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Programs not visible in the Admin Console would point to an issue with the ISY Series Controller. I would suggest a remote reboot and circle back as to what is seen afterwards. Please keep in mind when you're accessing remotely the terminal you're on and using should have the same UI / Firmware. Otherwise strange issue can and will be present. Also clear and delete the Java Cache if you do find a mismatch when selecting Help -> About. Is the 2413S PLM at the two year mark? I ask because sometime last year you had similar issues of things happening and never heard back what you did to resolve those past issues? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If you want the best value purchase the $49.00 Dot as the process is exactly the same to setup regardless of the hardware. If and when you're satisfied I would encourage you to purchase the larger Echo Plus as this offers direct ZigBee control of Phillips Hue lighting hardware. Going this route allows you to have X-10, Insteon, Z-Wave, and ZigBee. Once the Echo Plus supports more ZigBee enabled devices this will be my next home automation purchase.

Once set up its literally the next best thing since sliced bread . . .

I was living a completely different lifestyle many years ago before the whole *Energy Management* bug caught me by the tail. The back story on the UPS is I am a avid auction / close out goer. Back in the day winning over 150K worth of hardware at fraction of the costs was something I couldn't pass by. So I bought the lot and it was the first iteration of my back up systems . . . As time went on my needs, goals, and priorities changed and thus have been on the endless journey to be NET Zero. These legacy UPS's don't fit into that goal and given their physical size don't fit into my home if I want to recoup that space. So they gots to go . . . The (approx) 150 ~ 200 watts RMS is the standby draw on the home at all times from the systems in the home. Candles???

I don't understand your question?

The APC UPS that is in my home is intended for Enterprise / Industrial applications. You would be looking at Data Centers & Industrial applications for that category. These units are *On Line* all the time and draw their trickle charge from the utility. Upon a electrical fault (loss of power) there is no spool up or cut over the system simply continues to power the branch circuits the person has assigned. They are intended to provide short term filtered *Transitional Power* and not for extended power outages. A whole house generator whether gas, diesel, NG, LP is better suited for long term outages. Because the APC UPS are a hundreds of times over rated for my personal use my run time is also reflective of that. My homes mean average load is under 200 watts RMS and because the system is spec'd to provide more than 16kVA per tower X 8. That is 128 kVA . . . Which is weeks of power for my home and family. The single phase 120 / 240 VAC Symmetra I have are older units which are at this time being deprecated in my home. Having eight fridge sized UPS in the basement wasn't something I planned on having over the long term. Six of them have been taken out of rotation and are being readied for a new home.

Power Line signaling would be lost but RF would be used in that case. Keeping in mind this assumes you placed the PLM on a Insteon Filter Linc. Simply placing the 2413S PLM on a small dedicated UPS would probably introduce signaling issues. There have been a couple of users who have gone this route who state it works fine . . .

Not sure if your question is directed toward me or the OP. In case its for me the entire home is powered by a 24.7.365 pure sine wave 120 / 240 APC Symetra UPS. That is only one of four layers of redundant power systems in the home which protect the home and its electronics.

This has already been addressed by using the firmware that supports Z-Wave / ZigBee. Where the system assumes there is no 2413S PLM. Using this firmware will allow your system to boot up fine even if the PLM is not present or on line. Having said this if your network is not up and online (Router, ISP Modem) you will have other issues regardless of the firmware in use. Deploying UPS for the entire network even a small one is a good investment over the long term. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I haven't been actively using the new App but when the *Tell Me* feature stopped working. I had to take action because this is the cornerstone of many projects on the go now. Well, besides the fact they killed off iHeart radio and Flash Briefings!! There is no good reason to restrict news and sponsor paid Internet radio . . .

For those Canadians who were fortunate enough to have the Amazon Echo prior to its release in country. We have all enjoyed the ability to use different skills, news, music, etc. Since the official launch on December 05, 2017 the system has been hobbled and disabled. Today I made a phone call with the Amazon Technical Support Team and (She) made the changes on my account to restore all the features I came to enjoy in the past. What they need to do on their end: - Change your account from the Canadian Market Place to the American side. - Change your address from Canadian to American. - I am not sure if the web hack works anymore as the new system doesn't show the listing it had before to edit out the address to a local one. Besides hearing the news, music, the *Tell Me* skill which I rely upon for real time metrics was no longer working. This has now been restored and working as before. The CSR is going to escalate this issue with the development team in hopes of feature parity for the Canadian market. Lets be frank, everything that was offered on the Canadian side was pure junk . . .

Hello Sandry, People have simply created a folder and placed these new nodes into them. People are saying Z-Wave automagically creates these unrelated nodes out of thin air. Which nobody has ever been able to explain how something that operates for years and never displayed such nodes could just appear one day. Also, some devices do no support these nodes and its not anywhere listed in the API at all. Anyways the UDI team is aware of this and working toward a long term fix.

Does it at least alert the user when the cycle is done? [emoji848] Given how many people have asked and tried the same. I would hope the appliances would send the user a notification that it was done. I think the benefits to start, stop, pause a task would be for those who subscribe to ToU or demand response (DR) energy load shedding. I've seen a few members showing us crazy KWH costs that exceed $0.65 per KWH!!

