watson524

Oooofff.... me being dumb an in a hurry, I wasn't using the IoX launcher. All seems right with the world

Hi there, I'm not exactly new, but not very advanced either. Working with an ISY that has been fine so I haven't gone to the eISY yet. Wanted to change some programs we have going and the page comes up blank on the admin console like there's no programs. Yet when I go to the ISY via the web access, I see them, but not all the if/then etc part, just the enabled, startup, running, last run etc. And I can only enable/disable, not edit. Obviously the programs are there somewhere but not sure how I can edit them beyond enable/disable. Also when I click programs in the ISY console, i get a "not implementd" pop up and at first there's a green arrow looking thing on the "my programs" folder but when I double click to look in the folder, it hangs and then the green goes away. Any advice? thanks!

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As a new thing since there's been an UPS in this house on the same plug it's on for years? I'm not debating, just trying to learn. I'll try that later tonite once I'm done with work and can reconfigure cords. Would the suggestion be to use a filter linc or something on the UPS since I can't go without the UPS.

I had tried that off the get go. That wall of the office has 3 sets of outlets, we'll call them 1 - 2 - 3 left to right. The PLM always was plugged into 1 when my mom was here and up until about 2 months ago. Then I decided to try to consolidate wires and clean it up so I moved PLM from 1 to 2 and UPS with laptop/etc from 3 to 2. It worked fine for at least a few weeks AND was fine even when Christmas lights were added. Then for no reason crapped out. So I thought along the lines you are and figured must have too much going on, so I moved PLM back to outlet 1 and saw no change in behavior. Solid green, Z wave and X10 working fine, just no insteon.

I thought the same too and had to double check that I wasn't nuts but I stood there and watched 3 X10 devices work while nothing on insteon would. I don't have any battery devices but it looks like the steps I took worked ok. I have an ISY listed for sale and said I wasn't selling the PLM because of the failure I've already had on one a few years ago. Will take a look at your "repaired" thread more closely but one thing to note from a brief skim is that my green light never went out or dimmed on the "bad" PLM. Which that, plus the fact that x10 worked, really makes me wonder if there was suddenly something else going on but I can't imagine what.

well I can safely say I think I found the issue, the *&^%$#! PLM died. I happened to have a spare from our old house so I followed these instructions: ---------- To replace a PLM: i. Unplug ISY from the power outlet ii. Unplug the PLM from ISY and power outlet iii. Connect ISY’s port A to the new PLM iv. Plug the new PLM into a power outlet v. Plug ISY into a power outlet vi. Open the browser to ISY’s GUI and wait for system initialization to complete vii. Click on the Restore Modem (PLM) menu option --------------- And suddenly all is working again. I noticed before I did this that the lights on the ISY when sending a signal would just be very quickly the Rx and Tx at the same time. Now with the "new" PLM, on sending signal it's Rx/Tx basically at the same time, but then the Rx flashes again right after. Does that help confirm the first PLM bit the dust? Given that z wave and x 10 were working ok, it would seem like it. This is the second PLM I've had that has died randomly. There's no way around using them is there?

Not really a newbie but I'm having trouble so... Have various insteon switches, an X10 plug in unit for the front door wreath, a Z wave plug in unit for an inside display and then outside goes into one of 2 outdoor insteon plug in units. This has been fine all week, no issues. Came home tonite, only half the outside is on, the Z wave and the X10. Light switches not on, 1 outside plug in unit not on. Reload in agave, they're not giving the right status. Tried switches NOT on the christmas program, they don't work either from agave. Looked at the ISY as I was sending signals from agave. ISY Tx and Rx blink once for each insteon/X10 signal sent, about 6 times on Z wave. PLM light green as expected, unplugged, replugged same behavior. Went through launcher to admin console, throws errors that it can't communicate with ANY of the insteon devices. Nothing new has changed as far as what's plugged in tonite vs what was plugged in/running yesterday (confirmed my husband's xBox isn't on since we know that's a suck). Already have the phase coupler in the panel and have for years. Again, all was fine until we came home tonite. Any guesses? This is why insteon kind of annoys me, I feel like it's very finicky.

It's a 300 series. Since I am not keeping this one, I didn't go through the upgrade.

awesome, thanks for confirming!

Sold one house, don't need 2 ISYs. Does NOT include PLM Selling ISY994i ZW. $75 + shipping from 18436 Can provide S/N on request.

Is there a way to factory reset it without having it on the network so to speak? i.e. power it up while pushing on the tiny unmarked pinhole in the front? Thanks! Will take a look there. Not sure what to ask for it. Looks like UDI sells refurb'ed non zwave for $99 and knowing there's more confidence buying refurb from company vs private sale, I was thinking $75'ish

Hi all, I've combined houses and both had an ISY so I don't need the second one. First question is how can I wipe out settings on the one I'm not using, and second question, is there a market for used ones? It's an ISY994iZW (NOT the newer ZW+). Just figured if someone wanted to get into this cheaper than new. Not selling the 2nd PLM with it because if my current one fails, I'll have a backup. thanks!

I do have some insteon switches yes and they seem to work fine. We put a phase coupler in the box years ago when we set the system up for my mother but I did notice some unreliability when we first moved into the house (this is my parents old house where the insteon already existed) that wasn't there originally so we weren't sure if things that got added with the remodel caused it or not but as of now, things seem ok with the switches. Now with Christmas upon us, I have old x10 plug in units in the mix as well so we'll see how those behave (also used in the past during the holidays when my mom was here but with the remodel who knows). I would actually like to add some more switches and perhaps outlets but it seems everything on amazon and smarthome is out of stock. I even tried to get an outdoor plug in module (we already have 2) and no dice on those. We aren't putting up our 12' tree this year since we're still unpacking boxes and that needed a filter with it so I'm hoping to limp through this holiday season and then really take a look at things over the winter when maybe stock comes back up. I do have a bunch of insteon switches and some X10 outlets I pulled from our old house before we sold it that I plan to try to make use of, I'm just not great with multiway switches and how those get wired so it's always a "trial". If I can get the bugs worked out (or kept at bay) I'm perfectly fine sticking with the insteon and x10 since it's what I know best. Going to post some separate threads related to used equipment (I have two smarthome hubs and an ISY) that I don't think I have use for now that we just have the one house and also looking for options to deal with a particular type of switch that I have for an overhead fan/light in the bedrooms.