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Here's a novel idea on a related matter. How about a real drop down calendar widget so people can select days, weeks, months, holidays, with out having to craft some giant program which is just a massive kludge. Having a calendar would save people lots of time, frustration, and provide a much better user experience. This isn't 1930, its 2015 and this should be on the *To Do* list for 5.XX

Extra bonuses are having the ability to turn RF / Power Line on or off. Along with Smarthops and other various feature enhancements which you can read here: http://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/14735-insteon-onoff-outlet-2663-222-review/

To be fair to Smartlabs this was their first go at the outlet linc. As you're aware you can not query a battery device either (not yet that is).

Correct, this is why the new dual band, dual outlet was such a God send. It is a controller / responder and works like a champ!

SOAP BOX COMMENTS: I guess my views are quite different from many others who are mostly consumers. Based on your reply, I can see you fully understand why I hold this view. In the big picture its really personal choice and having faith in your systems to operate and react to your will. After working in many commercial environments and seeing how others cope, or endure system issues. I have gleaned all of the *Don't Do* opposed to the *Must Do*. I love my toys just like all the rest but my personal experience keeps me grounded in the fact. Reliance on too much high tech will leave you stranded when its needed the most. I believe if people plan and deploy their systems on a base level to operate independently. This resolves about 90% of the possible issues that could arise. The biggest No, No, in my mind is mixing security with HA. Lots of people do it and have great experience with it. But, from a security and safety stand point this is counter to what the goal is. If people had your personal experience in a power generation plant they too would understand why things are done in pairs or in three's. The military always chirped on and on about the power of three. Sometimes it was really a PITA for us in the field but you know what? After going through a few disasters with them and watching how their systems operated even with two things down. It didn't take much for me to emulate that same view and philosophy in all that I do. Sorry for the off topic reply . . .

I wanted to know where this device is on the 2015 road map. Along with builderb's question answered.

Hello Don, Speaking for myself only from a personal point of view. I always create my system(s) so that it can operate as a stand alone Insteon network. A controller is simply used to accomplish more complicated events / scenes. Or where another device is interacting with the Insteon network like say main water shut off valve, power management, temperature, etc. I have seen lots of million dollar homes literally remove every physical switch from a wall and rely on a HA controller. This offers a clean look in the home, but is truly stupid in ever possible way you could think of. As you're probably aware the PLM is the most important part of the Insteon integration to a controller. You have no doubt read countless threads where it has failed or where the HA controller was off line and not operating correctly. Imagine you couldn't turn on a simple fan, light, door because it relied on a controller?? I have supported many Military, Financial, Federal, EMS, Fire, Hospital environments. There isn't one of these agency's or business's that would allow a controller to operate and have full control of their systems, none. My key point is that if you grow your system and linked them natively in the worst case scenario even with out a PLM / Controller your home would still operate. NOTE: Outside of scenes nothing beats the ISY Controller in integrating fire, weather, energy, network, HVAC related data to the Insteon network.

Has nothing to do with a common address. They are simply linked to one another. When a device issues a command any linked devices simply activate. With a ISY program the system manages the activation which sometimes can be delayed. The amount of delay can be none to a few seconds in duration. I use programs to compliment scenes and provide more logic. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Because they are all linked. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Don, I will only address this from a stand alone perspective. If the devices are all linked via scenes they will always operate regardless if a controller is present or not. Outside of conditional programs executing timers, schedules, etc. Scenes should always be used first. Programs are great way to compliment a scene to add more logic such as timers, schedules, or to call upon another 3rd party device or service etc. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Once your Insteon network is finalized you can do the second PLM back up. This is what others such as myself have done moving forward. As LeeG indicated older devices such those I have and others around me. This practice saves a huge amount of time. For newer Insteon devices not so much. I did this also to test and ensure the PLM was fully operational. Nothing is worse than thinking you have a good spare in the closet when in fact it's DOA. This is something you need to weigh out. Time vs reward, as my time is more valuable thus I took the time for the future reward. [emoji4] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The only suggestion I can give you is once the back up PLM arrives. Do the same thing so the links are present and if this one dies all you need to do is swap it out. I did this in four installs and never looked back. The end users were super happy and the down time was less than 20 minutes from start to finish. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Depending upon various environmental's it can take several hours. On a side note can you confirm your unit still can activate X10 devices assuming you have any?

