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Old ISY994i died after many years. Installed an unused 994i that I bought new a few years ago. The new unit came with firmware 5.0.16 and UI 4.9.0. Upgraded firmware to v.5.3.4 but UI remained at v.4.9.0. I've tried all the methods I've been able to find to upgrade the UI but they all fail. How do I upgrade the UI?

I don't use either Polisy or Polyglot. Historically, OpenWeatherMap was prominently listed in the ISY Admin Console but it disappeared a few days ago. I would like to get it back but I haven't been able to do it yet.

After several years of use with no problem, the OpenWeatherMap entry in the Admin Console disappeared and I can't figure out how to restore it. Any suggestions?

I did the update and I like HAM much better than WB so far. I found a weather cite about a mile from me and it seems to work very well and delivers light level that appears accurate to boot. mike

Thanks Bob, I received the May 15 email notification from UDI Support about Weatherbug ceasing to be available on June 1 but nothing further and Weatherbug continued until July 1. I also haven't seen anything about an official version newer than 4.0. I'll check again in case I missed something. mike

Michel, Is WeatherBug still in use? My system had been running fine until Tuesday July 1, when everything stopped. Bob, Is your program running? mike

It might have been a comm problem, I tried it again and it worked. mike

My system is a 994 Pro with 4.0.5 installed. I just received some new 8 button KPLs (2334-222) and my ISY can't find them, saying it can't find the INSTEON engine. I checked the drop-down box and no 2334s are listed. Do I need to change to a beta firmware in order to use the new 2334s? mike

The numbers I see track well with what actually happened, last Saturday the Rain Today was a little over 2" by 9pm and quite naturally, yesterday's Irrigation Requirement was 0. That does point up a problem with the calculation though, today's Irrigation Requirement is 0.0461" even though soil moisture is not even measurable and the consistency of the soil is suitable for making mud pies. Since we are supposed to have rain steadily for the next several days the Irrigation Requirement number should get back to 0 and stay there until the rain stops. I have my irrigation programs disabled and they are going to stay disabled until my handheld soil moisture tester says it is time for water. At that point, whatever my Irrigation Requirement number is will become the new baseline and only when the daily Irrigation Requirement rises above that baseline will water actually be applied. Then I'll wait for the next rain and watch to see if my programs handle it properly. mike

No problem, just curious. mike

Bob, This morning your system was showing 0.07 inches of rain. Right now it is still showing 0.07 inches even though it has been raining strongly all day. Wasn't it raining in EDH today? mike

This morning's numbers look good. Since the heavy rain last night was after midnight, the 0.73" Rain Today appears to be right on. Now we'll see what the Water Deficit Yesterday number looks like tomorrow. mike

Good, I'm using data from your station now. I just checked and your reported temp is about 1 degree off from what it is here. I'm not too concerned with temp differences since I removed my ISY control over my HVAC when I replaced the system. We are forecast to have heavy rain tonight so it will be interesting to see what my system report. Later on I may try to pick your brain about the system you have and figure out if it is practical for me to install a similar arrangement. My local airport data is so flakey I don't dare use it for anything. mike

Bob, Assuming EDH is Eldorado Hills we should be very similar, I'm in Auburn. I would like to try your station, how can I get my ISY to find it? I haven't tried locating a private station yet. BTW, my email is jmcarron@starstream.net mike

Last night's calculation produced a slightly smaller change than I expected but at least the numbers were not frozen from the previous day. We're supposed to get some rain tonight so I should be able to observe again tomorrow. mike

IndyMike, I made the change to FRKSH and we'll see what happens. If all works right, ETo and Yesterday's Water Deficit should be different tomorrow. This is not a long term fix though, summer temps in Fair Oaks can be significantly different from those here. mike

I use a handheld soil moisture sensor to oversee the irrigation operation. If you know of self-powered wireless moisture sensors that could be put in the ground and provide data to a control system I would greatly appreciate hearing about them. mike

IndyMike: I attached the current data from CTRSH. The Rain Today is shown as 0.98" which is wrong. In fact, CTRSH hasn't changed that value for at least 3 days. It seems as though at least one school station is also failing to deliver correct data, only this time instead of resetting the rainfall when it shouldn't, this station appears to not be resetting the rainfall when it should. I haven't checked the data at exactly midnight so it is possible it is resetting to 0 and then restoring the 0.98" value some time later. In any event, my Irrigation Requirement has not gone down at all even though we have had consistent and significant rainfall for the last several days. Also, the Water Deficit Yesterday value has been equal to the Eto value each day and that is something I understand should never happen when there is significant rainfall. Right now I have the irrigation system completely shut down and I plan to leave it that way until I start seeing some realistic values. mike 201403032145.xml

Thanks, greatly appreciate your efforts. I'll stick with CTRSH for the time being but it's too bad that I can't find a closer school to monitor, there are two schools in my area that are no more than 50 feet different in elevation from me. I never noticed the change in the data from KAUN until the rains started and I noticed the rainfall total being reset. It does make me wonder though, if some of my previous issues with the irrigation system wanting to start applying water way too soon after a rain might not be connected. I'll monitor the actual soil moisture as soon as the rains stop and see how long it says the system should wait before starting irrigation, and compare that with what the system thinks it wants to do. mike

IM, Ok, I'll try CTRSH for a while and see what happens. I've been reluctant to change away from KAUN simply because most of the others in a reasonable distance are about 1,000' lower in elevation and that distorts their relevance quite a bit. Not as bad as zeroing out the day's rainfall though, so it may be an improvement. Fingers crossed. mike

Michel: I won't be requesting a refund. The system is useful for most of the year where I am and only fails when we have significant rain. I'm just frustrated that WB evidently decided to contaminate their data. lmike

This afternoon just before I left the house at 3:55pm KAUN was showing a total of 0.65" of rain. When I returned at 9:55pm KAUN was showing a total of 0" of rain. Evidently WB does not intend to allow devices to collect a complete day's rainfall data, at least from any of the stations in my area, which basically means that the irrigation module is useless until after the rainy season is over, becoming useful in areas such as mine where there are extended periods without rainfall while being marginal to useless in areas that have measurable rainfall throughout the year. Michel: evidently I've not been searching properly because I sure can't find any particulars on battery powered Z-wave moisture sensors. Any suggestions? mike

That graph tracks my experience pretty well. Needless to say it negates use of the Irrigation module completely, least until the rainy season has passed. Now about that backyard station you mentioned... I'm not adverse to buying something like that as long I can be certain that it will communicate with the ISY seamlessly. Obviously I would prefer a solution using my own moisture sensors reporting to the ISY but that doesn't seem to be in the immediate future. mike

I don't have the Network module so that explains why I wasn't able to grab a similar table. Incidentally, sometime this afternoon, after logging almost an inch of rain, WB is again showing 0 rainfall. If this continues then I might as well shut my irrigation programs down until soil moisture is down enough to call for irrigation again because if I allow them to run I'm going to be applying water in the midst of a pineapple express (local name for heavy warm rainfall coming in from the general direction of Hawaii). IndiMike, do you have more information on that weather station you have mentioned? mike

IndyMike, No earthquake in this area. I suspect the station at 30' elevation is Sacramento Int'l Airport (KSMF) and the one at 121' is in Lincoln (KLHM). The data in your log tracks very well with what I've been seeing. BTW, how do you set the ISY to log that data? mike