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As of this writing the bulk of the internal / external photos have been released for the various products. An interim user manual is also published but with nothing called out (TBA). Sadly, the dial switch isn’t listed anywhere for review. The biggest news in all of this is Smartlabs appears to be involved with another company. There doesn’t appear to be much information as it pertains to their business relationship so hard to say how they fit into the mix. After 15 years even this new owner has failed make any in roads with any major third party hardware vendor. The fact Insteon continues to sell and have some market share is truly amazing and unbelievable. Their next generation Hub is the latest FCC filing which affirms (yet again) they believe this is money well spent. Instead of investing money in solid components for higher reliability in all of their hardware?!? If the picture of the latest hardware are to be accepted someone must be a fan of Wemo because that’s what it looks like an ugly turd. 2021 is fast approaching and Smartlabs continues to offer hardware with no encryption, no energy monitoring, no field upgradable firmware! I received 27 Alpha, Beta, and Market Ready pieces of hardware in the last 14 months. Every one of them has some form of industry standardized encryption whether it be via software / hardware chip. All of them can monitor the voltage, frequency, power, and current! Lastly, all of them can be upgraded with the latest firmware?!? How the hell companies from small to large in different parts of the world do this yet Smartlabs - Can’t???? The answer is inept and out of touch CEO’s and people below them - period. The reality is Insteon would not have any market share if it wasn’t for the 2413S PLM which has allowed great companies like UDI to band aid their hardware. Unlike many here I won’t follow any lighting vendor as the last ten years as proven it’s still a clown show. For me the long term solution and future is in smart panels. No more can’t use this load, no more replacing $50 - 100.00 switches every random year. No more WiFi, BLE, Power Line, RF, and no more proprietary bull sh^t protocol like Insteon, Z-Wave, Zigbee, X-10, blah blah. It just works - that’s the road I’m traveling on in the near term! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Purchasing a Z-Wave enabled controller with the Polyisy Pro. Will not only future proof you but allows you to integrate a hybrid environment selecting hardware you like. The above hardware allows both local first while allowing you to integrate with cloud only services & hardware. It’s a win - win . . . Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Once the four bottom screws have been removed. If your unit has an external antenna remove it along with the retaining nut & washer. Then remove the bottom plastic cover. From the rear where the ports are gently pull the (rear) case while lifting up the entire board. Doing so will allow the entire PCB to come out. If you try to remove it from the LED (front of case) you’ll probably break something doing so. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Assuming everything was in place such as drivers in Polyglot and supporting Node Servers. My wish list is BLE would allow native phone, tablet, PC, via iBeacon / Eddy Stone detection. This sort of detection is important if one wants hyper local detection down to the foot vs wide area geo location. BLE would also enable the customer to integrate BLE only devices on the market now. WiFi would support those type of devices from switches to sensors too. I don’t foresee this being worked on until the big migration from ISY -> Polisy. When that will happen is anyone’s guess but that process is already being tested now with the team. When that translates to public trials - who knows! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We’ve all been there [emoji1787] Rock On . . . [emoji869] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Can you offer us a image capture of the settings you choose in that node? Along with what the programs look like along with the State Variable table.

@markv58 Will a Delete Node DB cause the system to revert back to -60 / 129 in the back ground even if it displays 0? If so, that will definitely solve this problem. Can you test that before I hit the big red button?!?

@markv58 v1.2.1 was loaded late in the day and as of this writing everything appears to be operating just fine. All of the values in both the AC and state table are reflective of what the sending hardware say they are. I have to affirm once again having you incorporate key user features like *Since Last Update* is not a nice to have but a must have when trouble shooting is needed. A perfect example is where I monitor the different levels of the soil on my property to know when the frost line has been breached. Knowing this piece of information is critical to other auxiliary services and systems in my home to insure the health and safety. The AC displays a last update of 642.6 minutes, while the state table indicates the last update was on Sunday July 26, 2020 at 10:27:22 PM CST. Error logs mirror all of the above as it stood out as I was reviewing the system for problems. Backing up and viewing at a high level the Brultech Dash Box (DB) affirms the ground temperature has been rock steady and holding at 18.5'C. When there are areas, floors, zones, that don't see dramatic swings in temperature this can come off as there being a problem in a system. The DB affirms there isn't anything wrong because the core temperature of the ground is extremely stable and only changes based on long duration of extended temps. What is there to say other than *IMPRESSIVE* . . . ? Feature Request: Low / High Value Insert The only thing I could ask at this time is for some feedback and input as to how to best to address monitoring low temperatures. I have appended an image capture of the freezer and highlighted the *Highest* value box. Is there any way to update both the low / high fields so the average value isn't impacted and accurate?? I really prefer not changing the state variable to accomplish this as its less than elegant and screws around with every other values. Given its monitoring the freezer and the system defaults to zero the system will never show a correct (negative) high value which drives my OCD crazy. ?

@markv58 I believe this is one of the major items and features that will make this virtual node server more reliable and less impact full on Polisy. I just noticed the Polisy indicated all of the installed node servers in my system as *Install* vs Uninstall. Upon further review the Virtual Node Server must have completely locked up the Polisy. As none of the values in the AC has updated vs reality. I've included a few image captures from my various systems as to the *Live* current values vs what the AC shows as the current value for the garage attic. The 53.6'C displayed value in the AC was for yesterday and you can see the seconds counter stopped at 0.9 minutes and hasn't changed since. At a high level this is why I have asked you and any other vendor I work with to consider fail safes and tools that allow the end user to compensate for extremely high loads. Planning and coding for the worst case scenario just makes sense and ultimately reflects on the robustness, quality, and experience by all. Again, I must thank you for taking all of my suggestions and others into consideration in making something great, to truly awesome! One of the mantra's I have tried to live and instill in others is : Don't strive for perfection - strive for progress! Thank You - Sir! ???

@markv58 A quick follow up and everything appears to be working except for the negative value node as seen here. The state has changed as seen here at 8:40:04 AM CST but the last time it was updated in the VNS was 723.6 minutes. Let me know your thoughts and possible next steps to resolve this issue. Much Thanks! Virtual_2020-7-25_085849.txt

@markv58 Updated to v1.0.18 - Success! ? Just to clarify how does the delay work in the node server?

Easily forgotten when inside of the Matrix! ? Neo *Should have taken the blue pill*

@markv58 While your in there could you add in State / Integers variables up to say 800?

@markv58 Houston we have lift off and the first epic flight of VNS-1 (Virtual Node Server 1) is in the air! ?? Now, show me how to resolve the negative values not showing up? I have to gather because the code doesn't take into account negative values?? ?

Stop agreeing with me it’s my ball and you can’t have it back! [emoji1787][emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That would assume the home had all pre 2013 hardware in place vs a mixture of new vs old. ?

Well, I this takes it out of the possible *All On* realm of possibility. ? As noted by @lilyoyo1 once you delete the hardware and hard reset the device. I would actually go one further step. Do not add it back once its been deleted and hard reset and see if the switch comes back on. It could very well be a bad outlet . . .

@markv58 I am running the same versions as @gviliunas ? All of us Beaver's stick together! ?

@markv58 I've attached the current log since upgrading to 1.0.17 and this has corrected the server from crashing. The only item not resolved is the system refuses to convert the raw to precision value. I've played around with every known option to no avail. ? Some things I have tried in no specific order of relevance or importance: ISY Precision: Changing this from 0 -1 Variable: Selected both Action 2 from State Var vs State Init Stop / Start, Restart. Update Profile, Rebooted both Polisy / ISY Series Controller, etc. I have also just selected Pull and populated those fields to see what would happen - no dice! On a more positive note having the ability to add a 5 second delay is great. I can't say if adding more or less has any impact on the Raw vs Prec but the system didn't crash or fail to populate the new values when they arrived. On a related tangent with respect to the Energy portion of this endeavor. I would strongly encourage you to make this a stand alone Node Server so any changes don't impact what already is a great Virtual Node Server for many. This would allow everyone who wants to focus on one or the other and not have it impact their switch, temperature, generic, causing untold grief and technical support requests. Virtual_2020-7-24_125913.txt

Given how cheap and (more) reliable GFCI outlets are now. I would encourage you to replace that piece of safety device. In my mind the hardware is either doing its job and detecting a real fault and thus protecting human. Or it’s defective from being damaged by past lightning events or simply from bad design. In both cases that device is no longer serving it’s stated mission and goal and that is to protect human. [emoji3525] If the circuit powered a fridge / freezer than the loss would be financial and not health & safety. [emoji3516] I just replaced several outside GFCI’s with the latest Leviton self testing units which are weather rated. Along with a in use cover for more safety and convenience while doing some long term testing. The primary reason for (replacing) the older hardware was due to the self testing hardware to assist me in my monthly / annual safety audits along with consuming less energy. [emoji106] The only negative thing about the newer style is the inclusion of child safety shutters. [emoji1785]

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Trust me, you couldn't mistaken a 2 watt vs 5 watt resistor in your hand - Its a fatty! ?

Just to be clear what is all plugged into this outdoor switch? Can you show us a picture as to how its all plugged into the Insteon outlet. What kind of lights are these that are attached to the switch. On the back of the unit is a hardware production date tell us all of the numbers along with the revision and what firmware the ISY says it has.

This must be a Canadian thing as its apparent @markv58 doesn't know how to deal with the beavers eh . . . ?