macjeff

Sometimes the version change is hardware. However it could be an internal software thing. One negative on Insteon though is it’s not firmware upgradable. The average life on devices is about 7 years. Mine are dying constantly since I have had my main network 7 years now. soooo. No way to know what the difference is and I am sure it would be hard to get an answer from them. You do have a 30 day return on them so you could try for a newer version. I hope it fixes the battery port issue I mentioned in previous posts. I have about 9 sensors and about every 2-3 weeks one of them has no signal and I have to adjust the battery port. On average probably each sensor reports every 6 months since its not the same one over and over every 2-3 weeks.

The original leak sensor program still works for me. there is a flaw in the leak sensors themselves. The battery connector over a few months gets pushed in and the battery stops responding. the leak sensor program will send you an error 9 which is no response from sensor. 9 out of ten times the issue is the Battery connector. Gently pull them forward so the battery fits tight. Usually then I push and hold the set button until I get the blinking light. If that works sensor is ready to go. If not replace the battery. But again most of the time it’s not the battery. .

I have the same issue. Was working until my iOS app updated. Just contacted Amazon and created a ticket. Its ONLY with routines that contain motion sensors which are all from the ISY. So not sure if its a portal issue or issue on their end. They said they had 1 other report but not sure if that person used ISY.

I use these with the ISY and they work great. I did have the same issue and realized there is a step towards the end of the instructions that says to make a certain program to run at startup. It has been a year but no issues since I fixed that with lots of power outages. Now one important thing- Having lots of problems with random issues where they stop communicating (the same problem but NOT due to power outage). I have found that over time the battery pushes on the connector inside and eventually loses contact. The solution is to pull it out a little on the plus side. Dont pull it off but just pull out a little on the connector so the battery is tighter in there. And a testimonial, which I already gave to UDI to post but I use NodeLink with my Honeywell Alarm system and Alexa. I had a REAL water pipe burst under the Kitchen sink. The sensor was tripped. I got the leak email and text but also set it up so Alexa announced throughout the house and turned off the water. I also had it trigger my alarm system and an automatic valve to shut off the water. It basically saved me thousands of dollars of damage.

Changing subject a little but the posted leak sensor program works. Do it the way suggested. You can add to it like I did. Here is what happened. The other day we had a leak under kitchen sink. A pipe burst. I added three things to the program. First, I added Alexa integration so Alexa announces warning there is a leak. Then I used NodeLink to link to Honeywell Alarm panel. So the leak caused our house alarm went off and it shut off water off to the house. Then it emailed the plumber with form email I made authorizing an emergency plumber visit. We were home so after hearing Alexa, we went to faucet and manually cut off water Yes the water in the house was stopped but all the water in the lines was coming out We did have some damage in ceiling below but otherwise everything is fine and saved major damage Jeff

Ok. Will try. Thanks everyone.

So I have 12 sensors. So I could have a state variable where 0 is all ok and assign 1-12 to it for the bad sensor. So let’s say kitchen sink is number 5 it would assign 5 to the variable and that would trigger Alexa routine for kitchen sink. Then reset variable to zero. Correct? Jeff

First I have been in hospital with pneumonia so I can’t easily test this stuff but very anxious. I understand the way to use a variable but I also see you can expose any device to Alexa So why not just expose each motion sensor and if that is activated say something. Or on a different case you could have motion sensor at front door and if activated say welcome home. I know this is a little off subject but am I understanding this correctly. I see in current programs using a variable might be the better way but for a simple phrase based on activation of something wouldn’t not using a variable easier? and please before you attack me if this is a stupid question remember I am on lots of hospital drugs. LOL i have had he ISY for years and love it. I hit the max links on the PLM so a very large system. So pretty familiar with this. Thanjs to everyone and especially to the guys at UD for coming up with this Jeff

Anyone modify this to work with new Alexa routines to announce the water sensor leaks let me know. Jeff

I have a very loaded ISY/Insteon system installed. There are three things I want the Smarthome hub for 1. Alexa- Read above it is coming soon. In a beta soon? 2. Home Kit- was told there are no plans. I just want to be able to control my ISY from other apps. Like the Phillips Hue app could turn on the Hue lights and also control lights on insteon. And can't say much but Apple is working on a smarthome app to control untying that is Home Kit. Smarthome has already added it. 3. One of my main thing is full camera support for apple watch. Camera support is hard to find and not crazy about the way it is implemented in some of the ISY iPhone apps like MobiLinq. The ones I do like require you to run a server on a mac or pc to relay the stuff. But its all built into the Smarthome Hub. I picked one at 35% off or something like that on Black Friday. I was going to hook it up just for camera support. Any issues with that idea? Jeff

I had some initial issues with my ISY-99i. Rand worked with me over a weekend and we got it working. Then shortly afterwards it stopped again. Since Rand is on Central Time Zone, Michel helped out. I was in a hurry because I was leaving town so Michel said he would rebuild it all from scratch. He basically worked almost all night (All night for me on EST). When he was done it worked fine and all I had to do is re-enter some programs that had to be deleted. This is beyond expectations. They offered many times to take the product back no questions asked but with support like this I knew that I was in good hands so I declined to return it. Thanks again guys, Jeff

