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A blinking LED on an Insteon device usually means it is still in linking mode and will not report regular operations to ISY. A blinking LED on an Insteon device usually means it is still in linking mode and will not report regular operations to ISY.

Then comms to ISY are OK. I don't know what a red flasher on a door sensor means. Did you read the online manual? The paper that comes with it is almost completely useless so find the one on the SmartHome,com site included with the sales info. save it in a folder. They can disappear.

ISY doesn't use TCP to talk Insteon. Your error looks like it is between your app and ISY. Have you changed locations between your LAN and WAN IP addresses during communications?

I believe I have stated this before but... HomeKit should accelerate the use of ISY HA as users sadly invest lots of bucks in hardware only to find problems and want independence from the cloud. Meanwhile they will have purchased a few Insteon devices and the swing over to ISY should be a natural progression. Why did SH never create a controller with advanced logic copying the same no HA path as X10 went? Was it to leave room for third party developers, like UDI, and Apple, to "partner" with their technology? Originally I purchased two Hubs for my son and myself. After 20 minutes of playing I realised from my old X10 experience that I would be bored with the Hub within two days. Adding cloud advanced logic, actually making the system HA would drive me bonkers. I don't like the delays in ISY making a decision about my lights after seeing motion. Imagine the cloud making that decision in the middle of the night? The light might be on after you pee and are heading back to bed. I am not going to wear a watch to bed and my mobile phone is never close by when I sleep. My guess is somebody pushed Apple's buttons promising HA glory. "Welcome to out home! Here are your slippers and wristwatch so my home can spy on you." Geesh I find my bedroom lamps disconnected everytime my guests leave already. Not everybody likes HA. Not even my kids that have Internet addictions.

With all the pure white Insteon devices, all white IPhone, and white background the photos look like something from heaven in the movies. I am surprised the iPad doesn't have big wings coming out it's backside but then that could limit sales to Christian countries. ha-ha. The knowledgebase link on the SH page is a dead link. Good one! SH does it again.

Try removing a repeater or two and link again. Perhaps the 256 count is nodes and some devices have multiple nodes.

I get that number nonsense from my mobile phone provider every time. I assume they convert their own emails to SMS.

This sounds contradictory. Does port 4034 work for ISY or not? Are also changing ISY's port inside ISY, to match, or are you just changing the Port Forwarding rules, external side of the router?

Nice! I would think the 30 seconds may be a nuisance if you pass through just to grab an item and leave again. Experience will dictate that for you! Automate on, dude!

Did you want two distinct notifications? One keeps things (one unified message and more modular) under control and later more conditions can be added to only one program. If Elk is unarmed OR We haven't been home for a week and forgot to arm = true OR We are in the basement and can't hear the gates OR It's the middle of the night Then .... Your Elk may be handling much of this already.

No. Folders are folders in the program tree that you can use to organise programs, by dragging and dropping programs into them. Look at the bottom of the Program Tab page in the Admin Console for the "New Folder" button. Folder can also have conditions to enable/disable all programs inside them. Parenthesise are used, to visually group logic lines, and to force execution of the logic in a certain order. Normally AND has a higher precedence than OR similar to the BEDMAS order of operations rules in arithmetic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations#Programming_languages

Thinking about this more I would use something like this. (I don't like using folder conditions as they seem obscure and get missed causing baldness later) Need one of these for each gate. (x2) Program = Gate1_detect If control of gate1_contact is 'Off' AND control of gate1_contact is not 'On' Then wait 1 minute run (if) in program 'Notify me if unarmed' Else -- Program = Gate2_detect ...as above.... Program = Notify_me_if_unarmed (disabled) If Elk is unarmed Then send notification to you. Else --

Sorry, See my revised programs. I made a logical error in using one program. You should be able to just add a status check for the Elk minding the parenthesis application. The change in Elk status should be able to run the Else clause but not the Then clause due to never encountering simultaneous signals. Another possibility is to put the programs into a folder and put the Elk armed in the folder condition. If ( control of gate1_contact is 'Off' AND control of gate1_contact is not 'On' ) AND status Elk is not armed Then wait 1 minute send notification Gate1_is_open to You Else --

