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He said in his original message he only has zwave. @Valveman clear your Java cache and make sure you use the launcher. Do you have the 300 board (has light in back of Isy) or 500 board (no light). If you have the 500 board, upgrade to 5.3.4

I do the same thing in my bathrooms except they're controlled by a motion sensor. The brightness and ramp rates change depending on the time. At night, its just enough to see to use the bathroom and early morning, its a slower ramp rate on so your eyes can adjust

I don't think so. If it sits for 4 years, why would someone bother resurrecting it? Old users would've moved on by then and new users would have no reason to try it. There just isn't a market for maintenance devices.

From my experience, if you invest in building a strong mesh throughout your home, zwave doesn't have RF coverage issues. As Geddy stated earlier, depending on your wifi you can potentially have issues as you expand. If that's what you want to use, I'd say go for it

I think they started in 06 so it would be 2026 if that's the case. If that's so, it'll probably depress the value even more since there's only a limited amount of time to capitalize off it and make your money back (either through product or licensing fees. The way I see things, the longer it takes to sell, the less its worth since any buyer is unlikely to recoup their costs

Since you want to create a debate when it has already been clearly established that use of the insteon signal by an unauthorized person would be illegal, i will clarify my statement for you. Any device that has programming ability such as the isy and the multitude of other controllers out there (since none on the market outside of insteon designed hubs has a PLM built in), does not infringe on any patents.

There's your answer. If you go down the Node server lists, you'll see all currently compatible systems. You would just pick a bulb from one of those

You're splitting hairs. A controller by itself doesn't infringe on their patents. The isy, polisy, homeseer, HA, indigo, etc. are all controllers. In fact insteon provides the commands so that you can use your own software to control insteon devices. A controller would infringe on their patents if they copied the PLM or created their own device built into the controller that sends out the insteon signal directly.

What's the UI? How many devices do you have, what are they, and which ones are you having issues with

As long as it's being actively sold by UDI, I see them updating the 994 though not as often as polisy or with the biggest potential updates which could possibly bog it down. It's worth requesting though. Even if it doesn't happen with the 994, maybe it will with polisy. That way should you upgrade in the future, you'll have what you're looking for

Yes. The same as its always been with the ISYs. You just dont want to pull the plug during a firmware update. You should however try to do a proper shutdown should you need to do so using the system system mechanisms outlined in the posts below

all links reside in the devices so things will continue to work without a controller. Its recommended to factory reset your devices prior to setting up with a new controller to avoid half links and unintended behavior down the road.

There are no separate on/off buttons in the admin console for the 6 button kpl. The main button you see (see attached picture in post above) is the load. since it turns on and off, they are together not separate.

Did you make sure zwave did not become unchecked? Are you getting an error message

What happens when you run the then portion by itself? What does the isy show the officel status to be at 3?

True. But with 100 switches, an argument can be made that a person probably has a large home and the disposable income that comes with owning a sizeable home. A person with an avg size home is looking at 20-40 which still adds up but can be done 1 room at a time to lessen the the impact.

That's my whole point. Every day stuff is more than 50 bucks

Are your outside lights normally on our off after sunset? You could create 2 programs to trigger instead of triggering the scene directly. The first program would turn on the inside lights and set a variable (let's say to 1) Then have another program trigger based off that variable being 1 if it's after sunset. Same premise applies to the off

Im not in any state of denial. 50 bucks isnt much for what you're getting. A standard name brand simple timer switch can easily run $25.00+, so asking for 50 dollars for a device that has 10x the capability isnt asking for too much. Are their cheaper options...of course. There are also tradeoffs with most of those options as well. Why would insteon charge the same as x10 when its much more capable. Would you Honda charge the same amount for an Accord that a Kia Rio cost just so more people buy it? Depending on finances, yes, 50 dollars can seem expensive. But for many, that,s not even the price of a bottle of liquor, night out on the town with the Mrs., or a tank of gas. In the grand scheme of things no it is not expensive. Of course F&F has had me install their devices. (outside my mom and MIL who I give my stuff to when I upgrade)What does that have to do with anything? They still pay for their stuff and my time (albeit with a discount) Every client I have purchases their devices (with a markup on them at that). When I installed insteon, not a single one complained about it being to costlye (specially after seeing the price of other systems). Yes insteon has improved the quality of their devices over the years (even under new ownership). Look at the amount of failures people talk about previously vs now. Are there still failures, of course. Every device maker has them. However they are much much lower than in the past. That includes the PLM. Are people still reporting failures. Yes. But how many are of older revs vs the newest one? What are you talking about with the home assistants? Their devices work via google and alexa no different than the isy does. When they had devices to sell, you buy them from amazon or smarthome and install in your wall. Add to your hub and connect your account to your voice assistant. How hard is that? The nokia line was their next move. When covid hit, that did cause issues with alot of stuff and delayed things tremendously (for a lot of companies). That's not to say they didnt have poor management because its obviously they did. However, they did bring in many of the things modern systems provide in regards to adding to a system. Alas, they didnt make it to market. What zwave or zigbee fan can you buy from lowes? They make a fan controller despite new tech thats available because there are still millions of fans out there without. Its also why you see other companies with controllers themselves such as lutron, control4, savant, and Crestron. Why do they need to partner with a pool company to install their tech inside? It would be cheaper from a financial standpoint for both to make their api's available to an assortment of controllers like its done now and integrate that way. This is why Control4, lutron, Crestron, and Savant doesnt make their own but integrate with different systems. Ditto for UDI, Homeseer, HA, and others. In addition, you just said insteon was expensive at 50 bucks. Why would people pay the extra hundreds that an insteon pool controller would cost? From a consumer standpoint, its great on paper to see a company try to make and do everything. From a business standpoint, it makes more sense to control as much as you can when it comes to your operation. If someone does something better than you, its better to let them build it, and integrate that way.

Ra3 doesn't necessarily have installer costs. The training is free as well as the software. The device price can't be beat when it comes to lutron but I think it comes down to what an individual is willing to pay. For me, the experience one has using a device matters just as much as the automation itself so If i couldn't afford RA at once, I'd be willing to save and replace slowly as the benefits are worth the price (but would need polisy to support it if i couldn't use C4). My experience with insteon vs zooz is different than yours. While the popcorn effect is greatly diminished, it's still well short of insteon. Granted zooz handles individual lights better but not multiple devices.

In addition to what you said, trying to troubleshoot various rpi's costs them time and money for something they had nothing to do with especially when you consider the different versions and differing expertise of users. It's easier to have a common ground with hardware they're highly familiar with to help facilitate all of that

Keep in mind, V2 will no longer receive updates so it's only a matter of time before it's node servers stop working

Ok. Can you make it easy and just post the links to the articles you're copying? That way I can just save them. Thank you

In the zwave tips and tricks post, there are links that take you to 700 series devices

Lutrons makes caseta. I'd recommend going to lutrons website. They'll have all the information you're looking for.