palayman

Hi, I'm looking for a few Z-wave Door Open/Close sensors. They are intended for a couple or porch (Lanai) screen doors and a couple of nearby gates. Would be really nice to find some that are waterproof or at least water resistant. Any recommendations appreciated. Paul

You could put some kind of bluetooth device in the car and use the presence polyglot. It provides some range (signal strength) info and I there was talk about be able use more than one Rpi to triangulate the signal.

I tried those and they seemed to dim well and not flicker. Problem I had was the crown disperses most light up or horizontally. I have several chandeliers that are 15 feet or so off the ground intended to light my foyer etc. Not much light directed down, so it was pretty dim despite there being 10 or 12 bulbs in the fixture. Has anyone gotten their hands on any of the Dubai bulbs? They have 4 times as many LED's per Lumen to run really cool and a better voltage regulator circuit. A Dubai government mandate. Would be interesting to see how they dim. https://www.mea.lighting.philips.com/consumer/dubai-lamp

Just built a new house and tried every brand I could find at home depot and lowes. Dimmers are 2477d's. I ended up buying a bunch of these from amazon. Perhaps they don't dim down the lowest, but no flickering for me. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GZ7ZJXV?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_dt_b_product_details Paul

I also just got CO. Had to put in some regular switches since I am missing 2 - 2477d's. Thought I found them on amazon but got 2474dwh by mistake and they are of no use to me. Funny when you search "insteon 2477d" the 2474dwh are the first ones returned and I didn't notice. I was wondering if we could build some artificial demand on smarthome by having a bunch of people sign up to notified when the 2477d's come back in stock. Any other sources besides used ones on ebay? Paul

Just put in my first Z-wave devices, all GE. Had trouble getting the ISY to add them until someone suggested connecting them to short extension cord and adding them all to the ISY is close proximity to it before installing them in their final location. This worked great for me.

So tried turning the ISY around so the bottom was now facing my switch. It was added! Go figure. Now I just need to figure out why it added 8 nodes.

Don't see this in the menu. See network wide search, which was already on, but nothing about inclusion? My zwave version is 6.82.01 .

Thanks, tried but it didn't see it to remove it. I thought 15 ft would be close enough. How close to the first device do I need to locate the first device?

New ISY pro with 5.3.0 firmware mounted vertical more or less facing the switch I'm trying add about 15 ft away. Z-wave module activated. Tried to add new Z-wave device in admin panel. Pop-up says it's listening Touched a button on the GE Enbrighten Z-wave switch . Nothing happens. Try buttons several more times. Nothing happens. Suggestions on what I am doing wrong? Paul

That would annoy me. I don't think of 2 seconds as the same time. I don't want to sense any difference between the 20 or so outside lights I have on at dusk.

If you look at the confidentiality request with the FCC filing you see that it expires on the release date 3/10/2021. Won't have to wait long to see if it is real.

They actually have some interesting stuff in recent (last year) FCC filings including a new PLM. Will be very interesting if they deliver.

I was under the impression, perhaps wrongly, that the finder only accesses the correct admin console if you are connected to the internet. The one I suggested will always be correct. Paul

https://your isy ip address/admin.jnlp

Same thing happened to me when I replaced a couple of halogen floodlights with LED's that had large electronic ballasts.

Have a couple of these Zooz devices on my sump pumps. Very happy with them. https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07578W7KY/ref=pe_3034960_233709270_TE_item

So is it plugged in now? What kind of router?

A good question, although the finder had trouble finding my newest ISY until I fed it the address.

You must have a router to connect to the internet and provide the wireless you are probably using to get online and contact this forum. Typical address of you router is 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 . You will need to have the userid and password for this. If you can identify the type of router you have someone here can probably help you to find the dhcp table. Otherwise, take a pic and post to thread and someone will help.

Even if you can't get the admin console to work, you should be able to get into the isy directly from your browser. 1) Log into your router and look for the ip addresses assigned by your dhcp server. You should be able to find an address assigned to the ISY. 2) Type this address into you browser and the ISY web page should pop up. You will need the userid and password for the ISY. Default is admin/admin. 3) If this works your ISY is OK. From there type this address into the launcher after pushing the "ADD" button if doesn't show up on its own.

Only strange thing that happens for me is if I'm in one home and I ask to turn on a device that doesn't exist in that home, it seems to search the others and if it finds one that matches it turns it on. On the other hand, I have Kitchens in both and when I ask to turn on the kitchen lights it knows where I am.

In the portal click "My Profile" then give Alexa access to all ISY's. New devices will show up for second "home" in the Alexa app. You can assign home and room in the Alexa App. (or at least you can in the Google home app and I assume Alexa is similar).

I surmise he doesn't have access to the router.

Thanks MrBill!