evilpete

if you have a program or app that is to take actions based to current events, you don't want it reacting events that happened hours previous or days previous. A simple example might be an action that happens WHEN a door is opened , as opposed to IF a door opened

... and unfortunately there's no marker, separating the "current state" blast from the following stream of live events

have you looked http://www.universal-devices.com/isy-developers/ download & look at the Rest API docs

the MAC addr. must be both formatted with a dash "-" and must be all upper case. 00-01-55-12-2E-AC : Good 00-01-55-12-2e-ac : Bad 00:01:55:12:2E:AC : Bad 00:01:55:12:2e:ac : Bad 00 015512 2E AC : Bad

I guess I was wondering if I should be concerned about "spikes" from the transformer ( etc )

for Irrigation most people seems to use an IO-Linc or EZFlora For a single zone system, Is there any reason a On/Off module such as a switch Linc (or 2443-222 Micro On/Off Module or InLineLinc Relay ) be wired to toggle power to the 24V Irrigation power supply. The reason I am asking this is cause all I need control is a single zone sprinkler system and the above configuration is cheaper and will fit into a double gang box

If I were you I would wait for integrated support from universal-devices ( unless you also plan to use Z-wave ). What model do you have, RainForest & Bidgely sell the same unit, the only difference I can detect is that the web GUI from Bidgely does not have the option for connecting to custom "uploaders" ( servers ), although you can still do this from the API. Unfortunately the Eagle does not support "uploading" to multiple servers. Thus if you want to continue to use the Bidgely web service a man-in-the-middle style proxy operating as a simple data aggregator may be the best sort term solution. this is easily set up by Using the GUI to configure Bidgely as the upload destination then using the API call get_uploaders() changing the uploader_hostname value to a local IP and then setting the change with set_uploader() Their API is documented here http://rainforestautomation.com/sites/default/files/docs/eagle_uploader_api_03.pdf But as I said before, I would wait for integrated support from universal-devices ( unless you also plan to use Z-wave ).

I was upgraded to 2.0.21 a week or so go after I reported dropped socket connections when I tried to acquiring history use data. My code is still a work in progress, I just added a bunch more api calls from the under documented ajax call api. I guess I'll should add Check & warning for firmware version

thanks for the feed back you need to upgrade your firmware, go to http://support.rainforestautomation.com/ and issue a ticket to get upgraded, include the "cloud id" for your device, it is printed on the bottom of the device.

Is there anyway to push Energy Meter Stats into the ISY from an external source ?

I am writing it in python thus it will run on anything that runs anything line Unix, Windows ( kindle paperwhite, android :- ) I'll post updates when complete along with a github link when done ( the device should arrive tomorrow ) some code is up on https://github.com/evilpete/RainEagle it works although it is a bit primitive / simple

I am writing it in python thus it will run on anything that runs anything line Unix, Windows ( kindle paperwhite, android :- ) I'll post updates when complete along with a github link when done ( the device should arrive tomorrow )

I just ordered the rainforest EAGLE, according to the documentation there are two XML based data access methods web based via POST requests and simular via TCP socket ( continuous connection without HTTP headers) a script that harvests information to relay to a ISY unit should be trivial

I'll take a look at this later today, and see if I can fix things I already have a Python API that works with both 3.3.10 on a ISY991 and 4.0.4 on a ISY994 The API is available at https://github.com/evilpete/ISYlib-python with the relevant Event 'subscribe' code is at : https://github.com/evilpete/ISYlib-python/blob/master/ISY/IsyEvent.py#L429

I have foscam and Axis cameras and honesty the foscam cameras are not worth the hassle, I strongly recommend Axis camera's Here is a link to the wiki showing how to have a ISY react to and X10 or Insteon and trigger an event in the camera or have a motion event trigger a program on the ISY http://wiki.universal-devices.com/index ... _IP_Camera

I would love to see the effects of APC UPS's on signal sucking, in my house, the three UPSs I have ( two for TiVo and one for my computer ) are the worst offenders.

my home office ( man cave ) has LED recessed lighting, I find that the dim rate seems to depend on brand, cheaper dimming LEDs are not as "linear" as incandescent ( 90% of the dimming happens during the last 20% ) I found Cree brand work the best but are somewhat pricey Although I noted that if you install just one incandescent bulb in the circuit fixes the problem with dimming linearly As I mentioned before, currently I have a three cheaper (non cree) "PAR38 14 Watt LED Spot Lights" ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002OKNQ0A ) installed with fourth fixture installed with a 27 watt incandescent all being controlled with a single SwitchLinc dimmer and am satisfied with the results. I also have a Cree 9watt else where in the house on a circuit of it's own ( http://www.ledliquidatorsinc.com/PAR20-LED-9-Watt-Cree.php) and it dims linearly for the entire range without the need of a incandescent.

