Guy Lavoie

Well eisy-ui isn't yet a replacement for admin console, but it's a great time to learn it, as it becomes more complete. If it was working before but isn't now, you should try doing "upgrade packages " from admin console. If that doesn't work, you might need to open a ticket.

If you click on the question mark under the "Upgrade to" column in the System screen, you will see the release notes. If you want to see the release notes for 6.1.2_3 but haven't upgraded to it yet, temporarily switch to the staging repo, then you'll see the latest available versions, and can see the release notes without necessarily upgrading yet. Not sure what you mean by "allow eisy access from outside the LAN". Where have you seen this?

Yes. Personally I was setting the time values in programs, and not as plugin configuration parameters. It was just easier and more visible.

Yes, sounds right! Here is the description of this functionality in the Somfy plugin: In order to provide a shade position in the ISY, the time it takes for the shade to travel from fully closed to fully open is used. If the shade travels for half of this time, it's assumed to be at 50%. Each shade's travel time can be specified in the polyglot configuration. For each shade, create a key corresponding to its address seen in the admin console. For example, if the shade's address is shown as 'n001_01_01_01', create a key '01_01_01'. It's value can be a number corresponding to the shade's travel time. If no travel time is specified, the node will use a default value of 8 seconds. The time can also be specified in the ISY using a command, but note that this will not persist across node server reboots.

Nice. Did you give some thought to the timed open/close, to allow a command to open or close a certain percentage?

Yes. If your controller is a eisy.

I just upgraded my PC from a Hercules Graphics card to a spanking new VGA Wonder, and I'd like to enjoy it! ie: will we be able to actually set it colors? I found the admin console color easy on the eyes and it would be nice to be able to set it to something similar.

At this point it's more about getting familiar with eisy-ui. It will be at least a few months before it will be an actual replacement. But it looks promising. What I like to do is put admin console on one screen and eisy-ui on the other (2 screen PC) and look at the same resource on both. Great for correlating where things are going.

The "udx" pkg is the FreeBSD part of the upgrade.

Yes, it updates your admin console to the version that matches your firmware (6.1.1).

On a Polisy, doing upgrade packages in the AC won't do anything. Do the ssh commands.

Well ok, but the screen you showed with "Version" on it was saying that your admin console version needed updating following an upgrade to 6.1.1. I was responding to that. Get that done first.

Not sure where you're doing this, but I'm referring to running the java startup app on your PC.

Start up IoX finder again and this time, choose the load Admin Console from cloud option, this will update your local copy.

We're all noobs when it comes to eisy-ui, and some changes in terminology are going to add more time in learning it. If you have two screens on your computer, I find it useful to have admin console on one screen and eisy-ui on the other, and then compare the look of something (node, program, etc) side by side to see how your familiar features now appear. I'm presently doing this on one of my test Polisys, to teach my old brain new tricks. It's the little things you notice and learn to appreciate. For example the node list in admin console only shows you node names. In eisy-ui you also get it's address and basic status, which is handy. Then you notice that pending changes appear as a red dot, etc. The idea is to breed familiarity, a bit at a time.

My initial gut feeling is that the PLM has gone bad. Thankfully you have a spare on hand. If it's a used PLM, do a factory reset on it first (plug it in while holding the link button pressed until it beeps). The proper procedure for replacing it is to start with making a backup. Then: Power off your eisy Replace the PLM with the new one Power up your eisy Log into admin console and under File -> Restore PLM This will take time, since it will be writing out the new PLM's address to every device. Then if you have any battery powered devices, these will need to be restored individually (Restore Device) by waking them up by pressing their link button and initiating the restore.

It's a little bit slower than a eisy, but hardly feels "sluggish", more like a one second pause when loading some things. One thing that hasn't been mentioned about eisy-ui is that loading programs into the editor is almost instantaneous. You can literally log into eisy-ui and edit a program in seconds. It loads the program in real time, whereas with the admin console you log in, with a long delay before you can see the node list, then click on the Programs tab and another long delay before the program list appears. It can get annoying.

I just loaded this up on a test Polisy. Once again, it's about learning where things now are. 🙂

Well, you get the latest updates and fixes, and will likely make any eventual move to a eisy smoother. You get eisy-ui, which will become fully functional by year's end. Support for the new zwave and zigbee dongles. Keeping it current costs nothing, and can only help.

Maybe a workaround could be used (I haven't tried this): Create a program looking for the status change of your triggering Zwave device, which then issues a scene command.

See my edit above, about using the ip address

5.8.4 is getting a bit old. Have you verified if your operating system meets the minimum version for upgrades? Look at the current release requirements, indicated in the second post above. If the version is ok, then you'll need to upgrade using a ssh session and the commands indicated earlier. For IoX finder, add a new entry with the ip address in it, such as https://192.168.0.123:8443/desc and try that.

You're good to go. The best way is still probably by doing it through admin console. Just do your backups and upgrade.

I do appreciate that we're given ample transition time. But it's very different and getting used to the new format will take time.

Making fun of features!