scholarwarrior

Thanks. How do I trigger EISY scenes through REST? Is there documentation on this? I don't care for Alexa always listening...

Is there a simplified App which I can set up for kids/wife that only has buttons labeled as triggers, so they can turn on lights/scenes without any other options. Ideally I would like to set up screens for this App with buttons that say "Walkway" and "Back Yard" etc. and when they click that have the EISY send commands. But no other options in the App. Does such a thing exist? If not, where / how do I set up the next closest thing using the UD App? I want a button which sends an X10 command. And/Or I want a button which runs a program. Also, in the UD App is there a way to lock the app to only show the screen with the buttons?

Hi All... thanks for all the advice. I was able to get this working consistently without a phase coupler. I just created an "echo" program on EISY that sent the commands twice more. So that whenever it sees X10 on it does wait 1, x10-on, wait 1, x10-on. This works consistently. I think the problem is noise from my LED outdoor fixtures when they're ramping on/off, and noise filters didn't help. I wanted to turn 3 circuits on together. All works now, albeit with a slight delay.

I don't have phase couplers, but I was thinking of adding one. Not sure how to go about doing this. Do you think a phase coupler would help or hurt? Also, my understanding is that the 2477S includes powerline, but this may only include X10 and not other Insteon communications over powerline.

That makes sense. I tried resetting the 2477S and linking automatically, but it still didn't show up. Do insteon device respond via powerline or only via wireless? I'm thinking that it's likely that my 2477S are out of wireless range of the USB PLM...

I'll try resetting, but the EISY says "connected."

👍 I have the Insteon USB PLM 2413U

Oh, ok, thanks on the X10, I'll try that. Setting aside the Smartlinc 1181 (whatever that is), I tried the "start linking" with the insteon 2477S and I pressed the "set" button as you say, but nothing showed up. I'll try again to be sure.

I do have some insteon 2477s, and I was told by Insteon that the Insteon PLM supports X10 and I was told by UD that EISY supports X10. But thanks.

I purchased the PLM from Insteon this week. I can get the date code if it's really necessary. The other switches might not be insteon. They say "Smartlinc SL1181" and have no ID on the outside other than "P/N 82-0244" so could be x-10 only. I have 17 of these, 6 of them in 3-way configuration, so it would be expensive and time consuming to replace. Plus I have another 10 old Leviton X10 switches. So replacement is not really something I want to undertake. Another issue is that the house has internal plaster walls with metal mesh behind and so each room is a Faraday cage and I'm concerned that wireless won't propagate, even in the low frequency ranges of Insteon. So I'd be reluctant to replace with anything that doesn't have a powerline component.

I don't know how to "address" the X10 devices? What do I enter as an address? For the insteon I don't know the insteon address of the devices and they're installed. I don't want to remove and replace all.

I have a setup with multiple insteon and x10 switches installed and working, along with an x10 WM100 wifi hub. I wanted more automation and was directed at EISY by Insteon. I have IoX 5.8.4 and a Insteon PLM. The PLM shows "71.1C.1 v9E / Connected" When i try Link Mgt / Start Linking it goes into a scan mode but detects nothing and nothing changes. This is true whether or not I press the set button on any of the Insteon switches. Most of my insteon devices are circa 2004, but I have a newer 2477s insteon switch and it is not recognized either. So how do I add the insteon devices to the EISY and how do I add X10 devices? Help!