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Never mind - figured out the problem. Just had to force the 871 to drop the lease on the old IP and then reboot the ISY.

Hi, I'm trying to configure the ISY for internet access with my Cisco 871 router. Initially all I want to do is assign a static IP using the ISY's mac as the client identifier. But for some reason the ISY won't pick up the new static IP with DHCP enabled. The thing is, I've assigned static IPs for other devices on my network (xbox, slingbox, blu-ray, etc.), so I'm pretty sure the router is configured correctly and I triple checked all the settings. I guess I could disable DHCP and manually configure the static on the ISY, but I'd prefer if the router handled the static. Any thoughts on why the ISY with DHCP on will not pick up the new static IP?

Turns out two of my twisted pairs were terminated incorrectly, Doh! With that fixed the PLM works fine in it's new location.

I'll double check all my connections tonight (using a network micro scanner) - but I'm pretty sure the cat5 jacks are all terminated correctly because the line worked fine for LAN data. If everything checks out, then I can only assume the PLM just does not work with the 40-50 ft line to the ISY. So I was thinking, rather than run a new AC line to the projector, I could relocate both the ISY and the PLM to the location by my breaker box, and then repurpose the cat5 line to extend the IR emitter from the IR distribution block. But here again, I'm not sure if the signal loss over the line will prevent the IR from working. I've read elsewhere that 50ft should not be a problem for the IR emitter - but that's what I thought about the ISY/PLM and that hasn't worked

I checked all the connections by disconnecting the isy and plm, then switching the LAN over to the new line - network works fine, so my terminations are good. My run between the isy and plm is not nearly 75 ft - 50 tops. I have a 2 ft network cable running from the isy to an ethernet jack in the wall. Back of jack is punched down to cat5 which then runs about 40 ft to the back of a network patch panel, and punched down there. From the patch panel I have another 2 ft cable into the plm. The lights on the isy seem to indicate the plm is ok, but when I start up the admin console it says it's running in safe mode because there is no plm detected.

The projector is mounted in the ceiling - so running a new AC line would have been just as much work as running a new cat5 line. And I assume that having the PLM plugged into the service outlet by the breaker box would be the best option. Also, I tried the FilterLinc on the projector outlet but that did not solve the problem. So I spent about 3 hours running the cat5, and... no luck; the ISY does not see the PLM. So I guess my wire run is too long. This sucks.

I confirmed that the ISY and PLM work fine in the equipment closet (with the projector on), when the PLM is plugged into the outlet by my breaker box via an extension cord.

Currently all my switches are on the same phase and the PLM is the only RF device - so that rules out RF as the problem. Plus, I moved the ISY and PLM into another location (by the breaker box) and the problem went away. But I need to keep the ISY in the same closet as the other theater equipment because that's where the IR repeater is located. Its possible I could add a cat5 line from the closet to the breaker box area (about a 50' wire run) but I'm not sure if the ISY can be separated from the PLM by that length. I've read some other threads that indicate 50' is about the max. The only other option would be to run a new AC line from the breaker to the projector and hope that helps. Suggestions? Thanks for helping out Mike.

The projector is plugged into the FilterLinc (bottom 'Filtered' socket) on an outlet that is about 15 feet (wire run) from the outlet with the ISY, PLM, and other equipment. All the racked equipment is plugged into an UPS (including the ISY) with the exception of the PLM which is directly into the wall outlet. I should also mention that with all the theater equipment on except the projector, the ISY works flawlessly - so I'm 100% sure it's the projector.

Hi, I've got a strange problem - it seems that when my Epson projector is on, the ISY starts having communication problems. I use my Harmony One remote to control the lights in my basement home theater setup. During testing everything would work fine, but while watching TV or a movie, if I tried to turn on or off a light nothing would happen. The ISY event viewer would indicate the IR events were received but communication with whatever insteon light would fail. So I purchased and insteon filter and put the ISY on that - still no help. Finally I started turning on each device (receiver, dvr, dvd, projector) individually and identified the Epson projector as the problem. I tried plugging the projector into the filter but that did not help. I'm stumped! Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.