I would encourage you to test this out on a smaller and isolated scale. This way you can see first hand the cause and effect while reducing threats and hazards to you and the home. The best case you will waste a whole lot of energy and be lighter in the pocket book. Worst case you could burn down your house like a few others have in the past. As you correctly noted its important to have other independent system(s) that offer critical insight to the local weather, temperature, and reality there is indeed snow on the roof. What I can tell you is at the moment relying on the weather module in its current form isn't practical. Keeping in mind this assumes a few things like which station is being used and how accurate it is to your micro climate. Back in the day when the system updated every five minutes the data was at least timely. Now that its set to update every 30 minutes along with no easy method to select a micro weather station your whole project hinges and gambles upon that data being accurate and relevant. There have been a few good folks who have engaged me to do something similar and the only way they do this is with lots of checks and balances along with fail over protection. This involves the use of a PWS on site, IP Camera, 1-Wire sensors array, and programs that have been tested, validated, and proven over time to operate as expected. Please consider testing your project out on a small isolated system to validate it works as intended. Identify how long something takes to react and then adjust to compensate. You may find out quickly having 3rd party systems as noted up above is required to make a safe system operate. Lastly, it should be clearly noted the system must be taken off line when seasons change. On the surface this may sound very silly to state and would be expected. Sadly, that thing called life always gets in the way and as noted up above a few people have burned down their homes . . . Please be safe in this deployment Merry X-MAS . . .

I have been working on a long term project which seems to have no end in sight. There are several facets to this project from basic to very advanced in the way the systems in my home communicate to the end users. At a high level my goal has been to have various devices relay important information to me and the family visually and orally. The system has three tiers from basic (KISS), medium, to advanced display & messaging. At the moment the basic alert notification is something I finally found the time to work on due to other competing projects. So here are the objectives and hope the forum members can offer their input for the best conditional logic to make this work. Please let me know if there are gaps or missing details that would be helpful to craft these conditional logic programs. KPL Display: Imagine custom keys that represent energy, security, temperature, etc. A set of keys are labeled as low temp, mid, temp, high temp. What is the ideal program to light up a single key to reflect such a condition without conflict of the others? So for example I have defined a low temp of 0 ~ Minus X, mid temp 10 ~ 24, high temp 25 ~ X. What would that program(s) look like to light up those single keys and avoid a conflict? If during the evening it was 0 ~ 9 that low temp key would be lit. As the day progressed it got warmer now its past 9'C and into the 10 ~ 24 range that key would be lit and extinguish that low temp key etc. I already have a general idea of how the programs would look but wanted a fresh perspective in case I missed the obvious. As the logic needs to be rock solid and bullet proof. If this basic (KISS) program works out as I hope then the other mid and advanced reader board elements can be integrated with very little problems. Thank You!

You may be in luck give this a try: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA05W01B6828&cm_re=insteon-_-9SIA05W01B6828-_-Product Happy Thanks Giving . . .

Maybe one of the members here could do you a solid and purchase one on your behalf and send it out. I had a few really great folks that did that for me a number of times when there was something that couldn't be shipped to Canada. Some of the best people are on this forum ~ Just Ask!

https://www.menards.com/main/electrical/doorbells-alarms-security-systems/security-devices/insteon-synchrolinc-power-synching-controller/p-1444442767818.htm

This is the WiKi entry to complete all of those tasks: http://wiki.universal-devices.com/index.php?title=ISY-99i/ISY-26_INSTEON:Advanced_Configuration_Guide#FR_.E2.80.93_Factory_Reset The 2413S PLM you need only remove it from power for 10 seconds. Then hold the black set button and apply power while holding the set button. The unit will beep to let you know its been erased. You can also issue the *Delete PLM Modem* command in the Admin Console . . .

Don't have that problem since using that web hack which allows your actual address to be used. I simply ask Alexa what is the weather and she spits it out. Its rarely used now because the system uses hyper local weather data from the Autelis Bridge & Weather Flow.

I'm not sure what the Canadian version is going to offer over the American one. Is it going to say *Eh* at the end?? Seems to be just another hobbled software product nuetured for the 51st State. The test I performed was on my iPhone so all the WiFi SSID's were present for selection. Unfortunately, once I selected what ever it simply got to 1/4 bar and stopped and then declared a error code. I gave up after more than five attempts but made sure the system was still fully operational using the old method. I had to unplug the Echo from power because it kept glowing orange and wouldn't time out.

LOL ~ What?!? The Amazon Echo was stuck on the WiFi portion of the setup process not the ISY Series Controller. I was curious to see what would happen and decided to open the Alexa Application which I rarely if ever use or open. To my surprise instead of it opening normally it opened up in a *Setup Mode* there was no method to bypass this. At this point I figured what the hell lets see what happens . . . Sadly, the system would not go past the step where the Amazon Echo needs to connect to the local WiFi network.

He's one of several 2017 Super Hero's on this forum . . . Now, ask him about Julie U.S.!

I tried moments ago to see what would happen to an existing install. The system just hangs on the WiFi portion and never completes and declares an error code. Based on your reply here I am not missing a damn thing so will continue to use the existing method in place. I'll roll the dice once the new Amazon Dots arrive on December 05, 2017. Let the games begin . . .

Nice ~ Thanks for that insight.