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Another possibility is that the devices or on the opposite 120V leg from the PLM and work when a 220V appliance is temporarily bridging the phases. Do you have any access points or other dual band devices confirmed as bridging the 2 120V phases? -Xathros

The basic rule of thumb is that you need two dual band devices on opposite phases (one on each phase) and within RELIABLE RF range of each other. Access points are recommended as they have generally much better RF range than in wall dual band devices. Some of the newer dual band plug-in modules appear to have reasonable RF range and can be substituted for an access point. Additional access points or dual band plug-in modules may be required in more distant areas to link RF only devices such as motion sensors, door/window sensors, thermostats, leak sensors etc. Odd/even quantities does not matter. Filters may be required to isolate electrically noisy or signal absorbing devices from the power line. Computer equipment, UPSs, many surge suppressors, cell/laptop chargers, florescent lighting etc can cause serious issues with both Insteon and X10 communications. Placing a filterlinc between such devices and the line can greatly improve performance and reliability. Hope this helps. -Xathros

Yes, mine are, Harold however, seems to be missing the entry for Non-Battery powered devices. -Xathros

@Michel- I believe the original question was: Where did "Enable Automatic Writes to Devices" go in 4.1.0. For me, it shows as always in the File menu: @Harold: Not sure why it would be missing from yours. -Xathros

algod- If you can define what you want to accomplish, we may be able to suggest a program or two to achieve your goal without additional modules being purchased. -Xathros

That is a whole lot of traffic all at once. Try adding a "Wait 1 second" between each command. I was running into devices that would not change and adding the waits fixed it for me. I suspect devices that require retries or extra hops to be reached via RF may step on commands to other devices. -Xathros

That looks to me like it would do what you want. You won't be able to adjust the trip point but it should be very consistent allowing you to work out the timing with the DMX board or ISY programming. -Xathros

No. That is outside the realm of what the ISY is designed to do. I use a few Foscam and Trendnet IP cams and am doing something similar to what you want. I could have the cam email me a pic on demand but instead, my detection routines in the ISY command the cameras upload images via FTP to an onsite server which in turn copies the images to an offsite location while simultaneously pushing a notification to my iPhone which contains a link to the live camera feed. This gives me access to the live feed and an archive of snapshots from the triggered times with an offsite backup copy. -Xathros

I also enjoyed your site and the bits of humor sprinkled about therein. -Xathros

Depends on the camera. If you can tell the cam to email a picture from it's web interface then quite likely you can have the ISY issue that command when motion is detected. ISY does not access image data from cameras at all so the cam would need to be capable of handling the send image transaction. -Xathros

Or, base the xmas tree program on the status of the Front Spots rather than the Front Spot program. This way, if you manually turn on the front spots, your xmas lights will follow with their random delay. As oberkc said above, without seeing the contents of the Front Spot program, we have no way to know what is causing your loop. If Status Front Light Spot light is On Then wait 10 minutes (random) and turn on X-Mas tree Else Wait 10 minutes (random) and turn X-Mas tree off -Xathros

I can only speak for the iOS version. On my iPhone, as long as ML is in the background and the phone is awake, it works like a charm. If the phone is snoozing, it can sometimes take a minute or more for it to notice that it has crossed a boundary. -Xathros

Nothing native in the ISY, you would need Mobilinc on iOS or Mobilinc & Tasker on Android. -Xathros

How about replacing the relays with OptoIsolators? That should give you a clean on/off point without the chatter. You will still need to time things to avoid Insteon traffic jams but it sounds like you have a few options for that already. -Xathros

I am using one of these:http://www.digital-loggers.com/din.html to control my pellet stove and provide remote power cycling of my ISY, Router and Cable modem when needed. The ISY controls this via network resource rules and I can log into this directly should the ISY become unresponsive. A bit more expensive than the Pi but it is a complete packaged solution with some additional capabilities and next to no programming necessary. -Xathros

Anytime. Happy to help. -Xathros

Hi Noel- This is a brief discussion about Insteon Actions in the WiKi here:http://wiki.universal-devices.com/index.php?title=ISY-99i/ISY-26_INSTEON:Action There have been several topics in the forums on this as well though none that I recall recently. Here is one that may prove useful for you: http://forum.universal-devices.com/viewtopic.php?p=95729#p95729 -Xathros

The solution is to define a scene for the bathroom lights and twice daily have a program run to adjust the scene on level for those lights. Once to 30% for the night and once to 100% for daytime. Note, adjusting the scene won't actually change the brightness of the lights if they are already on at the time the adjustment is made. You can have another program run right after the adjustments are made to check if the light is on and turn the scene on again to get the lights to dim or brighten. -Xathros

I believe the OP IS attempting to use the backlight as an indicator rather than a specific button being lit. I suspect the problem is that the ISY is not allowing a 0/0 backlight setting as it it attempting to maintain a visual difference between the On and Off button states. -Xathros

Why not just set the onlevel of the button(s) to 0 in the scene definition(s)? -Xathros

Something like this... If Control SwitchLinc is switched On Then Set SwitchLinc FastOn ...should do what you want with a slight program delay. This does make me wonder what the use case is for this however. There very well may be a better solution to achieve what you want. -Xathros

Its not a matter of having too much draw on the circuit, more a matter of those other devices causing line noise and interfering with communications. Try unplugging things till it works. -Xathros -Xathros Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Keep in mind that not all outlets in a room are necessarily on the same circuit. It could be the one outlet where it doesn't work is on th opposite phase from the PLM or on a noisy circuit. What else is on the failing outlet? Try unplugging the other items and see if it works, if so, then the other items should be put on a Filterlinc. -Xathros

Anytime. Happy to help. -Xathros

You would need to use the ISY to turn on the scene containing both the lamplinc and the KPL button rather than the lamplinc directly. Direct messages only affect the individual device not other devices linked to that device. That is what scenes are for. -Xathros