Everything posted by larryllix
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Whats Up with New Insteon Motion Sensor II
You mean all those spare original MSes are worth a lot more mone now? When then good-bye to bitcoin investments and hello relic Insteon coins?
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Basic question-how to program mini remote to scenes
First you have to mentally divorce the modes of the mini-controller with any loads you control. On/Off 8 buttons, 4 buttons, only changes what command codes the mini-remote puts out. Your ISY program can deal with any style. Toggle could be used directly as the toggling is already done. Write a program to detect On, and a program to detect Off codes. You are correct. They could get out of synch if another source of control is being used with that scene or devices. It would only take a second press of that button, in that case I like to use the 4 button mode and detect the signals. Each of the four buttons can now send six commands to ISY. Fast On, On, Fade up, Fade Down, Off, Fast Off. Your programs can still control one device from one button (of eight sides), They may look a little screwy detecting an Off and turning a scene or lights On. With any style command received it is easy to write two programs to toggle a load. A disabed program needs to be used to avoid oscillation detecting it's own controlled load If ....Control ButtonX is Switched On Then ....run program (if) Toggle Else ....--- Program Toggle (DISABLED) If ....Load is Off Then ....Set Load On Else ....Set Load Off Now with my Echoes I don't use these mini-remotes anymore.
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12 Volt Lighting / LampLinc Question
Universal power supplies usually only tolerate down to about 90vac. A range of 240vac down to 12vac would be incredulous. I believe that was Stu's point. Electronic items that can live on 12vac tend to be very sensitive to small 12v (5% x V) spikes on a 240vac system.
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12 Volt Lighting / LampLinc Question
I would suspect there is ONE resistor or capacitor they change for 240/120 vac models. However, digital CPU based, multimeters do it without switching the input circuitry from uVolts to 1kV. hmmmm... most (I have used/repaired) have one hardware switch ranges to change to the most sensitive scales there, so the designers must have had a problem there too but the input ranges are amazing these days.
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Insteon New Motion Sensor 2844-222 2nd Gen
It's the new industry standard. "Dreamware" You put out a product telling the potential buyer hows wonderful it is but don't actually state any actual features. The customer has to look at the box or advertising and dream what the brag means, conjuring up all kinds of features in their heads. How does this help the manufacturer? - Features are not nailed down. They can put a product on the shelves, years before the firmware is stable. After all, they didn't actually state that feature was there...they implied it and the customer dreamed it. - customers always dream higher features and quality than exists. - The box can be created for the product without Engineering people having any limitations - Hopefully the product will have better or different features than expected, until the firmware writing company was decided upon and contracted to do it. Just look at the manual in the box.... ......"For more information than connecting to a 120vac source properly , see www.dreamware.com"
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12 Volt Lighting / LampLinc Question
If the LampLinc really runs on 12vac, it signifies one sensitive range circuitry, 12vac to 150vac operating range? Very impressive! If that is the actual case, we should be hearing a lot more about LampLincs burning out frequently with 120vac system usage surges and spikes. It's quite possible, but even multi-meters have a hard time with inputs to cover wide ranges like that. SH equipment doesn't have that reputation, with some other equipment. OTOH: Doorbell transformers rated at 16vac have been measured up to 30vac, because it isn't critical and some manufacturer found they can rate the output voltage at 110vac input and full rated load on the secondary. Small core transformers are very poor efficiency and voltage stability with such low iron content.
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Another PLM Restore Fail
Ships from and sold by RC3434.
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New PLM. Now ISY-994 won't control scenes
Do you have a good and recent ISY backup?
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First impresssions: Google Home vs Amazon Alexa
Anything that ISY can control can be used with the Portal.
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2477S ISY bug?
I'll order one but I want the scene to indicate Off when it gets to the second last bar of the music. Better to be scene and not heard. You aren't the guy selling scenes on eBay are you? I have a scene called "All Off" that I use every night. It's an Insteon ALL OFF simulator since I can't seem to get one when I need one. OK,..let's not make a bigger scene here. Are we bored (sp?) yet? BTW: I just finished up my OB Mate3 modbus interrogator with ISY stuffed parameters. My RPi3 will never get a divorce from my ISY now. Now what do I do with the data? I wanted to know about solar levels for ISY logic but the PV panels are covered in snow for months in the winter. hhmmmmmm...think some of the blind controls would work for PV panel wipers?
