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Just want to say that the theme settings now survive a reboot on Mac OSX with version 4.3.3. Thank you UDI team for fixing this!

Thank you UDI team! You guys are awesome!

Michel Kohanim has contacted me asking for different things to test and he will look into why the themes do not survive a reboot. Again, cannot say enough that UDI's support is awesome! Thank you!

Thanks Michel, I'll check that when I get home.

Yes I have been contacted. I am dealing with Steve via email. Would you please explain how to enable the Java cache on Mac OSX because I looked everywhere and couldn't find how. Thanks

Glad to know I am not alone in this situation. I submitted a ticket for both issues as Michel suggested. Really looking forward for feedback on this. Thanks everyone for your input!

Thank you for your answer Michel, unfortunately, it does not solve my Isy finder issue. ## # Host Database # # localhost is used to configure the loopback interface # when the system is booting. Do not change this entry. ## 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.0.1 MacBookPro.home 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost ::1 localhost What about the theme issue? Is there anything I can do about it or is it life with Java on a Mac as Xathros said? Thanks

Well, I enabled UPnP but still the same. So there is nothing to do with these problems? That's a bit sad. I switched to Mac recently and all this was working fine when I was using Windows. Can somebody from universal devices look at this please? Thank you

Hi all, I think this has been discussed a couple times here, but I can't find a solution to my problem. I installed the ISY admin console on both my MacBook Pro and Mac-mini. On both of them, the ISY Finder doesn't find my ISY. I have to add it manually to connect to it. Once I'm in the admin console, I change the theme. From this point everything will be fine, the finder will remember my ISY and the theme will remain, UNTIL I reboot. After that, I have to tell the finder again where my ISY is and change the theme again. Anybody else has these annoying issues? Is this a bug with the admin console, or there is something I can do to fix this once and for all? Thank you in advance.

I have two Paradigm Stylus 370 outdoors wired to my Denon AVR-2807 on zone 2 which sits in my living room. I use an Airport express to stream music from my iTunes server. I control everything with a Logitech Harmony link and it's iOS apps and the a Apple remote app. I can then power everything on and off, switch to FM or Airport express and change the radio presets and volume. Is has been working flawlessly for two years.

Just chiming in to say I get that often as well. I also need to re enter my login more than once. Usually it will work fine after the third time. I noticed it happens more when I log in to the admin console then directly go to the programs tab. I will most likely get at least a second prompt if I do that. It doesn't happen all the time but I got it on different computers. I have seen quite a few references to this problem on the forum and every time, the answer provided highlight the potential cause being a firewall. I do not really believe this theory as it works fine after the second or third attempt. If it would be the firewall, it would re prompt for login all the time. But after I login twice, I can go as long as I want playing in the admin console and I will never get another prompt. So I think this problem should be looked at from another angle as the firewall theory, although it might be the cause in some cases, does not seem to apply to the particular case we are exposing here. Hope my input will provide valuable info that can help address this issue. Thank you.

Is the PLM connected to the UPS? If so you could also have an IOLinc on that ups. Then you get a 5 volt dc wall adapter to trigger the IOLinc input but you connect this adapter on a non-UPS outlet. So when the power goes out your IOLinc input would go off so the ISY would know about it and it would go on when the power gets restored. You could then trigger a program to turn on lights when the power is restored.

But that would require an always on computer which I didn't want to have. I had evaluated the EVL-3, following their forums during a couple months. I found that their interface was lacking some polishing and that it had to go through the cloud for control, which is something I hate. Since I want to keep things local and that their TPI didn't seem that great for honeywell devices, I didn't go with it. Plus my solution is somewhat more secure as their is absolutely no way to disarm the system from outside since I only put relays on the quick arm buttons. This way if somebody hacks my internet connection and finds my isy, he won't be able to disarm the system. I know it is not necessarily a big plus but...

I do not know if DSC systems have that feature, but my honeywell panel has two trigger output that can be programmed to be on (12V output) in certain situations. Using relays and inputs on a EZIO2x4 I am actually able to tell if the system is armed, disarmed or in alarm. I am also using the relay outputs on the EZIO2x4 to simulate quick arm button presses on an auxiliary keypad so I can remotely arm the system. It really works great. I hope you can do the same on a DSC system because I found it was the best way to link my alarm system to my ISY without spending too much.

The Insteon Hub is designed to be super easy to use and will do only simple things. I would say it is designed for people that do not want to get in too deep into programming and want stuff to be plug and play. Basically, you use this to control your lights with your smartphone. If you want to do more complicated and more powerful programming, you definitely need the Isy. You can then create programs to do some actions based on different things (time/date, other lights or sensors being turned on, etc.). You can also use it to control network enabled devices in your home (smart TV for example), send infra red commands to some devices, etc. Some expansion modules are available (network, weather, X10, etc.) and different Isy flavors are available (zigbee, IR, etc.). Then adding a dedicated smartphone App like Mobilinc can make you control all these things remotely with your smartphone. To summarize, if you want it easy, use the Insteon Hub, if you want to do all kinds of crazy automation things, get the Isy! Note that my opinion might be biased as I own an Isy-994i and absolutely love it!