Guy Lavoie

Yes, UD Mobile supports turning devices on and off, etc. You can also create a "favorites" folder for the most often used ones. You can view and edit variable values. There is some limited program editing supported. You can have devices display different icons and colors based on status. You can set up geofencing, to trigger commands or set variables based on entering or leaving defined geographical areas. You can add devices of all types (Insteon, zwave, zigbee, Matter) to your controller. You can access your controller through local network and also remotely if you have a portal subscription.

I have a program that watches the status of the light(s) in question, and have the program turn on the KPL appropriate LED.

Maybe they meant editing variables, vs displaying them. One can hope they'll add them, the dashboard being a new feature. The best suggestions come from actual users 🙂

Thing is, eisy-ui only displays nodes.Variables aren't nodes. It would be a nice addition to eisy-ui if it could display individual veriables on the dashboard (hint hint UDI...). Just the variable name and the value.

Virtual offers several types of virtual devices, but "virtual variable" isn't among them. The closest thing might be a dimmer, where you can see the On level. But that limits you to a range of 0 to 100 which may or may not suit your purpose. To create one, add a custom parameter with the desired node number as the key, and a value of "dimmer". Save your changes, and exit end log back into admin console. Have a program set the On Level to the value of the variable you want to see.

That illustrates the benefit of the Insteon peer to peer commands through links. Otherwise the eisy has to receive a command, process it, and issue another command to the device. So scenes are always preferable for this reason.

I think he means by holding in the reset button. So it needs to be held in continuously for some 11 or 12 seconds, until the LED sequence appears as described. I've reset a few ISY99i units that way.

With the isy994i, you can still download and install older versions, "downgrading" if needed. Just make sure you have backups before installing new versions. With newer devices like the eisy, older versions aren't necessarily available. That's why I personally back up the entire contents of the SSD (unix and all) before any major updates.

Rest assured, none of the Insteon administration features have been removed.

Another thing is that the preconfigured SSD isn't available to us here in Canada (UDI doesn't ship to Canada, and their distributor here doesn't carry it) so we're grateful for the DIY option of flashing the SSD. But even if I had the choice, I'd still prefer flashing it myself. It makes any future recovery readily available. Another benefit is that once we upgrade our system and it's working well, we can then take the SSD out again and create our own recovery image file, as an ultimate backup.

Looks like you'll need to take out the SSD and reflash it. That's what I've done. You can obtain either a new ready to go flash drive for it from UDI, or get a recovery image file and reflash it yourself. I bought an inexpensive mSata to USB adapter from amazon to do this. https://www.amazon.ca/Adapter-Portable-Transfer-Backups-Transmission/dp/B0FCC3T7XY/ref=sr_1_26?crid=J4R6E3OY4OCN&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.38zq3IsIBN1-mu64sSndwPiAnCkdc2zoPE_xVqJZeY8ci7yg3pfUey05P_ypb7OZwyt_NUnyKzxta9zwa6OVLif9MVEXcXBLzMaMUlens9-_U5h9ox_g6_UU8IFFAgGMHrQ0-nujUHjAiebTNhAIk8VfLWybk5Ikc18kZtOaxAcnps5MND6mGxXNQbGNUkp98cOkMlKXeCsGXE-ziz-lieboPtWFqH953BGbCQQLd3GXimBNoLkfJ5lCgf_dzkdLJIhdNebglXK27J_z_FRfpUnkM0W9ceRn607cWbB-yBw.3EpO_kxRmJkzE0EQzQcpwYfMZrVwyJDU1fsHiLccLYU&dib_tag=se&keywords=eluteng+usb+to+msata+eluteng&qid=1768681721&sprefix=eluteng+usb+to+msata+eluteng%2Caps%2C98&sr=8-26 new SSD from UDI: Universal DevicesPolisy OS SSDUpdate your Polisy to the latest OS and software effortlessly! Just swap in this upgraded internal SSD, restore your backup, and you’re all set: quick, easy, and hassle-free.

I always do them from admin console, but either method should be equivalent.

You might have Alexa+. You could ask her to cancel that and go back to the regular one. Alexa+ is known to cause issues with automation.

Another example is with multiple conditions. I'm often away while the wife is still at home. So if I come home and trigger a geofence entrance, I might not always want it to do something. I also consider if the alarm system is armed. So the trigger becomes: If geofence = 1 And alarm_armed =1 Then....

The current version is 6.0.4, so you're close. There is no harm in updating and having the current version. In fact if you simply reboot your eisy, it might install the update automatically.