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I can’t even try the app because only matter device I have gives a code in the app. The iOS app only has option to scan with camera.
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@Andy PYes UD Mobile has come a long way. However I think it still has some limitations with some programs not supporting editing.
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Since they mention EISY only, I am presuming this will not work on Polisy.
I wonder if it is going to be a near-exact web based replica of the Java AC, and difference is no requirement to install Java
? Or maybe it is going to be the actual AC access from client using RDP/XRDP?I do not have an EISY, but is it possible to directly run AC, and PG3x etc. running on EISY with a monitor/keyboard/mouse attached.
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On 3/12/2025 at 1:27 PM, JCS said:
I was told that HomeKit is being tested right now. They're still ironing out some issues but this is promising.
Where have you heard this latest from?
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I wouldn't worry about windows 10, just leave it internal on LAN and have it run DSCLink.
Microsoft end of support does not mean it will stop working.
Does NodeLink work on Windows 11 though?
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17 hours ago, GHenry said:
I think you're expecting too much, too soon. The release notes say "installs HomeKit plumbing," not HomeKit itself, similar to the way it says "installs eisyui plumbing," not eisyui (presumably the forthcoming browser-based UI).
Homekit support was supposed to come out “next week” last month.
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11 hours ago, Guy Lavoie said:
Which phone app? I look at the foldout sheet that came with the Cync bulb and it has two sets of instructions, one for setting it up with the Cync phone app (which I haven't tried yet), another set for "Connect directly into your Matter-compatible smart home system". The third page then says that you may set up the bulb for use with the Cync app or Matter, but not both.
Matter devices I have setup require scanning QR code and using a phone app. Apple HomeKit and Home assistant mobile app both worked for me. Although I don’t think it is 100% necessary for a matter device to require using a phone to enroll, it is pretty much the way everyone does it. In most matter devices they have BLE with allows your phone to communicate to do initial setup and it hands off your wifi or sets up on thread or whatever. This is very common to use BLE for lots of things now (eg. Not matter but another example is I can setup a UniFi router and adopt using my phone and BLE). UD even said their phone app would be used to scan QR code but I think they also hinted at other method direct with EISY using its BLE but I may be misunderstanding this.
I have not used a cync bulb but what you describe sounds like you can use their app/ecosystem or a matter system. Their app probably allows more advanced control of bulbs and maybe things like scenes, dim rates etc. whereas matter would just be basic settings.
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5 hours ago, Guy Lavoie said:
I also tried adding a Matter device with a GE Cync bulb. QR code gives the same "500" error. But as an IP device, how does something like a new bulb fresh out of the box get access to my network? Seems it needs network access first. Is the Matter inclusion app doing some kind of UPNP scan? That aspect of it isn't clear.
Another thing is about those QR codes themselves. It's just a sticker on the bulb that easily falls off. If you lose it, I can't see how it could be recovered, unless there is some kind of network scanning app that could look for valid devices. At minimum, we'll need to write down the digits (xxxx-yyy-zzzz) that seem to form every Matter pairing code, so we can at least regenerate the QR code if needed again.
It uses BLE for device setup using a phone app. And yes you have to keep those codes - sometimes they are stamped right in the device. If you don’t have the code you have a nice paper weight. In some cases the device app can generate a code for you but this is normally older devices that have been upgraded to matter eg. Older wiz bulbs. If you are using something like Philips hue the bulbs themselves are not matter and instead use the matter bridge. Aqara bridge does something similar where can bridge its devices to matter using their hub and then some devices are actual matter. But most advanced features still require use of an app.
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Every device has an IPv6 link local address. derived from MAC address with prefix fe80. Matter can use this.
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Matter uses ipv6 local addresses. No need to enable IPv6 on router.
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4 hours ago, gviliunas said:
@Guy Lavoie, I had one of the bricked Polisy units. After upgrade, the unit would respond to ping but nothing else. The Polisy was connected to a wired network.
I opened a ticked and received an image and re-flash instruction. I re-flashed, ran the upgrade, and then reloaded my backup files and all is good.
What hardware do you need to reflash?
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Here is my old notes on Zen17 in case anyone is curious.
I used a magnetic sensor for garage door. My garage door opens/closes by shorting wires across the terminals.
QuoteFeb 19, 2023
Update for ZMatter working as of 5.5.5
Zen17 Firmware needs to be at 1.20 (did not work with previous firmware)
Include Zen17 to set parameters 2/3 (doesn't need S2 for this)
Include using S2 (S0 doesn't work properly with extra parameters)
For Garage Door
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Connected the button and the sensor to separate sensor/relays just in case the isolation is not set correctly - if Zen17 is accidentally factory reset. Sensor is on S1, Button is on R2.
