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There was a suggestion that if we could transcribe our personal stations data into weatherbug format, that perhaps just a simple re-pointing to where the data came from would not be such a major undertaking for UDI. Once could conceivably, just cause a static route that was going off to weatherbug to instead go to your own server and the ISY would be no the wiser. alan

I think some programming to account for no change in data would be in order as well. One could look at the temperature and if it does not change in 6 hours or 12 hours, then suspect the data is not coming, or even have the program set a variable when it does get a good data download. Then if you get no change in that value for some wait period, you can get a notification or tell the system to go to a manual water cycle.

If you go the insteon irlinc, you need to get intouch with Michel here and make sure the firmware get updated to the one that works with the ISY. You can upgrade your ISY to IR, but you still need it to physically be in light of site with it's ir cable (you need to buy that) to get it to receive Pronto Hex (I think that is the format the ISY recognizes). There is a couple of fellows here working on a GC-IRE based solution, and I have been working on a Raspberry Pi using irLinc open source software. Currently I can respond with my ISY to certain buttons being pressed on my Tivo remote. E.g. if I hit pause 3 times within 5 seconds, the lights turn on. If I hit play 3 times in 5 seconds, a slow fade to off runs on the lights. I'm working on adapting the Perl Module jeffrey wrote to let me have 2 way communication with the ISY via subscriptions so I can SEND ir signals as well via the Raspberry Pi. Alan

Is there a valid claim to a format? If that was the case, MS would have claimed it over anything that could have read their files. And didn't a judge rule that api's cannot be copyrighted in oracle vs google over java. So some of the programmers on here I am sure could whip that up!

That sounds like the Harbor freight model I used for a couple of years before one of the tips got lost. There are a couple of devices out there that measure actual soil moisture level and can be data logged. The vegitronix http://www.vegetronix.com/Products/VG400/ sensor comes to mind, and I think a CAI board would handle it. Also, for the more inclined the Davis Weather people make a commercial quality sensor. NOT cheap. There was a fellow on misterhouse that used a Toro wireless sensor that just put out a it's wet, it's dry type signal and averaged that daily. Sometime in my project of projects I am going the vegitronix route with a pi or something along those lines in my greenhouse.

For devices I tend to just use the name with underscores for spaces and put oh on overhead lights at the end. With the Isy using numbers internally, you are free to rename anytime and not have to repair your programs. Scenes tend to be the same as the device with _sc on the end. Programs also share the name of what they control with _pr appended. For variables I have I for integer and s for state. Helps me keep it straight.

And specifically, it was mentioned that UDI, has seen a lot of requests for integration of the Ecobee, which usually means it moves up the priority ladder. I spent a lot of time emailing their engineers at EcoBee and several phone conversations with them. I do believe their API will/is very capable. While I was on the phone, they called over to their contact on the api side to verify that on the commercial thermostat I would have access to all three zones's sensors, and relays to tell which had been on for how long and to set them independent of each other. Proof is always in the pudding, as they say, but I was encouraged enough to start ordering pieces that will never be on sale at smarthome or amazon. Pile on and add your vote.

I think the recirculation pump is the culprit to the cold shower. My Takagi used for the floor heat in my shop, cuts way back on the heat being applied when the water coming back in is warmer. I think your pump is causing warmer water to recirc through the unit and you get these "pulses" as it takes time to fire back up to full heat capacity since the water was just hot enough to cut back a few moments ago. It almost seems counter intuitive, but may be worth a try.

Oh no, the bug would be predictive modeling of the movement in the house to turn on the pump when you think someone will be calling for hot water. How long does it take without the recirculation pump going? Do you have small tanks below the sinks to buffer the flow? Why run an hour at all? Why not just a few minutes at most? What about stirring the water occasionally? E.g. how long does it take to cool to a point you would even notice? I assume you still need a couple seconds run time before it is hot even with the recirculation pump running.

Just a wild eyed stab in the dark here. I had two of those Motorola units and when I went to a voice over ip with the carrier got a Arris unit. I had trouble with all three dropping connections, needing to be reset etc. Not exactly your problem, however, even after THREE techs had come out over the last couple of years, it took the fourth one to figure out the connection to the box on their side has been loose since day one! Donkeys that were there before never checked obviously. The last fellow even felt the strength was a bit low with that fix (technically in their acceptable range) and climbed the pole. The squirrells had been chewing the cable for some time, so we gave me a new drop. ALL my issues went away. Now the only issue I have is the router/modem does not dole out DHCP if the devices are not on or connected with some window of time. E.g. if friend brings an ipod over and wants to use internet on the wifi, I have to reset the router to get it to let them connect. It is kinda a pain when the wife's phone is off and I do a reset for something, have to run around and bring all the wireless devices online first, then reset. But the moral of the story, is do not discount the improbable when chasing this stuff down. See if you can ping your ISY when you have troubles.

