scholarwarrior

Yeah, to the extent I have any issues they’re related to some old x10 devices that are flakey which I plan to replace with Insteon. Home Assistant seems very solid. I’m running it in a VBox VM in Windows and it allows me to integrate eisy with Nest and various tvs and stereo and ONVIF cameras and to control it all with Siri. Still working to bring the onvif cams into apple home…

FWIW, I've decided to use Apple HomeKit / Siri for UI. I installed Home Assistant and bridged to HomeKit, but this works pretty well (though still new) and the UI in Apple Home is very simple and customizable so family can use.

Yes, that works. Thanks. Now I'd like this same favorite icon to show the status of the scenes it controls. e.g. I have scene1 and scene2. program says if scene1 is on or scene2 is on then set scene1 off, set scene2 off else, set scene1 on; set scene2 on. Now I want this program to show the state (scene1 or scene2). Do I use a variable for this? How do I link the variable to the favorite icon so that it shows the variable state? Thanks again for your help!!

I want a program to only run when I tap it's icon on the favorites menu. How do I set this up? Do I need a variable? Thanks for the help...

Last on this: I had happened to have one of these lying around: https://www.x10.com/products/xpnr?_pos=4&_sid=41e7767a8&_ss=r I plugged it in-line with the fixture. Problem gone.

Ok, when I disconnect that LED module everything works. the PLM gets all the X10 commands. The light in question is one of these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D7Q1Z2RJ Any ideas on how to stop the interference? Also why is the interference affecting the PLM, but not the X10 lights or wifi controller? [edit] the same circuit has several other LED light modules and those being on do not cause any interference.

The one switch is an Insteon 2477D. Resetting the switch made no difference. That switch controls LED recessed modules, but there is one LED module on that switch that I don't have anywhere else in the home. I'll try disconnecting that module. [edit] To answer the other questions: when that switch is on, the viewer doesn't show X10 commands (either on or off).

OK, more info. I disabled all the EISY programs. I've narrowed this down to a single switch in the scene. If that switch is on, the PLM doesn't see X10 commands. If I turn that switch off from the console, the PLM sees all the commands. !?!? What could that switch be doing? I'll try to reset the switch and report back.

The X10 wifi sees the command. FWIW, I have the EISY set with a "scene" called "basement" which has some new Insteon switches I added to the basement. All the other basement switches are X10. When I press "on" on the x10 keypad, I have a EISY program which turns "Basement" on. If I go in and turn "Basement" off with the EISY console, the event log then shows when I press X10 off. But it seems lost when the Basement scene is on.

No all the X10 are plugged in. The PLM receives the ON command from all sources, but ignores the OFF command from all sources. i.e. the X10 keypad is a wall mounted keypad connected to power line. Press ON on the keypad, PLM sees it. Press OFF on the SAME keypad PLM ignores it. That happens with the X10 wifi interface too, etc.

I have an Insteon USB PLM (71.1c.1 v9E). It seems not to recognize X10 off commands. I think this is a recent issue since adding some new Insteon switches. I have a program set to run from an X10 off received and this program never runs, and X10 off commands very rarely show up in the log. X10 on commands get responded and recorded in the log 100%. I have 3 different x10 transmitters: 1 an in-wall pad, 2. an X10 wifi module 3. an old X10 desktop controller. All behave the same: on command received; off command not seen by PLM but it is seen by the X10 devices and by the X10 wifi module. IOW press A1-off on in-wall or desktop, X10 lights turn off, X10 wifi shows X10-off received, but PLM sees nothing. Note that the area I'm trying to control has both X10 and Insteon devices, and I want the X10 keypad to turn on both the X10 and Insteon, so I wrote a simple program which works to turn all both sets of lights on, but only the X10 devices respond to the X10 off command. Any ideas would be appreciated. (i've already thought of replacing all the X10 devices with Insteon, but this would be expensive and a lot of work)

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!