Wes Westhaver

Thanks everyone. I decided to jump ship to Home Assistant. I've simply had to many disappointments with the ISY994i. The product worked for quite a while but it always felt like it was half-baked. It was time to move on. -Wes

@DennisC Sorry to hear that. But at least I know I'm not alone in this. Hopefully they will fix this soon. -Wes

@DennisC I take it you are experiencing the "not found" error also? -Wes

OK. So "IoX Finder" is a later version of the application? But what the heck is it looking for that it can't find (twice no less)? The error message is just about useless in diagnosing the problem. (See screen capture) If I had ever released software with such a useless error message I would have lost my job. -Wes

I just noticed that the launcher says "IoX Finder"? (See screen capture) I think it used to say "ISY Launcher". What do you make of that? -Wes

I don't believe I have the PRO version of the ISY994i. (See screen capture) I am running the Admin Console under Ubuntu Linux using IcedTea. So, I don't have access to the Java Console the way Windows users do. Maybe someone can tell me how to make the Java memory adjustments on my Linux system? -Wes

My ISY994i has begun to exhibit a few problems: 1) It displays a "Not Found" message twice when launching (two pop-ups). (See screen capture) But after clearing the two pop-up dialogs, the admin console launches. 2) It won't let me create new folders. (See screen capture) Sometimes a pop-up appears and other times creating a new folder produces no response at all. 3) It won't let me create new scenes. (See screen capture) Sometimes a pop-up appears and other times creating a new scene produces no response at all. I was able to add a new Z-Wave module successfully (this is what brought me into the admin console today.) Not sure what has changed but something's not right. I restored from a recent backup but no improvement. Any help would be appreciated. -Wes

That's too bad. Allowing a network resource to be called and then ignoring its response is really peculiar and quite non-standard. Calling a network resource and pray it actually works is hardly a robust methodology. Having to write a node-server to overcome this limitation seems like overkill. Oh well...

A while ago I posted a question about using network responses in a program to direct program flow. The answers I got weren't what I was hoping for. But now that the EISY has been introduced, I'm wondering if this issue has been addressed? I know that my ISY994i is no longer supported and so I am now thinking about what my options are for the future. If network responses are able to be used in the new EISY to direct program flow that would certainly make me more likely to move toward the EISY. Here's the thread I started discussing the use (or inability to use) network responses in programs: https://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/41083-using-network-resource-response-in-a-program/ Can anyone provide a definitive answer to this issue? -Wes

Thanks for the help. Somehow I missed the options you pointed out. -Wes

Is there a way to do a text search across all of my ISY994i programs? I'd like to be able to quickly find references to specific variables, device names etc. -Wes

I have a web application that I created (which runs on a dedicated Raspberry Pi), it provides a simple interface to all of the automation devices in my home. In one case I use the ISY's REST interface to set a variable on the ISY which is used as part of a countdown timer for my Whole-House fan. I really like the REST interface provided by the ISY.

That's an interesting way of creating two-way communication between the ISY and an external device. However, I'm still wondering why the response from a Network Resource isn't acknowledged. Given that the response is a simple integer value, it would make sense to allow an ISY program to use it for flow control. I wonder if this has ever been put forth as a feature request to the UDI creators? -Wes

So the answer to my question is: yes??? no??? I take it that responses from Network Resources are unable to be used in an ISY994i program but you have a work around? Can you elaborate a bit? -Wes

Is there a way to use the response from a Network Resource in a ISY994i program? I have written a REST service that is running on a Linux box and would like to either use the HTTP response code or the HTML body response (JSON or simple text string) to direct the program flow. I've spent several hours searching the forums and ISY994i docs but can't seem to find an answer. -Wes