This can be done with two programs and no variables but, as features are thought of, you may want to add more. If control of gate1_contact is 'Off' AND control of gate1_contact is not 'On' Then wait 1 minute send notification Gate1_is_open to You Else -- If control of gate2_contact is 'Off' AND control of gate2_contact is not 'On' Then wait 1 minute send notification Gate2_is_open to You Else -- If you use "control" with both polarities of logic ('is Off' and 'is Not On') when the gate is opened the Then section will run and start timing and then if the gate contact does not report 'Off' during the Wait 1 minute time, the notification will be sent. IOW: if the Else ever runs then the Then section Wait is cancelled. It would seem two programs would be needed otherwise both gates could be open and when one is closed it would cancel for both.

Yeah, funny how everything seemed to go from the 9v battery to the AA cells and then with miniaturisation to the AAA batteries that they held the price so high on. Now everything seems to be heading back to the 9v (transistor) battery. Worst format made with it's bad connectors almost guaranteed to break the device connector after a dozen batteries have been inside. The battery has more insulation and space fillers between the cells and results in less energy per size of any battery so far. ...and now I have a drawer full of AAA cells for X10 MSes that are going out and can't afford enough 9v batteries for my Insteon MSes and every other device that seems to popularise the 9v back into existence. The Lithium batteries seem like a good idea but very time I look at them I see no amp-hour capacity per $ gain over the alkaline types. hmmmm... maybe we need a running battery deal thread??

As opposed to a line powered MS without a cord? I have one of those smart solar powered MS units that doesn't require a receptacle or batteries. Trouble is the thing turns the light on in the middle of the night to get charged up every six weeks! Seems to heck with user convenience now. The MS comes first. )

This is provided that you have a "direct link" between your MS and your fan tha you can install by creating a scene in ISY. If not you will require an extra line of code to turn the fan on. If Control 'Motion Sensor - Sensor' is switched On Then Set 'FanLinc - Fan' On Wait 1 hour Set 'FanLinc - Fan' Off Else --

but at least the dual signal heartbeat monitoring programs will work with either style of heartbeat. Users would never know the difference.

It would seem upon booting up the init value sets the value that your iPhone is home. In your program you probably use the iPhone=home to stop TV turning on when you are not home. If that program is enabled it will trigger the Then clause and turn on your TV. Usually with this problem you would have the first program call a second program with the time frame or state variable in it. The second program would be disabled so that it doesn't get triggered by lines you intended to be a condition only. Copy and paste your program here and people will help you fix it.. Right click on program and select copy to clipboard)

https is for secure communications and assumes port 443. Other numbers can be used. There are no "not recommended" ports in the Wikipedia article, only common and popular ones. Hackers run port scanners to see what turns up anyway. Ports 80 and 8080 are associated with http protocol and there is no security. I use a whole series of ports with my ISY, cam, weather station and more. My router then transforms the ports and IP address into my LAN ports and IP addresses. You may note this in your router that there is a conversion capability in the set up of the "port forwarding" table. This way multiple devices can be accessed with the same external IP address since I only have one but multiple IP address I want to access on my LAN.

Don't forget the "s" for secure https://73.xxx.yy.zz:443 My camera doesn't use a secure port like 443. There is nothing to protect against.

Network Resource is a term used in the ISY using the network module, an optional ISY extra. Edit: removed echo quote

Have you considered a second mortgage yet? OK don't tell my wife if I don't tell yours?

Nice!

The best way s to turn on DHCP in your ISY and let your router assign an IP address so there is not any clashes later. After that, go into your router and find the IP reservation table and enter a valid (in allowed range) IP address for your ISY into the table. This will force your ISY to that IP address every time it boots and asks the router for an IP address (DHCP). This will insure no conflicts happen later in IP address clashes locking you out or causing intermittent problems on your LAN.