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I have tried wireless tags for this but found the device with remote sensor to be unreliable. I switched to an Ambient Weather system but my hot tub uses a salt chemistry that caused the supposed water proof sensors to fail. Ambient has no replacements and no specs but I found some that looked the same and were a perfect replacement only needing about 1 degree calibration. I now have the sensor inside a small piece of stainless pipe connected to pex pipe. Thermal grease is sealed up with the sensor. This works with no calibration drift. The Ambient Weather app offers graphical presentation of the data. I monitor spa heater performance as the heater cycles and can correlate the cycle frequency with outdoor temperature. Ambient Weather hub can be linked to Eisy or Polisy and all the measurements appear as nodes. Ambient is in the business of making tough outdoor sensors. Pricey to begin with but they do just work.

Looks like serial is the way to go. Unfortunately my serial PLM's are at the other house. Next week I'll test it. Still interested in any other ideas. Thanks all.

Is it possible to locate my 2413u PLM 50 feet from the polisy. The system is working with the PLM and polisy connected with a 6 foot or so cable. As a test I tried a 25 foot usb cable and that did not work. Option one is to get an active USB extension. Does the polisy provide power or should I buy one with an external power connection? Does the PLM use a standard usb protocol? Option 2 is get a transmitter receiver pair usb to ethernet and run the connection with cat 5e or better. Same questions about power and usb standards. Option 3 is to switch to a 2413s and run serial cable. 50 feet is the rs232 max distance. But then is the 2413s not really a serial device. Any ideas, different options, or experience?

I have the same problem. I was looking for either a zwave or zigbee outdoor motion sensor. Hard wired is best for me but batteries are OK. Finally decided to pickup up an inexpensive 110v sensor and connect the output to a 110volt relay. The relay contacts connect to a zigbee switch module that reports status. As a bonus I connected an outdoor LED floodlight to the switch module which turns on with motion or by remote control. This fits nicely in a plastic all weather box mounted under the roof overhang. The motion sensor can be aimed and has sensitivity adjustment. Mounted on an exterior garage wall so access is not a problem. Cost about $60 including the light. Replaced an old x10 outdoor motion sensor that worked most of the time.

There is a setting under premium protections in the antivirus portion of Zone Alarm. Turn off enable web monitoring. This stops the problem. I turn it off before opening the admin console then back on when done.

Thanks, Brian. I'll look at the schematic.

Has anyone tried replacing the power supply with an external 5v device? Could the 5v regulator output filter cap be removed and leads to external supply attached? Also remove Inductor from pi filter for isolation. I have about a dozen working or failed 2413 s and u. So sacrificing a couple for testing is not a problem.

Running 5.2 on ISY and console. This also happened with 5.16. If I go into link mode and do not have a device to detect, the link mode times out and the finish box is displayed. When I press finish the linking process status is displayed again. It cannot be closed. When it reaches 100% it starts over again. It will go on forever. The ISY stops executing programs and will not send on/off commands to devices. The fix is to power off the ISY and let it boot up. Standard fix for computers. Just annoying. I can prevent the problem by having a device to link. Might just be an undocumented feature. I saw a report of this problem from last January. His fix was to update to current software which probably also interrupted the process. Jim

Thanks, Craigb, That works. Should have thought to try

Just upgraded to 5.0.16. The "Start Linking" button in the UI no longer works. When I click it the expected dialog box with the three choices opens but then the linking progress status bar opens without pressing Finish. There is no opportunity to press a set key on a device. I can still link a new device using add new device button and manually entering the insteon address. Ideas?