Yeah that is a personal pet peeve WS well. However, both Amazon and Smart home stock and sell them. I have will hold out for the next 20% off sale at smart home and buy the RMS and commercial ecobee version. No tax, free shipping, and 20% off sounds like a winner. I think Smart home does a 20% off 2x a year, but I can wait until the fall to save $150 PR more.

Some Trane thermostats are Z-wave, and those have been mentioned in supported ones. I would check the model specifically with UDI and see what you can find out. I am holding out for Ecobee integration. Alan

I saw a post about a new smarthome device for testing the powerline, perhaps investing in one would be wise. Also, UDI mentioned for diagnostics are on their road map, perhaps even supporting this new Insteon testing device. Do you happen to have any V.35 DIMMERS on your system?

Glad I put some notes in this thread, forgot about irexec as a daemon and beat my head against the wall for a while. I have lircd starting at boot up now, need to add another set of instructions and a delay to start the irexec daemon as well. I noticed my multiple presses are getting swallowed up a bit, have to figure out if that is a delay of the rest interface itself, or if I need some tweaking to lirc for passing multiple presses along. Alan

on the quest for ir nirvana, I'm working on a couple of programs that will watch for certain ir events that get set via the rest interface though the lirc program running on the Pi. If I hit the pause button 3 times in 5 seconds turn on a light if I hit play button 3 times in 5 seconds set a scene Movie on if I hit tivo tivo, make sure the tv is on (discrete on command), turn on the stereo, wait a few seconds and change the input to tivo Currently I think I need 9 total programs just to monitor this stuff and react. Example of pause programs Program 1 looks for a state variable to be greater than 0, this being set via the rest interface from the irexec program on the pi If $sTivo_play_counter_ir > 0 Then $sTivo_play_ir += 1 $sTivo_play_counter_ir = 0 $sTivo_any_ir = 1 Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') each time the play button is pressed the $sTivo_play_ir gets incremented, which starts its 5 second countdown. This watches for the control variable to increase which means play was hit. We also tell the system the basement is occupied the wait program that resets the $sTivo_play_ir to 0 within a few seconds of the last hit of the button If $sTivo_play_ir > 0 Then Wait 6 seconds $sTivo_play_ir = 0 Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') When the Tivo Play button is pressed, start timer to reset it to 0 within 6 seconds. and finally the program that does the work If $sTivo_play_ir is 3 Then Set Scene 'Movie_Basement' On $sTivo_play_ir = 0 Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') if tivo play is hit 3 times in 5 seconds, turn off some lights

Gary, so you suppose those are latching solenoids on the doors or require constant power to stay latched? I think I will go the syncrolinc and just put some wait codes into the programming, simpler.

From the reading I was doing, they don't have a execute permission set on the SD card and without root you cannot set it. Perhaps I will have to root my nexus to bring this all online sometime.

How do you install the curl. Did not see an install instruction after it was tar -xvf

Michel, that is the Perl one too.

Should be, but my experience is it never comes from the ISY using phonenumber@vtext.com

I had not seen a python example on the wiki, but working my way through understanding Jeffrey's very fully done perl module now. Just starting to cobble together the code to do the subscription through his module and parse the results back for what I am after. Be happy to share when I get it figured out, but my perl is a little rusty and taking some baby steps now.

I always thought that was a function of the latency on the network itself. What causes them to not work well? Do they really run on the webserver or strictly in the client? As the clients get faster and faster with more RAM, I suspect this problem goes away?

Can someone verify that they DO get Verizon texts using the yournumber@vtext.com I can email myself texts, but have never gotten one from the ISY. The email to gmail from the ISY works great. Alan

Curious why not try a HTML5 app. We could scale it from a floor plan app, and it being on a local network should be fast enough and completely flexible being a html5. I thought I read all the phone and tablet browsers are 5.0 compliant

saw a few of those today myself, and apparently someone knocking that doesn't belong: Tue 2013/03/12 07:42:38 AM System -5012 190 Tue 2013/03/12 07:42:38 AM System -5006 uuid:190 Tue 2013/03/12 07:42:39 AM System -5006 uuid:190 Tue 2013/03/12 07:43:05 AM System -170001 [uDSockets] RSub:32 error:6 Tue 2013/03/12 07:43:10 AM System -5012 191 Tue 2013/03/12 07:43:34 AM System -5006 uuid:191 Tue 2013/03/12 07:43:35 AM System -5006 uuid:191 Tue 2013/03/12 07:43:36 AM System -5012 192 Tue 2013/03/12 07:43:37 AM System -5006 uuid:192 Tue 2013/03/12 07:43:38 AM System -5006 uuid:192 Tue 2013/03/12 07:54:42 AM System -170001 [uDSockets] RSub:41 error:6 Tue 2013/03/12 08:02:44 AM System -170001 [uDSockets] RSub:41 error:6 Tue 2013/03/12 08:05:58 AM System -170001 [uDSockets] RSub:41 error:6