palayman

I like Android auto in my car and it works well be google home.

I used all the same rooms that had been using with Mobilinc, so they all already existed. None of the devices ended up in a room defined be the ISY Portal. I am having to go through manually and assign each one - the big issue that I thought would be fixed when I changed from Mobilinc.

ISY room naming is not used by Mobilinc. I understood it was used by ISY Portal and was the reason for including it in the portal. Only the name and GH Type seems to be getting set suing the portal info.

No room info showed up even though I assigned it in the Portal. Just the names. Had to assign all the room info within google home.

Hi, Purchased the ISY Portal when my Mobilinc Connect subscription ended. May reason for change was that ISY portal appeared to manage Room Information. Got Google Home connected and none of the room info arrived. WTF? Tried pushing spokens from the ISY portal and a google home "Update All Devices" to no avail. The UDI documentation is clearly out of date as the Google Home screen shots show no resemblance to the current Google Home implementation. Simple question: How do I get the room info from ISY portal transferred into google home? Paul PS Am I the only one that finds UDI web sites and the ISY portal, especially info regarding accounts, confusing and hard to use?

I have a couple of Mitsubishi Mini Splits in my garage and man cave. Any suggestions on a remote thermostat that might work with them? Paul

In Southeast, Ground Rods May Not Protect Homes Against Lightning https://news.ufl.edu/archive/2002/08/in-southeast-ground-rods-may-not-protect-homes-against-lightning.html

Actually it doesn't happen when anything is being switched. I leave and come back a few days later and the breaker has tripped. Have checked for heat and for arcing, but can't find any evidence.

Actually the relevant concept Larry was discussing is a called a ground loop. BTW I've never heard of impedance being measured in feet. Usually it's ohms.

Thanks, but not on this circuit.

First mystery solved. Not sure what the main button is linked to.

Hi, I have a circuit in my man cave that has one six button keypad and 4 inline dimmers controlling lights. The breaker trips occasionally and I haven't been able to spot anything obviously tripping it. I have noticed that when I turn the light controlled directly by the dimmer in six button switch on that the light flashes red rather than green like my other similar switches. Don't see anything about a red light in the documentation. I have disconnected the circuit from the breaker and didn't find any obvious low resistances between the line, neutral and ground. Any tips or tricks in figuring this one out are appreciated. Paul

Speculating here that the probability of a bad bond between the neutral and ground, at the frequencies of interest to the spike or surge, are probably of the same order as the probability of being hit by a lightning strike.

I started using an Eaton CHSPT2ULTRA https://www.amazon.com/CHSPT2ULTRA-Ultimate-Protection-Length-Height/dp/B01AQAKRSS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1551131394&sr=8-1&keywords=EATON+CHSPT2ULTRA after reading https://www.stevejenkins.com/blog/2014/10/whats-the-best-whole-house-surge-protection/ The Leviton, although good, does not protect against L-G and N-G faults among other things. Paul

Strange, I get about 10 months out of those inside and 8 months out of the ones outside or in the fridge.

Was it hot when it was operating? Buried behind or underneath something? Failure mode sounds like high temp, not UV, accelerated aging. Breakdown rate of most plastics is an exponential function of temperature.

Another person had all their problems go away when they changed from theatre to theater. Stick with US spelling. Paul

Yes, I needed a black dimmer and could only find one on ebay, I think they have also discontinued the SIgnaLinc Phase Coupler, the DIN rail dimmers and the 240V load controller as I can't find them available.

@BumbershootI really like what you have done. I plan to move a couple of my wireless tags this weekend. I guess you could considered adding a wireless methane sensor as well ? There is a Z-Wave one around https://products.z-wavealliance.org/products/2995

I wasn't so concerned about the system latency, rather the humidity detector itself. I have moved a tag into our MBR bath and will monitor for a few weeks. Thanks, Paul

I was concerned about latency. Do they react fairly quickly to humidity changes. I had thought about using some wireless tags for this. Paul

Smarthome or SmartLabs (insteon). I have been wondering the same thing about SmartLabs. I keep track at the FCC applications. (https://fccid.io/SBP ) Haven't seen anything really new since the motion sensor in 2016. They were purchased by a large investment house a while ago. Claim was that they were going to pour some capital in, but I don't see it. A number of items have been discontinued. Have contacted the investment company to see if they are up for sale, but claim they aren't.

I thought that was what he was trying to do all along.

Is that LEDNET or LEDENET?

Not sure that you can. You can write a program that links the Off control action of the button to turning off the other scenes.