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Drawback to the eISY then in my mind. On my ISY it's all built right in, nothing external. I'm trying to get away from wires and such all over in my office area of the house where all this lives. Is there a recommended antenna someone had a link to?

Ah ok. So I need to get an antenna too? Or only if signal is weak? That would change where I place the eISY as where my ISY is, I can't have an antenna.

Honestly, having to totally reset up the Z wave stuff wouldn't bother me. It's just plugins since the door locks will stay with the vector security panel and don't need to come to the eisy system. Really, even if i had to start the whole thing from scratch, insteon too, it's no big deal. But thanks for the note about the z wave and needing the dongle. I looked at it and am wondering where the "coax" looking connectors go? ZMatter USB: Z-Wave+, Zigbee, and Matter Module for eisy (Z-Wave+ Certified - Long Range) - Universal Devices

Are there things a non-programmer can do with the eISY that I can't do on the ISY? Adding more of a variety of devices I'd imagine? I'd love to have some kind of leak monitoring on my water system other than the kinda dumb one I have from my insurance company now (tho I also would need to get my wireless pushed around better to certain spots in the house)

Looks like it's now in November according to the site. My ISY is on v.5.0.13C Sounds like I'm going to stay with the insteon hub then and just get the USB PLM when the time comes, and it's available. My alarm is through Vector security. That won't get moved to the eisy. The 2 door locks are z-wave but they're learned into the vector system (along with 2 lamp type plugins that act as repeaters since the front door is about as far as you can get from the alarm panel). So I assume the 2 door locks and 2 repeaters that are learned into the Vector system will just have to stay there and not be part of my eisy setup.

So either way, as long as I have insteon, I need a separate box plugged into a wall and connected to the controller with either the custom cable or a USB cable. Thank you for that info. Now it's just a matter of if I want to switch from ISY to eISY now or wait until things die. I think I have a backup PLM here too (we moved into my parents house and both houses had the setup) but don't know how to test that to see if it works should my current PLM die and I need a backup

Hi all, Long time ISY user with a mix of insteon hardwired and plugins and also a filterlinc plugged in where needed and a "phase jumper" in the electrical panel (I forget what that's called), plus a few Z wave plugs and some locks (that are learned into our security system). I am thinking of switching from ISY but have a question on the PLM. I have a PLM plugged in and I'd like to get rid of it because I don't like any extra wires than necessary and the outlet it seems to work best in makes the wire show across a wall. Am I correct in my understanding that with any insteon, I must have the PLM no matter the system? So ISY or going to the new eISY I need it? How easy is the conversion from ISY to eISY so I don't lose all my Christmas scenes, etc? Thanks!

Ahh thanks! Didn't know such a thing was an option. I just figured more non battery z wave devices = better reception and that's as much as you could do

OK thanks. I wasn't sure what was what given the housing has 2 coax looking connectors on it

One other quick question... I see there's a z wave board/enclosure and enclosure only. My isy has the wave built in so I assume there's not a board I can pull out of that and just put in a new enclosure or is it not worth the hassle?

Stellar, thanks for that info!

Hi all, currently running an isy and the license for remote access has run out. I don't feel like going to an eisy right now (Christmas lights on programs) but I do miss the remote control. If I renew the isy remote access License and switch to an eisy over the winter, will the license transfer or be prorated?

I switched it to DHCP on the console and reserved the IP on the router.... went back into the launcher after the ISY rebooted and back to not finding it. I had to put in its reserved IP address to get in and all is fine but i guess my setup is just finicky

Poked around more with this when I got home from work and while I have DHCP on the router (101 and higher for the 4th octet), I for whatever reason have a static IP set on the ISY (.5). I'm wondering if I did it so that I could find it from outside the LAN? It's been so long since I've had to change anything on the setup here, I'm not sure why I did it.... The theory is I shouldn't have to set a static IP to access from outside the LAN, right?

SUCCESS! The iox finder wouldn't find it, but i was able to get the IP Address after the router cleared all leases and then i could confirm IP vs MAC Address on the ISY and give that to the launcher. Thanks for going down the rabbit hole with me! Buys me some time before I decide what I'm going to do with the eISY

there definitely is something up, tho I don't know what or how. i just looked on my router (linksys) for all LAN connections and I don't see anything that looks like the ISY. it's on port 4 of the router, when I power cycle the ISY, the router light goes off and comes back on as expected. But..... Oddly I do see one of my cameras on the LAN connections even tho it's clearly wireless and says wireless. I'm going to try to release all DHCP leases and see what that does

Ah ok. I swear it was the same light blue as my other patch cables so... i'll take a look at the steps above in a bit, for now I'm letting it sit there and think about itself lol!

Also going back to something from earlier about the connection between the PLM in the wall outlet and my ISY, that is just a normal cat 5 cable. I just went and looked again. It's how it's always been. My mother, when she was still alive, had the same setup at her house. Just a normal blue patach cable

No firewall or anti virus. Confirmed VPN is off (and app closed)

HP laptop (the one I've always used) running Win 10 pro. And yep, I have the launcher on my desktop and that's what I'm clicking on. I swear I fight with this thing every Christmas season. lol!

I downloaded the latest Java version (version 8, update 431) but when I click on the link, it downloads the start file. I laungh that with JavaWS and it doesn't find my ISY

Thank you! That gives much clarity. I don't have to rush into anything then. The only issue I have is that when I bring up the IoX Launcher, it says not found and when I go to add based on the UUID at https://my.isy.io/index.htm it appears to only want a URL and says invalid URL when I put the UUID in. Not matter what I click on at my.isy.io, it says access license expired. It's definitely online and works because every nite my window candles come out at sunset and go off at 22:30

Also I should add on my phone, I use Agave for instant control of things but I'm not tied to it if there's better options. I also don't care if everything comes over or not, I have no problem re-adding all the switches and such to essentially have a clean install.

Hi all, I have an ISY944 and I let the license expire a few weeks ago. Seems like there's a hard push to get over to eisy but I'll admit, I know nothing about it. I have a mix of Insteon, X-10 (very limited these days) and Z-wave plug in units. I have a PLM that goes from my wall outlet to the ISY with a Cat 5 cable that I'd like to get rid of if possible but I don't think I can right? I believe insteon needs that? I don't do anything too crazy, mainly just remote control of lights and turning everything on and off at Christmas. I don't want to pay the $44 license fee on the ISY now if I'm going to be upgrading but I'm kind of under the gun since it's Christmas list time. thanks for any advice!

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