Michel Kohanim

Hi Peter, Currently ISY does not support RFID unless the RFID device has an INSTEON interface. In lieu of RFID, you could assign a button on a KeypadLinc as your home/away indicator. Then, you create a folder which is enabled if and only if you are away (i.e. the status of the KPL button is off). You can add as many programs as you wish under the folder. This way, those programs will run if and only if you are either away or home. With kind regards, Michel

Hi someguy, This is quite odd. Do you have any other powerline devices in your installation? With kind regards, Michel

Hi Joe, Unfortunately, the main issue is the newer firmware for EZIO devices and our complete lack of understanding of what has changed between versions (that's why your old one works and the new one. As such, unfortunately so, there's probably no easy way of fixing this issue. With kind regards, Michel

Hi guys, I am so very sorry ... you are both correct and I was wrong. I do not know what I was thinking! With kind regards, Michel

Hi thomasolson, If you have an older KPL version, you might want to do a restore on it. This way, the load button is added last. With kind regards, Michel

Hi Rich, Unfortunately ISY cannot shutdown your system unless you have a resident program running on your computer which listens for instructions from a network port (just like WOL). i.e. a program that listens to port 555 and when given your authorization and your command, it shuts down your computer. With kind regards, Michel

Hi someguy, What firmware version are you running? Also, adding an AccessPoint right on top of the PLM helped before. All and all, this problem is due to RF cross interference from an Ethernet device to powerline. With kind regards, Michel

Rich, Notifications only send you the name of the program. Also, most ISPs consider emails of the same nature repeated every 2 minutes as spam and will throw it out. Now, as far as your programs: 1. On the first one, you do not need the "and not switched off" 2. This does not work with double press 3. Please ensure that you have a high timeout value on the SMTP settings. Usually 2500 would do fine And, finally, it's always good to look at the logs to see if you have any 5000x errors. If you do, then there are communications problems between ISY and your mail server. With kind regards, Michel

Hi Rich, Two conditions have to be met for ISY to be able to accomplish this feat: 1. The frame must be web enabled preferably with a static IP address 2. It must provide you with the APIs to communicate with it As long as those conditions are met (and as long as you have the Network Module), then you can ask the frame to do whatever their APIs allow you to do. The one exception to all this is that ISY cannot stream audio/video to your frame. With kind regards, Michel

Hi mikestreb, You have two options: 1. Removing all the floor plan objects 2. Telnet into your ISY, login, and then issue: RF /CONF/UDFLPL.XML With kind regards, Michel

Hi Rich, I think the following with clear everything up: 1. Repeat must be the last (or the only) block in the Action (Then) section 2. Everything that needs to be repeated must be listed below the Repeat line As such, you cannot do example 2. For example 1, simply make sure your actions are listed below the Repeat line. With kind regards, Michel

Hi Rich, We do have a full 30 day money back guarantee with no questions asked. So, you could try it for a few days and if you don't find it meeting your requirements, you can simply forward your receipt to sales@universal-devices.com and request for a full refund. With kind regards, Michel

Hi Rich, Status changes with any changes to the state of a device. So, when you turn on a device, the status changes to on, when you turn off a device, the status changes to off. Now, when you turn on a device which is ALREADY on, then the status does NOT change. Control is any physical activity on the device itself. So, when you double press a device, regardless of the status of the device, ISY consider this an event. Yes, you should use Repeat (every 5 minutes) ... the program stops when the condition is false so you do not have to worry about stopping it. With kind regards, Michel

Hi Rich, I truly apologize for not being more clear mostly because I had assumed that you already have the Network Module. Adding Network Module to your ISY lets you do WOL as well as calling other networked devices (such as Tivo, Russound, Global Caché, etc.). With kind regards, Michel

Hello QuakeTen, Welcome back! I do recommend upgrading to 2.7.6 ... when/if you perform the upgrade, please do keep me posted with the outcome. Thanks and with kind regards, Michel

Hi Allan, Thanks SO very much. I shall be looking for your code and hope to be able to incorporate it into ISY. It seems to be not that difficult. Thanks again. With kind regards, Michel

Hi Rich, Two conditions have to be met before you can do this: 1. The server has to be in sleep mode (not shut off mode) 2. You have to have a WOL rule for your server And, yes, you can wake up your server from the Program interface as long as you have a program that calls the WOL rule. With kind regards, Michel

Hi Rich, May I humbly suggest using Control instead of Status. Also, I strongly recommend using your own SMTP settings since the default has a maximum number per month and that could be one of the issues. With kind regards, Michel

Hi someguy, Do you have any HomePlug devices (bridge to Ethernet)? Jim's issue was related to HomePlug bridge devices. I really do not think the problem is the motion sensor. With kind regards, Michel

Hi Allan, Thanks SO very much. This is great and surely something we would like to add to ISY as a feature: you shouldn't have to do these calculations outside ISY. What would help is if you already have the Penman-Monteith equation implemented in any type of programming language which we can take and simply incorporate into ISY. If you do - and if you do not mind sharing it - please send it to support@universal-devices.com. I would sincerely appreciate it. With kind regards, Michel

Allan, Very impressive. Thanks so very much for sharing it with us. Two questions: 1. Can we link to your blog from our Wiki? 2. We are very interested in incorporating ET calculations and water balance tables within ISY. Do we require any type of sensors for any of these calculations? With kind regards, Michel

Hi Dennis, They are both in our list of requirements. With kind regards, Michel

Hi Chuck, You can safely ignore System - Electricty Demand/Price Alert Maximum Electricty Alert They are used to notify the clients (iPhone, Nokia, Admin Console) of some drastic event ... Now, as far as conditions, Flex Your Power is a signal that is either active or not active. When active, it means that all CA utilities have decided that there's too much load on the grid and thus they need your help. All you have to do is to make a program that looks for the Active signal and then changes your thermostat setpoints, lights, pool pumps/etc. accordingly. All you are doing is helping reduce the likelihood of blackouts. With kind regards, Michel

Hi, As a matter of fact, the refurbished units have much lower return rates simply because the customers contact us first and thus most of the time, we can figure out what's wrong immediately (usually PLM related). With kind regards, Michel

Hi rlav, Using Excel is much more accurate and the chart/trend uses the same exact set of data. With kind regards, Michel