Techowl

There are no events listed, except the ones when I was testing close to the transceivers. All units were power cycled with 45 to 90 seconds off time. I tried 3xTM751, an RR501 and CM15A transceivers after disconnecting the V572RF 32 setup. - Tim -

I know this forum is usually about the isy994 unit only, but I have a very weird issue that just occurred with my setup. I have been running the current configuration problem free for about 6 years now. I am running an isy994 in conjunction with the usual Insteon AC interface plus the recommended 32 bit transceiver from WGL (V572RF32) connected to a XTB 523 X10 power line interface. My problem happened yesterday. After a power outage of just over an hour, I noticed the RF unit did not respond to a small remote I was using. I figured it was the batteries, and went to work planning to swap out the batteries when I came home. The batteries were not the issue. I tried several different remotes with the same issue occurring. I figured the RF unit had developed a problem after 6 years of great service, so I removed it to temporary replace it with a standard TM751 Transceiver. That's when I went down the rabbit hole so to speak. No matter what transceiver or remote I used, none had any effect. Further investigation revealed that all remotes used with any transceiver now had a very limited range of abut 6 to 8 feet from the transceiver placed anywhere in the house. The isy994 still transmits it's commands fine, and a control console connected to AC will still interact. The problem is just with the RF signal being squashed for some reason. I have several house codes in use making it a bit more difficult to use the old X10 transceivers. Any useful insights would be greatly appreciated as I have run out of ideas at this point. Thanks for your time, - Tim -

I tried all the variations in an attempt to make it work, but it just would not go. It wouldn't surprise me if they changed the security as it seems that anyone can use the server to send spam emails at will. The settings you saw were the ones that used to work for me, until about 2 weeks ago,

I found a solution. I believe that Bell Aliant has turned off SMTP connections to the mail server from older devices. After finding an old listing in the group, I set up an extra Google Gmail account just for ISY994 use. I activated the 2 step verification successfully, but I could not find the "APP Passwords" It turns out that Google has moved or hidden it. It is now at https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords You have to jump through a few hoops, but once you get that magic code it works great! The very useful wiki info can be found here; https://wiki.universal-devices.com/ISY994:Configure_Mail_Server_Settings#Configuring_gmail_Account

It seems the program no longer sends email to my bellaliant SMTP server. No message is given, the emails just do not arrive. I have noticed that the unit just gives a quick flash of the blue LED, and as I recall it use the flash for several seconds when sending the email out. Running version 4.9.0 software, That Key Captcha thing is borked. Most images are cropped so you cannot tell what they are.