Guy Lavoie

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.

I prefer to have the geofence set a variable. Then it can be used in multiple programs as a trigger or condtion.

Yes, you should definitely try that first.

Yes. Matter didn't really invent anything new. It uses existing technologies (IPv6 for networking, wifi/ethernet, and also zigbee for low power applications). The only real innovation is transmitting IPv6 over zigbee. It cuts down development costs. It's mostly software, for sharing devices across platforms. One other thing that UDI also hasn't implemented yet is device sharing. It accepts shares, but doesn't yet provide sharing to others. That's why you might want to keep the device configured on another platform like Alexa for now, If it exists only on your eisy and you'd want to share it to something else, you'd need to delete it, recommission it, reshare, etc.

I mean border router. The purpose of the border router is to bridge the two transport (layer) methods: ethernet/wifi, and zigbee (which Thread uses). The network layer is always IPv6. I don’t yet know how the border router "knows" what IPv6 traffic to route or not. There must be a scheme to that, more stuff to learn. Border routers have no configuration options, they just "do it". When UDI first implemented Matter, they had to implement IPv6 on the eisy and Polisy. It's still in development. As it currently stands, talking to a Thread device needs a border router because only the network interface is used. Ultimately, they'll hopefully implement talking to the zigbee (Thread) devices directly through the Zmatter dongle. Maybe the eisy could become a border router itself.

To my knowledge, the border router is "transparent" to the network. Any given controller (Alexa, eisy, Google home, etc) doesn't know if a device is Thread or ethernet. Once it knows about a device, it simply talks to it using IPv6, which gets routed over the router if needed.

Try moving the Repeat statement to the beginning of the action statements, like this: Garage Open - [ID 0005][Parent 0001] If - No Conditions - (To add one, press 'Schedule' or 'Condition') Then Repeat 4 times Set 'Kitchen Ceiling - Dining Room' On Wait 3 seconds Set 'Kitchen Ceiling - Dining Room' Off Wait 3 seconds Set 'Kitchen Ceiling - Dining Room' On ,,,

If the M1 is being accessed by a plugin, the likely place would be as a custom parameter in polyglot, for that plugin. eg: log into polyglot, click on Dashboard and select the elk plugin, then click on Configuration to view and edit the custom parameters. One of those would likely be the ip address.

If the M1 is being accessed by a plugin, the likely place would be as a custom parameter in polyglot, for that plugin.

I have two Polisys happily running 6.0.4. It's your call. The update mostly addresses Matter functionaily, updates to polyglot, etc.

I have an Amazon Echo (not Echo dot) that does this. Here is a list of all devices that act as border routers: A complete list of Thread Border Routers on the market today | Matter Alpha https://share.google/T4JIypeoornYNxsIZ

Here is an example of what I mean: to copy a program, the program logic and reference type could be copied, and the actual reference be replaced by a placeholder. For example: Awning (unroll) - [ID 00B9][Parent 00B8] If 'IOL Awning Unroll Relay' Status is On And 's_Alarm_off' = 1 Then Set 'IOL Awning Rollup Relay' Off Wait 50 seconds Set 'IOL Awning Unroll Relay' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Would get pasted as: Awning (unroll) - <generated new id> If '<device status> ' Status is On And '<status variable>' = 1 Then Set '<device>' Off Wait 50 seconds Set '<device>' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')