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That happens over at cocoontech all the time. Lately it has started to happen occasionally here too. You select a word and hit backspace and the whole post is empty.

Not a problem!. That's what the forum is for and most enjoy helping, even Paul, as he has nothing else to do in his prison cell..

If mfranzel is not electrically oriented, at all, I would recommend he get an electrician to do this. Even clamping on a CT to a conductor in a panel full of live connections. I wouldn't recommend he even open the cover himself. Even as experienced workers in this field, doing it every day for decades, we never opened a live panel without insulated gloves and flash glasses, Too many of my co-workers created flashes opening old panels with breakers and wiring falling apart.

Welcome! Yeah what Paul stated above, but don't forget that jumper 5, in the back of the MS, sets remote setting control via software, or else only the MS hardware, inside, can affect settings.

For more mechanical ease of construction you can use the extra wire in the other hot conductor to wrap around your electromagnet also. You just need to wrap that wire around the opposite direction of the first wire. This will take up some slack created by the first wire and increase the sensitivity of the loop count. We are still playing with unapproved electrical wiring devices so some electrical knowledge and safety situational thinking is required to make this work and keep things safe.

Yes, when you run the browser access for the first time it loads the Administration Console java applet onto your desktop for you convenient usage next time. When java updates sometimes, or whenever you upgrade your ISY firmware version the java applet has to match the version of the f/w. Trouble is java like to hang onto everything and use the existing stuff. This causes problems with ISY. If you run Windows, go into the Control Panel and looks for the java icon. Under the first tab "General" at the bottom there is a button "Settings" that has the clearing of java junk on the pop-up box. Look for the "Delete FIles". Check all boxes for a clean slate.

Try clearing the java cache completely and reloading the ISY UI. I don't see what this would do but if java updated on you it could destroy the current setup. Report back so people know your situation.

Sorry. I wasn't attempting to imply that you proposed it, but rather that it would violate the warranty etc.. My bad, for shortcutting the wording there. I have edited that to clarify.

I have several old dryer motors that I have used for venting and miscellaneous bench woodworking tools. They are all 120vac motors despite coming out of 240vac dryers over the years. The timers are also 120vac synchronous motors, as well as the lamps in the drums. There were no 240:120v step-down transformers in any dryer I have taken apart.

I have a 120vac gas dryer so do not have your problem. If I had a 240vac dryer my method would be (as Apostolakisl stated as a warranty/safety voiding operation) to open up the dryer, find the motor 120vac leads and install a 120vac standard receptacle, if there is not already one there, put a plug on the motor leads and plug it into an Insteon SynchroLinc. This would detect anytime the motor is running but not the drum lamp or timer etc... I can detect the drum lamp to detect when the door is left open too long but that wouldn't be as easy to catch with the mentioned technique. Blocking the dryer vent with a mechanism may be a problem but seems like a clean method if you are not electrical but mechanically inclined. Don't try this with a gas dryer as you could CO2 poison the occupants. Edit: Apostolakisl statement clarification. Appeared opposite of intention.

Was there a particular reason to check if the lamp was off before dimming it? You could just take the line out.

Welcome! You can do this by direct coomunications between MS units and lamp devices. It is fast and you can control the brightness by predetermining it before the MS sees motion. It can get complicated for newbies but the forum is here and many can help you if you feel adventurous. http://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/16056-motion-sensor-speed/?hl=%2Bdirect+%2Bscene&do=findComment&comment=138658

I experimented for a few months with HS2 using an Insteon Hub and found some of the logical constructs missing.` I switched to ISY about two years ago and felt much better about a smaller energy usage machine that didn't threaten to fail constantly with old moving mechanism parts and a way over complicated OS than needed just to do a controller job. In the end ISY feels more reliable, professional and user friendly, while HS2 felt more like a hack project out of somebody's basement with promises of doing everything. ISY has no virus software written for it that I have heard of. Larger OS systems abound with virii threats.

I have four LS units and none have failed yet in the last or so I got my first one. Insteon device are very reliable once you get over the initial quality assurance phase (month or so) What does fail is programming that is not fully tested. I think we are all guilty of that occasionally. Even when tested there is some sneak thing that can happen down the road that you never thought of but... consider what would happen if you didn't install the LS in the first place. I have been lucky with only a few leaks that wet my basement and the floor in the laundry room. I can write programs to protect things fairly reliably now and trust myself but it's the little side effects that get caused, like resetting the alarm system I wrote for it, not being able to reset the alarms, reset the water back on, alarm lights getting stuck on etc.. etc.. Those things become harder to test. Time will heal this after real life events but you can be far away and be embarrassed when your house lights all flash for an hour and the neighbours come with guns.

You can't use a Status to detect a LS heartbeat. It may never change and status only detects change in status. Here's what happens On...On...On....On....On.... Do you ever see an Off? Then the status would never change. Use "control", as it detects the command whether the status changes or not. Also put the "OR....is switched Off" back into the If section. Some LS produce both alternating so "On" only comes every 48 hours. Also put the 25 hour Wait back in or the detection system doesn't work at all. Go back and re-read the programs. Think of status as how the device was left, control/switch as the command that changes things whether they change or not.

