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Thanks. This house is relatively straightforward, so doing all devices is achievable in a reasonable amount of time. If this happens in my other house, this would be a nightmare. First world problems, I know. I have already outfitted the pool house and the living room in Florida and I have more devices in that installation. I'm setting up the Insteon network as I finish a room renovation. The house's existing wiring is knob and tube, so there's no neutral wire. I've dedicated each evening to getting this house fixed up. I can see I am making progress. Hopefully sitting here restoring devices while watching football works for me.

Ok, I'll run through all devices as there could be other issues. I've only just found these as clear examples to share. Thanks for the suggestions.

More information for debugging. I have a switch in the house that controls my ceiling fan. There's a program that forces the switch to the ON position whenever it is found that it is OFF. Yesterday, the ISY response time to flip the switch back to ON from OFF was very fast (less than 1 second). Now, it takes a few seconds for this reaction. On that switch, I have a double-on program written to turn the deck lights on or off depending on the state of the deck lights. This program also performs very poorly. It takes a few seconds before the deck lights react to the double-on. In both cases, the ISY announces that it cannot communicate with the Ceiling Fan switch or the Deck Lights switch... even though it managed to successfully perform the action.;

I did that before I started all this. Do you think I need to do it again?? By having all this screwed up so badly did I pollute the current ISY configuration even though it is from a prior instance before this new PLM?

My link count is now only 30. I did a factory reset on my PLM (unplug for 30 seconds, hold SET button while plugging in and holding for 10 seconds). Then did a Restore PLM using the link you provided. No matter how I count the following list, I can't seem to get to 30 (the links table had 28 items). I know I'm venting, but I can't be the only person who has difficulty with this process. I've been using your product at least since 2007. I've only had to do the Restore PLM process a handful of times and never has it gone smoothly. I am so frustrated at this point.

Hi Michel. I count 38 independent devices. If I expand the groups (the 6-button keypad would have 5 separate entries), I count 50 entries. My PLM count is 40 after doing a Restore PLM. The number changed... before doing this Restore PLM, I had a count of 53 links. Should I be doing a factory reset on the PLM and starting over? Can I use any of the backups I have performed since installing this PLM or do I need to go back to a prior backup from months ago? If Link count is 0: Go to file | Restore Modem (PLM) ... this will attempt to recreate all the links in the PLM Once Restore Modem (PLM) is completed, count the number of links in the PLM again using the procedure outlined above If the link count is still 0, then in all likelihood the PLM is dead and has to be replaced

I want to say yes, but I've been wrong with the PLM before. Yesterday, after switching out the PLM, the half bath fan double-on program worked fine. So did the program in the guest bath. Is it possible for these issues to be intermittent?

Good day. I had a PLM issue that I finally fixed. I spent the better part of yesterday getting all my lights to register on the new PLM/ISY combination. I had to move the PLM around a bit, but I think that's all behind me. The only issue I see now is that certain programs are not running. I even tried to recreate the programs to see if that would fix it. At this point, I could use some suggestions. I have programs for each bathroom. They each have a program that will turn the fan off 25 minutes after the bathroom light switch is turned off. They also have a program that will turn the fan and other lights on if the main light's switch is turned on while the main light is already on. I call this program the double-on program. I have used it for 12 years with no issues. These programs used to work just fine. Now I'm seeing issues. For the half bath, the 25-minute fan timer works just fine. The double-on program has yet to be triggered. For the master bath, the 25-minute fan timer and the double-on program have yet to work. For the guest bath, neither program seems to be running either, but both programs worked yesterday evening. So, clearly there are inconsistencies, which make debugging this more difficult. I can get the ISY to successfully query the guest bathroom fan and turn the fan on/off, but I was having difficulty getting the ISY to turn on the guest bathroom light. The same seems to be true for the half bathroom, yes the 25-minute timer program is working for this bathroom. Again, inconsistencies. ? Does anyone have any suggestion?

I installed the replacement PLM this morning. It took me a couple of attempts at getting it online and working. I never seem to get through the "restore PLM" instructions correct the first time. I had to do a factory reset on the PLM, then it warned me about being in safe mode, but when I rebooted the ISY things started working again. Unfortunately, some switches are still not online (they work fine, but don't register in the ISY interface). I'll start working on those over the next week to see if I can get them to work. Some of the switches are brand new and still don't register. Anyway, now I have 5.0.16-RC1 working on two ISYs with no upgrade-related issues.

I've been looking at this as well. I like the idea of putting one in the living room and the pool house for starters. I'd use these primarily as a video intercom system. Controlling lights in an ISY-controlled house seems to be more trouble than it is worth right now. Maybe when they can integrate into an ISY more easily. Today, if you wanted to do it, I'm envisioning you could get the Brilliant switch to control a Google Assistant/Home Routine. The routine would turn other lights on/off. That's just a guess. But that also requires cloud, so I'm not on board. I want my home automation controller to be 100% local. (The only thing that is not 100% local is my spoken commands via Home or Alexa.) If I could get Brilliant to send out and receive a REST command to my ISY, then I would be more inclined to buy a few of these.