2.8.10 solved the problem! I will mention that the 1and1 settings only worked when I set the "From" field to my email address - any other value caused a timeout error (even with timeout set to 5000). Thanks for the help!

That solved the problem. Also solved my issue with email notifications from 1and1. Thanks!!!

same problem here - no luck with 1and1 accounts.

Hi - I have been accessing the ISY admin console using a browser with no problems but I recently tried launching the java app directly (no browser). The app comes up fine but when I click the "Configuration" tab I get two pop-ups. One states "Request Failed" and the other asks me to confirm if "I have read and agree to the terms and conditions of use as outlined in:" with a link to the prod-disclaimer.pdf file. I clicked "Yes" but these pop-ups continue each time I start the admin console directly. The other strange thing is, on the config page, there's no SMTP settings? Any ideas what's going on and why I'm getting the "Request Failed" error? Thanks!

I would agree with this also - two programs vs then/else should be no different - either way an action will be executed. I wonder how the ISY evaluates the "status" of a device. I'm would assume that for efficiency, the ISY keeps and internal state (on/off) for each device and only runs the program when the status changes.

Unless I am mistaken, the Wait statement avoids the race condition that describe in my write-up, here: http://adamsj.com/isy/ The race condition is a concern is you have lots of devices (I have over 100 devices), and some occasional Insteon network delays due to a large configuration (lots of breaker panels, etc.). Your mileage may vary. I didn't like the flickering keypad button, as it was confusing to use. I've tried my single program solution without the wait statements and it still works fine - no race condition, no flickering. I think the reason you're running into the problem with the race condition is because your solution involves a program to turn the scene on or off (the actual lights) where as with my solution the program only controls a scene that sets the KPL LED. The control of the lights ("All On/Off" scene) is handled by the KPL button as a controller in the scene.

Thanks - good to know I'm getting a handle on this. Why is it better to use a 2nd program to turn off the LED rather than the else statement?

Hi - I'm very new to ISY programming, so I may be totally wrong here, but I was able to create a very similar basement control setup with less complexity. I'll explain what I did and please let me know if I'm missing something or there is some reason my solution is not good. I have a KPL at the top of my stairs and I use each button to control a zone in the basement. Each zone may have multiple sets of lights. For example, my theater zone has overhead cans, back sconces, and side sconces. Button A on the KPL will turn on or off all the lights in the theater zone. If any one circuit in the zone is on, then the KPL LED is lit, otherwise it is not lit. So this is the same as your basement scenario, just with multiple zones (and buttons) rather than all together. Here's what I did (I'll stick with the theater zone for the example). First I created a scene which included the KPL Button A as a Controller and each of the load wired switches (overhead cans, back sconces, and side sconces) as Responders. At this point, pressing KPL button A will turn on all the lights in the theater zone (and the KPL button is illuminated). Pressing KPL button A again will turn off all the lights in the theater (and the KPL button turns is off). Next I created a second scene which only included KPL Button A as a responder. Lastly, I created a program to monitor the status of the theater zone; If Status 'Basement Lights / Theater Cans' is not Off Or Status 'Basement Lights / Theater Rear Sconces' is not Off Or Status 'Basement Lights / Theater Side Sconces' is not Off Then Wait 1 second Set Scene 'Basement Lights / Stairs Top Keypad (A) LED' On Else Wait 1 second Set Scene 'Basement Lights / Stairs Top Keypad (A) LED' Off I'm not even sure if the wait statements are necessary. Since the scene fired as the action 'Basement Lights / Stairs Top Keypad (A) LED' only includes the KPL button as a responder, the button LED lights up correctly but the actual scene for the zone does not change - hence no race or looping issues. So far this seem to work.