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...but then the boards all smell of COVID spray. Wait! Windows in the containers or Windows installed on the boards?

Well done! I bring the warm white and cool white colours into play with mine. Since I use all WiFi lighting I use no Insteon scenes, only my own software written scenes. I have also found with small increments I can dim groups of lights at different times so the dimming is not very noticeable> As a side note when I first created my first method based on the system number of minutes left in each day until midnight, I noticed an expected but unexpected phenomenon. Before my dimming programs and during the pandemic, I, and my wife and S-I-L were frequenting bed about midnight to 1:30 AM. After running the programs for a few months 10-11 PM became a very common time for bedtime. The colour changes and gradual dimming did seem to modify our circadian rhythms.

How do you like them Apple's?

I had always thought GH supported the same style of things as Alexa. I have four GH boxes in a box somewhere. I found Google's attempt at so-called AI a detriment to HA controls with it's assumptions operating things I didn't want operated, so I focused on all Alexa speakers. Of course, things may have changed as GH realised the error of some of their ways.

There is no need for this program but is simplifies the programs that use it. I reserved about 20 variables for vocal outputs and a program to reset them all. I never have to use three lines per program anymore, making them easier to read and understand after that. Better programming practices mostly means easier to read and understand programs for any later corrections or edits. It's aso about centralisation of functions instead of scrambled all over the place and hard to find later. If the timing requirement ever changes, one simple change will do it all.

Just as a matter of interest...I have created a program that resets all my state variables used to trigger routines in my alexa speakers. It looks like this... Program ResetSayVars (Enabled to Run at Startup] if $sSayVVVVV is not 0 OR $sSayWWWW is not 0 OR $sSayXXXXX is not 0 OR $sSayYYYYY is not 0 Then Wait 3 seconds $sSayVVVVVVV = 0 $sSayWWWWWW = 0 $sSayXXXXXXX = 0 $sSayYYYYYYY = 0 Else ----- Now when a program uses a $sSay variable the wait and reset to 0 is done automatically to reduce line usage in every programmed usage of vocals. This simplifies the number of lines and look of many programs and makes them easier to read. Of course I have a bank of about 20 State variables (with more meaningful variable names) reserved for this usage and the program involves every one in the If and Then sections of this program. BTW: Alexa routines do not like to be hit on faster than every 20 seconds so programs that operate vocals too fast may get skipped over.

In addition to @kclenden's post above....Just select "send On only" inside the MS and then two programs are not needed.

Black electrical tape..or white vinyl tape if it shows Sent from my SM-G781W using Tapatalk

Possibly broken cable wiring inside the PSU cable at the connector from previous snags on it, or just a messed up connector contact inside the polisy. Try bending the cable multiple directions, at the connector (each end?) to see if you can cause it to happen.

You mean all my devices I purchased back in 2013 are going to be a problem some day? Your first post it sounded like you said your system never gave you any problems and now you say they did. That sounded like a contradiction but we must have misunderstood those comments. The only Insteon device problem I have had in 10 years were devices that were sent out of the factory with defects. However I have one LampLinc, removed, stored in a box that the plastic case split five different ways. Never checked the manu. date though. I have had a synchroLinc that went dead. Likely a poor electrical design that couldn't handle the motor load. I still have about 50 more devices that I removed when I moved last year, working until I stored them in a box. About half were purchased before 2015 and had no RF protocol.

With such a sudden failure of so many electrical devices I think somebody needs to inspect his electrical system for noise problems, and/or high voltage, etc.. You may be playing the same tune shortly again, no matter what system you install.

Check out CAO Wireless Sensors. We have a NS for wireless Tags. They are cheap, very accurate and have versions with wired sensors. Of course you will have to change the CR2032 battery every 8-12 months.

