doctorjerry

Never mind. Seems the connection between the power supply and the US style pins adapter was poor. I had to bend the contacts slightly to make a consistent connection. Seems to be working. Now onto upgrade.

My new eisy lite appears dead on arrival. USB adapter is plugged into port marked 12v. There is no led power light. Pressing the power switch does nothing. Am I missing something?

where are the "official directions" for migration from i994i to eisy. I have a 994i that works perfectly with my home assistant setup. I have the eisy lite and a serial to usb connector and planned to use my existing plm. Is there any advantage to getting a usb plm.

I wound up factory resetting all my devices (one at a time), reinstalling and re-creating links and scenes. Well worth the effort as I now have a clean ISY setup that responds as expected. Also, ISY/Iox integration into Home Assistant is much better than the Insteon Hub integration. I do like using Home Assistant as a front end though I plan to try UD Mobile again. I went almost 2 years without a working plm and had to use the Insteon Hub. Hopefully never again.

Restoring device doesn't work. I'm not aware of an SD card in a 994i.

Tried to restore PLM with event viewer open at level 3. I've attached a copy of the log. I don't see errors, but there was no functional change. I have been successful restoring full function device by device by: 1. deleting all links to a device 2. deleting device 3. performing a factory reset on device 4. reinstalling device 5. reinstating all previous links Considering how well Insteon and ISY have worked for me for many years it's still worth whatever time it will take to do this. If someone can offer anything to simplify the process it is welcome. ISY-Events-Log.v5.3.4__Tue 2023.10.31 06.46.38 PM - Restore PLM.txt

I'm am experiencing the same problem. I have finally obtained a replacement for a failed PLM attached to an ISY994i. I followed the described procedure for replacing the PLM and restored ISY from the last good backup. All my devices are present and function from the AC but the AC does not update status when the devices are activated locally unless I do a Query. I have about 70 devices (only Insteon) and my PLM link database shows only 56 links. As suggested I will try both adding a new device and see if it functions properly and deleting and existing one and reinstalling and see how that works out.

Hope I don't annoy you MrWorf but having no experience with linux I'm not sure how to implement all the instructions as written. The changes to config.txt and cmdline.txt - I assume they are they made directly to the files on the SD card. Once this is done, the systemctl commands. Are they entered at the command line after the Rpi has booted and I log in? If so, do I have to re-enter them every time I reboot the Rpi.

I did miss that. Once installed I got this message This was with the serial console disabled and "dtoverlay=disable-bt" inserted at the end of config.txt. I then removed the line (just to see if it made a difference and got this: But when I rebooted the PLM it still went into Safe Mode :

After setting up an Rpi0 and TTL converter as described and connecting it to the ISY and PLM(2413U)I get this Any help would be appreciated. Jerome

I'll be attempting to build this. I have a PowerLinc V2 USB #2424U plm that I think came with my first ISY 99i. Do you think this will work like a 2413U the presently available USB PLM? Jerome

I've been using my old 99i controller without a problem until I tried to add a new 2477D dimmer version 8.2. Version 7.8 units were recognized but the 8.2 v units give a "cannot determine insteon engine error. Is this simply a matter of old and new incompatibility? Just want to be sure before purchasing a newer 994i. Jerome

I'm impressed with all the quick responses my simple question elicited. I'll take advantage and ask a followup. In 10 or more years using insteon modules/ISY this is the first time I've had to replace a module. Actually 16 switchlincs were fried after a momentary power outage/surge. This after what had to be hundreds of similar occurrences over the the years. Never thought about a whole house surge protector, but I am ready to install one. Can I expect this to make a difference?

Lee, I found that the new switch name disappeared and only the original switch name remained. It was preceded by an (!) exclamation. but with the new switch address and all the original links. After a write update the replacement was complete with no further need to change names.

A power surge has fried a few switchlincs. How do I substitute the replacement module to assume all the links of the bad switchlinc.