Everything posted by palayman
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Easiest way to detect specific vehicle in garage?
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.
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Insteon Electrician
You probably don't want to add the filter to the Insteon switches. You need to place the filters as close to the offending load as possible, on the line side of the load. They will attenuate any noise in the frequency band used by the Insteon switches generated by the offending loads. So if the offending load is for example a LED floodlight controlled by the Insteon switch, put it in the electrical box used by the LED floodlight.
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Flickering lights during Insteon traffic
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
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Flickering lights during Insteon traffic
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
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Looking to buy PLM and 2477D
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
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ISY not a recognizing new zwave switches and outlets
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.
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Trouble adding first Zwave device
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.
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Trouble adding first Zwave device
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 .
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Trouble adding first Zwave device
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?
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Trouble adding first Zwave 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
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Future in Insteon
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.
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Future in Insteon
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.
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Future in Insteon
They actually have some interesting stuff in recent (last year) FCC filings including a new PLM. Will be very interesting if they deliver.
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Can't reach admin console on new ISY, no internet
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
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Can't reach admin console on new ISY, no internet
https://your isy ip address/admin.jnlp
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Insteon Electrician
Your idea about turning off breakers in the barn is a good one. Any recent changes to devices in the barn, LED lights, motors, etc. would be suspect. I recently changed out a Halogen flood for an LED one. I could still turn the light on, but couldn't turn it off. LED ballast made too much noise.
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Garage issues
Same thing happened to me when I replaced a couple of halogen floodlights with LED's that had large electronic ballasts.
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Suggestions for reliable plug to monitor dishwasher?
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
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Trouble finding IP address for isy994i
So is it plugged in now? What kind of router?
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Trouble finding IP address for isy994i
A good question, although the finder had trouble finding my newest ISY until I fed it the address.
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Trouble finding IP address for isy994i
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.
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Trouble finding IP address for isy994i
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.
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Multiple ISY994i's
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.
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Multiple ISY994i's
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).
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Is there a variable containing the ISY IP address? If not, request this enhancment.
I surmise he doesn't have access to the router.