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The mini remotes are programmable for many different styles. My 4 rocker key mini remotes produces 16 different Insteon codes. Fast on, on, brighten, dim, off, fast off, for each of the four rocker switches. The ISY Portal is not required or used for mini remote to ISY communications. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk

I have coloured lights in my Gathering Room and my Master bedroom. GH confuses certain colours every time and has for at least a year for me. Hey Google! Turn On/Off Red Bedroom lights will turn on/off two units.....Bedroom Red Headboard and Red Lights. For some reason certain colours do it and some don't. I gave up and Red Lights, and Red Bedroom Lights. GH would turn on/off every light in my bedroom as well as the Red Lights in my Gathering room, so I substituted Headboard in there instead of Lights. Google still has problems making assumptions trying to create Artificial Intelligence (guessing). Now I use Red Lights and Red Headboard but certain colours are assumed to be All X colour lights, while others aren't. No room aware is used. I can;t make GH work reliably with a single room construct. I have contacted Google support several times only to be ignored, told they have never heard of ISY Portal, or told to contact my provider. I use Alexa mostly now.

They may have changed the codes sent. So some devices only send on. You cannot use status in those cases. Control/switched is the only logic that can detect the same signal as there is no change in status. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk

The ISY Log only records changes in status sent from devices. Scene commands do not respond and therefore have no record in the Log. I once found an OnOff plug-in, totally involved in any scene, sending out "scene on" messages in response to Off commands from ISY. The error Log showed some bad messages from it at the approximate times when it happened. Simply unplugging the OnOff module stopped it. Been good over a year now.

Mine always seem to get through despite always having that error message, since Google decided to upscale all it's security game.. Many posts complaining about that have been posted here. I don't find any action that can be taken inside the google home app, ie. update or synching...but it does it just fine from ISY Portal. I have completely deleted my google apps, rebooted my phone, created a completely new google account and relinked it, multiple times, and it still complains that Google rejects the security provided. I suspect that Google has gone to two level security authorisation rejecting Bots, and now ISY Portal cannot ever support it, looking and being a Bot style login. Aside from my GHA minis being useful for Internet research information, I have mostly given up on Google's ownership attempts on my life, and avoid them as much as possible now.

I find the admin console does not remember settings for each browser. One desktop needs about Font = 16pt and another needs Font=12pt. Any usage of one nullifies the size preset for the other system.

None of them stick with double sided tape. You require clips shown in other threads, or stuff track channels as Mr. Cold White (Scott above) used. My 230 feet of cheap RGBWW led strips work fine and other than the orginal section of bad red elements that were replaced, I have never had a problem with them at about $35 per 5m section. I do have some white 18 inch hard tube ones purchased for about $40 each I wish I had never seen but then I can hardly see anything with them How the technology changes from last week. The mounting quality is in the B holder. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk

Like most interpreter/compilers these days, the programs will be tokenised and not take much space at all, especially in this day and age where the kBytes term is seldom heard anymore, and MBytes are like crumbs on the floor. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk

I think everybody has got that error for the last six months. It doesn't seem to make any difference to operation. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk

Your IO/Link can only do the same thing your GDO pushbutton does. Each time you push the button the direction alternates. It could be determined with the status of the door, used in an ISY program though.

First. ISY programs do not actually "test" anything. ISY programs are event driven by changes of devices sent from the remote devices. ISY then remembers what the position of the devices are until told differently. Programs only run when a line causes them to "Wake up" from those events. You can try something like this in another program and develop it further by adding more lines. If Garage door sensor is switched On AND I am not home <------------ if you have a method of knowing this in ISY Then Wait 2 hours Close garage door Else ------ WARNING! This could be dangerous to close a garage door without having a visual of the opening and most will not recommend it. Prepare for some flack here possibly. Newer garage door operators do this on a timer but warning beepers are used before closing. This doesn't help a toddler that could get killed by the door or a toy that could damage your door and/or gasket seal.. Your conscience!

I installed a new circuit just for my HA and the first box contains the phase bridge. Then there receptacles after it containing the PLM, ISY, and a dual band on/off module with a small emergency heater in the utility room all within a few conductor feet of my panel. My inverters are direct wired and cannot be filtered easily. I have some slight but very occasional comm problems on the circuit on the main floor right above the inverters and main panel. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk

Position on the bus in the panel shouldn't make any difference. Close to source means close to the PLM conductor wire to me. Keep it plugged close to the panel for best comms distribution throughout the house. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk

I remember reading that also. Confused the heck out of me. I thought UDI was allowed to sell their own devices. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk

The light can appear very soft being so evenly dispersed Contrasting that with a single point overhead LED or halogen (like jewellers prefer) that make your pots and pans sparkle so much it's hard to see what you are doing. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk

This is easy with v5. Just save all the levels into integer variables and when you are done write them back to each device. I have a section of variables dedicated to many of my devices and some take two variables for saved colour memory. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk

Canadians For Canadians the "free shipping" costs, plus return shipping costs for defective items end up costing you more than the item is worth, typically. When you pay the shipping one way, SH will not cover the return shipping costs either, despite SH responsibility for sending a defective item. Getting taxes refunded means dealing with Rev Can and the replacement item may get taxed again when shipped. Defective items are replaced free but it ends up being garbage, due to economics of it. aartech.ca is still the best deal for Canadian purchases. The Black Friday sales are not quite as impressive looking as SmartHome.com deals appear.

Got a spare PLM also? It may your turn!

I do not detect anything outside. I use 11 Insteon MSes inside.

@beninsteon If 'Neighbourhood' Occupied is True And From Sunset To Sunrise (next day) ISY doesn't poll Insteon devices. They report in when their status changes. These conditions will auto-trigger if the program and folder is enabled. Then will run at sunset and if Neighbourhood Occupied is True. Then will run if Neighbourhood Occupied just became true and from sunset to sunrise Else will run if Neighbourhood Occupied just became true during the day time. Else will run at sunset if Neighbourhood Occupied is False Else will run at sunrise, no matter what Neighbourhood Occupied is doing Else will run if Neighbourhood Occupied just became false no matter what time it is. Clear as mud?

Insteon devices have many settings. There is a unrelated on level and ramp rate for each link/scene, local control, and ISY program control. What you set in scenes does not affect the manual on from ISY or the manual on via the switch paddle.

What iR devices do you have that support "On level" or "Ramping speed"?

Scenes can be activated by programs inside ISY or without any ISY functions by including a device in the scene as an initiator/controller? (I never remember what ISY calls it) when you include it into the scene.

First, all Insteon devices should be factory reset before linking them to your ISY. They can come with all kinds of weird things inside them. ISY admin console has a button in the top menu that creates a scene. This will appear in the device list page as another device. To add devices to the scene just mouse drag and drop the devices into the scene icon. You will be asked if you want them to be responders. All should be responders except one, if wanted . ISY will then write the links automatically to all devices involved. Battery devices need to be in linking mode first. ISY will then keep track of your scenes, can repair them with a simple mouse click etc... Once created the secene devices can be modified for different ramp rates and levels in the admin console. It's a great Scene manager, making it much easier. Your iRLink is likely full of half links going to the old SwitchLinc and needs to be factory reset to clean them out first.

Canadian source if convenient. https://www.aartech.ca/isy994-zwave-plus-upgrade-module