As the simplest explanation without any background if you are turning on KPL LEDs make sure to put a short Wait just before each command. If you have Insteon MSes insert a Wait 1 second before commanding anything else after detecting motion in your programs Sent from my SM-G781W using Tapatalk

This was thought to be a clash of two or more signals and then some Insteon device decodes it as an All On signal and starts echoing it around your system. This was thought to be common in devices like the multibutton wall switches where there were many nodes inside one device that all use the same Insteon ID. For example: when a signal is received from a push button, ISY could immediately set the LED for that button on as an indicator of state. This should have a Wait 1-2 seconds before activating the LED. This situation can be aggravated by battery operated wireless Insteon devices that do not follow the power line protocols to avoid signal clashes. They have no way to detect the signal clash and in order to ensure success of transmission, repeat their commands several times. While the signal is being echoed by Insteon devices, your ISY device can start sending response signals simultaneously. It was never known or revealed exactly why this was happening or from where but the work-around seemed to be, not to fire signals immediately after a wireless device sent out a signal. This ALL ON signal appears to be an Insteon Scene style signal whereas no responses are ever sent so that ISY can detect any status change. This is according to Insteon protocol definitions. I had one OnOffLinc plug-in device drive me crazy with random Ons and partial Ons (dims) for about a year. One occurrence I recognised the a pattern of lights as a scene that I had programmed and found the logs showing the device in question not responding with an ACK signal when it was commanded on or off. A simple unplugging the device and plugging it back i solved that problem and it never returned for many years now. Remember these devices contain a CPU running firmware and can run amuck, just like any other computer.

Your nickname in your router is not used by the Finder. Many do not even name their devices in their routers for it to work. Sent from my SM-G781W using Tapatalk

I see @Michel Kohanimhas been hard at work to make the wiki a much better resource over the last years. There is actually many directory links now. 👍 BTW: I never noticed a link the the Launcher until I copied the text to my post. Then it was underlined and an apparent color. Going back I see they use a very small icon symbol beside the link but the color scheme on a dimmed LCD screen is just not apparent. I attempted to brighten the link color but it just isn't apparent. (ooops...I guess there is another def. for a used link, also)

See my update above. The links were not apparent in my Firefox browser. Thanks again. I have bookmarked the wiki information. I have not been able to find it in the past.

Unfortunately that wiki link contains nonsense. You cannot use the file that you don't have to run the launcher. It's about finding the Launcher, not the admin console. "Installing the Admin Console Icon on Your Desktop It's always best to use the Admin Console application which is browser independent. To do this: Clear your java cache Use the ISY Launcher to launch the Admin Console. This should put an icon on your desktop once you run the downloaded start.jnlp file. Click on the discovered 994, Polisy, or eisy and you will see this menu UPDATE: This is a browser problem. Links do not appear underlined anymore unless you know they are existing and hover over them. Also the default link colour is not distinctly different from the normal text, making it hard to discern.

Thanks. I kept that file and changed the name to protect it last time. After restoring it when I ran it it reported there was a mismatch between versions, indicating v5.5.8 and v5.5.9 and would not install anything. I guess we will see next time again. It still would be nice for the automatic updating to install, or ask to install the Launcher, if possible. I have spent a lot of time for the last 30 upgrades looking for instructions how to get it back. Previously it would be found under the java app menu, sometimes on the desktop, other times hidden in a download folder and most of the time, nowhere I could find. Thanks

I clear my java cache and there is no start.jnlp. It was cleared out when I clean out my java items and there is nothing to launch. Then I spend at least 15 minutes searching the forums and wiki for something that doesn't seem to exist anywhere.

I am on Windows 11. What issue? How does the launcher link get installed on your desktop?

Not java related problems. These are problems with people operating the launcher. It isn't perfect and sometimes gives problems installing it as well as finding your ISY device.

I would like to see some automatic method to add the IoX Launcher to my desktop. I have been upgrading through almost every version put out since ISY994 v3.x and it still takes me 15-30 minutes of hacking away at different commands to make the ISY Launcher to show up somewhere on my laptop with a matching version to the ISY version.

What is the problem with java you are having?

That sounds like a great idea and sounds simple to keep a complete duplicate system, to me but... ...if there are bugs there may be no recovery back to a previous version to the controls system to recover may be crashed.