K-bert

Thank you for the reply. That was the issue I had before and I was able to get everything running then. This new issue seems to have sorted itself out. I did have to generate a new API and put that into PG3. It then took about an hour to fill in all the weather conditions and forecasts last night. This morning it seems to be working fine. I am still using the free version. On my account at OpenWeather I have limited the number of calls my account will allow to prevent crossing over into where I need to pay for it. K-Bert

I have used OpenWeatherMap for a few years now and only had one problem which require I make a new API key. Now it is not updating at all. The current conditions haven't changed since two days ago. Same with Forecast 0. All the other Forecasts are blank. I went to OpenWeather and noticed that my Free Plan now has these limits: Hourly forecast: unavailable Daily forecast: unavailable Calls per minute: 60 3 hour forecast: 5 days So is this a problem with what I have set up in my system or has OpenWeather clamped down on what those of us who do not pay a subscription can see. Also not sure why I am not getting updated current conditions. K-Bert

My router set up has worked for years and nothing has changed. Pretty much everything is set to a static IP so I don't have to worry about conflicts. I did call my wife and tried controlling devices both through the admin console (remote desktop to the home PC) and the mobile app. It was all working. I wouldn't be surprised if the PLM is going bad. It is about eleven years old. I purchased it shortly after moving into the house. It is a USB PLM that I used with a Raspberry Pi running a free home automation server. Near as I can tell the person who wrote it sold it and it was removed from the internet. I then moved to an ISY994 and bought a Serial PLM. Since I, like so many others, disposed of the USB to Serial PLM cable (I didn't even know it was in the box) I just switched to the USB PLM when I upgraded to the EISY. As for the Z-Wave not working, my only guess would be that the EISY was spending all its time/resources trying to initialize the PLM that it just wouldn't do anything else. Doesn't sound likely though. I will order a new USB PLM from the Canadian distributor when they have them back in stock. It claims that the units built from 2023 has upgraded electronics and should be more robust. K-Bert

Unexpected update: While I was still at work my wife left the house and I received a notification from UD Mobile that the garage door was opened. I opened the app and it is all connected and working now. No idea why/how. K-Bert

I have done a full reboot with the removal of the power cord. I updated from 5.8.3 to 5.8.4. From the ticket I am told that the PLM likely has gone bad. Although none of my z-wave devices are working either. I have the next procedure to test when I am home again. From the ticket: 1. Unplug the PLM, wait 1 minute, plug back in 2. Press/hold the power button on eisy->red. Click again blue 3. Check the PLM status again. If disconnected, then the PLM is dead. You might qualify for some discounts from insteon (I am not sure when they expire): https://www.universal-devices.com/celebrate-insteon/ Please note that when you have a new PLM, you MUST do a Restore PLM. Please follow the instructions here: https://wiki.universal-devices.com/index.php?title=ISY-99i/ISY-26_INSTEON:File_Menu#Restore_Modem_(PLM) K-Bert

Done.

Two more error messages I have received when I tried to turn devices on or off using the admin console: "Socket Open Failed java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: no further information" and "Could not set file modified timestamp [./FILES/CONF/DEF/f10]" "Could not set file modified timestamp [./FILES/DEF/f1/i1/emap]" I'm afraid I don't know what they mean. K-Bert

If I can't get this sorted by tomorrow evening I will certainly be submitting a ticket. I just don't want to do that until I find out that there isn't a simple fix. K-Bert

And another attempt and I am back to the "Initializing System" status bar. K-Bert

Yes. I can reboot from the admin console while the initializing status bar is on the screen. I get notifications on the mobile app, but it still fails. The notifications in order received are: PG3 is stopping PG3 is starting eisy xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Notification Node Server Standard Edition Startup. I am able to log into PG3 now and all my nodes claim to be connected. However this time when I tried to log into the admin console I received an "XML Parse Error https://...." instead of the log in window. So I'm pretty sure the unit isn't bricked, but the IoX is very unhappy. K-Bert

I should mention that I can see the firmware version as 5.8.4 in the admin console. I can navigate to PG3 in my browser but I cannot log in. I get a failure server response message. K-Bert

Good day, I upgraded my EISY this morning using the update button on the admin console. I then went to work and several hours later I found that I could not access the EISY on the mobile app. "Error: Requested ISY not online. 503" The PG3 part seems to be working as I received notifications that my nodes have connected. After dinner this evening I tried to access the system with my laptop on my home network. The ISY finder found it right away and I was able to log in using my credentials. None of my devices statuses are displayed. The flag in the bottom left is yellow and it says "Initializing System". I do have the status bar with the same title that fills up from 0% to 100%, but then just starts over again at zero. This is the first time I have ever had trouble with an update. Any advice on what I should try to fix this? K-Bert

Like bpwwer said, its all in the PG3 interface. Mine is set up as such: Key = host Value = 192.168.X.XXX After saving the changes and restarting the Admin Console it was added. -K

I guess this will be the final update: one of the programmers looked into this and determined that the library is old and confirmed that it does not have the feature to load presets or playlists. He also stated that it would not be worth the effort to update it as there are only a few people interested in it. K

It is strange that it didn't want to work for the longest time, but is seems to be happy now. I know that the wifi I have in my house is solid, I have a mesh network set up with two units in the house and I will have a third in the garage soon (conduit is already buried). What I might do is purchase a second unit and play with that and leave the one that is currently working in place. K