CPrince

@Athlon I had to do that too. I just used the IP address:8443 instead of polisy.local:8443 . Lots of info in that file!

@Guy Lavoie I would agree. This code was left over from some old sensors with actual heartbeats. Rather than remove some in-depth code and rewrite some new code; I patched the old. I was being lazy. But at the same token it was why reinvent the wheel. I was like it is all here, just use the "Else"!

@larryllix Thanks. "If anything triggers evaluation the two times with never be true and Else will always get run." This is exactly where I got stuck and did not know how to fix. My problem is my lack of good knowledge of integer and state variables. I changed the $SouthGate and $NorthGate variables to integer.

I kind of get why this is happening but I don't. Just can't wrap my head around it. I thought of breaking it up into 2 programs but don't think that will work. I am looking to clean up this program. It works fine with the exception that it runs the “Else” part at 3:01 AM when I update my flag in another program. The flag is a heartbeat flag. If the flag stays the same, it still runs at 3:01 AM. These are unnecessary messages. I only wat the 8:55 and 5:55 message. My gate sensor does not have a heartbeat. It does have a Unix time stamp. So, I look to see if yesterday’s stamp is less than today’s stamp and if so, set my flag to 1. If not, I set it to 2. Gate Sensor Problem - [ID 0076][Parent 006C] If ( Time is 8:55:00AM Or Time is 5:55:00PM ) And ( $sSouthGate is not 1 Or $sNorthGate is not 1 ) Then Send Notification to 'Chris email' content 'Gate Sensor Problem' Wait 5 seconds Send Notification to 'Pushover' content 'Gate Sensor Problem' Wait 5 seconds Set 'Notification Controller / UD Mobile' Send Message Content 20 Notification ID (ID=20) Else Send Notification to 'Chris email' content 'Gate Sensor Normal' Wait 5 seconds Send Notification to 'Pushover' content 'Gate Sensor Normal' Wait 5 seconds Set 'Notification Controller / UD Mobile' Send Message Content 21 Notification ID (ID=21)

Thanks. I am at 10.1 Must squirrel that link away.

Thanks I did that and it worked. 5.9.1 is the IoX. So what is the OS ver and where is it found? I know I am not at 10.3. I Thought the 10.3 OS in this latest 6.0.0 release referred to Mac OS.

I am at 5.8.4 and figured I should upgrade to 5.9.1 on my Polisy as 6.0.0 was just released and does not support Polisy. Anyone know where I can get the image and instructions? I figure if I hit Upgrade Packages I will go to 6.0.0 and brick my Polisy.

@CPrince Gee I just fixed it... How do I get my Echos to stop saying "Somebody is at Virtual Button..."? Amazon is always experimenting with new features, and one new feature is to automatically announce the pressing of your Virtual Buttons (what fun!). To turn this off, open your Alexa App and choose the Devices icon in the lower right part of the screen. Next choose All Devices and scroll through the list to find your Virtual Button XX device(s), select it, then switch the Doorbell Press Announcements slider to the off position. You might have to do this for each Virtual Button you own.

About 2 years ago I installed the VirtualButtons plugin on my Polisy. I started with 2 buttons and used 1 button to tell me that I have mail when my mailbox sensor gets triggered. This process is done through Alexa. For the most part the software works fine. Hardware has been an a slight issue. I just upgraded my mailbox sensor to a YoLink sensor for better reliability. So the other day I used my second button for my gate sensors. Now when a gate is opened, I get a verbal message through Alexa. Life is good. These 2 buttons work correctly. Today I added 3 more virtual buttons. They are not working the same. I have gone through Alexa routines, PG3 and Polisy. Can't find anything wrong. If I trigger my 3rd virtual button, I get my message "Test", a chime sound, then Alexa says "Someone has just pressed Virtual Button 3, followed by another chime sound. I just want Alexa to say "Test". I don't know where all this other stuff is coming from. The only difference I see is button 1 and 2 (my old buttons) look like this... Button 3,4 and 5 (my new buttons) look like this.... I have no idea how to change them from true to false or how that value gets assigned in the first place.

Update on the Z Wave Ring Outdoor Contact Sensor ver 2. It is as Z Wave as they come. I put a Zooz 700 dongle in my Home Assistant. Then I added the Ring contact sensor. The only difference was Home Assistant asked for the PIN which is printed on the device and Polisy did not. So if you have these laying around you can put them to use with Home Assistant. Maybe someone will come up with a Polyglot plugin for Ring?

Just for the record, I found out why these Insteon open/ close sensors (2483-222) are so flaky. The batteries were dead. But let me explain. I put lithium energizer batteries in, in January. They were dead in March. I figured the cold took them out. So I put Duracell batteries in, in March. They were dead in June; go figure. So maybe they were struggling to communicate with my Polisy putting the batteries under extra load?

The Yolink works nice. Easy setup. The outdoor gate sensor has a nice case. Just wish it had screw holes to mount. I will probably mount in my existing box and use my existing gate contacts. Thanks for the tip.

@DennisC,Got it thanks!

@dwengrovitz@paulbates @DennisCHey guys. My starter kit came to day. Thanks for the tip. I have reviewed the quick setup. This is new to me. Before I get folks telling me "you did not need to load all that"... Do I need to load the app? I figure this is the only way to to setup WiFi. I found the Poligot plugin; but waiting to install it. Looking for tips on setting this up. Thanks in advance!

Thanks @DennisC. I have ordered it and have a weekend project!