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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.

Insteon and UDI are 2 different companies. They are no more aware of their plans as UDI is of theirs. That's like asking Michel what new products insteon will be coming out with.

And what I said still stands. You would need to be exact or limit your scenes to very basic functions. At that point, just to keep track of 1 detail you lose out on many other things you can accomplish This is especially so in a large install with multiple users. You could have 2 different scenes with the same exact devices that still meet the base requirements of your program.

Even with your flag idea, defining a scene being on would be hard (very well impossible depending on setup). The problem (even with a flag) is that it is possible to have a multitude of different devices in many different scenes (especially in large installs). Just because 1 particular light is on doesn't mean a possible scene itself is on.

You're welcome. I was like that too when I first started with the ISY. I had a million programs just to do one thing. In time, it'll become second nature.

Both devices simply needs to be in the same scene as controllers. Make sure you update both devices on what state the other should be in (both should be on)

I'm the exact opposite. I use scenes for almost everything. Anything larger than 10-15 devices, I will create a scene with everything set to be a responder and write a program based on the trigger (whatever button I want to push)

One thing I want to add is that the newest versions add glass break to it. Can't say how well it works but I have it programmed as a backup to my other alarm sensors. If my alarm is disabled/off for whatever reason and someone broke a window, I'd still be alerted

To be honest I can't speak on range. I have about 10 of the Cooper zwave outlets installed around my house so range has never been an issue for me. Battery life has been great for me. The very first one I bought lasted about a year before needing to change. The couple of door sensors I've had, I haven't had to change at all. My leak sensors haven't needed changing yet either

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