IndyMike

Any error lights on the 994? You may want to remove and check your Sdcard (plug it into a windows machine and check for errors). If you find errors, I would highly recommend replacing the card. You can try a "repair" via windows, but I'd consider that a stopgap. Procedure for replacement is in appendix 😄 of the ISY994 users guide: https://docs.universal-devices.com/production/ISY User Guide 4.2.8.pdf

Sorry, thought you were still using the ISY994. I don't know what format the SSD uses. There are posts on how to re-flash the SSD: https://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/42174-polisy-ssd-image-restore-process-for-a-corrupt-ssd/. I also don't know if the EISY can read the information on the SSD. I would try a mSata to USB adapter and a PC first to see if it registers.

@apostolakisl, that's rough. Sorry to hear. My only comment(s) would be - check the power supply to see if it fried, and check the SDcard for corruption. Two easy ways to recover your configuration.

You can view the programs in a backup. Identifying a specific program and restoring it is rather painful. Copy one of your backups to a separate directory in case things go bad. The 1st screenshot below is the result of an UnZip of one of my backups. Use 7Zip or something similar to open your backup .Zip. Windows explorer will NOT work. You will see the file "uuid.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.zip". Unzip this to your directory. Open the "uuid.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.zip" file in 7Zip as well. Extract the CONF folder. Within the CONF folder you will find a D2D folder. This contains your program files. The "*.PGM" files are in XML format. Your challenge will be to identify which file you want to restore (not easy). You can export your current programs to try to determine the program numbering (ID) and what is missing. Beware that Exporting the entire "My Programs Folder" produces an XML file that can't be interrogated by any XML viewer that I have found (format error). I have been successful in exporting individual program folders (non-nested). I'm quite sure this is not the answer you were hoping for. Unfortunately, it's all I can offer. Directory showing Backup Zip, UUID Zip, and CONF file folder CONF Folder contents: D2D Folder Containing Program Files 000A.PGM Contents

As indicated above, the Zen32 does not send ON/OFF commands. Instead it sends "keypressed" events. The ISY appears to be interpreting the "keypressed" event as an "ON" event. Said differently, the ZEN32 will not send an OFF as interpreted by the ISY. You can still use programs and variable to interpret the successive "ON" events: {on program} if 'ZEND32 Button 2' is switched on and $ivar = 0 {0 = off} then {turn devices on} set $ivar = 1 {1 = on} {Off program} if 'ZEND32 Button 2' is switched on and $ivar = 1 {1 = on} then {turn devices off} set $ivar = 0 {0 = off}

@Techowl, I'm in agreement with @Brian H. It sounds like you have a device that is radiating signal @310 MHz and is effectively jamming your transceivers. If it is a device that is failing (oscillating) it will not be transmitting the proper X10 format and will be ignored by the transceivers - you won't see any events. You have a couple of tools at your disposal - 1) The tried and true circuit breaker approach. Turn off circuits until the noise stops (communication improves), then isolate devices on the circuit. 2) Use your transceiver to determine where the noise source isn't. Move the transceiver around the house to find an area where the remote range improves. Then reverse the process to find where the range is worst (noise source nearby). It is of course possible that the noise source is outside your home. The breaker test would confirm that.

@rwsani99, Your log from the "show device links" is showing evidence of communication timeouts (no-response from the target device). If things were working properly, you would see a "[INST-SRX ] 02 50 4E.7D.16 71.17.44 XXXXX" after the [INST-ACK}. In the above, the PLM is re-trying communications up to 5x per request, and the ISY is re-trying 3x (15x total). That's rather bad. Since you indicated that you are having issues with multiple devices, I'm am going to guess that you have a rather strong noise source near the PLM. I say near the PLM because you are having problems with multiple devices. I am guessing that it's a noise source, rather than a signal absorber, because it's rather intermittent. Your second log section showed sections of total failure, followed by rather good communication (hops remaining = 2). Inspect the circuit where the PLM is installed for problem items (Pc's, UPS, Printers, etc). Alternatively, you could try moving the PLM to another circuit. Let us know how things are progressing

@alixer, when you performed the "restore device", was the ISY able to complete write the link table (no errors)? If this is the case, then your device has the correct PLM address and the scene information is incorrect. I say this because newer devices (I2CS units produced after 2012) will not allow the ISY to read/write to them unless the PLM address is in their link table. It may still be helpful is you could post your device link table, ISY device link table, and PLM address. The membership tree on the right is also helpful since it shows how many scenes the device is associated with. If your link table compare looks similar to mine above (no missing or mismatched entries) then the ISY believes the device has the correct link table/scene information. If the device does not respond correctly to a scene command (assuming that it received the command), then the ISY Link Table for the device is incorrect. The ISY maintains link tables for each Insteon device and for some reason, yours may have been corrupted. You can correct this by manipulating the device settings within the scene, causing a re-write to the device (as you are doing) OR your can restore the ISY from backup. Obviously, the backup may also have incorrect information, or be missing information on your more recent devices. If you do choose to restore a ISY backup, please follow with the process that @lilyoyo1 outlined above.

