GDavis01

Interestingly, in my other installation (home) I have no Filterlincs and I haven't had any problems. My PLM is not on a dedicated circuit and I have a ton of electrical / sound equipment right next to it!! Lucky so far, I guess, with that installation!

I have started researching Filterlincs. Looking at the Aartech site (Canada) I see that they only sell the 10 amp model (1626-10). Is this the recommended model (Manual shows a 5 amp model)? Here is an excerpt from the manual... I don't have an appliance module so I will be using my Dual Band Lamplinc... what do they mean by a transmitter? I would assume that I would need to use the ISY which means that I need a computer and my home network (router) also running... correct? Another excerpt... Do they still make those? lol I haven't seen one in many years!! Just looked it up and they do still sell them!! I think I will buy one $14 and try that route too.

Thanks for the replies. My PLM is currently on the same circuit as my router, a distributed sound system, a plugged in laptop, a battery charger for my drill, a powered switch and the ISY... so based on the comments it appears that this may be my issue! I now have to find a new place to locate the PLM where I can connect it to the ISY, and the ISY to the home network! This might prove to be a temporary challenge. When I do I will post the outcome.

I used the 4 tap test on the PLM to verify that a dual band device was on the other leg (i.e. the Lamplinc). So when I do the tap test I see the Lamplinc blinking green. Despite this the ISY cannot communicate with the Outdoor Module.

I have a new ISY994i installation and I seem to be having problems accessing certain devices at times! I have 6 dual band Switchlinc Dimmers (2477D), 2 LampLincs (B2457D2), 1 Leak Sensor (2852-222) and 1 Outdoor module (2634-222). In terms of electrical set up within the house there are 3 sub-panels off the main panel. I used one of the Lamplincs to bridge the 2 phases. Am I correct in understanding that bridging the 2 phases only has to be done once despite the number of panels? Here is an example of a problem I am having... I linked the ISY and Outdoor Module using a plug within the house and it worked as expected. I then went outside and plugged my landscape lights into the module. Then sitting outside, using Mobilinc on my iPhone, I did a Sync with the ISY. Once again all went well and I could now see the Outdoor Module on Mobilinc. I then was able to successfully turn on the landscape lights with Mobilinc. Happy with this set up, I went to my indoor computer, linked to the Admin Console, to start programming the Module... however the ISY could no longer see the module and shows with a red exclamation point on the console! Any suggestions on how to debug this?

Yes, thanks, I saw that. I had a quick look at it and it felt like I was going to have to bare my soul to them in order to set it up! I generally am very distrustful of cloud services, so I try to avoid them when possible. However I will admit that it was only a 5 minute look at their offer... I will look closer when I have the time.

As I understand it, when I look at 'My URL' (Help -> About) it shows the manner by which I accessed the system. When I access it locally it shows the LAN IP address but when I access it remotely it shows the URL I used to access it. I too am surprised that the ISY would be able to see the No-IP Host name... is it possible that the ISY is simply showing a field that is picked up from the computer I am using to access the system?

Yes I was spelling the URL correctly. In fact, I was just copying and pasting from the No-IP site. My problem was the way I had set up the host within No-IP. I originally selected the Host Type as Port 80 Redirect whereas I believe that I should have selected DNS Host (A). I changed the Host Type to DNS Host (A) and now when I enter mycottage.ddns.net (not the real host name!) I can login into the ISY. When I look at 'My URL' (Help -> About) it shows "http://mycottage.ddns.net".So I realize now that I should always use the syntax https://mycottage.ddns.net:443 when l login. Am I correct in assuming that if my router does support DDNS and specifically No-IP then I would not need to have the No-IP app running on a computer 24/7 updating the Wan IP address every 5 minutes? So if I understand correctly, you do not keep port 443 open to the outside but instead have a 5 digit port open which is routed internally to 443... right?

If I understand your question, I see the respective addresses when, on the Administrative Console, I go to Help--> About (as I explained in an earlier post) On my cottage ISY 'My URL' shows the current external WAN IP address http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and 'Internet Access' showed an old external WAN IP address https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. I have now disabled the Internet Access so there is nothing there. However the WAN IP address continues to show under 'My URL'. Whereas on my home ISY 'My URL' shows the local network address. My understanding is that 'My URL' should show the LAN IP address as it does on my home ISY. I am just trying to understand why there is a difference. Just a thought... given, that I am accessing my cottage ISY remotely is it possible that 'My URL' simply shows the address I am using for access? So if I logged on to the Cottage ISY, while at the cottage and through the cottage network it would then show the local LAN IP address.

No I don't have uPnP turned on for either ISY. I have now turned off the Internet Access for the Cottage ISY but still have the WAN IP address showing for My URL. It doesn't seem to be affecting anything so far...

