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Portal's http service is down and that will affect lots.

The worst time for it to happen. I’m sure @bmercier is on it. Happy New Year!

Dead for me, http error

Several people including friends have asked for more information regarding Unifi Protect Alarms Manager webhook triggers. I based the following on my BlueIris NVR trigger implementation. The webhook is used to set an eisy State variable to 1 when a person is detected by my Unifi doorbell. An eisy Program watches the variable and when it changes to 1 it sets my front lights to On and Waits for 10 minutes followed by an Off. The variable is reset to 0. The webhook is pretty simple to configure. The only place I got hung up was on the eisy username password. There was a post on Unifi forums that shows the usual @username:password in the url doesn't work. I tested and found it indeed didn't work Someone in the Unifi forums figured out the username:password has to be included as a separate Base64 encoded Authorization header string. (WHY!) I used an online Base64 encoder to do mine using the full eisy username:password string of characters and a space after Basic. This is my setup for the Unifi Doorbell but it should work the same for any of the Protect cameras. There may be a better way to set this up, I'm all ears.

I casually watch the forums and indeed the Java bit seems to be a never ending source of pain for some. Time to move on.

Pairing with z-wave seems better when the devices are close. My z-wave devices are all over my 2000 sqft home and never had a problem. I have Zmatter dongle and used to have a Zooz 700 dongle.

I'm using Unifi as well. The Unifi Protect doorbell and cams trigger the eisy/insteon lighting nicely using their webhooks.

Not sure why Michel didn't post this update on the Forum. Lots of good news. https://www.universal-devices.com/2025-liftoff/

I use a z-wave relay and an ESP DHT thermometer sensor with mqtt. The DHT updates very quickly. I have an Aeotec Multisensor but found updates to be way too slow to be useful. I have 4 DHTs around the house. The combo regulates humidity perfectly and with forecast temperatures ensures very minimal frosting on the windows during the winter. I built it a few years ago and, at the time, finding a good z-wave/zigbee thermostat that worked with eisy/polisy was a pain. So went with esp which made the build more complicated but very reliable. Let me know if you find a a good z-wave/zigbee thermostat.

1. So you see the switch in the console but not UD Mobile? Did you sync UD Mobile?

My son uses HA for his Aqara door locks, Ikea temp sensors and Zigbee smart plugs. One Zigbee smart plug is used in an automation to control a 240V contactor which turns on/off a garage heater based on info from the Ikea temp sensors. He also uses a cheap android tablet for a really nice dashboard. I use HA with an Insteon modem at our AZ condo. I run Tailscale the HA for remote access. Finally I use a Polisy/HA combo at our main house. HA has come a long way and solves lots of smart device integration problems.

I'm using Home Assistant for a lot of this missing functionality. More and more it's my goto platform.

It's hard to ignore them when there's hundreds of them. There should be log levels so users have control of what they want to see.

I randomly got this update message in the last few days. Judging by the date it seems oddly old. I don't follow updates closely and there doesn't seem to be any discussion in the forum about it. UDX HW/Admin Service for Universal Devices eisy/Polisy Release notes for 3.5.8 - 07/23/2024 - Fixed upgrade failure bug - Fixed tpm and sleep issues - Fixed warning for upgrade to 14.x I presume it is safe to update? Thanks! Update: Running fine. Why can't UDI post UDX updates along with their IOX in the website section Software Releases & Updates? Isn't it equally or more important?

A few thoughts. For the most part my Polisy (EISY) handles mostly Insteon lighting as I find their switches are still the best by far. My HA instance has been generally handling more automation tasks over time, mostly DHT ESP boards and Zigbee temperature sensors. I run a separate Zigbee controller on HA. HA also pulls data from the Polisy for a very useful and dynamic dashboard. It's too bad Polisy can't do more in this area.

Just a USB Zooz Z-Wave stick off Amazon

eisy. My brother had no devices to start. He chose to start fresh with the zooz.

Not sure this helps but my brother is currently running this firmware download from Zooz. Zooz_ZST10-700_SDK_7.18.3_US

Same, routines are sporadic at best. We haven't changed anything in months. Maybe it has something to do with the impending rollout of their new Alexa (Claude) AI.

Did you select ZMatter migration at one point? My brother did and was having the same problem with his Zooz dongle. A ticket was required and a remote access visit by Chris to repair.

@Techman Polisy has a serial port. EISY needs a special cable for the serial PLM. Yes, confusing.

There is a looming EOL for Polisy. I seem to remember support was suppose to be 5 years which started several years or more ago. I really don't feel like buying another ISY.

I agree, it's difficult to read the text on the overlay, maybe a different color would help.

I'm surprised there isn't more interest or feedback. I use ESP Home to monitor temperature/humidity and soil moisture in our Vegipods using Home Assistant. I also have multiple Temp/humidity sensors throughout the house to control my house humidifier using HA. Supporting ESP Home would add lots of functionality to the EISY/Polisy.

Thanks