That's unfortunate. It indicates that the ISY does not have the correct scene information. You could try installing an ISY backup (restore ISY, restore modem, restore devices) , but that may be more work than "refreshing" you scene devices.

To be clear, my system failure was two fold: Poor programming on my part that led to a program cycling the system on/off causing water hammer. Poor irrigation design causing excessive main pipe flow (erosion). Pipe erosion occurs when you have large zones (high flow) and a capable supply. It's not that hard to avoid as long and you understand the pressures and flows in your system. I found the following site helpful. It includes spreadsheets for calculation pressure loss (friction) in various types of irrigation plumping. For reference, I was just below 7 ft/sec in my system mainline with certain zones operating. https://www.irrigationtutorials.com/#gsc.tab=0

It sounds like your new PLM address did not get written to your older devices. Not quite sure why. When you adjust the parameters of scene devices you are re-writing the scene AND the PLM address. That's why things work properly after the update. I can understand why you wouldn't want to do this for all of your scenes - you probably have a life. Could you try performing a Link Table Read/compare on one of your problem devices and posting the results? Please also post the new/old PLM address. This will tell us if the ISY contains the correct information. If it does, a simple "restore device" should correct the problem. If it doesn't, things get a bit more complicated...

@rwsani99, could you post a copy of the event viewer for when this occurs? There are a number of possible issues that could cause this (serious noise issues, PLM address change, PLM failure). Need to see the event viewer to determine which path to send you down.

@hart2hart, I'd say you've got the gist of the repeat loop. Please do pay attention to @dbwarner5's cautions on irrigation. They don't only apply to well fed systems. Cycling solenoid valves on irrigation should not be taken lightly. Rapid cycling and water hammer can destroy pipes - ask me how I know... At one time I tried to integrate my Evapotranspiration calculations, current weather conditions, and my irrigation. It didn't go well and I burst a 2" line. Caught my attention. I don't do that anymore.

@hart2hart, I'm not sure where your "zones" are in the program. I do see the "25 minute waits" at numerous places in the program. If this is where the Zones are, your could insert the code at each "25 minute wait". I think your program would resemble the following. That doesn't look crazy unmanagble. If you want to change all of the waits over to programmable delays, that would get rather confusing. At that point multiple zone programs/delay programs would become more "readable". Then $Water_Today_Start_I = 'Flume Water / FlumeWater / Flume Sensor' Today US gallons Set 'Yard / Yard:Front Mulch Beds' Start '$Irrigation_Run_Minutes Minutes' $I.MinuteCount = $Irrigation_Run_Minutes Minutes Repeat While $I.MinuteCount > 0 $I.MinuteCount -= 1 Wait 1 minute Repeat 1 times Set 'Yard / 2Yard:Front Mulch Beds' Off Wait 1 minute Set 'Yard / 2Yard:Front Left' On $I.MinuteCount = $Irrigation_Run_Minutes Minutes Repeat While $I.MinuteCount > 0 $I.MinuteCount -= 1 Wait 1 minute Repeat 1 times Set 'Yard / 2Yard:Front Left' Off Wait 1 minute Set 'Yard / 2Yard:Front Right' On $I.MinuteCount = $Irrigation_Run_Minutes Minutes Repeat While $I.MinuteCount > 0 $I.MinuteCount -= 1 Wait 1 minute Repeat 1 times Set 'Yard / 2Yard:Front Right' Off Wait 1 minute Set 'Yard / 2Yard:Back Fountain Driveway' On $I.MinuteCount = $Irrigation_Run_Minutes Minutes Repeat While $I.MinuteCount > 0 $I.MinuteCount -= 1 Wait 1 minute Repeat 1 times Set 'Yard / 2Yard:Back Fountain Driveway' Off Wait 1 minute Set 'Yard / 2Yard:Back Front Left' On $I.MinuteCount = $Irrigation_Run_Minutes Minutes Repeat While $I.MinuteCount > 0 $I.MinuteCount -= 1 Wait 1 minute Repeat 1 times Set 'Yard / 2Yard:Back Front Left' Off Wait 1 minute

Single program version using a Repeat - While Loop The second "Repeat 1 times" is required to end the loop if you wish to have follow on statements. Not required if nothing follows. You can decrease the wait time to gain granularity, but it comes at the expense of overhead. A 1 second wait loop requires roughly 2 seconds to execute and is working the ISY994 rather hard. Variable Minute Wait Test Program - [ID 0060][Parent 0004][Not Enabled] If - No Conditions - (To add one, press 'Schedule' or 'Condition') Then $I.MinuteCount = 2 Repeat While $I.MinuteCount > 0 $I.MinuteCount -= 1 Wait 1 minute Repeat 1 times Set 'Basement / SC BSMT Entry' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

@jaysmc, do you see activity in the Event Viewer when this occurs? Can you post?

