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Bali autoview blinds are zwave. You will have to go through Lowe's, home Depot, etc. I've seen them with 25% off sales on a regular basis. Unless you need them in a hurry, I would wait until a sale and get them.

I don't like how the toggle off works so I didn't set mine up like that. Plus a DBL tap has a different function for me. When I hit my all off button the kpl back light stays on. I have a program that will automatically turn it off once pressed. This way I get the same benefit as toggle off but additional functionality

Instead of leaving my lights on in the same situation, I have a program that turns the button light off after it is used. That way no matter what I do, hitting my all off will always trigger the way I like

I'll keep using my ecobee 3's. I never liked how the insteon thermostats looked

Once again however, each one of those devices would need something in front of it to connect to it remotely. Judging by the numerous posts on here about lack of range, I highly doubt somoeone could get close enough to a person's house to hack their insteon thermostat directly. Reminds me of a story where I was putting locks on someone's house. They were afraid of someone hacking their system and breaking in. W/O sayimg a Word, I walked to their backyard, took a chair from their patio, opened their kitchen window, and climbed in. Could someone hacking and unlock his doors? Of course, but there are much easier methods to do so. The all on stuff is all theory. It's only a security issue if you have your garage door on an iolinc. Remove that and it becomes a nuisance bug. With that said, the cause has not been pinpointed. It's easy to blame either company but yet it happens under many different conditions. Blaming the plm is misguided due to the fact that only the ISY experiences this issue. Not homeseer, Indigo, houselinc, castleos, etc. Even the hub's (based off the plm) do not have that issue. Even if you could hack the iolinc to open a person's garage door, there are still easier and faster ways of opening it. The only true and safe way of doing so would be to be off-site at which point they would go through whatever controller a person was using. The way insteon works by default is like having locks on your door and locking them. Encryption would be like putting a heavy duty security door on your house. If insteon or zwave were wifi based devices I would feel different. To each their own however. I do recognize the prevailing thoughts of many people, so I do agree encryption is needed from a business standpoint. Just not a reality standpoint (for the individual devices)

Teken, I agree in regards to marketing only. Unfortunately perception is reality. The avg consumer will look for a secure devices yet have an open wireless network or use their phone number as the password. Because devices are not connected directly to the internet, the likelihood of them individually being hacked is probably zero. the controller itself would be the weak link at that point so standard measures need to be done at a minimum. With that said, multi national corporations and governments get hacked on a regular basis. I highly doubt a 50 dollar router along with an 80 dollar controller will stop the most dedicated of hackers

I'm in the mindset that needing encryption is overrated with insteon current lineup. If they ever wanted to pursue a wider use of their devices (Such as for alarm systems) then yes it would make sense. The fact that consumers want to feel like their system is secure (even though there are many other ways to do something) means encryption is needed.

I agree but there is a consumer base that wants to monitor usage. Personally I don't see the point but if it's important to someone, who am I to argue

Many of the things I read here are good ideas for a very small part of insteon (and zwave for that matter) user base. Flashable firmware. The avg user would probably end up messing up more devices than they fix. The fact that many of the firmware updates are also based on hardware present inside means even more broken devices simply because the owner chose the wrong update for their product. Wifi chips. Sounds great but what about battery powered devices and possible cost increase. As we've already discussed (me and you Teken) how many people will want to pay more for better? As you always so eloquently state, it's a race to the bottom. Cloud based controllers. It's unfortunate but we're in the minority here. Companies are giving people what they want. The avg person doesn't want to figure out how to set up a proper system, worry about firmware updates, or Port forwarding. it's sad but the more technical we become as a society, the less it seems people want to know. Personally, I'd rather see an advanced/pro line. This would allow professionals and power users access to a more robust lineup. These devices would incorporate higher quality internals for increased longevity, more features such as tuneable RF frequency, turning on/off RF or Powerline, energy features etc. Doing things this way will allow for a greater design for those willing to pay more without sacrificing sales due to increased costs

