Xathros

All- Here is a review of two Email to iPhone Push Notification Systems: (Prowl and Push 4.0) Prowl: Available from the App store for $2.99 Requires free registration with the Prowlapp.com proxy service. Once registered, you can create API keys for connecting devices/applications to your Prowl account. An API key can be used as an email address in the form of @prowlapp.com Here are some screen shots showing ISY generated notifications sent to Prowl via email: The right hand screenshot shows 2 of the notifications "Expanded" Push 4.0: Available from the App store for $4.99. Requires free registration (via the App) with 4Push.com proxy service. Again, there is an email address assigned (Only one in this case) when you can send your message to be pushed to the iPhone/iPod/iPad. Here are some screenshots of Push 4.0 notifications: The right hand screenshot shows a selected notification. Both apps allow for connecting with Facebook, Twitter and RSS feeds as if we weren't annoyed by those apps enough already. During my testing, I had the ISY configured to send to both services simultaneously and found that in each test, the notifications arrived at my iPhone simultaneously as well with about a 5 second delay between send and receipt. Both apps are universal and look good on both the iPhone/iPod and iPad/iPad3. Things that stood out: Push 4.0 keeps track of which notifications you have read and that status is shown across all devices that are receiving those notifications. Kinda like IMAP mail but for notifications. Prowl is a lot more configurable. You can set notification text size from very small through very large. You can set up a "Quiet hours" schedule where only the badge numbers will update for new notifications, A "Do Not Disturb" toggle for times outside of the Quiet Hours schedule, Ability to redirect to a URL included in the notification (Maybe use this with the REST interface ??), Priority settings (-2 through +2 where 0 is normal and +2 can be configured to override Quiet and Do Not Disturb and each priority level can have it's own alert sound assigned. EDIT: Prowl also tracks read/unread status across multiple devices. My choice in the end is Prowl. Its cheaper, more configurable, it's "Inbox" shows much more history and navigation seems easier. I hope this all proves useful to someone. -Xathros

firebladeRR1k- Prowl does exactly the same thing. I was just playing with it here. Much quicker turnaround than SMS/MMS to the phone and much less intrusive. There is a Prowl API so it may be possible to send direct from the ISY to the prowlapp.com server without the need for SMTP in the middle but I haven't dug deeper into that yet. The iPhone App is $2.99 and the Prowlapp.com account is free. It does integrate nicely with Growl on my MAC as well. kevkmartin- Thanks for the mention of Push. I'll go have a look and see what it offers. EDIT: I don't see an app called Push. Can you give me more details on it? Who is the vendor? EDIT 2: Nevermind. Found it. Push 4.0 by Fabien Penso. $4.99 in the App store. -Xathros

Last I checked, there is no Java Virtual Machine on the iDevices and therefore, no ISY Admin console. You can use the basic HTML page for controlling Devices/Scenes/Programs or Mobilinc/MobilincHD but alas, no admin console. I use remote desktop to access a real machine and run the Admin from there when needed. -Xathros

LeeG- My tests indicate that your record remains unbroken. -X

Thanks. I was about to run a test to see. -Xathros

Is your ISY and Mobilinc set up to work from outside of your home network (3G/4G) ? If not, then it's likely failing when you have dropped your local WiFi connection and working when your connection is up. Most smartphones will drop WiFi when not in use to save battery. -Xathros

I use mobilinc to run a program to toggle a variable. In my case its Home/Away and looks like this: If $i.HomeAway is 0 Then $i.HomeAway = 1 $i.HomeAway Init To $i.HomeAway Else $i.HomeAway = 0 $i.HomeAway Init To $i.HomeAway I have the program DISABLED as it doesn't need to run unless called. I use Mobileinc to RunIf and have customized the status text to read Home or Away. You could do something similar and use the variable in your condition logic for the tstats or as LeeG suggested, use it as a folder condition but for that you might need to use a state variable rather than integer as I did. Not sure on that. -Xathros

I can confirm, the field is there! It took my full Lat/Lon position without error. I'd say the default width of that dialog needs to increase by approximately 25% to show the Lon field. Thanks LeeG! -Xathros

Excellent. As soon as I regain access to my ISY I will attempt to widen the dialog and see if it's just hiding on me. Thanks! And bmiller's image does have the new Lion/Mountain Lion MAC Scrollbar in it so I'm sure you nailed the answer here. -Xathros

Hi jmed999- The correct DNS settings are usually provided by your ISP but you can use either: 8.8.8.8 or 4.2.2.2 which are public DNS servers. I suspect that you are set up for DHCP addressing since you are not familiar with Static addressing or DHCP reservation. DHCP is a Protocol/process used by network devices to Dynamically Configure themselves with the assistance of a Host (your router or a standalone DHCP server). "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol". When a client device is powered up, it looks for a DHCP server on the network and if found, asks for IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway address and DNS addresses to configure itself with. DHCP reservation at the router simply reserves a specific IP address for a device so when that device auto configures, it always gets the same IP address from the DHCP server. This is ALMOST a static address as it always is the same. Static addressing is when you configure the device by hand and disable its DHCP feature. You must provide valid addresses for IP, Subnet, Gateway and DNS and ensure that the IP address does not conflict with any other devices on your network. DNS - Domain Name Service - Is basically a database of domain/machine names with their associated IP addresses. Anytime you call a server by name, google.com for instance, DNS is used to look up the IP address of the server before it can be accessed. Your ISP will usually have 2 or more DNS servers for their customers to use. Quite often, consumer grade routers will advertise themselves as DNS servers on your network via DHCP and pass DNS requests upstream to your ISP. I hope this helps. -Xathros

Well theres my problem!!! I don't see a field for Lon. I'd post a screen shot but I'm unable to reach the ISY remotely for the first time in a long time. I will have to wait till I can get home to see whats wrong. Everything else on my network is responding. No Https, Ping or Telnet response from ISY. -Xathros Edit: My screen looks exactly like bmiller's screenshot. Maybe its a MAC UI Bug ? Anyway, using my Lat and GMT-5 seems to be within a minute or two of what the weather channel shows as sunrise/sunset for my zip code. I figure the ISY is using the Offset to determine the Lon. When I get ISY up and running later, I'll have a look through my XP VM and see if I get the same dialog layout.

