Everything posted by Guy Lavoie
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Anyone looking for a first-gen Polisy?
If no one else is interested, I'd take it. I'm in Canada, if that's an issue.
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Help ! Bought a house with an ISY994i System
If you're comfortable woth replacing an ordinary switch or outlet, then this is just as easy. Just make sure you properly turn off the breaker first. Wire colors are the same on the old and new Insteon switches.
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Admin Console (LAN) Doesn't Load
Yes, open the box by removing the screws underneath.
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Admin Console (LAN) Doesn't Load
When you say that you can access it from the cloud, do you mean when you select "Admin Console (cloud)" in IoX Finder? That's accessing the Admin Console program from the cloud, downloading it. If this is the case, then it could still be a SD card issue, that's preventing you from loading the Admin console program from your ISY controller.
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Help ! Bought a house with an ISY994i System
Try right clicking on it and do a restore. Sometimes it's just a link that gets corrupted.
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Help ! Bought a house with an ISY994i System
Now, you need to reverse engineer your own house!
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Help ! Bought a house with an ISY994i System
In the launcher try this: Click on "Add" and for the URL, put: https://192.168.0.13:8443/desc Then try that.
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Define WAIT time as a variable
The Repeat statement, with the While option, allows you to repeat a command (such as a Wait) the number of times that the variable referenced in the While condition is true.
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Migrating with Both Polisy and ISY
Well you cannot technically migrate two active controllers into a single new one. You'll have to decide which one has the most customized configuration, and migrate that one. Then manually recreate the features of the other, simpler one.
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Programming "set position" for shades
If you're referring to Somfy shades using the RTS protocol, the way to do it is by timing, in a program. That's also how the Somfy plugin for the URTSII does it. You configure a parameter telling it how many seconds a full open requires, and it will then convert any percentage command (such as with Alexa) to a time value between the open and stop commands. Because RTS is one-way, you have no way to know if it's starting out as closed or not, so use this to the best of your knowledge on how the shades are used by the owner.
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Ordered an eisy in Canada and got this...
Looks like things aren't getting eisyer... Sounds like a trade war related issue. But an answer from the source would certainly be good.
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Where is the 5.9.1 Admin Console?
In IoX launcher, click on "Admin Console (cloud)"
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Help with RatGDO as scene controller / responder?
Ah yes, garage doors and KPL. This is one area where we really want to use the KPL LED as a position status indicator. I messed around a lot with it to get that functionality, no matter how the garage door opener is activated (including it's own RF remotes). I think I restarted the programming project 3 times. I did get it working as I wanted it, with one KPL button/LED for open and another one for closed. The end result is 14 separate programs. This includes proper status indication in UD Mobile too. The door activation hardware is one IOLinc (for input and output). The trick was getting to sense position change when not done by automation, and still update status, without triggering any events. To do that, I needed to use a disabled program that only gets run once. Fun stuff.
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Download text versions of programs?
Use the search function to look for variable usage in your programs. Right click on "My Programs" at the top and then on "Find/Replace". In the pop up window, select the type of search from the select list, and then the value that you want to look for, and then "Find".
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Moved to new house
Dual band sounds nice, but if your setup isn't working anywhere except in that room, then it sounds like something is really wrong, which dual band modules might only make things work marginally. Have you tried the opposite: put your PLM and modules in any another location except that office? What else do you have in the office that might be creating noise?
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Moved to new house
The first thing I would suspect is electrical noise issues. Have you tried the devices in more than those two locations? Are the devices dual band?
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Update Bricked my eisy
Do you remember when you last updated it? Within the past couple of months, or much longer before that?
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Switch Turns Off, But Not On via ISY
You could try a factory reset on the switch, then try the linking again. Factory reset is done by pulling out the link button for 10 seconds, then pushing and holding it in (as when you link it) until it beeps.
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Thanks!
Just a note of thanks to whoever created and/or maintains this plugin, it's appreciated. I used the option to connect to a TCP port (no serial ports on a eisy) and for that, I used one of my trusty Lantronix EPS1 print servers. The serial port can be configured as a raw serial port. I bought a bunch of these many years ago and they have proven to be very handy.
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DIY ZMatter dongle enclosure
I bought it off the shelf, but I searched and found it: https://www.hammfg.com/part/1599BSGY
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Where is the ZMatter USB Enclosure manual?
I couldn't get the ZMatter enclosure in Canada, so I ended up making my own. Because my enclosure was bigger, I could put the whole board in it.
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add linkind device with "Add Matter Device" fails
I periodically run the update on my test Polisy and I just did so now. Still showing 5.9.1_18 and has been the same since March 20.
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add linkind device with "Add Matter Device" fails
Have you updated your eisy (or Polisy) very recently, like in the past two weeks or less? The earlier 5.9.1 updates would give you that error. If you haven't, do the update and try again.
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Where is the ZMatter USB Enclosure manual?
It's specified elsewhere, but you need to snap off the top half of the card before installing it in the enclosure.
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Switch Turns Off, But Not On via ISY
If it's that device that's going bad, then this will be a good solution. But if it's a noise issue, then it might just be a band aid on a bigger problem. Just be aware.