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A brief update for closure on this thread. Michel sent me a sequence of commands to type directly to the eisy, which fixed the issue. Thanks to all for your suggestions as well. Dave

Interesting. It's been on a static address for about 18 months now. DHCP is enabled on my router, but I have static addresses for a few key things. I'll pull out the static address for the eisy and see if that helps, thanks. It may just be my terminology, I don't know the difference between static and reserved.

Good idea, thanks, I will do that. Dave

Thanks for the post, Larry. I don't think that's the situation though. I have fiddled quite rebooting the router, changing the physical ethernet port the Eisy is plugged into, rebooting the Eisy, etc. I have given the router plenty of time (e.g. over an hour) to be stable, then rebooted the Eisy. Still no MAC address is visible at the router, let alone the static IP it's been given. Dave

This morning we had some random lights go on and off, so I checked to see if anything looked funny on the ISY, using the local IoX Admin Console. No unusual activity from programs at that time of day, so I guessed some random fluke. I rebooted the Eisy by pulling the power plug (probably not the right way to do it, sorry). Now, I bring up the IoX Finder and it can't find the Eisy on the network. Looking at my router tables, sure enough I don't see it there. I swapped out the Serial PLM to my spare, with no change. I've cleared my JAVA Cache. Any thoughts? THanks

Ok, thanks much, and good luck with your complete system!

Thanks Teken, I will do some reading up. One last question... so there isn't even a way I could manually store the "60" in this field for a lamp on an OutletLinc, so that a program could read that out? (since I already know when the outlet is on/off, and what light bulb I screwed in to it...) I suppose if the above were possible, then folks wouldn't be doing the stuff with state variables that you suggest... Dave

I have the ISY994i with the network module. When I dump the data from an Insteon device, I get something like: What I would like optimally is for that device to "know" how many watts it's using, either zero if off, or some non-zero number if on, so that I could see eithe via the ISY Admin Console a graph showing watts used over all insteon devices, or could query via REST and generate my own similar graph. RIght now, that 'wattage' field appears as zero, regardless of whether the light is on or not. Thanks

When I look at the node data from the ISY, all the "wattage" fields are 0. Is there a way I can load this wattage value (e.g. I know this light is 60W, so put "60" in there)? And then would I start getting data on the "Total Power Used" graphs in the ISY (kW used over time)? The goal would be to create a bit of a DIY energy management setup.

You're doing this all with html, ie putting the rest command inside a ? If so, I'm not sure what you're asking is possible. I do my rest on the server via php curl commands, but if you're brand new to html, php could be exciting...

<?php $_SESSION['key'] = mt_rand(1,1000); display_variables_by_type ("Integer",VAR_INTEGER); display_variables_by_type ("State",VAR_STATE); ?>

I've been having a blast in the last couple weeks putting together a "My Home Automation" web page in php that uses the rest interface to query and set stuff in the ISY. If PHP sounds like your thing, and you want some example code on setting variables, let me know and I'd be happy to forward it. Dave

Looks like it's working with your help guys. Thanks much.

That help trigger it, thanks. Then the problem becomes how to get the lights timed right. What I'd like to have, as an example, is my den light comes on from 7-9pm, Gwen's den light comes on from 8-10pm. If I knew the program was going to run exactly at sunset, I could do it via "wait" as I've shown. But now when I can trigger the program at 8pm if I leave the house, it would be nice if it jumped in halfway into the sequence with both lights on, rather than starting the sequence then and having the last light turn off around 2am. I hope that makes sense. If there was a "wait until 7pm" or "wait until 3 hours after sunset", that would be what I have in mind. Dave

I'm trying to put together a program that can be initiated by a KPL button push, to simulate someone being at home (via lights going on and off). Here's what I have so far: If From Sunset To 11:00:00PM (same day) Then Set Scene 'sDave's Desk' On Wait 1 minute Set Scene 'sGwen's Desk' On Wait 2 minutes Set Scene 'sDave's Desk' Off Wait 1 minute Set Scene 'sGwen's Desk' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') All this is inside a folder that only allows program execution if a variable is set. That variable is set via the KPL. So far so good, but what's happening is that it all works correctly but only if the KPL button is pushed before sunset. If we leave the house after sunset, the program never runs. Any help would be appreciated! Dave

Great, thanks Lee I'll do that. Dave

Once the 994i is installed and working, is there a way to tell if my Network Module exists? I'm not currently using it, but would like to confirm whether it just comes in with the restored backup, or whether I somehow need to re-apply it after the upgrade from 99i to 994i. Thanks

Ok, thanks much Lee.

After I set it up on the ISY, it only shows as one node in the table, which operates correctly on the light that is hardwired as the load on the switch. I don't see the four A-B-C-D notes to use for scenes. though, which of course were the main reason for the KPL...

I just installed a KPL6 2334-232 Keypad Dimmer, and find that my ISY99i is calling it a 2334-2 KeypadLinc Dimmer 5 Buttons. Looking around a bit, I get the feeling I need to get a ISY994i to support this device. Is that correct? I was under the mis-impression that I didn't need a new ISY994i unless I wanted some new capabilities, and the 99i could support all the various devices. I have a feeling I was wrong about that, but could someone confirm? Thanks Dave

Ah, got it, nevermind. Oberkc's solution viewtopic.php?f=27&t=13395 did the trick. Thanks

I had this brilliant idea to use an Insteon switch for my bathroom fan so that I could turn the fan off automatically after it runs for 30 minutes. But my wife said "what happens if I shower after you, and want it to run for 30 minutes *from when I shower", not from when you first switched the fan on 20 minutes before that? So of course I said "well you could just push the "on" switch again, and I'll program it to wait 30 minutes more, even if it is already counting down. Of course, now that I try to write the program for my ISY 99i, I'm a bit stumped. If someone could point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it!

Yes, I have looked at the Autelis solution, thanks. With about 130ft of distance between all of my drapes, the wireless solution looks like: ISY->Autelis->Somfy RTS interface->Somfy RTS repeater->Somfy RTS repeater->Somfy RTS repeater to span the distance. I suspect the odds of successfully raising a blind at the far end are small. I'm just looking for ways to reduce the count of devices in this chain. Wired solutions, a la ESI serial controllers look to be more reliable but hugely expensive. Hence my wish that, just like they can make an Insteon light bulb, they can make an Insteon blind motor. Dave

Ah, that was my fear, Michel. The business model for shades and drapes must be an interesting one. It seems the automation products are overly complicated, with every vendor trying to create it's own proprietary solution that requires an "integrator" to get it all to work right. I would think the first vendor to make a shade motor that just plugs in to 110VAC and listens to Insteon commands would have a big seller. Dave

I see the ISY994 now supports the zigbee protocol. Are there some roll up shades that I should now be able to purchase and control with the 994? Thanks Dave