silverton38

Finally!!!

I will give that a try.

I am trying to use my ISY without a PLM. It keep going in to safe mode even though I do not have any Insteon devices. I want to use this ISY for ELK only.

I think Insteon has me a little jumpy but I will keep my eyes on them. They might want to do a Youtube video or something to not look so dated.

That is great feedback. Hopefully we will see something soon. I will buy it as soon as it is available.

The list of distributors is much smaller than in the past. No math here just an observation. It does look like year ago they did announce a new device to replace the M1. I have been wanting to buy one but the page never changes. https://www.elkproducts.com/alarm-engine/ https://www.securityinfowatch.com/alarms-monitoring/product/21223726/elk-products-inc-e27-alarm-engine-from-elk-products

I have an update. I seem to be restricted from the forum. If I go the link while logged in it fails but if I go with our being logged in; it succeeds. Anyway; I am concerned about this company. They are not released much over the last few years and dealers are a lot less then they used to be. It feels a lot like Insteon/Smarthome?

It is failing for me. https://www.elkproducts.com/forums/forum/m1-support-forum/ It looks like it does not work from a Safari browser right now. That is interesting.

It is failing for me. https://www.elkproducts.com/forums/forum/m1-support-forum/

Elk Products (makers of ELK M1 Security panel) forums are no longer up. Is this company the next one to fall?

I just hope they start making the serial PLM again.

It appears that Insteon is coming back. This is exciting. https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/9/23161803/insteon-customers-bought-company-restored-service

All completed. I just have to setup the app for the customer. I also was able to fix some weird little problems that the old hub left with the Insteon programming including one switch that would turn on when another switch was pressed without any programming in the past to do so. A factory reset and the restore feature was required to solve it.

It has been a while since I have done a new ISY installation. I am converting my single customer that was on an Insteon Hub. The only solution I will even consider is an ISY/Serial PLM solution. It is simply the most reliable. Though my PLM is a repaired unit. I am so happy to be doing one of these again.

I am selling my USB PLM and some old switches on eBay. I want to help others on parts that I do not have (it is up for local bid). I have almost 1000 Insteon items so I still have plenty.

Mike; I may be interested in investing if you require it. Please contact me privately.

That is great. If he needs assistance he should let us know.

I can agree with that.

I did have one customer on a hub that I set up years ago that just called me. I told them what was going on and that I would arrange to convert them to ISY/Serial PLM. Yikes this nightmare keeps going on.

On a slightly separate note; https://nokia.smartlabsinc.com is down today. So I guess Nokia knows what is going on.

Caseta and RA2 select (Sometimes both) for now.

I ran out of PLMs and had to pay $400 for one because I had a customer down; I have to eat the entire cost. I then figured out how to repair them. I still have several Insteon customers that have no idea what is going on (Thank You UDI) and I am keeping a few repaired PLMs around. I am also trying to convert customers to other systems and new customer are on Lutron. I also have more than 500 used switches and dimmers; which to too much. I will eBay about 400 of them shortly.

They definitely had an issue of some sort with UDI.

I totally agree.

I have to disagree. With all their issues I did not stop buying Insteon until after the PLM was out of stock. I can not be the only one that did this? Let us be honest; Insteon without the ISY ---- SUCKED.