Sounds like you need a active repeater to make the Z-Wave Mesh fully connected. This is no different than Insteon. There had to be something to bridge the devices together and allow the signal to propagate threw the home. One would think this whole Z-Wave wireless tech would see all devices and not require more gear in the middle. But based on reading here and other forums this is typical of the system. I would pick up one of those Z-Wave sticks and try again. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

UDI will need to chime in and confirm support for this device. Create a ticket so this can be tracked officially for you. The five nodes you indicated work fine for the One Link version I have. I have them included into various programs and alerts for each node. Yours are different than mine though. [emoji53] I am sure once formal support is underway it will operate just fine. [emoji4] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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I left you a link in post #11 regarding the Autelis Bridge. The 1 wire sensors you can purchase via EBAY and range from $1.50 - $10.XX. Should you decide to follow through and purchase a unit please do reference the link in post #11 to the vendor.

Using a (current) Insteon solution will leave you wanting and disappointed. OP: If this is important to you and accuracy, temperature range, and extreme monitoring is the need. Using a 1 wire solution is the only tried and true method for those on a value budget. You can purchase any master controller you wish so long as it supports the 1 wire protocol you can deploy it. I've had my sensors measuring temps from ranging from -45'C to +130'C with out issue.

I have read (not confirmed) that once the 5.XX firmware branch has been released it may offer a work around for this. Basically a state variable would be able to be included into the network resource module. This same information could then (technically) send that information to a cloud hosted data aggregator like SEG. I am using SEG now as a back up energy resource in concert with my Dash Box (DB) and Green Eye Monitor (GEM). My goal is similar to yours but for pushing my 1 wire temperature / humidity sensor readings to SEG. All of this hinges on the release of firmware 5.XX and if it will allow network resources to include variables.

I have been working with this vendor for several months in the development of their Autelis Bridge. Using cheap 1 wire sensors and the Autelis Bridge linked to the ISY will provide you all the accurate and extreme temperature monitoring you could ever need. More information can be found in this link: http://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/15093-firmware-130/

When the ISY first powers on and initiates you will indeed see a flurry of strobing of LED's which go across from left to right. If you have a cross over cable wire it to your laptop and see if you can login. If you can't even ping the device via command line the unit may be damaged. Assuming you can ping the device enter ping XXX.XXX.XXX -t <-- This will run a continuous ping until you shut down the terminal window. I do this all the time to get an idea of the network health and that of the end devices. Assuming it replies back (not dead) an increasing ping time is also indicative of a failing NIC card.

Hello Walt, Could you provide a few screen captures for review?

Oleg, Not to take your thread on a tangent but your example and illustration is exactly what others have seen based on another issue plaguing some ISY users. People have been seeing random ALL ON / ALL OFF issues, everyone have indicated the ISY is not aware of these events and its not captured in the logs, ever. I am going to link your thread to the ALL ON / ALL OFF thread because this might be critical in helping UDI and Smartlabs in identifying root cause.

Time permitting I would see if the logs show lots of traffic being sent out. There have been instances where battery powered devices would not go back to sleep. Some resolved this issue by simply hard resetting the device which I suppose indicates the device got locked up. Where as some customers trying the above saw no differences and had to return the device for replacement.

I would like to say one of the biggest updates in the 994 is having the ability to remote wake up and update a motion sensor. If you have a few of these devices just having this ability is worth upgrading alone. This feature also works on the hidden door sensor and mini remotes. NOTE: This feature may not work on all battery devices or previous generation firmware releases. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk