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For me I took a really long time sitting on the fence before jumping into the whole HA with both feet. I essentially waited four extra years before making my initial Insteon purchase due to the tac switch issue from years past. With anything I do I researched what each competing protocol offered when compared to the others. Afterwards it was a slow and methodical deployment of the Insteon devices in the home. Using the power of the Internet I read almost every forum post related to HA and Insteon. From trouble shooting, programming, and how to accomplish specific goals and tasks. I think what many of the people going into HA now has is the benefit of years of progress and evolving improvements in the hardware, software, firmware when compared to yesteryear's. The one tried and true fact was listening to those with personal experience with a controller. It came as no surprise to me the controller of choice was the ISY Series Controller. I knew from the on set this would be a long term investment in the technology and infrastructure. Because of this, it was evident investing more into the *brains* of the controller was going to be cornerstone of the HA system and critical elements that help to program, manage, and trouble shoot a large install. I am extremely happy to say during the course of six plus years I have not been disappointed in my initial investment. What I can say is some elements I wished I did still wait for the technology or areas of interest to me were more developed and proven. As my friend richaree has stated in the past and in other related threads. Sometimes there is a cost and hindrance in living on the bleeding edge of technology that has not been fully fleshed out, proven, or developed. Its safe to say the majority of the people on this forum in some fashion like to be living on the bleeding edge. When people look at HA you really have to consider how small this industry really still is. If you look outside of your window and look at the people living next to you. I am pretty certain if you counted 50 houses its safe to say out of the 50 you're the only one with HA. Consider that 49 people around you have not a single X-10, Insteon, Z-Wave, Zigbee, UPB, etc. So, if any of these 49 people decide to get into HA at this point one thing I can safely say is lots of the ground work has been laid out and many things have been improved over the years to allow them a much better experience. As another member indicated if the OP is seeing massive electronic failures outside of a manufacture defect. (Yes, we all know of a few specific units that were truly pieces of junk) This comes down to the install and the environment the hardware is being used in. I've said this many times here and in other forums. The reality is the USA depending upon where you live has some of the worst regulated power in the free world. Electrical power is the life blood of any electronic device and if that power is *dirty* don't expect to see a long service life out of those components, period. Keeping in mind a whole house surge protector is only one single element that will help offset some of the problems a person will see. A whole house surge protector does not help resolve dirty power. Meaning it will not help you against a brown out (sag) or a high voltage condition. Also note more homes are damaged incrementally over the years from internal surges and spikes. These internal surges, sags, spikes, come from HVAC, Pumps, Motors, etc. This is why having a layered electrical protection is paramount to ensure end devices are well protected and lessen the electrical effect on the hardware. In the end one key thing people should consider and apply is not to integrate too many electronics into their homes. Everyone should have a few zones, areas, floors that use basic and old school tech. Whether that be a basic toggle switch to what ever you deem is low tech and doesn't have lots of electronic gizmo's. Given where we are these days finding low tech devices with out some kind of computer is hard. But, this should really be top of mind for those are going to purchase large appliances and house gear. The appliance industry is busting at the seams on repairs because they purposely make products to a sub standard level where nothing is made to last. The level of protection and quality they place in the fridge, stove, microwave, toaster, etc. Is intended to blow up at a predetermined time along with almost no electrical surge protection. Thus, that equates to early failures do to the fact they want you to buy more cheap products.

Hello Jeff, The program you're speaking about does on the surface appear to be very complex. But, in reality its just a lot of entering information per the outlined thread from the original author. If there are elements that are unclear to you about any step please do ask them here or in the original thread. There will be lots of great folks willing to jump in and help or clarify any aspect that may not be too easy to understand. Don't let all the mumbo jumbo of programming get you scared or stop from trying. The benefit of the program as you're probably aware is being alerted each of the sensor states, heart beat, and the programs operating status. The time and effort to implement Belias's program can not be over stated!

Hello Jeff, As you noted there are three nodes in the ISY Device Tree. If any of the nodes are activated it will show a ON / OFF. The obvious ones are Wet & Dry nodes. The heartbeat node appears every 24 hours if the device is within RF range and of course if the battery is operational. Pressing the set button will initiate a heart beat to be sent out also. Some things to keep in mind due to variation of firmware in the product. Older Leak Sensors (LS) upon getting wet would turn the wet node on and the dry node off. Once the area / sensor was dry the reverse would occur automatically by the sensor. This behavior has changed where if the sensor becomes wet. The wet node will remain on until such time as you physically press the set button to send a signal indicating its in a dry state.

UDI has been working hard on releasing the next iteration of 5.XX firmware for the ISY Series Controller. My understanding is since 4.3.1 has been released more resources will be tasked to work on Z-Wave implementation. This encompasses multi-channel support for Z-Wave.

