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I just got my ZMatter USB add-on for my Eisy. I connected the antennae correctly, plugged it into the left-most USB port on the Eisy, and rebooted the Eisy. My AC now shows both the Z-wave and Zigbee menu items. But I cannot add a Z-wave device. I have Minoston MP21Z plug outlets. I have plugged one in, went to the Z-wave menu and selected Add a Z-wave Device. It goes into device discovery mode (see attached). I push the on/off button on the Minoston outlet 3 times quickly to put it in pairing mode but nothing happens. It blinks 3 times and goes back to solid blue. The Eisy just stays in pairing mode and doesn't add anything. What am I missing? There are no instructions with this this add-in which would be nice.

So I ordered one Ecobee through my electric provider with a $75 discount. Then I ordered a refurbished Ecobee and remote sensor from Ecobee + got another 10% of from a working coupon code. I can’t wait any longer to replace these Honeywell T9’s. Will report back here on my transition experiences.

@lilyoyo1 I am with you on simplifying things (although my wife doesn’t think the home automation stuff is simple LOL). I can get one Ecobee for $75 off thru my electricity provider. I still need another one with a remote sensor and I hate to pay full price so I’ll keep watching for sales. Can you elaborate on your “control 4 system”? What is that? Thanks!

@Scott Korvek all valid comments and things to think about. To use the Venstar API, I have to have the skill to write some code to use it - correct? I might be past that at this point. They do offer Skyport although I have not looked at subscription costs. That is a really good thing to factor into this equation: cloud service subscription fees and node server fees. Thanks.

@Bumbershoot and @Scott Korvek Thanks for the info on the Venstar thermostats. Looks like the 5200 is no longer available and the 7850 is the choice. Looks like it's a choice (for me) between Ecobee and Venstar. I'm done with Honeywell. I know others use it and it works fine. I have just had less than positive experiences with the Resideo app. So now I start looking for sales on Ecobee and Venstar.

I wrote a "Notifications for Dummies" guide as it is a little more complicated than I thought it would be. Attaching it here. Notifications for Dummies V2.pdf

@TRI0N Thanks for the info. I tried adding the "1" in front of my 10-digit phone number and it didn't help from with Eisy. If I use my mail client and send it to the same 11-digit address, it comes through fine. That said, I have switched to relying on the Notification feature of UD Mobile. I spent many hours figuring that all out and it works consistently. But I do appreciate the response.

@Geddy I think you're right. So I'll turn lights on when the motion is reported, set a wait timer, and then turn the lights off.

@IndyMike The thing I was trying to accomplish was having a seperate program to turn the lights on based on motion and a second program to start a wind-down timer and then turn the lights off when the motion detection went back to no motion. That works with an INSTEON motion sensor. I doesn't appear that the Ring Motion Sensor in the StickUp Camera reports the motion clearing event.

Attaching V2 of Notifications for Dummies with the embedded hyperlink that works and the removal of the Pushover mention. Decided to keep this focused on UD Mobile Notifications. Notifications for Dummies V2.pdf

I had an INSTEON motion sensor there but when I installed the Ring Stick-UP camera with motion sensing, I took the INSTEON sensor down. Didn't think I needed 2 sensors.

Is there a how to guide on writing Node Servers/plugins for EISY?

So my Ring Stick-up Camera and Node Server work fine. See the code below which messages me when motion is detected. The test is what I would use with an INSTEON motion detector. But I also wanted a test when the motion detector stopped sensing motion using a '07-Front Porch / Ring / Front Door (Motion)' is not switched Motion but this does not work. I looked at the settings of the Ring camera itself but didn't see anything helpful. Can this be done does anyone know? Front Door Motion - [ID 001D][Parent 001C] If '07-Front Porch / Ring / Front Door (Motion)' is switched Motion Then // This is a Message sent to UD Mobile Set 'Notification Controller / UD Mobile' Send Message To Kent Sound 'default' Content 9 Notification ID (ID=9) Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

I had this one, switched to the 2007 to get S2 support. Same basic thermostat, one has S2 smart start, didn't even need to re-wire anything Do these T6’s still use the Resideo Smart Home app?

@Goose66 how did you pull that off?? I cannot get anyone to return any contact.

I opened an issue on GitHub for this plugin but have had no response from the author.

Are Zwave thermostats natively supported within the eisy? i.e. no node server necessary? This assumes you have the Zwave add-on for eisy BTW.

@Goose66 yes I can although if you mess up your password, you’re toast because you CANNOT get a password reset. But I do get logged in but the configuration of the node server fails on the last step. See this thread:

I am hoping we can get some dialogue going here on what thermostats people are using and how they interface with the EISY. I am going to be shopping for new thermostats soon so I’d really appreciate hearing things like: what make and model are you using? wifi? Zwave? Other? is there a working node server/plugin if one is required to integrate with the eISY? is there a fee/cost for said node server/plugin? pros and cons you’ve found so far with your thermostat of choice? I’ll start with my current experience. i have 2 Honeywell T9 wifi thermostats installed - one for each zone in my house. they are wifi thermostats and the Wi-Fi connection works fine. the Honeywell Home node server that would let you interface these thermostats to your eISY is dead in the water. Resideo support has gone completely dark. no fee for the node server but as I said, it’s broken on the Honeywell side of things. the T9 does include HomeKit support which works fine but the eISY does not yet include HomeKit support. The Resideo IOS app is terrible. I routinely have to log out and back in again to get the app to refresh to the current state of things. Ok your turn, go!

@Geddy Thanks for the idea. The re-install seems to have worked. I did check the portal remote connection just now too and it's all good. Thanks!

I re-installed the Node Server and it is once again working. Not sure if this was related to the 5.8.0 update or not but at least it's working again.

It is something on the EISY/Node Server side. I enabled notifications in the Ring app and it works fine. But no motion message was sent from my EISY. Very simple notification program: Front Door Motion - [ID 001D][Parent 001C] If '07-Front Porch / Ring / Front Door (Motion)' is switched Motion Then // This is a Message sent to UD Mobile Set 'Notification Controller / UD Mobile' Send Message To Kent Sound 'default' Content 9 Notification ID (ID=9) Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') I get nothing.

My Ring StickUp Motion Camera which was working fine has quit working or at least the node server/plugin has quit. I did upgrade to 5.8.0 firmware today so I'm not sure if that is related or not. When I test the Ring device from the AC, it fails. See Event viewer log attached. Also attaching the dashboard view of the Ring Node Server and everything there looks OK I think. Any ideas where to start?

@Javi I can log into ring.com and I can open a live feed view to my StickUp camera. Maybe something has changed?

@Michel Kohanim I'm sure you get asking this a lot but can you give us any sort of guess on HomeKit integration availability? I went down the HA Green path but it adds too much complexity for me.