Personally when I look at their history I would say yes; there will be backwards compatibility. I2CS can work with I1 devices. Even as a business matter it makes more sense. It's far easier to replace a single controller than it is to replace 50 switches. If a new switch doesn't work with existing switches, customers will get angry and potentially leave since everything they have would be useless. If they would need to replace everything, they could potentially go to a competitor. If the controller (hub) goes out, even if the new controller wasn't backwards compatible, there could still be other options such as the isy. When I first got into insteon (all power line), I used only a couple of filters. Now that all of my devices are dual band, I haven't had a need for any of them as I don't have any issues. Every situation is unique so what works for 1 may not work for another. Personally, I'd rather deal with needing a filter to fix a problem rather than troubleshoot RF issues. There are a lot of things I would love to see them do with insteon as well. However how many people would want to pay the price for all these upgrades people talk about? Some stuff must be done such as encryption (though I think it's overrated for the most part). Others such as energy tracking is more of a luxury that I wouldn't necessarily want to pay more for (assuming a cost increase)

Many times, even if there is agreement, it's usually between higher levels than customer support. Cst generally doesn't know inside information outside of what is needed to do their job such as possible technical support

Google may support some thermostats directly but may not have updated their API yet for 3rd party systems to do the same

I didn't know they handled developer questions. Even their old sorry didn't do that. At least it's a step in the right direction. I called them one about an order I placed and ever up hanging up on them

I do agree with the tech support (thank God I don't have to call them. Personally you shouldn't either, you're too advanced). I get saving money but tech support shouldn't be offshored. Basic things such as simple orders, rma's stock questions can be done, but troubleshooting the intricate details of insteon are far to complex even for the avg person to add language barrier to the equation

Isn't that what we do? Lol

I wouldn't necessarily blame the workers. With what you describe, that's more of a leadership issue. Whether it's lack of support, direction, or resources, employees can only succeed in their own but so much. This sell didn't happen overnight. I'm sure something's came from the unknown. Not an excuse but I've seen buyouts where things end up in limbo for some time before and after the sale. With that said, I'd like to see the new company take a moment to regroup, truly learn the business. Whatever path they decide to choose, I'd like to see them focused on that as Insteon hasn't had direction in quite sometime. Things felt more like they threw ideas against the wall to see what sticks. I'd like their developers get the support and resources they need to succeed. Only then can we get a true understanding of their capabilities and skills. Personally I think Insteon has good people. They simply lack direction and support. To me, it feels like great ideas that always stop short of being phenomenal. Take the siren for example. For a few cents more, they could have included many more features such as custom tones, volume, etc. Yet settled on a piece of tape to lower the volume. That's just 1 case but there are a multitude of others. Using that as my example, that's not weak employees but employees given little resources

Did you do restore PLM and restore devices

Make sure you unplug your ISY before swapping the plm

I wouldn't even bother arguing with him. He spouts stuff as if what he says really matters. Until he pays my mortgage or buys my electronics, it really doesn't matter what he says. With that said, in my next home, he has a standing offer to pay for the build, ground how he claims/believes, and buy all my electronics. SHOULD he do that, then I will listen to him

Worry about your house and I will worry about mine. Nothing you say adds anything to this discussion. Now, if you want to pay my mortgage for next month I will gladly allow you to oversee the grounding of my house

My house was built brand new. I'm not concerned about the ground since code requires it anyway. When it comes to protection I'm ok with whats been done. If my surge protectors doesn't do anything that's fine, I'd still rather have them than not. If you feel it's not worth it for your house then that's your choice.

When I built my house it was built with automation in mind. Everything that was done was designed to lessen the chance of something going wrong. I'm not trying to be technical about it, at the end of the day, man can do what he wants but mother nature will find a way. I'm just trying to set up as many roadblocks as possible

Simply status of the load switch is off then set the scene off

I'm with Teken in that I prefer a layered approach. With the amount of money I've spent on electronics, adding a few layers of protection is a minimum cost. I pretty much use what Teken uses except for a different whole house surge protector. My TVs and fridges have the same leviton outlets, etc Yes, a direct strike will probably knock out a bunch of things. However, if I can save a few more, then the cost is more than worth it.

It's not a defect. Its all about the command you send. By dimming it down, you're technically sending a different type of command that a relay switch doesn't not know. It's sort of like using a computer. If you click down on a link and let go, out opens that link. However, if you click on a link, hold your mouse, and move it off, the link doesn't open.