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Thanks again Lee and Brian…I check my communications events (#3) and observed a x10 A1 rx on in the logs using the local paddle as you recommended Brian. I then put the switch into manual unlinking mode and sent 3x- “A1 on†commands to the switch it beeped and now every thing work correctly. Thanks again for the support and knowledge… I just wish every product had this type of user community and manufactures support!!!! I’m just amazed on how great the isy99 works! I just had one of my forty switches fail last week after a year in service (490 days). It went dead…no power… I called SH and they sent out a replacement with no problems ( I also ordered a few more to shelf just in case another one fails) I used the isy to replace the switch the process took less then 10 min. and I was back working with all the links reprogrammed. That alone is worth the price of the unit! Well until next time thanks again. DC

Thanks Brian..No I didn't factory reset the device before programing it. It was a brand new switch so I never thought to do that and I know I didn't program any x10 cmd into the switch so maybe it did ship that way. If I factory reset it can I use the "replace" program to rewrite it to it's old links or do I have to start all over? I see that there is a way to unlink be putting the switch in unlinking mode and sending a x10 signal 3x. I would like to hear what you guys think is my best option. Thanks DC

Thanks Lee..I disabled the programs and your thinking was right the switch stoped responding to the kpc C button. Now I never programed that switch to respond to x10 signals, and when I programed the isy last month i erased all old links and started new. How is it that that switch is responding to x10 signals and how do I get it to stop? Thanks (like always) for all the help. DC

Hi maybe someone can help me with this mystery. I have a dual band on/off kpl (2487s v.40) I have scene button C linked as a scene “out door security lights†I made a program that looks at the status of C and if on sends an x10 code for all lights on A (x2)which turns on my outside flood lights. I have a second program that looks at the status of C and send a x10 code for all lights off A (x2) which turns off my flood lights. The C scene works with no problems turning on and off my floods but what I have noticed is that it also turns on and off a dimmer switch (2476d v.38) which is located inside of the same 3-gang box. This switch is part of a 3-way and does not carry a load so no lights are turn on or off. Its companion switch does not change. If I manually turn the switch dimmer switch on and off it works as programmed with no problems and the C kpl does not respond. I checked my tables I see no links and I didn’t link the dimmer to the c kpl. I also tried to manually unlink the c kpl from the dimmer with no luck. Looked at my logs and I don’t see any log listing the dimmer when the c kpl is turned on and off. Anyone have any ideas. PS my firmware is up to date.

Ok went thru everything and the only glitch i see on my system is my text notifications stop working and now is giving a time out error mesg it was working before no errors. I'm not sure if the error was caused by the upgrade or a problem with at&t wireless service. Everything else is working like before. I'll try a test again later to see if the error comes up.

Thanks again Lee I went for it and upgraded to Beta 3.1.17 (RC). So far so good got the 2487 to work and every thing looks stable. Very happy with this purchase! The guys at univeral devices did a great job on this little wonder! Thanks for the fast posts! Looking foward to being part of this forum. DC

Thanks for the fast reply Lee. Other then not seeing a 2487S kpl (dual band relay) I dont have any other problems so Iam thinking about waiting. Do I have to clear the java out before upgrading ver 2.8.16?

Thanks for all the help. After a few small problems I'm up and running and very happy with the isy-99ir pro. Great product and will do everything I need it to do and much more. After thinking about the migration I decided to go the route of option# 1 and added all my links using the set buttons and removing old links. Using that option I was able to write down the address as they registered and was able to go back later and rename them with out confusion. I did have a problem after setting the device to a static ip but after reviewing a few posts I found the isy finder program which got me back running with out any problems. My isy came with firmware ver. 2.18.16 and i was thinking about upgrading to the newest firmware. Any opinions on upgrading? Should I wait for an official release? Heres some photos of my set up

I think iam ok i just used the finder progarm and the admin is running with no errors not sure what i did wrong.

Well I just spent the last two hours changing over to my new isy-99ir pro and every thing was working great. Then I changed my dhcp to static ip. I also changed the port 443 to 20500 on the advice of my ip provider. Every thing seemed to be working ok. I was able to set up my mobilink pro and it was working. Then I tried to log back into the admin con and I received an error- XML parse error http//192.168.1.114:20500/desc. I tried a power cycle reboot and also rebooted my linksys e4000 but so far im still getting the error. Any ideas or should I send the guys at universal devices a ticket?

No problem propman07. My house was also built in the 1950's but I tore out all of the old wiring and re wired the house so I feel your pain. Although I’m not a licensed electrician I do work with one and did all of the work with him on my house. In my area you can do certain work in your own home after taking a “home owners test" with the town. The work must meet code and be underwritten after completion. That being said if your not comfortable with wiring please call a licensed electrician. As you may know you must have a neutral wire connected to each device. While this is not a problem in a outlet some times neutral wires are not always present inside of light switch boxes. Which means you need to snake one back to the box which could be a real pain. The great thing about insteon is that you can pull a wire up the inside of a wall and feed a “old work box†using the hot/neural/ground wires from a outlet. This switch would at as an “virtual wired switch†meaning it would not control a load but it could control another insteon switch which carries the load to a light. It’s a great way to add a 3-way or 4-way switch with little effort. Again please make sure you work safe, follow code, and consult an licensed electrician. DC

Thanks Lee just wanted to get some feed back before I got started. I don't think I have any broken links but I its better to be safe then sorry. I did do some fooling around with the smartlinc when I first got it and had to do some fixs along the way. The last thing I want to do is spend a few hours and then have to do it again! propman07 I think that you should get the isy99 installed first so you dont have the a problem with migration. If your not comfortable with installing the isy99 then you can fool around with the switchs first and then do what I'm doing. You may want to see what Lee and some of the other advanced users have to say. Thanks again Lee DC

Hello all! I’m new to the forum and have been reading posts here for the past week. I decided on ordering a new isy99i and found a lot of knowable posters on the forum which is great! I have found that I’m in the same boat as a lot of other posters. I started with x10 over ten years ago and recently moved up to insteon devices. Over the past two years I have replaced all of my x10s (except for 3 flood lights) with insteon devices controlled by a smartlinc controller. At 25+ devices the great little smartlinc is starting to get bogged down and locks up on a weekly basis causing me to power cycle the device. So this week I’m set to migrate the system to the isy99i pro ir and I just wanted to make sure I’m on the right track. 1- First I’m going to disconnect the smartlinc and install the isy99 2- Then I’m going to start linking the isy99 using option #2 “add devices found in links and remove existing links†(If I read correctly this will remove all the old links) 3- Back up (just in case I want to start from scratch later on) 4- Then I’m going to set up my new scenes which include setting up my 3-way’s and links that were set up using the smartlinc. As I understand my 3-ways will all be controllers and any thing I want to run from the isy99 will be only responders. 5- Then if I did every thing right the lighting network should work as it did before with smartlinc (with out locking up) 6- Back up again Does this sound right? I do have two other question. The first is will the isy99 see 6/8 keypads and as A,B,C,ect or do I have to link each button independently? The second question is do you guys think this is the best method or should I go about it in a different way? Thank you for your experience and advice. DC