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Agree I did that many years ago..... this time I did not. Is there a way to tell how they are connected now? Seems like the zwave signals are stronger than they used to be as well, as if I remember correctly, I needed the 75' cable and close proximity to the i994 to even get it to join. This time, w/o the proximity it joined immediately.

Not high priority. Was just wondering if this was expected behavior and whether or not you knew about it. Thanks!

@Javi Not fixed. I have a ticket that's been open for two months.. Benoit was the latest to respond a week ago. I am on 6.04... Remote connections thru UDI DO NOT WORK CORRECTLY. Whether its UDM, the AC or the new Eisy UI.

Agree. I see in another posts someone looking to move away from Insteon to Zwave.. I would never.

TheZooz was in a far part of the garage and when the Garage door lock acted up , I suspect it disconnected it per @oberkc . When I moved the zooz indoors near other zwave devices it works fine. Replaced the batteries in the lock, excluded it and then re-included it. Did the same with the rear garage door lock. Cost me 2 hours of updating tons of programs that use my locks, but all is back to working again. Thanks for the inputs!

I think it was in the very early stages of UDM. so I just went with the program approach and havent changed.

I rebooted the EISY, Now the plugs are working as expected. The zoo is unresponsive and I have messed up my two locks.. I really never got to understand zwave well, but I guess the next step would be to "unenroll" these devices and then re-enroll them and see what happens? I assume that the programs they are in will be affected? Any advice? thanks!

Currently two locks, zoos controller and 3 plugs are all unresponsive in the AC however if I manually change the plugs, they update. the locks do not.

I added a zooz zwave relay, about a week ago. not sure when the locks stopped working. Nothing else. Locks have worked for 10 years now w/o problem.

Suddenly 2 of my 3 Yale zwave locks are no longer communicating with Eisy. Several wall plugs cannot be controlled by the AC, but will reflect the status if manually changed. WTH? Why is everything so unstable?? Am not an expert in Zwave.. what is the best approach to start to solve this? I have done a Heal network. I tried to do an interview with the two locks, now only one even shows all its nodes, the other is just blank. PIA...

I have not had that work reliably.

no..

So I just ran the report.. It is missing about ½ of my nodes.. what is the purpose of that? And every one it did include shows "is load" as no. Seems like it maxed out at 100.. With 654 nodes.. this doesn't really add any value.

I have never really looked at it.. Am in the AC now and will do so.. thanks!

@Ross I think you have it all.. I dont use topography so I dont back that up. If you use Zwave, you may want to do a back up of that, which saves it in the ISY (does not download a file), so you need to do it BEFORE you back up the Isy. As for frequency. it's so simple to back up the big three: ISY, UDM and Programs, that I do that every time I make a change. As for PGX, I think it is far less needed in frequency, unless you change a plugin, as I think it is only saving your plugins and their settings, which dont change very often.

Interesting. When I did the update to 6.04 from 6.03 on Eisy, it took about 10 minutes

@JSchumann In addition to the above on favoirites, I have created folders that link to other pages of favorites: Sprinkler system, or thermostats, or weather info etc. This is my main page.. the blue items are folders that take me to other favorites. Its pretty powerful, but again, BACKUP after changes.. I have lost many hours when things have "disappeared " as UDM is being developed.

A good practice is to: back up zwave, then backup Eisy, then go to programs, top folder, right click and copy folder to clipboard --> go to a text editor and paste it / save it with your backups. Lastly, and less frequently, I also go to PGX and do a backup there. In UDM, Every time I change something I do a back up to my "files" on my iPhone. I do this every time I make changes, and also right before AND after any update to the system. The backups are fast and easy now in the AC. Been burned too many times to not take the time to do this as standard practice. takes about 3 minutes.

@Ray95xxx To open the stat.jnlp file on a Mac, click on it, then go to the Apple / syestem Setings/ Privacy a& Security, then scroll down and you will see a spot Security where the file is listed and you can allow it to be opened. then go back and it will open

My zwave device status came back in UDM the other day. Not sure what UDI changed. I also have updated to all the latest. 6.04 via the AC but this is only true when local. It is still broken when on a remote connection as is word status vs number inELK items and about ⅓ of my Insteon devices not reporting. Not worth a work around yet as it used to work, but got broken somewhere with V6.0

@hart2hart In my main home I have the J8+. Works as expected. had to remap a few times to get an accurate map. No real insights except it is loud. I have a Shark in my lower level and I HATE it.. Its ability to get back and dock correctly is about 50% or it gets stuck very easily . So it's always dead somewhere. I actually returned my 705 as I wanted a wet mop for our second home and got the 505 combo. I only got to run it once before I left, but it really mapped well and quickly. Had to put in no-go zones at sliding doors as it kept falling out of them and getting stuck. Using the now go zones really helps it not have problems. good luck!

I dont think it will work. I have a J8+ which is a generation or two older and it does NOT work with the plugin . The plug in has never been updated from the time it was introduced about 3-5 years ago with the then current model. I too just purchased a 705 for a second home and wish it would work. But the app does fine, but its not integrated so if I am not home and my security system is armed in AWAY mode, then the Roomba sets off the alarm due to inside motion sensors, so the EISY changes the status to STAY during cleaning. BUT w/o integration, its a "clock" based process, not an actual and I need to manually keep roombas run time in sync with my Eisy program time triggers.

Funny, beginning sometime in the last few days, suddenly ELK is reporting actual statuses vs numbers again in UDM..So they must have fixed something on their end, as I haven't done any updates on purpose, but dont know if the UDM app on iPhone did an automatic update or not. Progress for LOCAL. connections. Remote connections also fixed ELK status, but Z-wave devices and about ¼ of my Insteon devices still dont report statuses automatically.

@wuench @gschoffstall My FAVORITE way to log in is a direct log in that skips the whole Finder thing.. Faster, simpler, local, and quick. Run http://1<your eisy ip>:8080/admin.jnlp in a browser. A file will get downloaded called Admin.jnlp. Put that file somewhere like on your desktop. One click and you are immediately taken to the sign in page where you sign in with your local username / password, NOT the portal one. (ie admin admin in gschoffstall's case) Easiest, least advertised, least documented method to sign in. Only works when you are local though.

@Kentinada I finally got around to getting apicture of the device I built to easily and relatively safely hook up new switches to add / test etc. Here it is.. The alligator clips are "recessed" so I dont accidentally touch them while testing. for what its worth...