lilyoyo1

I've never had a problem on any of the firmwares. Are you using Mac or pc? Firmware/UI

How far are you trying to go? They're are people here who have been successful with 40+ feet. With that said, they used high quality shielded cables. I believe it was @Teken

I doubt it. Not at the pace we keep buying

Michel has stated they've applied to be a partner so I think it's a good chance. Alarm integration depends on needs. The M1 is a great system but can be difficult to install.

I wouldn't say that. My suppliers has already let it be known things are in limited supply.

Yes it does junk up things since you're potentially sending messages that aren't needed. Personally, retries are a bandaid to fix communication issues. If you have issues, you're better off trying to solve them instead. If you can't, that's when retries comes into play

Zwave is generally slower than insteon but not 2-3 seconds slower. Keep in mind, this is still early on in testing. Most likely it'll improve.

You may want to check on Roomie remote's forum as there isn't many people here using it.

Were they originally 6 button kpls with an 8 button faceplate? Does your UI match your firmware? Are you using the launcher from the 5.3.4 page?

I'd upgrade to 5.3.4. Clear your Java cache, and make sure you use the launcher from the post.

?. You're way off in your description but i appreciate it.

Since your devices are 300 series, you won't see the benefits of 700 series. 700 series has greater range than 300 or 500 but 800 series is the long range version (open air)

The fact that you've turned to childish name calling, and still have a side comment with every post shows that YOU'RE the one with a tender ego. You knock everything that everyone says then cry "leave me alone" when called out, and delete your posts like a child. I'm still waiting for you to have a single post that actually helps someone vs trying to appear like you're smarter than everyone else but in the end....

Yeah- because that's so easy for a newbie to understand. If you feel we're so bad, why are you here?

??? Not understanding what you're saying. Zwave is supported by more than 1 mfg. The Isy also supports multiple protocols

No dual outlets. Fortrezz makes their mimolite

Nodeserver or Network resources would be the way to go then. Id go the nodeserver route as that would give you 2 way communication which expands your capabilities programmatically long term.

That depends on what you're trying to accomplish with your lights. If it's just on/off control then yes, the Isy can handle it. If you want something dynamic such as dancing lights, then the answer would be no as the amount of traffic that would cause would bog down the system. Since they have an API, you could go with that one and use network resources to trigger them since the commands would be be handled by their controller. Another option would be to see if a developer could write a nodeserver. Both network resources and the nodeserver capabilities would be limited to what the API allows

Please. What do you know about the manufacturer? Have you been in their offices, seen their processes, know ANY of the people? I can say yes to every single one of those questions. Hell, I've met both the old and new owner. Trust me when I say, I've forgotten more things about insteon than you think you know Even with what insteon has written for public use (and their own in house stuff), they still recommended a manual factory reset. Yes, doing it from software is easier if you know what you're doing and have the tools available. But leading a newbie with limited knowledge down that path, does a disservice to them overall. The crazy part is that you're talking down on everyone here who is trying to help others for free. Yet, insteon's own support team would lurk on the forum from time to time to learn and get answers about stuff.

I'll leave you alone if you leave. Learn to read for comprehension not to argue. I said how much help have you "GIVEN". You didn't give a better way. You gave a different way but that doesn't mean it's better

How much help have you given over your years of "lurking"? How many systems have you installed? Whether it was me working for someone before going off on my own or my own business, I've installed/assisted on hundreds of various systems. This is in 1000ft apt/condos to 12k SQ ft mansions...In fact, I do work on both coasts. What have you done? Knowledge gained over the years has helped shaped what I do know whether it's with insteon, zwave, C4, Lutron, or Savant. Yes, various softwares can wipe links from insteon devices but that is not the same as a factory reset. Even when doing that, half links can remain. Here's some insight into smartlabs. When insteon is using their test devices, they have software that will wipe everything from the device. Guess what they still did!!! A full manual reset so that they know it's a clean device. If the people that designed the device does it, I'll go with that over some wanna be pro any day. The same goes for their customer support before they outsourced it. They manually factory reset the device as its much easier, faster, and ensured nothing would remain. In the time it would take to delete all links from every device in the home, and rerun the utility to verify, I could have simply factory reset everything and know nothing remained. When dealing with a new person, who knows very little already, how much sense does it make to say download XYZ, do abc, and then add them to the Isy? You're introducing additonal things to the picture which can easily overwhelm someone who's about to be overwhelmed anyway. You're telling us to teach people how to install. That's exactly what we did. Every single one of us factory resets our devices. You're more than welcome to teach someone your way if you think it's better and will get them better results. Everyone has their own way of doing stuff. You think yours is the best and that's fine. Are you prepared to be here and tell those same newbies what software to download, how to use the software, and any other support questions they have? Are you going to be on the forums waiting to see if they get stuck? Give them your personal number to call? How is it helpful for them to do something more complicated, get stuck and have questions but not be able to get ahold of the person who led them to that point? A manual factory reset is the easiest way for a new person that doesn't require alot of hand holding. The fact that the op had other posts with questions which were cleared up pretty much shows a clean slate is the best way regardless of your so called better approach.

Yet you're on here giving those same newbies incorrect and bad information. How is that helpful to them?

Firmware and UI

He's not talking about hue. The name slips my mind but it's dyna something. Might be dynalight. The difference between high end residential (besides quality) is the installer. We go through these companies training to be able to use their products in a way that optimizes their performance. The knowledge gained also helps us with other stuff. In addition to that, we've done more which gives us the experience over someone starting out. The really good ones also stays on top of stuff so they are at least aware of things that change. It's like an amateur photographer comparing his work to a pro. The amateur thinks it's the equipment he has so he goes out and spend 5k on a DSLR and accessories while the pro knows how to get the most out of a given situation and still outshines him with an iphone

That would be awesome. Would be cool if you could sell the switches from your store as well.