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Using ISY 99i without PLM
It would be cool to see UDI release a drop in Polyglot server for old ISY99s.
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Using ISY 99i without PLM
Would make a great little Ethernet only controller,but I would severely miss the v5 features. I wonder how much math and conditional logic v3.3 is missing. Did it support REST calls or Network Resources in order to make it a fairly complete Ethernet logic box?
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2477S ISY bug?
My apologies. I used the wrong command signal. I have since corrected it. Try the switched Fade Down, It will work as one of the simplest programs, f your devices are linked to ISY properly. Right click on your program, copy to clipboard, and post it here using the advanced editor (More Reply Options) They are not hacks, they are programs, and why you didn't get a Hub. The programming may seem tough at first but you will find it very enabling.
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2477S ISY bug?
I have 400-500 programs running. I got most of them really cheap. One very simple solution was offered in post #2 that could solve one "problem". If you can hold down a paddle for a few seconds then the delay incurred by the Insteon protocol using an ISY program should not be noticed. It should take you about 2 minutes to install and it will last for years.
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2477S ISY bug?
Get a SwitchLinc Dimmer that understands the commands sent. Possibly petition SH to make an option to disable the dim/brighten command from the 2477S SwitchLincs. They may listen and actually do something in a few decades. OR Get an ISY994i problem solver and learn to make things work your way!
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Failing Air Conditioner, ISY944i, and Nest thermostat
Unfortunately as posted by others Nest will not give out their local API. It is rumoured there are hacks out there but that would take a third party CPU to run some hacking software to get parameters into your ISY. Cloud works most of the time, but relying on IFTT is probably the least secure you can get.
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ISY and Insteon leak sensor
Other than some edits into sane names, this has become the bible of leak programs, http://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/11566-leak-sensors-a-suggested-complete-program-package/?hl=%2Bsuggested+%2Bleak
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New to ISY and a bit overwhelmed
This has become the bible for many of us. Most may have modified (edited to meaningful names) it after installing but it has been tested for a long time. http://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/11566-leak-sensors-a-suggested-complete-program-package/?hl=%2Bsuggested+%2Bleak
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2477S ISY bug?
You could use an ISY program to translate the dim signal into an Off signal. IIRC all SwitchLinc paddles send out all the dimming signals despite their own load controls circuits not capable of dimming. If ....SwitchLinc is switched dim Fade Down Then ....set SwitchLinc Off Else ...--- Edit: Corrected termimology
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Is Insteon still interested in UDI?
UDI has spent countless development months on Zwave. If there is a rock in the garden a plant's root has to grow around it. Good companies don't disclose business relationships publicly, while there is still hope.
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New Router, Portal Does Not Work
From the other thread: I guess I don't understand the purpose or the point of the ISY finder applet but in three years of using ISY the finder has never found my ISY yet, and tried on many different computers. I have always had to manually add my ISY's IP address to the Finder. Then, if there are two possible addresses listed I have to manually select one every time to load the admin console.
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New Router, Portal Does Not Work
In the other thread you started for this, you stated your ISY was assigned a static IP address that was not included in your router allowed IP address range. If the IP address is not part of your router's LAN it will not likely route any of it's data through to the Internet. Turn DHCP back on in your ISY and reboot it, as a trial for the portal. Right now your ISY is not on your LAN sub-net and nothing should respond to it.
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Can't Log In To Admin Console
If your ISY is not on your router accepted IP addresses for your LAN it probably won't pass the data requests through it and back, from the Internet. Turn off your static IP address and then reboot your ISY as a trial.
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Can't Log In To Admin Console
I have had routers that would not allow traffic to devices on my LAN if they were not inside the router's IP assigment range. Acted like a Steve Jobs product "Total control...end to end!"
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Can't Log In To Admin Console
Two routers will likely confuse your whole network. Only one DHCP server should exist on your LAN. Your new router needs to be set up to match your previous IP addresses established in your softwares. Turn the old router off, and configure your new router to the same same subnet address range as your old router was. Install an IP address reservation for your ISY into the new router's DHCP IP address reservtion table and turn on DHCP in your ISY (losing the static IP assignment). Let your router assign it or you will likely have clashes later and your whole LAN can go nuts.