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Well after years of getting familair with 6 character passwords they introduce forcing you to use some numeric characters. Next along comes, you need to use some uppercase characters. Now the latest addition to the ridiculous security scam (all your fault, right?) is the forced usage of punctuation. So now we end up with passwords that require mixed upper and lower case characters, numbers and punctuation. What does the same person do with 60-80 different passwords? Keep them in a booklet of email folder so that only one password crack is required to infiltrate somebody's whole life, in order to completely own them. Security is really improving! (sarcasm) What is really improving is the ability to put any blame for being hacked on the user. A few years back my bank cut off my card usage, forcing me to come into the branch to change my card password. Since this was the second or third time this happenned, I enquired why. I was told that I used the card with a known card hacker that was involved in password snooping. Looking at my account statements, (remember paper?) I had only used that same card in the last three months with the bank's machine, I was standing inside changing my password. Yeah, the SSL discovery days.

2441ZTH humidity updates on a real time cycle. About every 5 minutes on batteries and about every 60 seconds on adapter.

Warm it up so it sees a 2 degree change or more, then it wil report to the ISY and not before. Fans do not cool air.

Code monkeys.

A more appropriate method may be too just increase the size of the ducting or have the duct take off repositioned on the main heating duct by a better furnace contractor, to increase the supply air flow. Cleaning out the carpet infringement and other air impediments (like framing not cut back) in the return air system usually solves a lot of these "cold spot" problems, as well.

Only one good solution for this. Give the dog away, and save yourself enough money for a yearly vacation cruise by not subscribing to expensive junk or pet food and home damage.

You have to think like the developers. A thermostat only sends temperature, right? That was the probably the first and only parameter. Oppps.... It sends more parameters. we better get some more suffixes working..

The only thing I have ever seen is the one page in the wiki regarding variable substitution. Admin Console|Help has links to the wiki now.

I have never used any of that style variables but it looks as if you have to substitute your device number for the "#" character placeholder. I use a room number deined by Integer Variable constants and use a notification with that number. Then I include a room number legend at the bottom of the notification. There may be much better ways now.

I don't recall using any variable suffix to report temperature right out of the 2441ZTH units. EDIT: Just looking inside my notifications and I used... Util:${sys.node.20 48 B3 1.ST}C, RH:${sys.node.20 48 B3 1.CLIHUM}

My Rhoomba has vents on the sides for exhaling the air passed through.IIRC it does have a suction element but it may be on the same shaft. Definitely on the same motor. I didn't open it up as it has too much dirt on top of it.

It still takes about 5-6 seconds to stop when the lid is openned full speed spin. You can hear the brake drag sound but how it is done, I don't know. You would think an electronic magnetic brake would be used instead of a mechanical. I would be surprised if spin washing machines would be legal to be sold to the public. When you first open the lid and see 50 pounds of wet towels spinning at that speed, it's pretty scary! Getting a towel wrapped up in it while an arm tangled in the other end would not end well.

What would make more sense would be... Alexa. Cancel the vaccuum toy. I have guests.

I have always run Maytag washing machines. Well, I have had two in 45 years and still run the second 13 yer old one. I have never subscribed to the front load scam/fad. The clothes get off centre by just washing them, no matter how they are placed in the drum originally. My washing machines both have had sensors that shut the machine down if they get too eccentric and out of balance. Have you not been maintaining your sensors the way you are supposed to? What about the safety brake that stops the drum when opening the lid? Are you performing yearly safety checks? Human lives may depend on your following proper protocols. The biggest problem is the drain water not draining fast enough before the drum gets up to speed.

My Rhoomba does an awesome job of cleaning but I had to confine it a much smaller area. Any time I lift it up I find a completely dustless spot underneath it on the shelf. It takes a half the three quarter horsepower motor to run a good beater bar to get the dirt out of a carpet in a good upright vacuum cleaner and I still have to push and pull it The little 0.0004 hp motor never picked up enough dirt in the few pathways, that it didn't miss, to warrant taking up even half a duplex receptacle in my house. Then that receptacle was always blocked where I needed to plug in a functional vacuum cleaner, that could actually picked up more than just the odd dust specs, sitting on top of the pile. Great dreamware though.

Think of the portal as a safe way to be interactive with ISY from anywhere. The Network Module is a one way output only, locally initiated comms from inside your LAN, and doesn't handle any input data to ISY, no port forwarding is required.

Sounds like a lot of extra work. Alexa. Sort the clothes Alexa. Put the detergent in the washer Alexa. Put fabric softener in the washer. Alexa. Select wash'n wear cycle Alexa. Close the lid Alexa. Wait until I get back to my chair before starting. ....I didn't understand the question Alexa. Wait till I get back to my chair before starting. ....OK Alexa. Why did you stop the washer? ....The previous load of clothes out and the lid won't close. Sounds cool but I wonder if it will extend the washing day into a whole week of laundry. Should be cool to see what develops with this technology. Alexa. Can you abuse me with some other technology that's really cool? Only available to California residents.

Backing up a bit I realised I may not have been too clear on my last post.The contacts I was referring to were the Wall Switch contacts and you didn;t answer the question about how you are running the ioLinc. Anyway, what happens when you operate the ioLinc from the admin console, and what happens after you operate it and then query it? Something is really strange about this due to - two units simultaneously leading one to conclude... - some power spikes got into the electronics but the odd part is your fireplace is likely an isolated millivolt circuit and not liekly to attract a flash through from a powerline spike. We don't know the setup you are using.

Are you running the 5 vdc from the ioLinc across the room to a Decora switch or thermostat? You may need to replace or clean the contacts or retighten the connections after a summer of humidity. It doesn't take much for the very low voltage used for the sensing to "get lost", especially if used with normally 120vac device contacts. It may be possible to get a shot of contact cleaner into the device. You have lots of contacts though.

I find Alexa lies. At times he will say OK and never do anything. At times she will say, "I have found several devices with that name". That's also a lie, meaning she didn't parse the device properly, and gives random error mesages instead of, "I didn't understand" repeatedly. Some words are too hard to parse due to certain sounds, sounding like key phrase words. I was using a variable setting vocalised as "Speed" and Alexa asked me everytime which device I wanted and every....I repeat...every time would do as I asked on the second try. That is something wrong in the algorythm to do that without fail and repeatable over 50-60 times. I have since changed it to "rate"

Most of these videos are staged. We always have to think, 'Why was somebody recording the kid in the first place?' Sent from a tiny keyboard. Response may be brief. Did anybody notice a competitors voice gadget behind it?

Just Dad passing his skills down to his children. Note how so many people were yelling "no..no.." and other uneducated attempts?

The @XXXX is a standard forum trigger to alert the intended XXXX victim. I don't think it works in this forum.

That was only available to Pro users. I am not sure if that still applies.