As luck would have it, I did something very similar to myself some time back. I was playing with ISY Scenes on Home Assistant. I had set up a program to trigger on a ISY scene (my basement) and immediately turn the scene off. Unlike the ISY, Home Assistant views an ISY scene as "ON" if any member of the scene is on. The HA program would turn off my entire basement (13 lights) if any light were activated. For this to function both the ISY and HA had to be operating. After playing with the program, I disabled it on HA. Fast forward a year or two, and I inadvertently re-enabled the program. Took me quite awhile to figure out what was going on. The event viewer would show my basement scene being triggered off. I figured I had a rogue ISY program being triggered. Disabled all programs, deleted all programs, and it refused to go away. Then I remembered Home Assistant - Homer Slap.

@abrayshaw, you mentioned that you've been unsuccessful loading from Lan. Have you tried loading from the cloud?

@abrayshaw, If you know the IP address for your ISY you can enter it directly by clicking the "Add" button. Use the format shown below. If you do not know the IP address, log into your router and locate it. At this point you should also "reserve" the IP address for the ISY (if you haven't already). You don't want the complications of having DHCP move this address around. Assuming you can find the address and "Add" it successfully, "Save" the configuration to a file on your computer. Choose a location that's easy to locate (desktop, etc). The next time you can't "refresh" the configuration, use the "Load" button to load the configuration file. I created my file in 2022 (it's been working awhile now). @Geddy's approach is the correct one. This is merely a workaround.

A word of caution when using the "My Lighting" query. I'll qualify this by saying that my experience is with the ISY994. The PolISY and EISY may be different. For the ISY994, a "My Lighting" query hit everything. Some things that you may not wish to have queried: All Insteon devices, Including MS-II sensors (bug). You can disable MS-II sensors to get around this. Note that the query is also a problem for IOLinc devices with "trigger reversed" set. All X10 devices, including receive only devices (bug) Z-wave devices - from memory, this includes battery devices. I do not know how Zigbee/WiFi/matter devices are handled on the newer systems. On the ISY994, I created a "House Query" scene that had ONLY the devices that I wanted updated and used that for the 3AM program query. This is a maintenance item as you need to keep adding new devices to the scene.

@sbooke, your event viewer shows communication from your motion sensor, but it's from group 13. Motion is from group 1. I can't see enough from the event viewer to tell if you got a group 1 communication like you had previously. Regardless, your program should run as you have it written: Make sure you have saved the program. Look at the program summary to see the "last run" for the program. It should be triggering within the time window. If it has triggered, try performing a "run then" on the program to see if your device responds correctly. If none of the above works, delete the time constraint and check to see if the motion trigger alone works.

When you execute a scene from the ISY (admin console or program) it does not verify that scene members received the communication. It assumes that the scene was executed properly. If you have noise or signal absorption, scene member may not respond. The ISY will still show these devices as having responded. When you re-boot the system, the ISY queries devices and restores the correct status. Queries are performed using retries and are normally very reliable. The ISY will normally Query your system in the off-hours (3 AM?) to re-synch things. This is a system installed program that runs nightly. If you have persistent issues with a few devices you may have noise/absorption issues on the related electrical circuits. Inspect for chargers, PC's, etc. If you have problems with MANY devices, the issue may be near your PLM. Perform the same inspection. By opening the event viewer on level 3 and performing device queries from the admin console you can observe communication with your devices. Communication from the device to the PLM will be summarized in the "[Std-Direct Ack] Entry" and will show Max Hop and Hops Remaining. Hops Remaining of "3" is as good as it gets. Lower is less desirable. Device Query Communication in Event Viewer. Device address 1A.5D.C7 to PLM Address 53.BC.3A.

@sbooke, your motion sense is working. Your event viewer is showing EXACTLY what I posted above. Your last program you posted is incorrect. You are using a time trigger, not a motion trigger. The THEN statement is also incorrect. However, your original program should work. As @Guy Lavoie indicated, this would perform better if you used a "control" vs "status" qualifier. Not sure how, but we seem to have come full circle. Event Viewer Showing MS-II Communication Original Program Motion Program

That worked, and your PLM does have the link records for your device. If your MS II is communicating (you said you were able to trigger scenes with it), your PLM should see group 1 communication from this device. Your event viewer should show the following when triggered (updated with your device address). Make sure that the Event Viewer is set to level 3. If you cannot see the communication in the event viewer either you have communication issues with that device (noise, etc) or the device itself isn't programmed correctly. If you changed PLM's recently, it's possible that the Motion Sensor does not have the correct PLM address in it's link memory. To verify, place the Sensor in programming mode and perform a Link Table Read + compare. It's possible that the MS-II Options are not set correctly. Verify that "Conditioin, Report, and Sensitivity" are set correctly (see below) Event Viewer Showing MS-II on trigger [INST-SRX ] 02 50 4D.EF.5F 00.00.01 CF 11 01 LTONRR (01) [Std-Group ] 4D.EF.5F-->Group=1, Max Hops=3, Hops Left=3 [D2D EVENT ] Event [4D EF 5F 1] [DON] [1] uom=0 prec=-1 [ 4D EF 5F 1] DON 1 Your PLM link record for the Motion Sensor Motion Sensor Link Table Read + Compare MS-II Device Options

Sorry, nothing in the table (82 bytes) <isy.diag> <title>PLM Links Table</title> <insteon.lincs/> </isy.diag>