lilyoyo1

I thought the conversation was over with

Probably not since it can communicate with your other devices without issue. Did you lose power or reboot your isy?

This has been my issue with trying to track scenes. If I turn a scene on and later adjust one of the lights slightly, is it still on? Everyone has a different idea of when they consider a scene/group ion that someone is left with incorrect information which is worse than no information at all.

The problem is that both are interchangeable. I completely understand the point your making and its valid, how do you quantify that when everyone has their own idea of how they run their home?

All that you see is built into zwave code regardless of whether a manufacturer chooses to use it or not. You'll need to check the full manual of your device (usually found on their website) to see what parameters are needed to get supported nodes to populate. The Isy wiki has instructions and details on what stuff means. Just Google Isy zwave wiki. You can also find a write up at the top of this sub forum titled zwave tips and tricks. It's easy to find since it's the very first post

I'd replace the devices

That's part of your problem. Both firmware and UI needs to match. ***See note at top of sub-forum title. Update your firmware. Once done, unplug your isy, wait 10 seconds and plug it back in

Neither answers the questions

Firmware and UI? What do you mean it's not right in the Isy

Ge sold their lighting stuff. The company Jasco makes them and has a licensing agreement to use Ge's name. They are still making them

This applies in the US as well

I could be wrong but from what I read, it's made by kwikset. It's their Canadian arm

Never used it but kwikset historically hasn't had any issues with the Isy

I don't see why it's not working. Can you control it from the console? Personally, I'd create a scene, drop both outlets into the scene as responders and control the scene

I don't open links from newcomers so you'll need to copy and paste your program. R click on your program and choose copy to clipboard

Looks are based on ones perspective. While a 1940 switch may look fine to you, others may not share that same sentiment. Even if i didn't automate, I would use some type of decora style switch because toggle switches are ugly to me. While paddle switches share a classic look that allows them to age well, many have a desire to take their home to a different level which means looking at the little details. This is increased when you include HA as people want to experience it from top to bottom. I'm one of those people. I don't want to just live in my home. I want it to be an experience similar to one you have when house hunting and you see a new home. Thats how insteon has grown long in the tooth. When you look at newer switch designs such as the Lutron Sunnata line (RA3) or even their own Nokia line, the insteon switches simply look dated.

Any zwave plug in module will work for repeating. It looks like zooz is shaping up to be a player in the zwave market. As long as you stock with the top brands such as aeotech, ge, Leviton, zooz, and others you should be ok. I would just go to Amazon and type in zwave plug on modules and zwave outdoor motion sensors to see what they have

I agree with what you said when it comes to insteon and other zwave devices like homeseer's. Insteon has grown long in the tooth. That's expected with the look being over 10 years old.

I'd recommend he/you read the zwave tips and tricks at the top of the zwave forum so that you have an understanding of how zwave works

I've messed around with zooz. They're low cost devics and it shows in how they feel to the touch and when operated. It's great for those who simply want something that simply works. Someone who puts as much emphasis on aesthetics and style as they do performance probably won't like them

They make orders as necessary. The problem is they have to make a minimum buy for the factory to produce the product. With limited chips, the question becomes whether or not you produce products that may take 6-12 months to sell or those that will sell in 3-4 weeks

Wow! We went from pm issues to WW3 bringing insteon down. Let's be real. If war did break out, we'll have much bigger issues than insteon stock levels and their ability to replenish

See zwave tips and tricks post at the top of this sub forum under "adding devices"

You're taking my comment too literal. Of course names matter. If everyone was named "you", then no one would know who people were talking to. In this specific case, im trying to make something easy to understand and break down what's happening, the name is not the focal point. The point that I was making is that the software could be called anything. It's just a name. If you read all the comments, people are haggling over whether the software is called Isy or something else, which is causing others to be even more confused. That's great you're into computers but not everyone is and most won't have your knowledge. That's who this is for! You're adding technical information for for non technical people (or various degrees of technical understanding) that is already having a hard time understanding. How does that help them, when they asked for an easy explanation? The fact is, the name doesn't matter for the subject at hand. We can call the software Cookie monster. It's still the software. If Michel came on here and said the software was called cookie monster- does that change what it does? I was trying to simplify things for a few users that was having issues understanding things vs causing more confusion because of a name or being absolutely technical I CLEARLY stated the isy994 hardware would be going away at some point and polisy would be all that's left. Not once did I say there wouldn't be software. It's all about context concerning overall posts than 1 single post

The more I read these posts the more I see that confusion is coming because people are getting caught up in terminology vs focusing on what's in front of them. The isy994 is hardware that runs software which allows a user to manage insteon and zwave devices (along with other supported devices. It doesn't matter if one calls the software Isy software, admin console software or chicken mcnuggets. It's a box with software that allows a person to control smart devices. Polisy is simply hardware that will eventually replace the isy994. At this time its an add on device to the isy994 so that users can add and manage additional devices that the isy994 does not natively support. Polyglot is the framework that runs on polisy (v2 can run on Rpi) which allows users to control non-native 3rd party devices such as hue, ecobee, harmony, Ring, and Sonos. The technical term for this is called nodeservers. Right now, The isy994 is needed with polisy because polisy (outside of alpha/beta testing) does not run the software needed to manage and control devices. It runs the nodeservers which the Isy controls. Once fully operational, users will not need the Isy to manage and control devices since polisy will be able to do the same thing. When this day comes, regardless of what a person calls the software, insteon, zwave, and nodeservers will all run on polisy. While the Isy 994 will continue to be sold in the meantime (just like the 99 before it) at some point it will be discontinued and polisy will be the only hardware available and all this will be moot