smokegrub

Does anyone know when Smarthome's patent for the PLM expires?

You may be correct, but initially, many existing products will be in high demand, as you say, to protect investments. Also, if someone such as UDI acquires the company and starts to make improvements to the product line I would love to be their first customer. I am confident I am but one of many so inclined. I have found the Insteon products to be durable and highly dependable. Over the years I have had one PLM fail and one switch which Smarthome replaced (two houses each with an ISY994). Do I want to lose my investment? No. Do I want to learn a new technology at age 77? No.

This experience screams that a buyer of Smarthome will find a robust market for more than PLMs. Couple that with new and improved product development...

You may wish to use an X-10 Appliance Module. I use them often and they work beautifully and are inexpensive.

I suspected that was the case. However, you have to add the tag to the tag manager before you can identify it. Doesn't offer much help for replacement tags held in reserve.

Thanks, I submitted a ticket.

I have some tags and I don 't know whether they are accellerometer-based or Pro versions. There is nothing on their case that identifies them. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks, Gary. I suspect you are correct.

I ger periodic, flashes of the orange "Up Arrow" on the tag manager. Try as I might I cannot determine the significance of these flashes. Any help would be appreciated.

There are several 2450 modules being offered on Ebay.

I would be terrible for me as well. It would not only be the cost of the devices but the thousands of hours I have invested in setting all this stuff up and maintaining it. I love the Insteon devices and the way they perform. Personally, I believe the Insteon technology will be in high demand if a competent team acquires and supports it.

I am here to support UDI in keeping my Insteon Devices up and running. I am 77 years old and have no desire to abandon my Insteon investment in two homes going forward and embrace a new technology. I am ready to invest in two Polisys and support UDI going forward but only if they are able support my Insteon investment otherwise I will likely abandon home automation altogether. That would be a sad day for me.

Pardon me, but when I purchased it listed five as refurbished. The seller has since asked me cancel the purchase. He said it was repair only, correcting the misinformation I initiaily saw. No problem. I plan to still try him out.

I just ordered a couple that have been repaired. I will let you know. By the way, can these be tested for their operational status w/o actually replacing an existing PLM?

I have received an email from nilachidatasystems on Ebay that he has included the 2413s in his list of devices he will repair. I can offer no endorsement of his work, but I plan to try his service in the future. It would be helpful if you would post your experience, if any.

As is so often the case with electronics it eventually resolved itself. I do, however, appreciate the feedback.

I have a tag that "says" it is calibrating but doesn't. I would appreciate any suggestions as to troubleshooting.

I use Alexa to control my switches so I have no use for them to work as designed.

Having discussed the subject with the seller I am hopeful that they will post to the forum.

I emailed the seller and asked if thet reapair Insteon 2413s.

Perhaps I am being naive, but I believe there may possibly be a business solution to the 2413S dilemma by viewing it as repair shop business opportunity. Send your "broken" PLM to an entrepreneur who repairs it and returns it or a repaired replacement to its owner. No intrusion on the patent and problem addressed. A well-designed business could create a "pool" of repaired devices which could be sent to customers to replace the defective device they mailed to the company. That way the pool would be maintained. The customer would be responsible for shipping and repair. What would a customer be willing to pay for such a service? Given the option I suspect quite a lot! I wouldn't blink at a couple hundred bucks or more and especially if the repair was highly durable. C'mon you highly skilled folks where is your ingenuity to find a solution to this problem?

Pardon my obvious lack of technical savvy but is it possible for a node server to be developed that would replace the need for the Insteon PLM?

Don't know how or why but the problem resolved itself! Don't care! Thanks for your efforts trying to help me.

Start.jnlp was a part of the download from UDI. Historically, as I recall, only the Launcher appeared on the desktop. Now, both the Launcher and start.jnlp appear. Double-clicking the Launcher produces the error message. Double-clicking start.jnlp launches the admin console. Both ISY's are on 4.9.

A couple of days ago I updated JAVA to Update 311. Thereafter, access to a remote ISY using The Launcher has slowed to a crawl. I am using the following: MacBook Pro 2019 Mac 10.14.6 Mojave Memory: 16 GB Firmware: 4.9.0 UI: 4.9.0 Before proceeding further permit me to note that long before my current problem developed the Launcher stopped working in its traditional manner saying, “You can’t use this version of the application “ISY Launcher with this version of macOS. You have macOS 10.14.6. The application requires macOS 10.15 or later.” That problem was addressed by placing the “start.jnlp” icon on the desktop and using it to start ISY. Since updating JAVA I can still access the remote ISY using this method but things have showed to a crawl. I recently was at the remote location and accessing the “home” location presented the same problem. MobiLinc Pro accesses both sites without problem. I have rebooted the Mac a few times. I have deleted and reinstalled the JAVA update. I have checked the Mac with Malwarebytes. The problem remains. I must continue using Mojave at this time since I have a very important app that will not run with an OS update. Suggestions?