I'm GMT-5 Eastern. I try to enter the Lat, Lon and get Invalid Lat as an error. I've tried but positive and negative Lon with the same result every time. I selected NYC from the list and only see the Lat in the field so I don't have an example to imitate with my data. Exactly how should the Lat/Lon pair be formatted for entry ? -Xathros

Same with my 99i and 994i. Only accepts Lat not Lon. I was able to enter my Lat in decimal format as 42.9xxxxx but in now way shape or form would it accept Lon. Results were good enough with just the Lat value so I didn't bother to mention the issue. -Xathros

In Mobilinc, you can issue either Direct or Scene commands. For a Scene command, click a devices icon and it will toggle whatever scene that device controls On/Off. If you click the text to open up the details sheet, the on/off/brt/dim/fast on/fast off all issue direct commands to the device. -Xathros

You could use a program and integer variable as follows: If i.KeepMamaCool = 0 Then Set 'T2491T1E - Main' 78° (Cool Setpoint) i.KeepMamaCool=1 Else Set 'T2491T1E - Main' 82° (Cool Setpoint) i.KeepMamaCool = 0 Use Mobilinc to run the If section of the program. Each run will toggle between 78 and 82 -Xathros

I have used window defroster repair paint for temporary jumpers in the past. Paint it on and use an eraser to remove later. Yes, it has a higher resistance than solder but over a short distance its usually close enough to a short to do the job. There is also a battery terminal coating that is copper rich. a small dab will jumper the pads and you can just wipe it off with a rag later. -Xathros

If you have a second Fob that you can sacrifice for the project, you could wire that up to an EZIO or a couple IOLincs in place of the Lock and Start buttons. Even if OnStar is capable, I guarantee they won't give you the necessary access to operate through their system with network resources. -Xathros

Just for clarity, You associate devices with a cam, not the other way around. You can view a cam in Mobilinc and alongside or below the image will be associated controls so you can turn on/off the lights in that room or open/close the garage door, unlock/lock the front door depending on what devices have been assigned to that cam. None the less, its an awesome feature that the basic ISY web page does not offer. Other interface niceties are the ability to hide or rename controls and statuses (Garage door is "Open" not "On"), Group favorite items in one place while still being able to access everything in detail on other screens, Resource manager which allows some programmability right from Mobilinc (Set timers etc), ability to lock down the interface to just the favorites isolating the core network from the kids/guests, removes the need to authenticate/login with every use (unless desired), shows real time status updates for whatever devices you are viewing, ability to directly access programs (run If/Then/Else, enable/disable, see status etc), ability to see and change variables. Much of this CAN be accomplished via the basic web interface for free but Mobilinc makes it so much easier, nicer, more customizable all in a native iPhone/iPad/Android app. I'm not sure if the IP camera stuff has made it into the Android version yet but if not I think its on its way. Now I want Mobilinc for my Mac desktop! -Xathros

plipof- I am among those that love Mobilinc. I use it on my iPhones and iPads. I haven't tested or even looked at eKeypad so cannot comment on that. I don't see where Mobilinc is missing any polish. The developer of Mobilinc is very responsive and is actively working on new features. Support for IP Cameras was recently added. The interface is efficient and very customizable. -Xathros

bmiller- Adding a device to the ISY is all that is required to access it via programs. The process of adding the device creates links between the device and the PLM/ISY. Programs have nothing at all to do with linking of the devices to each other - that is what scenes do. Adding devices to a scene causes links to be created between the devices you add. A program can activate a scene or a device directly. A program can respond to the status of a device. -Xathros

I kind of have this working. I have tested both to an Ubuntu server and my MAC desktop as syslog destinations and I can write messages to the logs from the ISY - BUT - I haven't been able to figure out how to encode the sender identity, facility and severity portions of the syslog packet so all the messages are from "unknown" and can't be sorted by type or severity. Not really a problem unless there is more than one unknown source submitting messages then I can't filter just the ISY messages. I'm going to invest a bit more time into trying to decipher the UDP syslog packet structure and see if I can't work out the full capabilities of Source, Facility, Severity and Message. -Xathros

I can't say for sure but someone posted that they had success using these with some CFL's which leads me to think there is a halfway decent chance that it will work. -Xathros

I think the best you can do is the Summary view of the programs which shows current status and last/next run times. I'm dying for a way to have programs write to the log (a log, any log) and am currently trying to figure out how to use network resources to send messages to my linux syslog server. That way I can include log writes at various points in my programs. -Xathros

bmiller- Folders are for programs, Scenes are for devices. That said, if you create programs to manage certain scenes when your in away mode then put those programs in a folder (Away) and set the folder If to say "If Away button is On" then I think you are heading down the right path. -Xathros

This is indicative of a Firewall/AV blocking problem tho I would expect it to be 100% of the time not 80%. If you wait does the status column eventually fill in ? Does the status in the lower left corner of the admin console say System Busy ? What OS, AV and Firewall are you using ? -Xathros