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Prog set something Status 'thermostats / MAIN - tstat -' > 23° (Temperature) Prog reset something Status 'thermostats / MAIN - tstat -' <24>= contstruct. * Orest

Ah, it may indeed send an ON/off pair. The dusk/dawn you can set to send or not, and can define the code offset in this box. I did have it set at P8 I believe, but don't use it any more. * Orest

I didn't capture it other than by noting what was in the ISY dialog/advice box that popped up. That was P1 ON only. I should have put my tester on. It may be in the ISY log, I have not looked yet. The X10 motion, I'm pretty sure, sends only a P1 (or whatever is set) ON. * Orest

This guy: Leviton HCA02-10E 2-Phase X10 Coupler-Repeater Leviton HCA02-10E 2-Phase X10 Coupler-Repeater * Orest

Thanks for the speedy reply! I have figured out the problem. There were three clues, the first two .. continuous Receive ON light (ISY) X10 - P1 in the alert box I have two X10 devices left, the motion in the front sends P1 with motion. I went out and pulled the power on the device. Tried everything else, still no change. As I was looking at the ISY (in the utility room) I noticed that the X1 active bridge was continually flickering its activity light. I turned off its breaker, and checked the ISY The Receive light went OUT! I ran up and rechecked the admin interface, it was working again, and further the ISY was responding to commands and programs. So there you have it, the problem was the active X10 bridge jamming the powerline network, and more specifically overloading the ISY. The bridge may be faulty, or it may have been a one off. I'm inclined to pull it, perhaps put in a passive Signallinc -- any thoughts on that? And, thanks for the safe mode suggestion, I will tuck that away! I was also careful to abide by your repeated advice to NOT factory restore the PLM or ISY. Certainly on the mark here. * Orest

OK, cannot access the ISY not at all, the "connecting" icon just keeps whirling. The ISY shows the power and receive light on continuously. I'm going to leave it like that for bit, hopefully someone will have a suggestion. If the ISY and/or the PLM is toast, will need to order a new one I guess. * Orest

Restarted the java interface. Devices and variables are listed, but looks like the programs are all gone now. I do have a backup. Java interface just hung again. * Orest

I tried executing some short programs with a right-click/run-"then", that hung the interface, also the program did not have its normal effect. I pulled the TStat modules to reboot them, no change to the situation. * Orest

Whoa, just got into the Programs tab, all is still there. Now the System busy dialog looks like it is executing all the things that were not done in the last little bit. A whole bunch of programs are active, maybe 20 out of 120 or so. Is this just waking up from a hard hang of some sort? * Orest

Although peripheral scenes are working, the ISY is not responding correctly. I loaded the interface, it pops up, the devices are listed, but there is a continuous "System Busy" notice, with the following below: [ X10] P1 I do have one X10 unit left, a motion, and it does send a P1 code. I cannot get into "Programs" tab at all, it just cycles continuously with the Loading Programs box. I tried rebooting the ISY, no change. There is no ERROR light, the POWER light is ON, there was a flickering of the Rec and Send lights, and now there is just an occasional flickering of the REC light. What next? * Orest

http://www.ispeech.org/ ... will play it only, but you can just record the voice easily. From the brief survey I've done, seems to be the most natural sounding voice. * Orest

Looks like that is no longer functional. In any case, how did you trigger the wav phrase play? * Orest

Interesting approach. I have a ton of old computers lying around. * Orest

Rod, Yes, I have an X10 ding-donger, and can use it for a number of things. I have a motion outside that it runs, the garage door opening, it rings it twice. But what about a detected water leak, or some other more urgent condition. Ringing the same ding donger three times doesn't quite do it. Or perhaps some other situation, non-urgent, that you want to differentiate from a motion outside. * Orest

Short of a blaring siren, but more than the X10 ding-donger, what are folks using? This would be to for example alert that the garage door is opening. I have the keylincs beep, but that is not very loud. It would be nice to be able to play a number of different alerts, kind of like cellphone alerts. * Orest

Run Else That is a spiffy little statement, didn't realize you could do that, it will be handy. * Orest

Well, it is pretty easy to short the wires around the relay, or even wire in a breaker to provide a bypass in the event of relay failure. Don't think either approach is wrong, depends on priorities. A bit of a story .... Just recently, our main floor clothes washer dumped its entire load of water, from all of its cycles, on the floor. The water moved to the wall along a built-in raised floor area (raises the washer to chest level), ran down the drywall at the back to the lower level, where it took out a dozen dropped ceiling tiles, which then rained down on the carpet and furniture. It was a big mess, not a disaster, but a real nuisance. After cleaning up, I am now running fans all over to try to dry everything out, and debating whether I should chop into the drywall to check the in-wall state. The above, is the reason I want to kill that pump! BTW, I was just about to install a water sensor in that location, frustratingly it was still in the box on top of the washer. Without a pump kill it would not have stopped the water, but at least would have warned my wife to run up and shut the darn thing off. Also, I spoke generically when I said solenoid, thanks for correcting. As you say, what I indeed have is a gear driven, slow open/slow close, non-restricting valve that my plumber recommended. I was rather surprised at how expensive it was. We also kill the water when we are away for any period of time, by setting away mode. * Orest

Actually, in more critical applications, it would be better to run it electrically NO. Otherwise, if the relay should fail, you wouldn't know until you actually needed it. I set up my water shutoff valve along the same way, the main supply solenoid/valve is normally flow closed, it needs to be powered to allow flow. Odd about the terminology, that an electrical NO = a plumbing NC. * Orest

midrar, that is actually a very good idea. Brian - a good heads up, I do have some program logic (driven by a time delay relay) that will detect and correct critical insteon units/relays after a power loss. The ISY itself has a UPS to keep it alive. * Orest

Do you ship to Canada? * Orest

Thanks, found the manual. Very tempting, and yes a very good price. The device is defined in ISY, right? * Orest

That unit may indeed be perfect. A shame it was discontinued, and is only available reconditioned "as is". * Orest

Not an ISY question per see, but a lot of experienced folks here. Q. I need a 110v insteon device that will handle up to 20amp for switching a dishwasher. Any suggestions?? Why would I want that, if interested here is the story ... I'm setting up protection against water leaks. Have Waterbug sensors set up in multiple locations in the basement, and water being sensed will deactivate a solenoid that keeps the water supply flowing. All good. Have sensors at the clothes washer and dishwasher, but this will NOT stop a leak from the discharge hoses. I want to be able to kill the power to both of these devices as well in the event of a discharge leak, killing the power kills the pump and stops the leak. There is a 220v 30amp relay for insteon so the clothes washer can be handled. * Orest

With the discovery and recovery programs I'm using now, the Venstar lockup is essentially a non-issue. I am running three Venstars. That said, I do look forward to it being properly fixed. (firmware) * Orest

I have set up some routines that will allow the system to survive/restore on a power outage, having to reset EZIO relays and appliance modules, and so on. The ISY is power backed up, it will not go down. The PLM of course is not, and it will power cycle. Is there some way for the ISY (user) to detect a power cycling of the PLM, while the ISY remains powered up? I use a time delay relay on the sense for a 2450, as well monitoring the status of a 2450 relay that is normally set ON, but having something more programatically "direct" would be cool. Also, I've observed that the ISY seems to do a full My Lighting query when the PLM is power cycled and comes back on, although it is not consistent. Is this normal? Of course I would want exactly that done in general. * Orest