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Have you tried the bottom then ? I was going from memory on which one is switched. If you can hear the relay in it clicking, it's likely working. EDIT: What are you using for a test lamp? The manual for Outletlinc indicates that it supports load sensing. Load sensing works by passing a small current through the switched outlet to tell if there is a load present. If you use a voltage tester (Neon bulb) it may show voltage when the outlet is off. Make sure you test with a real incandescent lamp. I ran into this with an X-10 outdoor relay with some LED xmas lights where they would glow dim when off. -Xathros

I believe only one outlet on an outlet link is switched (top?) -Xathros

I'm of the same mindset as oberkc on this. While the features offered by apostolakisl's programs are hard to resist, that is a lot of complexity to add and maintain. I'm hopeful that the ISY's native date/time/mvar handling will improve in the coming generations. Until then, if needed this is the solution. That said, it is well worth studying apostolakisl's code as there are some very useful not so obvious techniques he has employed that can be used elsewhere. Understanding how that logic works will help your general understanding of how the ISY and variables work as well. -Xathros

Hi Jeff- Thanks so much for the credit and nice job on the installation! Thanks to apostolakisl for pointing out the generator fail possibility and providing the ideal solution for that as well. I think you would likely want to jump over the UPS with a pair of AP's - one on the Battery side with the IOLincs and PLM and the other on the line side and of course a third on the other leg of the line side for phase bridging unless you have already managed that with some other dual band device. Otherwise, having the PLM behind the UPS will very likely have a negative effect on overall Insteon reliability around the house. Keep in mind that the rest of your network gear will also need UPS supplied power for this to work (Modem, router, switchs, ISY etc). -Xathros EDIT: Just re-read your last post and saw the Dualband PLM. so disregard the AP behind the UPS bit.

Hi dano- I'm not sure but IFTTT (If This Then That) may be capable of doing what you want. You could trigger an IFTTT rule from the ISY and let it do the rest. See IFTTT.com Hope this helps. -Xathros

Some of it may depend on your cell provider as well. I know with AT&T if I send more than 160 chars through the email to text gateway, AT&T will split the message into multiple 160 char texts. When counting the chars, the important part is the length of the variables value not the variable itself as the ISY replaces the variable with the value before the message is sent. The ISY is sending an email, not a text, there is no 160 char limit enforced at the ISY. -Xathros

ELA- Gotcha! I need to pick up an Arduino to play with at some point. I used to play with the Parallax Basic Stamp some years ago. I love these little micro controllers. Keep us posted on your progress. -Xathros

Hi jonnyt- Try wget for windows: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm Does exactly what you need and from the CLI. -Xathros

silverton38- I have a series of programs that handle occupancy detection for me. Pretty sure they will survive a power outage for the most part. Here is how it works: State mvar for detection delay. In my case 45 minutes, in yours, 24 hours. First program monitors motion sensors and a list of switch try devices. Idea here is in the areas with no motion detection, someone operating a switch says occupied as well. When any activity is detected, the detection delay mvar gets reset to 45 (24 for yours) Second program says if detection delay >0, set detection delay mvar init to detection delay mvar, wait 1 minute (1 hr for you) and subtract 1. This restarts the 1 minuet (hour) timer since the state var changes. The set init is the part that solves for power outages. Set this to run at startup. Third program runs on detection delay mvar reaching 0. This is where you turn off your scene. Then set the delay mvar < 0 to disable till next detection. Prog#1 If motion detected then s.occupancyDelay = 45 Prog#2 if s.occupancyDelay > 0 then s.occupancyDelay InitTo s.occupancyDelay wait 1 s.occupancyDelay =- 1 Prog#3 if s.occupancyDelay = 0 then Set scene MostLights Off s.occupancyDelay InitTo -1 s.occupancyDelay = -1 Hope this helps. My progs are a bit more involved as I'm tracking occupancy statistics as well but this should meet your needs.

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No. I ended up running a Pogoplug with Archlinux to capture logs among other things. -Xathros

Purchased! Thanks for the link. Dunno yet exactly where I'll use this yet but I'll find it a good job. -X

ELA- Sounds like a fun project. Interfacing to the Arduino via EzFlora sounds a bit clunky to me though. I was under the impression that only one EzFlora zone/output could be active at a time. This seems very limiting for what you are attempting especially if you are trying to activate a sprinkler zone and confirm that it's been done via audio output using the same EzFlora. Isn't there an ethernet shield for the arduino? Couldn't you communicate with that via network resources instead and have an unlimited number of commands/voices avaialble ? If not, have you looked at the CAI Web Control board? it has 16 bits of IO (8 in 8 out) and an insanely easy CGI web interface. You could get 255 combinations out of that. Another option is a PogoPlug running ArchLinux to do the audio playback. This requires a USB autio interface for the PogoPlug however. These are very easily addresses via network resources but will require some coding to build the CGI interface. -Xathros

ergodic- Could you clarify if you mean "Low Voltage" or "Line Voltage" by LV ? Thanks. -Xathros

LeeG- Very nice explanation. Thank you. -Xathros

LeeG- Isn't FW 3.3.3 REQUIRED for linking I2CS Devices ? Or at least 3.3.1 but preferably the latest? -Xathros

I wonder if you were sending a message with either a blank subject or body. Either of those conditions have been known to cause trouble. -Xathros

The Auth failure is on send to the SMTP server. Did you enter the Gmail account info for SMTP ? -Xathros

I know early on Java 7 had some major issues. AFAIK, they are resolved and Java 7 is now useable. The ISY firmware actually requires Java 7 for HTTPS support within the admin console and dashboard. -Xathros

Nope. Just send a message to support with the UUID of your old ISY and the UUID of the new one and ask them to transfer the activation over. No additional charge. -Xathros

Tie in in what way? What is the end goal? -Xathros

Upgraded with no issues. MaxRainRate WB mvar is now populated properly. Both of my IOLinc Sensors are now working properly. IOLinc Options display correctly after a change. -Xathros

Understood. Thank you. -Xathros

Thanks Michel- Looks like an issue with TBird on the formatting. I have been able to sort of correct it be reselecting the character encoding for each received message. It seems to be ignoring the global setting for that. As for subscribing, I think that is beyond my current skill set tho I do plan to dig deeper into that as time goes on. I was trying to work with the simple solution of outputting the data in a csv format via email daily. I see we can test these values with programs but we can't yet assign them to mvars. I suspect once we can assign these values to mvars, I'll have a simple workaround to convert these strings into numeric values. -Xathros

I have a few issues with the WB data variables. Here are some visual aids: This first image is the current data from the admin console. The second is the result of a custom email from the ISY as seen on my iPhone and the third is the same message as displayed in Thunderbird. My issues are: 1) The degree symbol is not formatting correctly in Thinderbird but it does on the iPhone. Is the ISY not specifying the proper character encoding in the email ? 2) Is there a way to eliminate the non numeric data returned for the numeric fields (Temps, Windspeeds, humidity, pressures etc). I would like to log and chart this data along with other environmental data from inside the home but currently I cannot treat this as numeric data. Its easy enough to add the mph or Inches/Hr fluff in the notification if desired. 3) (Already discussed elsewhere-included for completeness) Max rain today returns blank. - Just noticed it is NOT in the current WB data set from the admin console yet it WAS there yesterday. Same WB station. Do WB data points usually come and go without reason ? Thanks. -Xathros