In Reference to your blog on Building a Smart Irrigation Controller and you comment about using the flex interface as a hack for polling a boolean value into the ISY, have you thought of using variables instead and pushing new values via the REST URL interface ( eg : /rest/vars/set/// )

Jim, I have the same problem. Found that the lower case letters were the problem. Changed to upper case letters then I could save. Tim the MAC addr. must be both formatted with a dash "-" and must be all upper case. ( unlike with a colon and lower case as with most network hardware products and unix/linux based systems ) 00-01-55-12-2E-AC : Good 00-01-55-12-2e-ac : Bad (lower case) 00:01:55:12:2E:AC : Bad (uses ":" instead of dash "-" ) 00:01:55:12:2e:ac : Bad (lower case AND uses ":" instead of dash "-" ) 00 015512 2E AC : Bad (uses spaces instead of "-" ) in the past the ISY would error silently if the MAC addr was not formatted right and send out bogus WOL packets full of NULLS. They fixed the bug by asserting better input checking, it is possible that you may have some old entries that may need to be reentered.

i was thinking having a line on the admin gui climate screen listing the time of "last update" would be useful. ( i've been debuging a program that turns off some lights in the morning based on time and current daylight )

I've been getting a lot of weatherbug timeouts also, CLI-WBug: No Response from datafeed.weatherbug.com which is odd because I can manually connect to the RSS feed

One thing I do in my "not home" program is brighten and dim lights with random(ish) timings, causing brightness "shift" between different area's of the house. I figure this will produce a move lived in look by (hopefully) emulating movement, while also saving power by keeping any lights below 100%. This script is setup to run for approximately an hour, I run it a few times from from sunset +20 till 11pm, alternating with a different script to keep the pattern from being recognized as a light time setup. If - No Conditions - (To add one, press 'Schedule' or 'Condition') Then Set Scene 'House Scenes / Delilah' Off Set Scene 'House Scenes / Living Room' On Set Scene 'House Scenes / Dinning' On Set 'Front Light' 40% Set 'Living Room Lgt' 50% Set Scene 'House Scenes / Hall' Off Set 'Dinning Room Light' 33% Wait 8 minutes (Random) Set 'Living Room Lgt' 36% Set 'Dinning Room Light' 52% Wait 20 minutes (Random) Set Scene 'House Scenes / Hall' On Set Scene 'House Scenes / Living Room' Off Set 'Dinning Room Light' 25% Set 'Front Light' 60% Wait 10 minutes Set 'Front Light' 90% Wait 6 minutes (Random) Set Scene 'House Scenes / Delilah' On Set 'Front Light' 40% Set 'Delilah Room' 52% Wait 5 minutes Set 'Dinning Room Light' 75% Wait 6 minutes (Random) Set Scene 'House Scenes / Hall' Off Set Scene 'House Scenes / Living Room' On Set 'Dinning Room Light' 33% Set 'Living Room Lgt' 36% Wait 30 minutes (Random) Set 'Front Light' On Wait 5 minutes Wait 12 minutes (Random) Set Scene 'House Scenes / Delilah' Off Set Scene 'House Scenes / Living Room' Off Set Scene 'House Scenes / Hall' Off Set Scene 'House Scenes / Dinning' Off Set 'Front Light' 55% Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') 'Front Light' is a 9w LED light set up for default indirect lighting near the front door/ living room.

What are you looking to do ? I was able to integrate my Axis IP Cameras without any difficulty. I wrote a simplified howto for the Wiki page here : http://www.universal-devices.com/mwiki/index.php?title=ISY-99i_Series_INSTEON:Networking:Network_Resources:Axis_IP_Camera

My experience has been that dimmable burn out to fast, I accidentally left a several on for the weekend at maximum dim and my monday 3 out of the 4 were dead. As for dimmable LED lights I have better results. currently I am using these LED lights with a SWITCHLINC 2476D Dimmable PAR38 12 Watt LED Spot Light http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002OKNQ0A these work well although it has a dimming dimming works best if there at least one incandescent light attached to the circuit. Else it seems to stay at near full brightness until the last 20%. They also sometime have a glow when turned off ( again the adding a single incandescent light fixed this ) the other LED used was a LL-PAR20-Cree9-W / WW http://www.ledliquidatorsinc.com/PAR_20D_3_LED_Cree_light_bulb.php the Cree9 work the best although their beams are a little to focused for use in pot lights ( I ended up installing a defuser and am happy ).

I am getting the same error a lot also ( if 12->25 times a day is a a lot ). I dont think it's a problem but thought I would mention it just in case.