Guy Lavoie

Well you need to know exactly what you have first. If the bulb has a QR code printed on it along with a pairing code in the format XXXX-XXX-XXXX then it should be a Matter device. Cync is the name of a product line, not all of which are Matter. Sometimes you'll also get a printed copy of the QR code printed on a separate sheet, but it won't be on the packaging, since each code is unique. The second thing is that you need to know if it communicates via wifi or Thread. Chances are it's wifi for most line powered devices (though I have nanoleaf bulbs that are Thread). Assuming it's wifi, you should be ok with your current hardware. I just googled "Cync Reveal" and it's not showing as being a Matter device. You would see the Matter logo on the packaging (looks like three arrowheads pointing towards each other) so I don't think you'll get very far with those bulbs. They seem to be wifi bulbs that are compatible with Google home and Alexa (the most common platforms), Homekit isn't listed so it looks like you're out of luck there too.

Only thing I can think of would be to reduce the sales of used devices (to increase sales of new ones). I could be totally wrong on this.

larryllix's April fool joke got me thinking: what else do forum members enjoy doing? He mentioned woodworking, and that wasn't entirely surprising. I also participate on a woodworking forum and a few years ago a similar thread got started, and it was amazing how many hobby woodworkers are IT guys! Seems that a craft like woodworking gives a sense of something you can actually feel and touch, contrary to computer programs that mostly exist as a mental exercise in problem solving. I myself have a pretty complete woodworking shop, with table saw, planer, jointer, etc. I also have a wire feed welder and other metal working tools. I've done electronics. Piano playing is another activity I've done since childhood. If there is anything about my hobbies, it's that I have too many of them! What else do forum members do?

Oh yes, table saw kickbacks can be dangerous. Having a short fence (that goes up to about one quarter of the blade's length) greatly helps, along with a proper splitter or riving knife. The thing that made me doubt your story (and think of April 1st) was having an internet router in a place like a shop or garage 😉 Btw Just last week I upgraded from a 12 year old Netgear N300 router to a eero 6 mesh with two extenders. Quite impressed so far, and easy to set up.

I did think about that as I got near the end! It just sounded a bit too outlandish when you got to the new router getting hit by a piece of wood. That was one too many! I'm also a woodworker btw, and I did make my own router table once...

Try control instead of status for the motion sensor. Also, how are the jumpers set?

Well it's essentially the same program, but with an additional time period and then an off statement. I have several motion sensors that are used like that. No variable is used to control it otherwise. MS basement kitchen - [ID 001B][Parent 006A] If From 5:00:00PM To 10:30:00PM (same day) And 'MS basement kitchen' is switched On Then Set 'basement kitchen light' On Wait 5 minutes Set 'basement kitchen light' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

I have a similar program, for turning on a video fireplace if motion is detected between certain hours in the morning. It looks like this: Ambiance turn on if MS morning - [ID 0037][Parent 0048] If From 7:30:00AM To 9:30:00AM (same day) And 'MS LR-Sensor' is switched On And $s_fireplace_already_on is 0 Then $s_fireplace_already_on = 1 ...trigger fireplace on commands... Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') The $s_fireplace_already_on state variable is a flag to prevent it from triggering twice on the same day. It gets reset to 0 during the night. I might add that if you use a flag variable like I did, then put the statement setting it to a new value as your last Then statement. I edited out some commands from my actual program for clarity.

I'm running the latest release (5.9 1) and the hostname shows up fine on my router, a eero 6. But there was an issue with the early release of 5.9 1. If you upgraded it in February and are only bringing this up now, go in Configuration and click on Update Packages, followed by any recommended reboot.

That's the correct format, though you might need to add the port number too. I just tested this on my own eisy http://admin:<password>@192.168.0.145:8080/rest/vars/set/2/2/2 It correctly changed state variable id 2

Are you able to turn the devices on and off from the Admin Console? Sounds like something is getting corrupted, or a device is becoming intermittent.

I had X10 for 25 years. Worked pretty well for such an simple technology. It was groundbreaking at the time. But I certainly don't miss the slow response (especially when doing multiple address commands, like A/1, A/2, A/3, A/ON) and the almost total lack of status tracking. How quickly we forget!

Hah, that's the dark side of a highly customized setup, using a mix of technologies (like Insteon and Hue). You end up with lots of scenes and programs! But it allows you to do things that wouldn't otherwise be possible. I do that kind of thing a bit at a time, testing everything as I go.

The announcement in January mentioned adding the plumbing for Homekit. I wouldn't call that "being tested" just yet.

Yes, one scene for each keypadlinc button that you want to update, and one program for each Hue light that you want to track. Programs would look something like this: aaa hue - [ID 009F][Parent 0001] If 'Hue / Hue-Lazyboy' Status > 50.0000% Then Set 'Scn KPL button' On Else Set 'Scn KPL button' Off You could also add more logic to the program, such as Or statements if one button controls a group of lights for example.

You're using the Hue plugin, right? You would need to create a program that watches the status of the Hue light, and update the keypadlinc button's backlight. That's done by creating a scene with just the button as a responder, and have the program turn the scene on and off as needed. The Hue plugin does track the status of the light, even when it's controlled by the Hue app. There might be a slight delay but it does work.

Have you tried running the update from the Admin Console instead of from UDI Mobile?

Insteon works in strange and wonderful ways... No idea really, but the first thing I would have tried would have been to "Restore Device" on the affected switches. This rewrites the links to them, without losing the references in programs and scenes.

The various suggestions are all valid. The approach you use will be based on how practical it is. I have a 6 button keypadlinc near the door we always go out through. Two of the 4 center buttons indicate if any light on that floor is on, including lamps, etc. For those, I have a scene that has nothing but a single responder (the button light) and two programs, one that look for any light being on to turn on the backlight, the other that looks for all lights being off to turn off the backlight. Any additions or changes to the lights I want to monitor are then done in the programs. Easier than tracking many links. In other cases, it's conventional scenes linking back to the button backlights.

If you have spare Z-wave plug in modules, have you tried adding a few, to try and re-jig the network?

Rereading your post caught my eye at the above quote. Both Z-Wave and wifi thermostats aren't getting updated? Now that would appear to be more of a program execution issue. The fact that it started after an upgrade to 5.9.1 is also suspect. I'd add test code, such as incrementing a variable in the same program, just to see that it's going through the statements. One before and one after. Something like this: Then increment variable 1 Then set Z-wave termistat Then set wifi thermostat Then increment variable 2 And check it every day to keep track of the variable values (or write them down along with the date).

How long have you had the "relatively new" UPS's? Just one of those things that can create electrical noise issues. Have you tried eliminating them, for test purposes? If your problem occurs frequently enough, you should have a quick enough conclusion as to it they're a problem or not.

Interesting. setDim isn't mentioned anywhere in the wiki on the REST commands. Funny thing is that the "cmd/DON/128" format works fine with Insteon switches. I'll try that tomorrow, thanks!

Well it at least enables IPv6, because it's needed for Matter. But always has an IPv4 address too.

600 volts? In a home or industrial? I've never heard of such voltages in a residence. For an industrial setting, you'd need to use something like DIN on/off module to control a contactor. I'm guessing that he meant watts. The DIN module would be the best option.