Note with this config, parameter 2/3 can be set to 3 since there is no isolation required.
However setting 2/3 to 11 isolates the relays and could use another input S2 for something in future.Reset
Include in ISY (can be S0, don't need auth just to set parameter 2/3)
Set parameter 2 and 3 to 11 for garage door (momentary mode)
Set Parameter 2 to 11
Set Parameter 3 to 11
Exclude
Include (use S2 Auth and key when re-including)
This will add additional nodes Door-Window Sensors in addition to Binary Switches.Set Parameter 10 to 0
Set Parameter 11 to 0
This isolates the relays being triggered from the inputs
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Has anyone got a Matter device working yet ?
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Zen 17 is better than the older zen 16. I used to use a zen 17 and worked good. Just have to set it up correctly with the parameters - someone may have posted how before here.
Of course this in works on a garage opener where can short the wires to open or close. Newer ones need something like a ratgdo or wire into a wireless remote instead. -
Updated my Polisy tonight. Started around 4:30 p... didn't seem to reboot or anything but the AC went offline, I then saw UID of 00:00:00:00:00:01 and I could connect but not control any Insteon. Still showed 5.8.4.
I decided to ssh and rebooted after over an hour waiting.
Then after UID was correct and still on 5.8.4, I did another update packages in AC and this time it had a more detailed dialog that was updating to version 14.xxx whatever it said can't remember. Then it updated correctly maybe 20 min.
But had me very concerned for hour there.
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According to the support thread for IoX 5.9.1, it seems that many are reporting they cannot access from a PC or anything using eisy.local or polisy.local after the update and have to instead use IP address instead.
Is mDNS broken in latest IoX 5.9.1 ?
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Looking at the announcement page michel says in a Jan 31 post release in next ten days or so.
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Those switches support multilevel group 3 and 4 associations and it is a feature of these to keep in sync. Question is does eisy support group 3 and 4 ? Notice how it skips from 2 to 5. But there is a dimmer control so maybe they rename it and that works same as group 3 or 4?
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On 12/9/2024 at 5:11 PM, Traditore said:
Thank you. I gathered a lot of info from your posts in other topics. Conclusion: Insteon scenes are easier for IoP than Z-Wave direct associations.
I ended up creating two programs per button to independently control ON (single press) and OFF (double press). Not ideal, but it works.
You can make a toggle using a state variable. Just make a program that sets the variable 1 or 0 everytime a button is pressed. Then use that variable to trigger a program which turns on/off a light. I think I have example where I did this also.
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Looks like isy doesn’t support group 4 and group 5 associations for this device that is why numbers are missing.
The associations only work with other zwave devices. To use buttons to control other things like Insteon you have to make programs variables etc and manually set leds with parameters. I have example using zen32 elsewhere in forums which could be applicable. Unfortunately isy programming is limited and can run into race conditions and uncertainties due to its execution options (or lack of options) where it restarts program every time is run. -
Current Insteon devices will never support matter natively and will require something like the Insteon hub or eisy to bridge the devices to matter. Insteon hub has built in plm. Eisy requires a plm. However, neither of these devices currently have Matter support released. Therefore if you want to play with matter devices right now and have an Insteon hub, or eisy and insteon, then the best solution is to use home assistant and use respective integrations.
Home assistant can then act as a matter bridge which should work with Insteon entities via integration. This should allow you to expose Insteon to other Matter like Apple, google etc. (in case of Apple I would suggest the HomeKit Bridge integration instead of mucking about with matter)
https://smarthomescene.com/guides/exposing-home-assistant-entities-as-matter-devices/-
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There should be an option to run multiple instances of an if/then statement in a program.
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When I select a folder, and device in that folder, pressing top left back arrow takes me back to the root Devices and Scenes. The expected behaviour would be to go back to the previous folder.
And it is not clear to click the picture of that house to go into devices. Took me a while to figure out also and I can see how people mistake it for a blank screen.
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@BeakerIs your program in a disabled folder by any chance? If there is a condition in the folder which contains the program that is false, then you cannot even run the program manually.
Matter for Dummies?
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No I don’t use google stuff I got rid of it years ago. I don’t think we should have to do workarounds like this - can’t be that difficult to add into the app. But I sorta hearing that iOS app doesn’t work anyways but no official clarification also