Xathros

1) Make sure that the request is coming from the UBI locally and not via the portal. 2) I find it helpful to follow the /REST call with an UBI Utterance "Turning On the kitchen lights." This way, I know that UBI understood my request. -Xathros

Because you restarted your MAC. Happens to me too. The Console preferences are stored in a temporary location that gets lost with a restart. As long as you only sleep/resume it will keep the stored addresses and other preferences like color scheme and window positions etc. -Xathros

Hi Bert- The Trends chart allows you to graph device activities over time. This allows you to visualize on/off cycles of the selected device over a time frame. The Floor plan used to allow you to place your devices on a map of your house. This is obsolete and unsupported now. Generate Topology generates a report of all of your devices and scenes. A very useful piece of documentation on your installation. I run these after every few changes to the system and keep a PDF copy on my laptop for reference. Hope this helps. -Xathros

I tend to see Smarthome and Smartlabs as one in the same but I believe you are correct about Smartlabs being Insteon only. My gut tells me they are two divisions of a single entity. -Xathros

I would rather see UDI buy Insteon. Smarthome can run themselves into the ground selling random junk for more than its worth and let UDI take Insteon into the future. -Xathros Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

NOOOOOO!!! UDI should keep the ISY and continue development. There is nobody better for that task. -Xathros

Carl- You can purchase the ZWave hardware from UDI and the ZWave firmware module via the menus in the ISY-994. This is a public beta - all are welcome. In all likelihood, unless you have multi channel zwave devices, your existing devices will be usable now with the ISY-994 with ZWave module. With multichannel devices, you can likely add the first or primary node now but the remaining channels will be inaccessible until UDI adds multi channel support next year. The ZWave hardware is a daughter board that gets installed inside the ISY-994. I believe the cost for that is $99. It can be purchased from the UDI website along with an external antenna if so desired. The Firmware module is $1. Hope this helps. -Xathros

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This is likely because they have not yet reported status since the ISY restarted after the upgrade. The status will remain blank until the sensor reports. For it to report, the light level needs to change and remain above/below the threshold for 3.5 minutes. -Xathros

This sounds like the OL is being spiked by the fan motor when the OL turns off. This is a fairly common problem with inductive loads. Sounds like you may need a snubber across the load to soften the spike. As Teken suggested above, unplugging the fan from the OL and testing should prove this theory. -Xathros

Right click on the program in the program tree, select "Copy to Clipboard" and then paste it into a reply here so that we may see what the program is trying to do. It would also be helpful to know what the lights and motion sensor device addresses are to help make sense of your event log. -Xathros

The fact that it WAS functional for some time says to me that something has changed. More than likely there is something either injecting noise onto your powerline or attenuating the insteon signal and interfering with comms to the OL. Look for things like surge protectors, UPSs, electronics like computers, chargers, AV Systems that may have been moved or added. Such things can be placed behind a Filterlinc to isolate them from the powerline and improve communications. For testing purposes, simply unplugging such things should show a difference if they are affecting your comms. -Xathros

Yes. Commands from Mobilinc show as Web in the log. -Xathros

The Network module is needed to control other networked devices from the ISY. Control of the ISY from the network requires no additional modules. AddOn modules can be purchased from the menu inside the ISY Admin console. The Network module I believe is $50 Hope this helps. -Xathros

From your original post: 2 Door Garage Door Open On 100 Tue 2014/10/28 02:09:18 AM Web Log The Web at the end indicates to me that this command was issued based on a network request and not as a result of a program or other insteon traffic on the wire. Food for thought... -Xathros

Try one of these: http://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.html -Xathros Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Check the wiring between the IOLink and the Opener as well as between the manual button and the opener. I had one door that was acting up on humid days. Turned out a staple had worked it way through the insulation and was shorting the wires simulating a button press under the right conditions. -Xathros

Unless the tablet runs Java, the only way is via RDC/VNC to a PC running java. I do this with my iPad or iPhone back to my Mac when working on things around the house. Easier than carrying the laptop everywhere. -Xathros

And yet another trick is to pick an already installed device like a switchlink, display the device links table and make note of the ID's in the list then manually link the device with an unknown ID to the switchlink and display the switchlinc's links table again, the new extra link record will contain the unknown ID. Once recorded, simply 'Restore Device' on the switchlinc to remove the extra unwanted link. -Xathros

If you set the ISY for a static address, you can then specify the DNS 8.8.8.8 in the ISY and that should solve the issue until Frontier gets their network sorted out. -Xathros

Several reasons. First the 2412s supplies power to the ISY in the range of 12 to 18 volts. The ISY only needs 5 volts and in some cases last year the higher voltage from the 2412s actually burned up some of the first Zwave dongles for the ISY. Second, the 2412 is an aging device and history has shown that Smarthome's PLMs have a limited lifespan before failure. Any 2412 still in operation has already exceeded the average operational lifespan of a PLM. I would be worried that a PLM of that age is about ready to quit. Third, newer insteon devices use a newer I2CS protocol that the 2412 knows nothing about. The 2413s with current firmware should fully support the newer Insteon products. Lastly, a new 2413 will have the latest firmware with fixes for an untold number of issues since the firmware in your 2412 shipped. Hope the helps. -Xathros Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yes. However if you still have a 2412S PLM, I would consider getting a new 2413S PLM as well. -Xathros Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Think you need to upgrade the ISY to 4.2.16 and try again. -Xathros

Am I missing something? Wouldn'tl this be TRUE for ALL seasons between Sept 2014 and Dec 2020, not just fall? -Xathros

Either should do the job just fine. I have the older access points. The range extender is a newer version. Not sure what to think about Smarthome refurb products as I have heard mixed reviews. If it were me, I would go with the Range extender. See this user supported/reported device list: http://www.madreporite.com/insteon/Insteon_device_list.htm It may give you what you need in terms of what each device actually does. -Xathros