I only use https to access the ISY. The No-IP app sends the WAN IP address to No-IP and so I can find the address by logging into my No_IP account from anywhere. Since my ISP changes the IP address often I need the revised address to gain access to the ISY remotely. I would like to see if I can figure out how to run that app on a Raspberry so that I don't have to keep a computer running 24/7 at the cottage. I have a new Asus router which I believe is supposed to handle No-IP but I simply haven't had the time at the cottage to play with it enough. I want to have a DDNS service because eventually I will want access to my IP cameras / NVR. For the time being I am testing out the access with the free version but I will probably end up with a headache-free (!!) pay version. Interestingly I can access the ISY with the https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:443but not with https://mycottage.ddns.net:443 (the No-IP host name). Perhaps it's the way I have set it up on my router... I will try to turn off the Internet Access and see if it impacts anything I do... Any ideas on why the cottage ISY 'My URL' shows the current external WAN IP address whereas my home ISY shows the local address?

Thanks for the reply. On my home ISY the 'My URL' shows my internal IP address 10.0.x.xxx and the 'Internet Access' as Disabled. I am guessing that I disabled it at some point to get around the certificate messages I was getting! It doesn't appear that I need it. I currently use Mobilinc to access this network. On my cottage ISY 'My URL' shows the current external WAN IP address http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxxand 'Internet Access' shows an old external WAN IP address https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx I have been trying to setup up a DDNS service (No-IP) to access my cottage but accessing my network using the 'host' name has not been successful so far! (I suspect that I haven't mastered the port forwarding for this!!) However by logging in to my No-IP account, from my home, I am able to see the cottage's updated IP address, and then, using a browser, I can access the ISY with https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:443. Can I just disable the Internet Access like my home set up and still get remote access? Why does the cottage ISY show the external WAN IP address whereas my home ISY shows it's internal IP address?

I recently installed a new ISY994i at my cottage. My ISP changes my IP address often (daily or more!). I noticed that when I check the ISY (Help -> About-> Internet Access) the address is not updated! Why would this not happen automatically? Am I correct in assuming that if the ISY has not updated the IP address then accessing the ISY remotely would not work? Edit: I'm using Firmware v.4.2.18

I live in Canada, does the upgrade from the ISY99i/IR PRO to ISY994i/IR PRO offer apply here as well? If so, how do I go about this?

Thanks for the reply. I am at 3.2.6 on the ISY and it is a new motion sensor. I unchecked the On Only Mode but nothing seems to happen when there is motion! The current state of the Motion Sensor-Sensor remains at OFF; the current state of Motion Sensor-Dusk.Dawn remains at ON. Is this what I should be seeing?

I just bought a Motion Sensor (2420M) and set it up so that it is recognized by my ISY99i. Under My Lighting I now see the 3 parts of the unit (Sensor, Dusk.Dawn, Low Bat). I also set the parameters as Timeout = 1 minute; Led Brightness = 10; Darkness Sensitivity = 35. I also checked all 3 boxes (As Motion is Sensed; ON/Off Commands; and Always). My question is, now that it is setup, shouldn't the state of the Motion Sensor-Sensor change to "ON" when there is motion in front of the unit? I have been trying to test it by waving my hand right in front of it and yet I see no change in status!

LeeG, I'm using Windows Internet Explorer and the zipped file remained zipped. Any other ideas?

I have tried several times to upgrade from 3.1.17 to 3.2.2 and run into the following errors: Upgrade process went to 8%, then failed with the following two errors: 1 - Upgrade falled: failed uploading file (reported written size is invalid) 2 - Socket timeout error Downloaded the file 3 times, but upgrade generated the same error each time. Environment: Windows XP Pro SP3 Java SE 6 1.6.0_31-b05 ISY 99i/IR Pro Networking and Mobilinc modules Any ideas on how to resolve this?

Interesting!! When I was trying to figure out the how to parse the output I was using my PC with the following command in explorer: http://192.168.1.198/rest/vars/get/2/13 Here was the output: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> - 6 6 20120323 06:19:54 Note the extra space in ="UTF-8" ? When I used the same command on the iMac in Safari here is what I got: 6620120323 06:19:54 Now I just tried the curl command in terminal and I see the correct output, without that space! Now the cut command makes more sense (I also realized that I was using it incorrectly!). Thanks again...

oceanman93, Thanks for this post... I was trying to follow your other post "ISY has a Voice!" and in trying to better understand the REST commands I stumbed onto this one. This is really helpful. You mention that you compiled a ... would you consider sharing the doc file? A couple of points: - In your post you have I think that the correct syntax should be http://192.168.15.152:5052/rest/vars/definitions/2 - In the section where you show examples like this: I believe that there should be a space between the "8" and the "?" in . I raise this only because when parsing this if one is using the spaces as the delimiter there is one missing. This post has really helped my understanding... thanks again.

I have seen on a few posts that the ISY can send a text message notification, yet I cannot seem to find any details on how I would set this up. Can someone please clarify. Edit: Ok I now understand how it is supposed to work. Now I just have to get it to work!