Just worked in that field for 34 years. I don't know where this would be publicly revealed but IIRC Ontario Hydro established the averages for accounting purposes based on their few million units. The mechanical units were put out for 12 years and then about 5-10% sampled and the group left out for another 2,4,6 or 8 years before another sample was done. Short of newer and cheaper metals for the gears nothing ever went wrong with such a simple device. The CPU based units are put out for 6, or 8 years and brought in 100% due to lack of reliability. Much of the short lifespan is due to technology obsolescence so far as things are really changing in that field. A lot of this was due to the offering of proprietary radio systems that utilities jumped into before de facto standards were established. Surges take their toll and CPUs can make readings jump at any digit in the reading, go backwards, blank, or display garbage. We can thank our thoughtless politicians for costing us billions of dollars to throw non-recyclable meters in the garbage, in Ontario, over a two year period, just to raise the cost of energy. I sat face to face with the one responsible, here, and felt like kicking him where it hurts.. grrrr..... Politician shouldn't be involved in decisions. An electronic meter with a CPU and a digital radio with all the bells and whistles that sells for $22-$28 is bound to have problems. hmmmm... that may have been $18 the last time I heard. http://www.emfwise.com/smartmeters.php This article states 12-15 years and 50 years for mechanical types but from Ontario Hydro surveys those figures are too high. Heck, I spent my first dozen years (late 70s) working with GE I-30A meters. The number tells the first year released.

Or double or triple or half the frequency. Even two frequencies generate a mix of the sum and difference between frequencies as a side effect (beat frequency), so again.... who knows? This radio metering stuff is all new to utilities so I am sure if you explained your problem they would accommodate you to investigate. These electronic meters only last 10 years at best instead of the 32 year average for the old mechanical ones.If there is a problem the utility want to know about it before they buy another 100,000 units.

If it really comes down to the last straw....call your utility and ask them to pull the meter for a few minutes while you run some tests with your system. You may get better response by flagging down a truck on the street or making up a story about your meter making a strange noise. LOL Have your tests ready before they get there Who knows? The meter could have a radio out of spec or crashing.

Yup " Bought this one to use to get data from the basement, need to control the temp and humidity down there." In his case as long as the basement door stays closed and the heater isn't too large than not too many negatives can happen with a suck on heater. I saw too many bad-meter complaints in my carreer from 1500 watt heaters, the kids left on in the basement sound room, when they went off to college last September. "But the main furnace gas bill for the winter was real low for some reason." Yeah "the heater is only a little one" but at 1500watts x 24hours x 31days x $0.20/kWh = $223.20 extra for the month. YMMV Not the end of the world, if your Insteon comm fails, and the unmonitored heater sticks on, in an open space.

Temperature reports by exception to rules inside the 2441ZTH. The rules are outside about a 1.5 degree C bandwidth and you just have to wait for it to change that far. Take a hair dryer to it for a few seconds to start it off if you can't wait. Humidity reports on a timed cyclic basis and can be used as a heartbeat to detect if the thermostat is still alive. Although it may report the same RH and ISY may not report the input to trigger programs. I wouldn't use a wireless thermostat to control house temperatures if this is the only source of heat. Humidity, or for a heat source that is not the only one, and doesn't have the capacity to overheat an area, fine, but that is season dependant also.

Sure. Use the Wait command and repeat the line. This need to be investigated further as Insteon uses two different frequencies and mediums or transmission, powerlines and RF. It is not likely the meter uses the same frequency. Front House Light - [iD 0002][Parent 0001] If From Sunset + 30 minutes To 10:00:00PM (same day) Then Set Scene 'Front Lighting' On Wait 3 seconds Set Scene 'Front Lighting' On Wait 3 seconds Set Scene 'Front Lighting' On Else Wait 30 minutes (Random) Set Scene 'Front Lighting' Off Wait 5 seconds Set Scene 'Front Lighting' Off Wait 5 seconds Set Scene 'Front Lighting' Off

I use my only SynchroLinc on my dryer and it has worked very well even with the motor starting load of the dryer. Of course the dryer motor may be a much lower surge startup design than a pump motor. This sounds like some research in the internal fuse is required to replace what you have with an appropriate fuse using dual element time delay to handle your motor inrush as well as still protect your electronics in the SynchroLinc. These fuses cost a bit more and possibly the cheapies were used for your units, or maybe all units produced. This is a common problem with people not understanding overcurrent protection devices..

My ISY clock jumped and caused an ISY Query at 3:00 AM last night. This resulted in an I/O Link sensor to report the wrong status and I spent some time investigating why my PV battery charging system failed at 3:00 AM ! I have saved the logs but haven't figured out why my ISY was doing a query at 3:00 AM when I have mine set to go at 4:00 AM each night. I also have to figure out where the false report came from, the inverter algorithm, the I/OLink, wiring, or ISY. Some other program non-completion happened, cancelling my beepers from shutting off. We woke up to two BuzzLinks beeping continuously instead of the allocated 2-3 seconds worth. grrrrrr......

Anytime I use the "repeat Every x time" loop I always include a few daily triggers to restart should this fragile structure stall. If time is 12:01 AM Or time is 6:00 AM Or time is 12:01 PM Then repeat every 1 minute xxxxxxx Else --

I went through some of this dilemma about letting ISY control everything but ended up thinking this way. - I used scenes to "direct operate" my lights from MS units and other three-way switch schemes. The On response is immediate. ISY is not involved, at all. - I use ISY to turn them off again, based on motion, and switch actions. - In many common rooms I don't worry if they trigger during the middle of the day. They are al LED bulbs and cost pennies per year to not worry about it. - In bedroom areas I use programs to modify the scene brightness levels before the lighting is needed.