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I see many upgrades in the store section of the site for the ISY-26, but I was wondering if there would be a way to upgrade not only from the 99i to the 99i Pro (on the modules page), but fromthe 99i to the 99i Pro IR. Can I open the case and upgrade it myself with the IR system? Thanks.

Perfect. Thanks for the quick reply.

I can't seem to find anything here about what would be involved in this process. Is it merely a firmware update, or would I need to send the unit in? Also, how much would it cost me? Thanks!

I'm looking forward to when you guys can fit this in as well. I was under the mistaken impression that you had already implemented variables, though I'm not sure how I got that idea. I guess it was an assumption since I read about someone creating reports based on communications with their Brultech device. They would certainly be handy for that sort of thing, as well as using them with other network enabled devices and in conditionals.

Good to know. Glad you solved your problem and sorry for the erroneous advice.

No, I meant physically pulling the reset tab on the device. I think that's only for ramp rates though. I may be confused, but I have a strong feeling that I read that either here or on another forum relating to Insteon devices. I hope I'm wrong because changing ramp rates on-the-fly would be awesome.

I could be wrong, but I think that I read somewhere here that you need to reset the switches in order for them to adopt the new ramp rates. You can try it out, or we can wait for confirmation..,

Even better idea.

Would the ISY not then be rendered unnecessary if you had Homeseer and vice versa? Does Homeseer not have an Insteon plugin that can control Insteon directly through a PLM? I'm not trying to stop sales of the ISY by any means, just trying to figure out the logic. For sure the ISY would be a good thing to have in any Insteon installation, regardless. Especially since the ISY is capable of controlling the Sonos device directly, from what I understand. Why are you avoiding the IR emitters? Too many wires? The first thing that came to my mind when I read the title of your thread was a GC-100 and and some IR emitters/a serial cable hooked up to a multizone amp or array of amps. I guess the Sonos solution is a lot tidier.

Out of curiosity, could we use a transistor as well? I just discovered them a few months ago and I like them a lot better for most similar applications because they are completely silent. I hate the clicking noise of relays for some reason.

Hi, Just wondering if there would be any positive reason to use a dual mesh PLM to connect to the ISY, aside from having an additional access point. Would there be any difference aside from having to plug the ISY into the wall instead since the new DM-PLM will no longer power devices? Could it be advantageous to use the dual mesh version instead in case of future development with the ISY that would allow direct communication with wireless devices? I'd just like to make an informed purchase and be as future ready as possible. Thanks.

Very helpful, indeed. Thanks!

Well, that's good news. I'll see what I can find in the wiki about the wait command. In theory then, I could have a program that is triggered by the sunset that would wait an hour then start another program that waits a random amount of time before turning on a light in order to get a wait time of at least an hour after sundown? Thanks very much for your attentiveness! Sorry for breaking the topic. That's all from me here.

Four here. I'd like to eventually use them for control of a home theater system, as well as set up a couple of stepper motors to control my vertical blinds using Serialincs. Thanks.

Thanks for the advice/info. Would the bi directional communications project be a firmware release, or something more substantial that would require updated hardware? The reason I ask is because I've been holding off on my ISY purchase for a long time now in the hopes of seeing a few new features and so far a couple of them have been implemented. I'm really getting anxious to join the other happy ISY users. One other feature I'd like to see is a randomized offset that you could set for the sunrise/sunset events, possibly with the ability to add a predetermined offset as well. For example, turn on a light 1 hour after sunset, plus a random amount of time between 0 and 1.5 hours. Should I bother posting this in the features requests, or are you too busy for something like that? Thanks again. -D

I'm investigating a similar project. Basically, I would like to have a system that is completely independent of my PC. The GC-100 seems to be one vital piece of the puzzle, as well as the ISY. Can you please clarify a little? I understand that the ISY will not react to TCP/IP messages sent to it, if I'm correct. How about hooking up a SeriaLinc - Insteon to 2-Way RS232 Serial Converter (http://www.smarthome.com/2410S/SeriaLin ... ter/p.aspx) to the Global Cache and using the signals from that? Is that a viable (albeit tedious) work-around? Are there plans in the near future to modify the ISY to look for commands over the network? Thanks!