one hand, the Insteon Hub promises to work with Apple HomeKit with Siri integration. On the other hand, I do depend upon the powerful programming, link creation between Insteon devices, and the MobiLinc Pro App. So what are the tradeoffs? Difficult to find details on how powerful the programming is for the Insteon Hub. If I got the Insteon Hub and discover it doesn't suit my needs, will it work alongside the ISY994 if I got that too, i.e. do all the programming with the ISY994 but preserve …

I recently noticed a low battery message reported from my ISY for an Insteon motion sensor. I promptly replaced it with a brand new sealed battery. That said, my ISY still reports that the battery is low. Must I reboot my ISY to reset this message? Thanks, Chuck

Does Mobilinc Home in conjunction with the ISY994i Pro support turning devices on and off through the normal Siri activation i.e. with the double press from anywhere on the iPhone? Mobilinc Pro does but only when the app is running. Since the Dashboard exists for this sort of thing I view this ability as merely an amusement in that app. If so, does it work when Mobilinc Pro is installed as well? Mitch

I'm looking to install some motion sensors to trigger lights but I can't find an insteon light sensor combo. Lutron makes one that's built into the light switch and has a light sensor so it doesn't go off at night. Love them in my garage. I don't want to have to wire my house with several insteon motion sensors.

Had a catastrophic failure of my ISY994i, I believe due to a power glitch, forcing a factory reset which was successful. I thought this restored/downgraded the firmware to the current one at the time of manufacture, apparently I was mistaken... Anyway I did an automatic upgrade to 4.3.26, realized I need to downgrade to 3.3.10 in order to restore from my backup. When I try, this happens: 1. Select Manually Upgrade ISY in Java. 2. Defaults to my Documents folder and displays an incomplete list of its contents, a couple random folders. 3. Using a Mac laptop, copious bugs navigating through folders, won't go into detail but when navigating to any folder it displays a s…

Sorry I know this is covered somewhere but I can't find it. Finally purchased the upgrade from the 99 to the 994. I thought I could just back up the 99 and then when I start the 994 restore that file. Simple right? I am running the latest iOS (Yosemite 10.10.5). I disabled the Firewall. I don't know about the antivirus - I don't run anything special and I think the firewall takes care of that right? The Java is up to date and I did the Xdebug thing within the Java console. The new ISY994 is on and in Safari, I can find the ISY with the Admin Console. I log in with admin for both as instructed and the familiar blue screen shows I have no switches or programs but…

Hi all. When I right click on a device to restore it, ISY restores all devices. With remotes and motion sensors this becomes a problem, as you need to click the OK button to get past the them. Is there a way to force ISY to restore only the device you want to retore? Thanks.

Is there a way to completely reset an INSTEON device i.e. - a factory reset, through ISY programatic control? There seems to be a major conflict here between security and the factory resetting function. From what I've seen, SmartHome recommends things that require physical access to the device in order to push various buttons that will perform their factory reset. That's problematic in large INSTEON installations where many devices are enclosed in wall boxes. Can you imagine dropping the fan to reset a FanLinc? Maybe this isn't the right question so here's why I'm asking: I've arrived at this point of frustration by my hand -- poor device housekeeping. Th…

So I have open/close door sensors on all my external doors. When the wife and I are away I would like to "arm the house" I know its not an alarm system. I just set a variable that is the arm variable. What I would like to do is that when we are away and the door is opened i would like to send me an alert with what door has opened. Do i need to right a program for each door and its own alert? Thanks Mike