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Was this ever resolved? Same problem after replacing PLM!

Thank you IndyMiike for such a complete, idiot-proof response. Clearly you knew your audience even though we haven't met. I don't know how to mark the answer as the solution or I would, in case that helps in some forum way. Your instructions worked like a charm. Thanks so much. You too, apostolakisi.

A ToggleLinc #2466SW just failed. I have a new one and have removed the old switch and replaced it with the new one. New switch controls the light just fine. Now I would like to transfer all of the programming that went with the old switch to the new one. Is there any way to do that simply? I looked on this forum and found a post that said to add the new switch to the ISY, then right click on the old one and select "Replace Device", but there is no such selection when I right click on old device. I have not yet added the new switch to the ISY, and would appreciate any guidance before I try it. Started to do so, but confronted with: >Link Management>New INSTEON Device: asking for Address, Name, Device Type (Auto Discover), and then a choice of Remove existing links, Add devices found in links and remove existing links, or Add devices found in links and keep existing links. I don't know. I am hoping this is easy if I knew what I was doing...but I don't, and I don't want to do something that makes it harder to fix later. Can anyone point me to instructions somewhere else on this forum if already there, or let me know how easily to have the ISY transfer all of the programming/scenes from the old device to the new one? Thanks

Thanks. Yes I have several battery powered devices (those magnetic window sensors) that I haven't changed the batteries for years - so I get several 'cannot communicate' messages every time I fire up the admin console (including a couple of those light switches that don't have the ground wire - wifi only control). I'll try disabling all those with communication errors and see if the ISY speeds up. Not sure why this would have started happening with a software upgrade, but I'll try it. Thanks

Long time user. Everything worked fine until recent upgrade to v.4.6.2. (First upgrade in several years - from a version 4.0.5.) Now it takes a very long time for several programs to run. (Actually watching the admin console program summary page shows the program runs and completes instantaneously but the device doesn't respond to the program for several minutes.) Example: I have the following program that turns off the backlight for a Keypad 7. Takes several minutes before the backlight goes off, and occasionally it never does and have to re-run the program: If Control 'LEDs / Master BR-KPL-5' is switched OFF Then Set 'LEDs / Master BR-KPL-5' on 7 / Off 0 (Backlight Level) Else No Actions Previously (version 4.0.5) the backlight would respond in a matter of a few seconds - was never instantaneous, but it never took 5 or 6 minutes like it does now. Also, I've noticed that when I use the MobilLinc App from iPad, it takes *forever* when I manually sync the controller...the device message that shows during each update used to flash by very fast, now each one shows for a second or more. Not sure this problem is related to above, but it sure seems that everything slowed down with v.4.6.2. Thanks for any ideas.

Thanks, Lee. The outlet has been on for months, just randomly went off for some reason. Anyway...the Query All should check if that ever happens again.

Yes it does...I missed it. I'll change the Query All program to query that scene. Thanks. Yes, I see that it's a responder only. Will the program-initiated Query to the outlet make the ISY aware of the outlet's proper status? In other words, if the outlet again goes off somehow, will the Query All force the STATUS to OFF and thus trigger a notification that is programed to go out when the status changes to off?

Mine is labelled simply "ISY". Are you saying that the THEN section in my Query All program should say "Set ISY Query" instead of what is says now "Set Query"? If so, how do I change it to do so? The drop down box in the Action block of the Program Details screen does not list "ISY" as an option; it lists only every device in my system. It is an OutletLinc Relay. Are you saying that the ISY can't pick up a status change of an Outlet Linc relay? My program checks "IF STATUS outlet IS OFF THEN SEND NOTIFICATION TO phone." The ISY showed the outlet was ON until I queried it. Then it changed to OFF. I was able to turn it back on with the ISY, but I have no idea why it went off to begin with. It just has a washing machine plugged in to it.

Is this program supposed to do something? Does the entry mean something's missing from my system? https://www.dropbox.com/s/h23hxgs5bn1xy ... %20All.PNG I had occasion to notice that an outlet that should always remain on had actually gone off, but the ISY didn't notify me. The Admin Console in fact said it was ON until I queried the device - then it showed off. I assumed this 3:00 AM 'factory query program' would have triggered the status change, which makes me think the query program isn't running. Before I write a manual daily query program for this outlet, just thought I'd check on what this 'factory query program' is supposed to do. I don't see anything in the wiki about "Query All". Thanks

Original poster here: No I never determined the cause of this problem. The switch I was having trouble worked for several weeks in a row before it failed again. I reset using the air gap, and it worked again for a long time. Recently, I have again begun experiencing problems similar to this with other switches...but without the 3 day regularity I had when this first started. Please keep us posted if you get any information from Smarthome.

I have read through the instructions. I'm not crazy about opening up the router to "anonymous Internet requests" as the instructions say. If I understand correctly, however, I should be able to access remotely as long as I make sure to reboot the ISY any time the router reboots. Right? (By the way, I've had no trouble accessing remotely for a few weeks now. The router hasn't rebooted.)

Michel: Internet Access: https://xx.xxx.xxx.xxx/ where the x's are the IP address of my router

1) Tried rebooting the router first. Couldn't get to the ISY through the Internet. 2) Rebooted the ISY. Can now get to the ISY through the Internet. ----- Router is Linksys WRT54G I don't see the UPnP function anywhere in the router or any settings for UPnP, and I don't know what that is. -------- Is working now...and I predict will work for a while, then will stop until I reboot the ISY again. Do you still think it's a router issue?

Thanks...I'll try it.

It works over the internet as well. It just stops until a reboot of the ISY - with no change to the router. That doesn't sound like a router issue. 1) Static IP. 2) Not MAC reserved 3) Linksys 4) Yes But, like I said, it works fine until it doesn't...then an ISY reboot fixes for a while, then another ISY reboot required.