Michel Kohanim

Hi Tom, The first problem seems to be that ISY thinks there are pending updates needed for your RemoteLinc. Do you have 0101 icon on the RemoteLinc? If so, first, we have to make sure ISY is in synch with the rest of your system (including the RemoteLinc) before adding the Motion Sensor. As far as the Motion Sensor itself, is it close to an Access Point? With kind regards, Michel

Hi DickG, My pleasure. You will need our Network Module and then an Ethernet to Serial bridge such as Global Cache to communicate with your security system. Unfortunately the Network Module is not bi directional so you cannot get any status feedback from your security system. With kind regards, Michel

Hi Cliff, Please see my comments below. With kind regards, Michel Yes, that's the only way ISY will be in synch with the new reality. But, you have to make sure the backup indeed has all the scenes devices you have configured. Also, the process is: 1. Restore your backup 2. Reboot with the new PLM 3. File | Restore Modem (PLM) If you have battery operated devices then put them all in Linking mode. If you have the Pro series, then make sure the battery icon is grayed out. Scenes will not work without devices having the correct link for the PLM and ISY having the correct PLM address for their relationships. Yes, it is an issue. It basically means that ISY tried to program those devices but could not; there are some pending programming that needs to be done so you must right mouse click on the device and then choose Write Pending updates. Please follow the steps I outlined above.

Hello Pete, This is quite odd. I guess the only thing I can recommend is to factory reset (again) your IRLinc and try again. I am so very sorry for not having a better solution. With kind regards, Michel

Hi Cliff, I am so happy to hear the good news and so sad to hear the bad. I wished I had requested and/or asked whether or not you have an official release (or 2.8.10). There was a bug in 2.6.10 and above where the programs were not being backed up. To check if your backup has any programs, unzip the backed up file and look for a directory called CONF/D2D ... see if there are any programs in there. I am so very sorry ... With kind regards, Michel

Hello johnnyt, These problems you are having are all interrelated and point to firewall software. Please call/schedule our tech support so that we can fix these issues once and for all. With kind regards, Michel

Hi johnnyt, I am so very sorry to hear. Perhaps it would be best to schedule a call with our tech support so that we can try listing the steps to reproduce. The fact that this cannot be reproduced by anyone else is a little problematic for us to diagnose. With kind regards, Michel

Hello dickG, Thanks so very much for your interest. What security system do you have in mind? There are three issues here: 1. Whether or not the system hangs on its own. As you can check the forum, all reports of system hang are beta firmware related with one exception that was fixed immediately. Unlike all other hardware/firmware manufacturers out there, we do NOT believe in watchdog timers (i.e. a counter that check to see if the system is hung and reboots) and thus all our focus has been in making the system reliable to the point that it will never require a reboot 2. Power failure. If there's power failure - and due to the nature of INSTEON - it really does not make sense for ISY to have power while other devices are powerless. As far as what happens after power is restored, 99% is up to you to decide which programs/schedules must be run and/or ignored. The rest of 1% is to handled by ISY to reboot properly and get all resources in synch 3. Losing network/internet access does not at all have an impact on the correct behavior and execution of programs except for those that require Internet access such as WeatherBug. Furthermore, using Dynamic DNS and DHCP reservation, you can almost guarantee that you have access to your ISY remotely as long there's network connectivity With kind regards, Michel

Hi Pete, Please make sure using automatic mode (Link Management | Advanced Options). With kind regards, Michel

Hi Walrus, No. The model should be SwitchLinc Relay with Beep. With kind regards, Michel

Hello Walrus, We have been told that LED brightness can only be configured via ISY only on SwitchLincs with Beep feature. With kind regards, Michel

Hello boatfevor, There lies the problem. You are giving ISY a DNS server that your router does not allow you to communicate with. Please try changing the DNS server to be the same as your router's IP address. With kind regards, Michel

Hi Mark, Consider it done. With kind regards, Michel

Hi Jon, To be quite honest, it's not coming along at all: too many things to little time! It is however in the list of things to do before our official release (hopefully by the end of the week). With kind regards, Michel

Hi apostolakisl, I have forwarded your post to our guru ... I let him explain! With kind regards, Michel

Cliff, Excellent. v85 was a production PLM. Now, this is what I want you to do please: 1. Make sure you have a good backup with this PLM 2. Identify one of the switches that we can use as test 3. Do a factory reset on ISY (you can use telnet, and then issue FR) 4. Once ISY reboots, try to link the switch we identified in 1 5. If this also fails, then we have to figure out why the signals are not getting to the device 6. If it succeeds, then restore your backup (File | Restore ISY) followed by File | Restore Devices 7. Once 6 is done, make sure you do not have any 0101 green icons on any of the devices on the left With kind regards, Michel

Hi Cliff, What was the version of the original PLM? 7A was a beta PLM and I do not trust it. Please do the following: 1. Configuration | System | uncheck Query at startup 2. Reboot your ISY with the original PLM 3. Let me know what ISY reports for the PLM version With kind regards, Michel

Hello apostolakisl, Control events are issued when something is done to the device physically. So, is NOT will be doing nothing if nothing has been done to the switch. If something is done to the switch, then is NOT basically checks to see if the event is equal to what you had in your condition and then evaluates to false if it's not equal. Again, control events are not issues by themselves. They have to be triggered by a physical activity on a device. With kind regards, Michel

Hello Cliff, Apologies for the inconvenience. Can you tell me what you see when you go to Tools | Diagnostics | PLM Status/Info? Please do not restore or factory reset since they are not going to help the issue. With kind regards, Michel

Hi boatfevor, If you have assigned a static IP address for ISY, that could explain why you cannot get to pool.ntp.org. Please make sure the DNS settings for your ISY are correct. Furthermore, if the interval for checking NTP is too low, pool.ntp.org will reject it. With kind regards, Michel

Hello boatfevor, MEM/ERR blinking means: network problems the top 4 of which are: 1. ISY's cable is disconnected from the network 2. ISY cannot communicate with the router 3. ISY cannot renew its DHCP lease 4. There's another devices with the same IP address on the network If you have 2.8.10, you can go to Tools | Error Log and review the errors which are pretty descriptive and can tell you what's going on. With kind regards, Michel

jcanter, It basically means that while ISY was waiting to receive an ACK from the device you controlled via ISY, someone or something changed something physically on a device. This caused an ACK to be sent to the PLM while ISY was waiting for an ACK from the original device. Completely benign with the side effect that whatever happened in between, is ignored and thus the status of the device might not be reflected properly. In most cases, this happens when you have difficulty communicating with a device and ISY keeps retrying. With kind regards, Michel

Hi Brian, yes: the problem is so intermittent that we have not been able to find a fix for it. Hello DStampfer, This sounds a LOT like firewall issues. Would you be kind enough to let me know which firewall software you have, and whether or not ISY's IP address has changed, and whether or not you have put ISY in the trusted zone/white list in your firewall software? With kind regards, Michel

Hi Tim, Thanks so very much for the update. I still would be very interested to know what in EZIO is causing the hang. If you are not sending your EZIO for repair, may I ask to have it for a couple of days? With kind regards, Michel

Hi Zandrel, Originally I thought this is a simple UI fix. But, unfortunately, this is how it was designed to accommodate older KPLs where you had to press the button to choose the mode: everything is done in real time. I will see what we can do but since we are very close to our offiical release and since this code is tied into other pieces inside ISY, I do not want to have to go through antoher regression testing right before our official release. Rest assured it has been logged and that it will be fixed after our official release. With kind regards, Michel