In a program if you try to set a keypadlinc button on or off it gives you choices to set the backlight. I like my LED brightness at 1 when off so I have them all set to 15 on and 1 off. If I want to set on can I assume I set to 15/1 and off as 0/1? I tried putting into scenes which you can then turn on or off but I have too many scenes and trying to cut back. Jeff

I am away and forgot my laptop power adapter for my MacBookPro. I borrowed a PC and did a quick change on the ISY. I noticed the progress bar stayed up. On the mac it randomly disappears and you have to go to event viewer. I borrowed a mac and tried the same task and it disappeared right away (1/2 way through the progress bar). As a newbee to all of this I thought stuff was done and started new tasks. Now I know to look at the event viewer to make sure it is finished. (and after UD had to assist in a rebuild of my ISY). Any way we can get this fixed with mac? Jeff

Not home now but this morning I had to click ok ok a dozen times I had a couple after that For the record even with the release 2.8.16 version I dis get one a day or so I have about 10 access points as well as dual band devices. Also probably 25 filters so everything from washing machine to stereo to fridge is filtered Jeff

It may be related to other bug they said was just fixed but anyone else have a lot of device communication errors. I got like 10 in a row. I can fix two ways. One is to click on device with error and turn on and off. This takes a while with a lot of errors. The other is quit java app and open it again then it's fine. Jeff.

Sunrise. Should have run at about 7:26. Ran at 6:26. Was it that sunrise time was not updated? Jeff

Here are my findings last night 1. The programs ran at regular time. 2. I left the isy logged in but it was frozen. Quit the java app. Logged out and logged back in and time was correct but when I look at program summary they did run 1 hour too early. 3. Can you add a way to put daylight savings into your programs. Like send an email when clocks change or something like that? Jeff

Michel, I am also getting the Java exceptions errors. Sometimes I leave the JAVA app running on mac and come back to see the error. Most of the time I have to reboot the ISY because logging out and logging back in after the error I get not found. I would say 1-2 times a day but only a couple times a week do I need a reboot. Jeff

so then the manual is wrong? I guess they need to fix that. Jeff

In 2.8.16 there is another bug (reported one with night mode already which was fixed in earlier beta) with the 2420m. In the manual it says On only mode: when checked only On commands are sent. When unchecked an Off command is sent when the Timeout value expires. In the Options it says On Only Mode: On/Off commands (Checked) On Commands Only (unchecked) Which one is it since they are opposite?? Jeff

tried Lee@email but cant reach you. Can you give me a way to contact you? Rand has my cell phone number. Jeff

Lee, This is a loaded post. If you want me to call you I will. See if you can address all the issues. Think your correct. One of my lights that has the least links I did a restore device and it worked perfectly after that. The others are still a problem. Am I correct that what happened is the links in the PLM got lost? The data in the ISY is still ok, therefore my latest backup is still ok? I want to make sure I dont have to go back to older backup. In addition, I have a Smartlinc. I wish you supported it also but you dont and I understand why, but I use it for the nice web interface. I have it linked to an ipad that is wall mounted and it has an easy interface for guests. It looks like this process does not touch the smartlinc, correct? Since you cant backup the smartllinc I dont want to choose to restore until I am sure it wont break the smartlinc lincs. The smartlinc is listed in my ISY but I just cant use the ISY to configure it. I am worried a total modem restore might wipe the smartlinc. If so I can do it device by device unless you have a better way. Now that we know the problem is the PLM. This is the second time it got wiped due to power isssues here. Is there no way to put this on some sort of battery backup that wont kill its functions? Jeff

I am at a loss. I swear this worked differently before but I am having so many problems maybe since the release candidate a week ago. Anyways, when I use the ISY to control stuff I am fine but if I actually use the insteon switch, the status in the ISY does not update until I do a query of the system. I have one set every night and it takes a few minutes with all my devices. I dont know what to do. My programs are not working because some say something like if light is on then do this. Well if I turn light on from ISY it works fine. Turn it on from switch and nothing happens because the device status in the ISY is still off. I unplugged ISY and PLM multiple times. What can I do? Jeff

Actually they are all appliancelincs and icon relays but although they are off they are reporting on. Once I unplug them they are off and report off until the next power issue. Jeff

I have a 2413s. So plug the ISY power adapter into a UPS but the 2413s cant go into a UPS, right? Also yesterday morning a lot of things did not turn off that should have. All I did was unplug each device and plug them back in. Instantly after plugging back in the device turned off (normally it would have remembered the status in the memory). My theory again is that the low voltage we get when the power switches some of them freeze up as does the PLM (we are between two power stations and if one has problems there is an auto-switch to the other. This causes a brief low voltage. Some devices like large TV's might turn off and others might keep playing like a blu-ray.) Unplugging the device unfroze it and it went to the state it was told to be in but too frozen to fix. This is going to be a strange issue I probably just have to deal with. Once I unplug the "frozen" devices they work fine after that until the next power issue which only happens in high wind or ice storms.