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I prefer zwave sensors over insteon sensors personally. I specifically use the fibaro ones and love them. The 5 series firmware works with mine without issue

I use the built in stuff from the ISY. Much less programming involved. Since all of my alerts have subject lines, I simply have my email forward them to the proper folders for logging.

There are so many different things that happen when someone adds devices from an older system that it's almost impossible to write something to cover everything. This is why everyone recommends a factory reset. Even the most advanced users will factory reset as they k ow it's not.ally easier,faster, and cleaner to start over than deal with all the issues that may arise. With the complexity of automation systems such as the ISY, it would take to many resources to cover each and every detail of how to fix something. This is especially true when an issue may have multiple fixes. The forums really are the best place to go for most fixes.

Trickery or not, it works really great. Even with my edison bulbs, I never go down to 1%. All of my bulbs are on a 2 second fade. These are the only ones that I have found that allows me to fade on and off properly. They don't have that instant on affect like other leds that i've come across

Philips warm glow LED bulbs work great for me. I have the br30's and standard bulbs in that line

Thats a lot of programs for such a simple task. You could simplify it by simply stating if the status of the light is off and the fan is on, wait x amount of time then turn the fan off.

The 6 button keypad shows up as 5 buttons since the on and off buttons are tied together. Outside of changing it to 8 button configuration, there are technically only 5 programmable buttons

I'd create a single scene with all devices that you want on as a responder. That way you lessen the chance of something potentially getting missed when each scene is activated

My concern is that it's for the independent user not a company like UDI. If they develop for it, how many problems would that cause them. I wouldn't want to see them tied up in litigation trying to help a few and the company suffers on the whole

Apple Fanboys will jump all over it. Then blame every other company when its not supported.

I've done the Alexa already which works well playing around with it. I like the critter idea. I may do that in the back yard. Put a motion sensor out there that turns it on

Thanks for that info. I'm going to have to look into that since half the work is done now. Lol. It would be a good way integrate into my RTI I've been trying to think of reasons to add it to the ISY but since I've gotten it, I've never felt the need to interfere with it. The only reason I could think of was if I needed to go into the yard. With summer approaching, I may add a program that stops it the day of planned events/yard useage

I went with the rain machine for my irrigation needs. While I cant control it from the ISY, it took much less programming and hopefully (time will tell) last longer than the ez flora. It does have a rest API so if ever needed, I could technically control it with the ISY as well. At this time however, its interface does all that I need it to do.

If control motion is switched off and control motion is not switched on then Wait x minutes Set light off

The information RAF posted is incorrect. While I am unable to say how I know I would take his information with a grain of salt

Plug them in close to the ISY to link. Also make sure the firmware and UI are the same on the ISY prior to trying to link

That's not possible. The ISY will always be able to issue commands just like the switch will always be able to work locally. With that said, if you're trying to keep programs from running if you manually turn a switch on (such as an auto timer), you could disable a program if a switch is manually turned on

Hue never designed their bulbs to be used with regular switches. They were designed to be used with their app and other automation technologies. It's not their fault when someone uses them outside the way that they were designed. It does suck in the case of a power outage but at the same time how often is that? I feel automation is a life adjustment. In some ways you have to learn a new way of doing things. If you're going to continue with the same methods what's the point! In the end whether it's investing in hue's switches for manual control or (in the time) to program an insteon/or zwave switch, do it right or don't do it.

That's what I did when I built my house. I labeled each box to where it was supposed to go and added it to the ISY. Then I set all the links for scenes and write the programs that I wanted. When the house was done, I simply hooked up the ISY, turned linking back on and let it set the scenes and programs. Saved me a hell of a lot of time that I didn't have when I moved.

It's like that because you have no clause to disable it. You say allow to run at 5 on those days but there is no clause that says turn off. It should be from 5-501 allow these programs to run. (Example). At 5 it would turn green allowing whatever program to run and at 501 it would turn red preventing it from running. With that said, the program running itself would be determined by what you wrote.

No. The pro was designed for homekit only. The standard hub works with echo.

Unless something has recently changed, the hubpro is not compatible with the Amazon echo

I use the sensor to light up my kpl when the door is open and programs to actually control the door. So far it's worked really well. I use the seco-larm normally open/close so I don't need to use the reverse trigger.

Insteon as with any company has improved its product over time. Whether its due to advances in technology or time, its signalling capability has improved tremendously over time. As Teken has stated, RF is not the end all to everything. There are cases where Zwave works better than insteon and there are cases where Insteon works much better than zwave. For example, Ive seen a 4 story stone house with concrete (patios out back) all over along with very thick and dense walls. Zwae could not communicate at all to devices a floor above/below. Even within the same level, the signal was hit or miss. The homeowner switched over to Insteon and everything worked without issues (lighting is on its own separate panel). Even in smaller installations with RF issues, the insteon powerline signal can overcome potential distance issues or RF issues. Due to powerline issues, RF can help but due to how Insteon works, Zwave may be a better fit. There is no single perfect protocol.

The 2487s is the relay version of the dimmable kpl. I'd take problems with the kpl (or any device for that matter) with a grain of salt. You never know the full story of how it was used. I've seen people have too many bulbs on a dimmer, incompatible bulbs (non dimmable), or in a bad environment, yet they blame the device when something goes wrong. I've also seen people say they had stuff for x amount of time yet when you look at the model# or rev it'll be much older than they state. That's not saying it can't fail. Since the kpl is electronic it will at some point. I'm just saying take things with a grain of salt I use mostly kpls in my setup and have found them to be pretty rock solid. With the capability/complexity of the kpl, there can be some difficulty (to me I don'tthink it's any different than any other device)in programming which can lead to mistakes and the mistaken belief that the device is bad. Overall (for me) Ithink it's one of insteon best devices