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I tried this fix and it seems to work. I don't know how many nodes I have but it is a large number. The Elk Plugin by itself populates hundreds of nodes since it exposes all of the zones, counters, outputs (256 of these), and other items related to the security system. The browser isn't involved in this particular issue so I didn't need to do anything related to it. In any case I think I'm back in business. Thanks much for you help! Mike+

I have an EISY system running IoX FW/UI ver 6.0.4 where when I launch the Java admin console using the EISY Finder it loads the "Main" Screen tab properly but when I click on the "Programs" tab it hangs up to the point where I have to use Windows Task Manager to end the Java process. It always hangs at the point where it is creating the Scene Widgets. This has been working reliably for many years and just started not working today. I've tried clearing the Java cache, updating Java to the latest version (Version 8 Update 491), and rebooting EISY, all to no avail. I can launch the Web Browser admin console just fine but this doesn't have the required functionality. As a side note, I have a 2nd EISY system on the same network (different home on a different VLAN) and when I launch the Admin console on it everything works just fine using the same computer with the same .jnlp file. Has anyone else seen this behavior? Any additional debug steps I can take? Mike

I ran into the same problem. Lost my favorites associated with the my Z-Wave door locks. In addition (as stated in other posts) the Z-Wave lock information no longer shows up in UD Mobile. I ended up creating some programs to monitor the conditions of the Z-Wave locks and translate this information into some state variables for use in UD Mobile Favorites. A bit ugly but this work arounds works. Mike

The Mapped Status problem seems to be fixed in IoX ver. 6.0.3. Once I did this update and restarted the affected Plugins everything is back to normal. Mike

Thanks Paul. I wasn't aware that a precision could be assigned to a variable and will follow your directions to fix my problem. This new knowledge opens up a bunch of possibilities including better handling of Yolink temperature values which currently are being rounded to the nearest integer. Thanks again! Mike

I installed one of the Emporia Smart Plugs in order to monitor the on/off state of an HVAC ventilator unit. The thought was I could periodically check the power consumption through the Vue plugin and see how many watts were been drawn to determine the operating vs standby state of the unit (the ventilator is controlled by a complex algorithm in the HVAC control system which I can't access from EISY)). My plan is to monitor how the HVAC algorithm is actually controlling the unit since I suspect it is less than optimum. The problem I'm running into is the Current Power Consumption value in the node is in kilowatts but the ventilator only draws 170W while running and about 10W in standby. The node shows this as a decimal value (0.1763 KW operating or .0112KW standby) but this translates to value of 0 when I attempt to use the value in a program or to assign it to a variable (all variables are signed Integers in IoX). Is there anyway around this limitation? What would be really helpful is if there were another field in the Node that also displays the current power value in watts. Thanks Mike Operating Mode Power Standby Mode Power

I ordered 1 of the Yolink smart plugs and 2 of the Emporia Vue smart plugs and will experiment with both of them. Thanks for all the replies. Mike

I'm doing a bit more research now before going down the Yolink path for energy monitoring. I read some of the reviews on Amazon and people are complaining that the Yolink Smartplug (6602) only updates the energy usage once per hour. This is too long of interval for a device that turns on/off more frequently than this. Do you know if the Alarm Limits trigger an immediate update to the Yolink Polyglot Plugin when the limit is exceeded (in either direction)? Thanks Mike

I'll give your technique a try. I haven't purchased the smart plug yet but can experiment with one of my Yolink temperature sensors as an alarm source while I wait for the smart plug to arrive. Should be an interesting project. Thanks for your comment. Mike

I don't think I need any averages at this point. I'm trying to get a better idea how much my heat recovery ventilator is running. The ventilator is controlled by an algorithm in my HVAC system which factors in things like outside air temperature and indoor humidity along with a windows efficiency setting to prevent condensation on the windows (something that is a problem in Minnesota in the winter). As long as I can get a sense for when the ventilator is running, by measuring its power consumption, I should be good to go. As long as the current power consumption is reported I should be able poll the node at a regular interval and determine if it is on or off and then calculate a percentage of on time. Thanks for the quick response. Mike

Does anyone know if the Yolink Energy Monitoring Smart Plug works with the Yolink Plugin? Does the real-time energy usage get reported or do energy usage limits get reported? I'm dipping my toes in some limited energy monitoring and need to decide what path I take. Yolink has become my go-to place for moisture, temperature, and humidity monitoring due to its wireless communication reliability. I have a specific need to monitor an HVAC HRV and thought the Yolink Energy Monitoring Smart Plug would be an easy way to integrate this with EISY. Thanks Mike

Okay, that fixed it. Before 6.0 I didn't need to explicitly set the displayed text in Advanced Status. Thanks for the response! Mike

I just updated to IoX 6.0 as well and ran into the same problem. I use the Alarm system status (Disarmed, Armed, etc.) in my Favorites to show the Armed status of the system and it use to show the status as Armed Away/Armed Stay/Disarmed/etc. Now it only displays a number. This problem would be solvable using Advanced Status except there is no way to do a comparison against the number value that is returned. Mike

2) Update. I tried the comparison approach you proposed and that works as described. Thanks! Mike

1) I thought the back arrow had worked at some point. I'll be patient. 2) I considered this approach but wasn't sure about the order of evaluation. The wiki entry explains this (I should have check the wiki first). I'll try this method and see if I can get it to work. Thanks