smokegrub

I was installing custom buttons on a KPL and while popping off the old buttons I damaged one of frame that the button snaps onto. Bummer! The button works but one corner is not snapped down. Is that repairable w/o having to get a new KPL?

If you are referring to remote access by MobiLinc, for example, my lousy zth only updates, if I recall correctly, when the temp changes by 2 degrees! I use Honeywell stats at home and the zth at a vacation home. I only use the zth to notify me if the heating system has failed. I have to reboot it about every 30 or so days for it to perform at all. I am going to supplement it with a Cao tag in the next couple of weeks. I have tested these tags here at home and found them to be accurate (once calibrated) and dependable. I can have them send notifications when the temp does not meet predefined criteria plus I can see the temp immediately by accessing them on my iPhone. I also use them to determine when my postal mail has been delivered here and at the vacation home. IMO Smarthome needs to do some major rework on their stats in the area of performance, reliability and appearance.

Have you tried factory resetting it?

I have researched this application several times and I have found no way it can be done, at least not with my unit. Any time the power to the unit is interrupted it must be restored manually. In my situation by pressing a button on the unit. I have a propane furnace that is started electronically and it requires the same.

At the risk of suffering unnecessarily, I must report on experimention with the Cao tags and a tag manager for a few weeks. I am impressed with these tiny devices. They are inexpensive and they do some amazing (for me) things. They have given me an easy way to be notified of postal mail delivery, humidity under my home and a backup device to report temperature from a remote location where I currently use a wireless Inseon thermostat (unreliable) for that task. I plan to use one in my attic this summer. I currently use an Insteon water sensor in an AC drip pan located in the attic and it has performed flawlessly in those temperatures. The setup of the tags is astoundingly simple. Are there more robust long-term solutions? Sure, but not everyone has the technological expertise nor the physical ability to install or manage those alternatives. For me the tags appear to be an ideal solution. I say go with whatever floats your boat.

More tests today. I discovered that I could increase the signal strength from the tag. I did that and placed the tag inside the mailbox. That test failed. I then taped the tag over a piece of cardboard and placed it on the inside of the mailbox door. The tag armed but performance was very unreliable. I then taped the tag to the front of the mailbox and over the cardboard. Seems to be performing well. Setup is ugly and will probably frighten the carrier! Will report as tests continue. Do you know of anyone who has painted a tag successfully. The tag is white and the box black.

I went to the thread and read it in its entirety. For the most part, it is as you would say "above my pay grade"! The programming necessary to facilitate communication with the ISY exceeds my abilities. I will continue to monitor the thread because I am very impressed with the tags. Their range, their amazing ease of setup and their ability to address some thermal monitoring issues I have make them something I must thoroughly investigate. Obviously, the technology is there so I can only wonder at Smarthome's failure to create a line of products to fill this niche.

Simulated a power failure by disconnecting the tag manager from the router and disconnecting the power to the tag manager. Waited a couple of minutes and reconnected and everything appears to be working correctly. That makes it a solid candidate for my remote location where I plan to use it to monitor temperature inside the house and supplement the Insteon stat which has been problematic since I installed it a couple of years ago. I will also use it to monitor temperature in the freezer. Finally, I will try it with the mailbox there since it is not enclosed with brickwork. I am thus far very pleased with the Tag Manager. Extremely easy to set up, including email notifications. Range is astounding. Unless I encounter something that has not yet feared its head these are going to become a serious part of my home automation system.

Yes. I tried taping it on the outside of the door near its top and bottom and with the tag facing inside and out. Didn't work. I can lay it on top of the brick mailbox enclosure and it works fine so distance is not the limiting variable.

Placed the tag on a folded newspaper inside the box; didn't work.

Pardon my ignorance but what are "direct actions"?

I have tried a rainproof pro tag inside the mailbox and it fails to connect. Just for grins I tried it sitting atop the brick enclosure for the mailbox; works fine. I then tried on the outside of the mailbox door; failed. The brick structure sits between the mailbox door and the location of the tag manager. Tomorrow I am going to try maxing the signal strength and see what happens. Meanwhile, I have the tag set up to monitor temperature/humidity at a location inside the house. It is working beautifully. Setup of the tag manager was a snap, including email notifications. Following the mailbox test, I will test the tag in a chest freezer. If it works there I will be testing its ability to successfully operate following a power failure/power restoration. That will be the critical test it must pass in order to be added to a remote location. Thus far I am impressed with this technology.

I will post an update when I try my setup. I, too will be interested in ISY integration when I finally decide if these are the course I want to follow. I have previously recommended to Smarthome that they develop devices to address the need for temperature/humidity measurement in harsh environments (attics/crawl spaces. etc.). Thus far, I see nothing on the horizon.

Oh well, I just ordered he Tag Manager and the pro sensor. Sounds like it is pretty much DOA and far as my mailbox is concerned. Will give it a try.

I have been using a wait of 25 hours. I increased this to 28 hours and see what happens.

Finally discovered what was wrong. The Wireless Sensor Tag (with temperature) has only a quantity option. The temperature/humidity tag has the waterproof option!!!! If I had hair I would have pulled it out by now!

I cannot find the drop down to select the tag type.

Thanks.

MWareman: What is the name/source of the waterproof tags? My searches have not indicated that CAO makes any that are waterproof.

Thanks. They are inexpensive so I think I will give the technology a try. If it works it will potentially address a number of Insteon technology vacuums.

I was unfamiliar with wireless tags until the foregoing posts. I researched a bit and did not find a lot of useful information. I would appreciate users of that technology to post pro's and con's here and, particularly, the application I described. Looks like it might meet my desire to monitor temperature in refrigerator/freezers and the home as well..

I am all too familiar with that feeling! Glad all worked out well for you.

Teken: I suspect the program may be the problem: If Control Door Sensor Heartbeat is switched On Or Heartbeat is switched Off Then Send notification to me If this is the problem would you be so kind as to show me the correct manner to handle this?

I have had two of the subject devices in service for a couple of years. After a couple months each starts sending low battery notifications. The most recent of these occurred last week for a device in which I replaced the battery on 12/23/16 using an Energizer Advanced Lithium AA. Yesterday I replaced that battery and because it had lasted less than 1 1/2 months decided to check its voltage. It was 1.77 volts! This raises the obvious question, why are these devices sending erroneous low battery notifications? The other device has also reported a low battery condition and the door it monitors has not been opened since the battery was installed in November, 2016. I have several Hidden Door Sensors on doors that are opened numerous times each day and they typically last about a year! I am convinced that something is amiss in the low battery notifications for the Open/Close sensors. Anyone else having this problem? Is there a way to resolve it?

Thanks, Gordon. I do some research into your approach.