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So today, both the exit and enter events worked on the geofence for my wife's phone. What was different today over last night? The thing I did this morning was reboot her phone. I guess the moderators can close this thread and I'll just keep watching this for a while. Thanks for all the support here.

@Javiunfortunately neither of those is the case here. I have triple checked that location services for UD Mobile are set to Always and the fence is enabled. My wife just went out a few minutes ago. I'll see what happens this morning and report back. Thanks.

More on Q3 above: When I press the Send Sys Custom button, the last status goes to False and the device has a red ! on it in the AC. What is it hiccuping on?

Is there a way to clear the Geofence log? I just looked at the log on my wife's iPhone and there are no errors. But the last entry was at 10:08:17a yesterday. We went out last night which my phone records but not hers.

I did try resetting the network settings on my wife's iPhone last night and the problem got worse. It not only didn't report when she returned inside the geofence, it didn't report when she left either. I'll try to capture the logs today when she goes out.

@Javi and @larryllix thanks for that explanation. When I use the buttons on the side of the 2635, it does in fact run the Then clause. Since I turn this on via motion sensor, I'll use status instead. Case closed.

This is turning on and off a floor lamp in my office by my desk and computer. I use it test this kind of stuff. So thru the AC, I turn the light off and a few seconds later turn it back on. Is this too quick?

@larryllix I did the restore on the on/off module and it made no difference. Still didn't fire the Then clause.

@Javi so if this is an INSTEON 2635-222 plug in on/off module, then Control won't work with it and I must use Status - correct?

I created a Pushover.net Notify Node within the Notification Configuration section of the plugin. Everything seems to be defined OK. Q1: For the Message button, the message field says 0. I thought there was supposed to be a set of predefined short messages which we could select from. I don't see those anywhere. Is that incorrect? Q2: When I press the Send Message button (it's off the screenshot on the bottom) I get an Unknown notification through Pushover on my iPhone. It says Undefined Message 0 which corresponds to the 0 in Q1. But where are the predefined messages then? Q3: I selected Christmas Indoors for the System Custom Content and then pressed the System Custom Content button which I assumed loaded that message. When I press the Send Sys Custom button (again not visible), I get nothing on my phone. If I press the Send Sys Custom with Params button, I get the Christmas Indoors message I defined. See 2nd screenshot. Why didn't I get it with the Send Sys Custom button? I am really trying to FULLY understand this Notification world so I can maybe help someone else who is less technical with it as well.

OK changing the Control to Status and the Then clause executes. But I thought Control was the way to go. If I use Status, doesn't that constantly query the device for the status rather than only when the status changes which I what I though control did?

@dbussas I mentioned, it is an INSTEON device which is why I’m puzzled it’s not working.

@dbuss the switch is an INSTEON on-off module. @paulbates the notifications are the next thing to ask about which I will do in a separate thread to keep things cleaner.

I know there is a wiki page somewhere that describes the difference between control and status but I can't find it. I have this very simple program but the Then clause never runs when the light is turned on. I thought this was proper use of Control rather that Status. Why doesn't this run? Thanks. If 'Office / OnOff-9.1 On-Off Module' is switched On Then Set 'Notification Controller / Service Pushover UDEISYPO' System Custom Content 3 Notification ID Set 'Notification Controller / Service Pushover UDEISYPO' Device KBM_iPhone Set 'Notification Controller / Service Pushover UDEISYPO' Send Message Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

@dbwarner5 pretty cool! How they do connect to your Eisy since the sensors are not INSTEON?

@dbwarner5 thanks for the information. I have not tried resetting network services but that is a good idea. I'll give that a shot. What do you mean by driveway sensors? Thanks.

@Javi I will do that. I will clear all logs first (I think I can do that) and then create the file you asked for. Stay tuned.

@Jimbo.Automates can I make a suggestion that features that are really no longer needed (but may still be used) be moved to a section in your readme me file called OLD FEATURES or something like that? It would help new users like myself sort through what I really need to read and focus on. This is a nice plugin but I'm still trying to sort out all the pieces. If there were some I knew were old, out dated features, I could skip them entirely. Just a thought.

I have a Geofence defined within UD mobile. I have 2 devices: my iPhone (Kent) and my wife's iPhone (Nancy). I did a backup of my UD Mobile and imported it into her iPhone UD Mobile app so the geofence definition is the same. My iPhone (15 Pro Max) tracks very well to entering and exiting the geofence. My wife's iPhone 13 not so much. I've attached a screenshot from this morning. We left our house around 7:50a. My phone triggered a notification at 7:56 while my wife's not until 7:59. I can live with that. On the return home, my phone triggered at 9:40 but my wife's not till we pulled in the driveway at 9:45. Not ideal but somewhat tolerable. My wife went back out shortly thereafter and it triggered an alert at 10:08 that she had left the geofence. She returned home about 20 minutes and it never executed the ENTER geofence commands. This is not the first time it has failed to enter these for her phone. Location Services for both phones is set to ALWAYS track. Any ideas on improving this? Thanks.

@Jimbo.Automates Thanks for the responses! Is the additional ISYPortal functionality what is described as "REST Interface"? I really want to learn more about how to use that. Also, what is the best resource you know of to use the pushover.net service with your Notification plugin? Thanks!!

OK, I think we're on the home stretch in getting to really understand the Notification Node Server (or is the preferred term Plugin now?). Screenshot1 show nodes 2 and 3 that I have defined within the Notification NS/plugin. Node is the ISYPortal Service Node I created by filling in my API key from UD Mobile. It shows up in the Admin Console - see screenshot2. It, and the UD Mobile node are listed under the Notification Controller Device. Q1: Is the ISYPortal Service Node even necessary? Or can I just use the UD Mobile node and custom messages from Configuration/Emails/Notficiations/Customizations? If it is necessary, where/how is it used? Q2: From screenshot2, the Device is set to group Kent which is great. The Message is 0 because I don't have any predefined messages from the Configuration tab of the Notification plugin. (I had a couple test messages there but deleted them because the instructions say that is not the best way to do that anymore.). I can't see any reason I'd send a message from this screen with the "Send Message" button at the bottom. Is that correct? Is there a reason other than testing that I use it here? Q3: When I press the "System Custom Content" button, no message is generated. But if I push the "Send Sys Custom With Params" button, I get the UD Test Message showing up under Notifications in UD Mobile. Why does "System Custom Content" not send a message? Let's start with these. I'm trying to gather enough helpful info to put in a "Notifications for Dummies" kind of doc to share. Thanks!

@Javi you must have been right about the things not being saved. I tried it again but made sure everything was saved first and I got the right message. Thanks. One step closer.

This can be closed. Was due to the network outage earlier today. Thanks.

A reboot got me back online. Thanks.

I am still offline. Do I need to reboot to get back online or should I go online automatically?