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In the Admin Console select Help -> About. The top listing has the UUID.

http://wiki.universal-devices.com/index.php?title=ISY-994i_Series:Migrating_To_Your_ISY-994i

The following suggestions have worked for some people who have been impacted by this issue. 1. Verify the system date and time is correct in the computer BIOS and OS? If not correct the time and date and reboot the computer system. 2. Change your primary DNS to 8.8.8.8 / Secondary DNS 8.8.4.4. Once this is done please open a command window and enter ipconfig flushdns. 3. In Chrome / Settings / Advanced / Proxy Settings / Advanced at the bottom uncheck all *Use SSL* box. 4. Also do you happen to use Kaspersky Anti Virus? If so there is a option to skip scanning SSL / HTTP disable this option and report back. 5. Also verify if this problem goes away while using a tethered connection vs WiFi.

Well it's safe to say you're the first that I have ever read that has used the *replace with* option for a TSTAT! [emoji1] I am sure this information will help out someone down the line. If you could please edit your initial thread with some key words so others can find it when using the search feature. [emoji4] Ideals are peaceful - History is violent

To the left of the device tree. Highlight the old TSTAT. Right click of the mouse and there should be an option to select replace with. You will do this after you have added in the new TSTAT to the Insteon network. Ideals are peaceful - History is violent

Right on, glad you're up and running again.

It's listed in the system messages from last night. Ideals are peaceful - History is violent

I have not seen any mail related issues from the ISY Series Controller. But have seen a complete black out of forum post updates coming from the UDI site. Everything stopped about 4:00 PM CST. This morning there were 72 alerts or updated posts which I have subscribed to that finally came in. I was really hoping this move to Amazon would resolve these forum issues. [emoji17] Ideals are peaceful - History is violent

To be clear for the benefit of others who may stumble upon this thread. You indicated when the bulb went out. That you found the switch LED no longer lit, correct? [emoji53] Ideals are peaceful - History is violent

Kill the breaker and wait 30 seconds and report back success / failure. If the switch is in the same state hard reset the switch and report back success / failure. I would remove the load and change it out with a new incandescent bulb while you're there.

Do you have any dual band device(s) on the same electrical branch as the GDO? If you have another plugin dual band Lamp Linc or On/Off Relay this would help you determine if you have bridging / coupling. The 4 tap (beacon) test is the first thing you need to confirm for a solid Insteon network. Initiate the beacon test from the 2413S PLM and see if the dual band device Acks this RF test. If the test shows no bridging / coupling you need to address that portion. If the 4 tap beacon test shows proper coupling / bridging than more likely there is a new noise issue present. This can be a noise maker to a signal sucker. That can be from a new device being plugged in not normally at those hours or operating in that time frame. Most common are cell chargers, bad transformers, even LED / CFL bulbs just going bad. When you notice devices turn on fine but have a hard time turning off its more likely the load is the cause. Even if that load worked fine before when electronics go bad like the electronic ballasts etc. These little gremlins start to impact the network.

If you find that neither of the I/O Lincs are programmed for trigger reverse. This could be COM issue which you will need to address.

Trigger reverse enabled in the I/O linc?

OK, got it. Yeah, I guess when you're mobile and not in reach of a PC. That would be a little hard to do but gather you would need to open the same *forwarded* mail and view it in the smartphone browser. Takes a few more steps for sure but it should provide the entire hops and the IP address from the home. My suggestion is to set up the ISY to send a e-mail to hot mail directly upon reboot. Or have the ISY send a e-mail based on a timed threshold you feel is adequate. At that point you could look at the header and determine the public IP address. Given this isn't going to happen too often I am not sure how much value this has. But, since it did happen its one of those things you're happy does exists and is ready to aid you in determining the information.

If you forward the GMAIL to Hotmail the full header should be visible give that a try.

Michel, Most excellent and have upgraded based on your reply. Much Thanks!

Hrmm, I've never seen a automatic upgrade option in the Help etc? Maybe it only shows up like in the image I posted up?

I'm glad others have seen this too! [emoji38] I thought I was losing my marbles when I logged in yesterday! [emoji23] MustangChris, What is this automatic upgrade feature you speak of? [emoji53] Ideals are peaceful - History is violent

That makes perfect sense to me. I have like you been running each Beta since launch so gather when UDI makes a release official. There is no flag being declared on the Admin Console since we are all on the latest release. In the last several years I can honesty say I have never been using a older version of firmware. This is the first time I have not jumped into the next cycle because of long term Alpha testing for the Energy Module. I will see what UDI has to say about this 4.2.30 release and if it includes the Energy Monitoring patch I have been testing.