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Hi, Is there a difference in using a condition between "Status T1800 - Cool Control is On" and "Status T1800 - Main is Calling for Cool"?

Thanks for quick reply. Any estimated ETA? Do you think in the range of days, weeks, or months?

Hi, Now that the Insteon wireless thermostat #2441ZTH is supported in the current beta, it opens up a lot of possibilities. I for one am planning to get one in every room in the house & design programs to have them control my Venstar thermostats which are actually hooked up to & controlling my HVAC system. There have been some discussions on this forum of some people who used some extra Venstars hooked up to a 24 VAC transformer to do this. But they are much more expensive compared to the 2441ZTH which is only $79.99, it includes a humidity sensor, and can run on batteries. One example that would be very common is if I want to set the A/C should run according to the temperature in the master bedroom & not according to the temp in the hallway where the Venstar is located. As some helpful people discussed on this forum, the way to do this would be as follows: Lets say you want the cool setpoint to be 70 degrees (according to the MBR temp), you would do: If MBR temp => 70 Turn Venstar cool on with a very low setpoint. Else Turn Venstar cool off (Or set cool setpoint at a very high number). The above is a simple example. However, when you want to accomplish something more than just one setpoint setting of 70, you would need to start to use variables. So here is where the ISY can use a big improvement. If it would have been currently possible to make the following 3 programs, life would have been great: 1) Variable 1=Tstat1 temp 2) Variable 2=Tstat1 cool setpoint 3) Variable 3=Tstat1 heat setpoint If the above can be done in the ISY the possibilities would be endless & it would be a cakewalk to do anything with it. Unfortunately this is not possible today. So to use variables now, you would have to make a separate program to set a variable for each possible degree in your normal range. So for example my normal range would be between 67 to 82 degrees. This means that before I even make a single program to accomplish what I want to do, I would need to first have 45 (!) programs for each thermostat (!) to set the variables for the actual temp, cool setpoint, and heat setpoint. So now that the #2441ZTH Is supported, are there any plans to implement this in the near future? Thank you very much

Great! Thanks.

Yes to which? 2441TH (Insteon Thermostat for $149) or 2441ZTH (Insteon Wireless Thermostat for $79)? Thanks

Is that the Insteon Thermostat Part # 2441TH, or the Insteon "Wireless" Thermostat Part # 2441ZTH that had just been released? Thanks.

What's the Templinc mentioned in the "Things to test"? Is that the Insteon thermostat? Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk 2

I might also add that if the program has run at startup enabled it will also run whenever the ISY is rebooted, whether manually or due to a power failure. Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk 2

Hi, Just my 2 cents: You should set program 2 to run at startup. Otherwise, if you ever have a power outage or you reboot the ISY for whatever reason program 1 will remain disabled & program 2 will never run on it's own, thus you won't get any more emails. Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk 2

Michel, Have you checked out the 2441ZTH yet? Does it have the same issues as the 2441TH as reported here http://forum.universal-devices.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=8745&hilit=2441TH or is it going to work as expected? Thanks.

Those devices were just now released. I don't think the current 3.2.6 firmware supports them. Michel, Can you give an estimated ETA on if & when it will be supported? I am really looking forward to use them as a relatively non-expensive temp/humidity sensor in each room and setup programs to report back to my venstar tstats thats actually controlling the HVAC. Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk 2

I checked out the website & they now support sending emails using the API key as an email address. This means that you don't have to bother with setting up network resources for each notification, you can just use the standard send notification from the ISY. Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk 2

You are right, DON has to be upper case. But cmd must be lower case. Thanks.

Ok I got it! It seems that it's case sensitive! The Insteon address must be all upper case while the commands must be in lower case. Am I correct? Perhaps this is self understood ABC for a programmer, which I am not...

I am using the browser & I am getting a http 404 error.

Thanks Lee & Michel, I learned a couple of things already now from you that I didn’t know before: 1. That I have to use the Insteon address & not the name of the device. 2. That I don’t actually type the <> brackets… (Did I mention that I have no clue about programming?) 3. That I have to add the 1 (or 2 as applicable) at the end of the address. 4. That while the admin console shows the address of the appliancelinc as 15.4E.0B the rest/nodes page showed the address as 15 4E B without the 0. (Though I don’t know if it makes a difference) 5. That I CAN and should use spaces to type the address, even though normally you don’t have spaces in a URL. Still I couldn’t get it to work. I tried both of the following for the appliancelinc, using http & https, with a forward slash at the end & without, with spaces & without, nothing worked. https://myipaddress/rest/status/15 4E 0B 1/ https://myipaddress/rest/status/15 4E B 1/ Thank you

Hi Michel, I read the ISY-WS-SDK-Manual, however it is written for developers & rightfully assumes that the reader already has programming knowledge. I am far from being a programmer so I did not find there an answer to my specific question what to put in the . As I understand, the ISY can be controlled by sending it REST commands, which can be sent to the ISY simply by typing it into a web browser. That’s all I am trying to do here. Once I know how to do this I believe there are many things that can be done from there, Like integrating it with IFTTT.com’s DropBox channel which can send URL’s, and probably much more. So here is my question: I got the following to work: https://myipaddress/rest/status. That was simple. Now if I want to check the status of a specific device for example an ApplianceLinc named “Dehumidifier†with an Insteon address of 15.4E.0B, can you tell how I would do it? Here is where I get stuck: https://myipaddress/rest/status/ If in order to answer that question you will first need to give me a lesson or two in programming for dummies, then just let me know & I will sadly resign to my fate that this is not for me… Thank you

Sorry for my ignorance. Can someone enlighten me how to use REST commands? Specifically when using . What do I put there, do I use the device name or address? And do I have to put it in those brackets? I got it to work when using the simple command like this: http://ipaddress/rest/nodes. But I have no clue how to work with specific nodes. Again sorry for my ignorance. I searched for a bit more info on REST commands on the wiki & forum and didn't find very much info for someone like me. Thanks Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk 2

You might want to make a separate program for the else part. Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk 2

Thanks. Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk 2

You can change it to whatever port number you want but you will need to add the port number after the ip address if not using the 80/443 default. For example if you change it to port #999 you would do like this to log in: Your_IP_address:999 Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk 2

So basically that means that with a thermostat there is no difference between using "if control" or "if status" is on/off in a program. Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk 2

Hi az1324, Can this work only locally? I tried to use this on my office computer, and entered in the IP address box the dynamic DNS URL I use to connect remotely & it doesn't work.

Thanks Lee, however I am referring specifically to thermostats where the “If control†does not work the same way it does with all other Insteon devices in the way you described it. See the posts above. Thanks.

I get it. So is there really any difference between using status & control when the condition is "if on/off"? Thanks. Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk 2