simplextech

Dunno... not soon or ever as associations aren't very common anymore with smarter gateways controlling things. Less and less devices are supporting associations as well so you have to check devices specifically if they support it or not.

Yup. Reason why it's not great for lighting. The best you'll get with Z-Wave with "less" popcorn effect is by using Z-Wave Associations from a Scene Controller. ISY does not support Z-Wave Associations (currently). You are limited to essentially line of sight or single room with Z-Wave Associations as it's a broadcast message from Scene Controller to the other devices which means it can't route through repeaters. I said "less" so @lilyoyo1 doesn't come beating me over the head because yes there are instances and times when popcorn is noticed. Just less of it.

The ISY currently does not have the ability to do OTA updates of z-wave devices. To update your z-wave devices you will need either another controller that does support OTA that also can be used as a secondary controller. OR you will need a USB Z-Wave stick and software that can perform the OTA update. HomeSeer sells their Z-Wave stick and ZTool software as a bundle OR you can buy a Z-Wave stick (any will work) and use the Silicon Labs Z-Wave PC Controller which is free to download. You will then need to contact the device vendor to get the firmware update file.

Using a dimmer on a Fan is going to quickly ruin the dimmer or the fan motor. Dimmer's are not designed for this. You may be able to get away with a Switch just to turn the fan on/off but again the Switch is not designed for this. If you want to do it "right" use a FanLinc and a KPL to control the FanLinc. If you want to do it cheap then I have several FanLinc's and KPL's available for sale

Ok. But this is how the ISY works today. This isn't a multi-user system and doesn't run a multi-user OS. The reason to need admin access for any interaction is because it's the only access. The Linux analogy is nice, you must run Ubuntu or Debian maybe. Most other Linux distros don't come with sudo pre-configured and do require you to login as root and then you can decide if you want to configure sudo or not. No actual Unix system comes pre-configured with sudo. So I understand your analogy but it's the exception and not the rule. The ISY is an embedded system and is not going to have multi-user capabilities today with the OS and hardware it runs on. It's not designed for that. There's improvements and changes coming. That's the whole basis of Polisy afterall. Not what I think you are wanting to hear but that's the current situation.

For the last part of storing the admin credentials... yeah any interface currently would need the credentials to interface with the REST interface. That's just the way it is today. There's been talks about improving that. It would be nice to move to a token based setup for interface access. For the first part. What web UI are you referring to or is this just in general? The built in UI is not really intended to be AS-IS user facing and is more of a framework to be extended on or used AS-IS and with it's limits of requiring you to login. There's another project HousePanel that is coming along very nicely where credentials and information are not prompted for by users.

I've sorta followed this but not closely... So what is your scenario? Why do your guests need admin access?

The 5.x release of the ISY firmware added a lot of z-wave device support.

I know this is a little overkill just for the ISY.... but I think it's a whole lot easier... https://www.amazon.com/CyberPower-CP1500AVRLCD-Intelligent-Outlets-Mini-Tower/dp/B000FBK3QK/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=cyberpower+ups&qid=1585884318&sr=8-3

That null database issue is likely a ghost device caused from the lock not including fully. Read through the August docs on how to perform an "Exclude" from the lock. Go through that and when done then run the z-wave heal. If the Null DB message is gone then it's what I'm thinking. If not then it may be something you need to contact UDI support about.

Now that's odd. The exclude process should not cause that. I think you should contact support as this is weird.

I don't know the exclude sequence for the lock. But just click the Exclude Device in the z-wave dropdown and start the exclude process from the lock. That will reset/exclude the lock and remove any "trace" from the ISY. Then do the Include of the lock again and see if it includes correctly this time.

Progress... good. Have you ran a Z-Wave Heal process after adding the range extenders? If not run that a couple of times. If you don't have a lot of devices it won't take long to run through it. After that's done then exclude the lock that wouldn't include properly and then try the include process again.

There are nice little Wifi bridges or "travel" routers you can use for this. https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Wireless-Travel-Router-TL-WR902AC/dp/B01N5RCZQH/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=wifi+bridge&qid=1585426719&sr=8-7 https://www.amazon.com/IOGEAR-Ethernet-2-WiFi-Universal-Wireless-GWU637/dp/B018YPWORE/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=wifi+bridge&qid=1585426695&sr=8-3 https://www.amazon.com/RAVPower-Filehub-Hotspot-Extender-Streamer/dp/B08229WMSM/ref=sr_1_16?keywords=wifi+bridge&qid=1585426763&sr=8-16 And many more out there. They are very convenient when needing network access from a device that only has ethernet.

You have to add a controller to the ISY as a secondary controller before there is anything to "shift". I think you can add SmartThings as a secondary but I never have and frankly wouldn't try as it may not "shift" back to the ISY and you would have to exclude and include all of your z-wave devices again. I'm also pretty sure you can't use Hubitat for this either because it does not support secondary controllers. Looking at your previous posts your Z-Wave firmware is fine. There's nothing there to update. (unless I'm blind which could be because it's late).

Do you have another hub or ISY or z-wave controller added as a secondary controller?

Way too far for the ISY to include a lock. You will need several more repeaters and at least one that supports beaming. If you have some Z-Wave Plus power plugs then use those. Otherwise if you just need repeaters only that are small buy several of the Aeotec Range Extender 7 units.

Have you brought this z-wave issue up with UDI support? This is something to address not find a work around for.

You can always downgrade the the new ISY to a lower firmware for your testing.

FYI - The last two I've gotten have had 5.x on them from factory.

It's already murky This is the link as posted: https://www.supply.com/toto-s550e-elongated-bidet-seat-sw3056at40-01-cotton-white-with-remote-control/p2254456?campaignid=8195407385&adgroupid=85690516558&adid=426339188604&gclid=Cj0KCQjw09HzBRDrARIsAG60GP_3SDt3qmI86CZVNLqBjmstXZyOVv-lkVgXZJkFHQqwFBcStk7EqHQaAmyaEALw_wcB so is this for the elongated bidet seat... or for the fancy remote control for it? And a bidet with a remote??? ummm??? and why would you want a nodeserver for this??? that's just evil!

I really dislike touch pads....

Hover over the link to read it before clicking... just good practice... and it's a link to a Bidet.

Yes and Yes

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