larryllix

But Windows still cannot print out a directory listing. It was so easy on a Unix work-alike system back in the 80s.

Thanks giesen! I've been looking for a service like that for many years. Perfect location too, although I am now 4 hours away but once or twice a year.... I really should give aartech.ca a kick again. They usually have prices in Can that can't be beat.

Control statement are not two state. Statuses are two state. Status can be On or Off Control can be On, Off or neither, Three states..

Well there are a few methods. Use a pink noise generator in the kid's room. Ring the doorbell every five minutes while he/she sleeps to condition a lack of response. Wait until they are teenagers sleeping, then you won't be able to get to answer the door if you try. You have to cook pizza for that

Yup. All devices should also send the analogue value and just let the home automation controller sort it out. Sometime we don't want all the distributed intelligence and want more control, but technology is changing rapidly and it was created in an older technology era....what?... five ten years ago?

Just doing a review of the literature n the two devices the T8900 states it supports third party api whereas the T7900 doesn't. Can the T7900 be controlled from ISY without another box of is another box (RPi) required to comm between the two? Another concern is the use of C degrees. Do these stats suddenly pop up with at least 0.5 degree resolution when C is turned on? I can't find any indication of that.

Thanks Paul. Unfortunately the $190 turns out to be $419 after participation in their RipUglobex shipping program. This is the same baloney that eBay is ripping foreign importers off with. Now our dollar is caving with the oil prices but adding on huge amounts to the already quoted $23 to ship UPS to Canada is ridiculous. I'll be watching closer for other sources but I have t make sure this stat has the capability to run my heating systems.

I've been looking for a Venstar but can't seem to find even a trace of one like the T8900. Seems like they are vapourware.. EDIT: Ooops I just found one at $469...ouch!

You should be able to set your scene to any level you want at any time. Read the example programs here http://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/16694-50-latency-question/

I think of control and status as Control is the signal sent from a device and status is the current state of a device. So you can send and receive a "control On" signal as many times as you want but once the device has "status On" it won't change anymore. Event based programming is quite different than linear flow programming although we do use the latter inside our programs. It can give linear flow programmers a tough time at the beginning.

Interesting I have just had two batteries go dead in MS units and neither reported a lowBatt. One unit had to be factory reset and restored. The other just self-healed after battery replacement. Some testing is coming. I need to fix my variable PS unit first. @Michael. The MS units can take a few minutes after making adjustments to recover and act properly. The factory reset is a prerequisite for the MS units. Over half of mine (I have 9) acted really strange until factory reset.

Those 9v battery clips get broken wires inside them really easily but if you have warranty go after it.

Geeesh. I would get a text message 5 minutes after the visitor left, sometimes. I couldn't rely on that system to notify me before the visitor beat the door down and was driving down the street again. SMS is background processing for the mobile providers and gets delivered when the comms are not busy. I used to be able to rely on Blackberry BBMs for instant messages but even they can come in an hour later lately. The light flash sounds good but I doubt I would see lights outside on the deck in the sun. Insteon really needs a chime. If you went directly into the IO Link, isn't there a way to disconnect the input from the output contact? I created and wired my own system with a relay but the whole thing nullifies your Elk setup.

Temperature inside relative to outside always feels right when first entering abuilding but after sitting and cooling off for an hour the temperature becomes more critical. Years ago, in another forum, a person reported using their thermostat as a low limit cut-out for their A/C and wired a humidistat in series with it. After some experience they claimed it worked very well and were quite impressed with the non-play comfort levels.. For the price of a humidistat it may be worth a try. Our problem here in Ontario is the humidity gets so brutal, sometimes without enough heat.to make the AC run much. If you have your windows open until the humidity occasionally pops up it can be too late and you have at least one sweaty toss'n turn night, with the A/C running all night, for sure. If the temperature drops the A/ is done and won't take it out then you have a few sweaty toss'n turn nights. Where I am right now I see over a huge valley and when it gets into the summer 30 degrees++ (86-97F) you can't see to the other side for a light fog hanging in the air. What am I doing here?

Heating failure should not be a problem. I use mine for that also. This assumes that you want to detect the temperature to avoid freeze ups of pipes etc. that can happen below 0 degrees C. For a small safety margin I assume your notifications are set to 4-6 degrees C, in order to give plenty of time to compensate with automatic heaters, or a human response, to the remote location. That works just fine with the Insteon thermostats 2441(Z)TH series. Here is a previous thread regarding freezing temperature measurement. http://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/15148-temperature/?hl=%2Bfreezing+%2B2441zth&do=findComment&comment=128502

The 2441ZTH cannot do outdoor temperature ranges. I have two I have tested and they cannot send a negative Celsius temperature. The unit's electronics also quits functioning just below freezing. The remote input is not transmitted. Some have swapped the two input wiring for this but the range is still not capable of outdoor temperature ranges. 0-255 counts (one byte) @ 0.5 deg.C per count = 0.0C - 128.5C

The Insteon thermostats die just below freezing and cannot output negative temperatures for C scales. Is your range required restricted and will the Aeon device accommodate that range for outdoors? Hook it up with a NiMH battery and a small solar cell stolen from a solar lamp sized to not cook the battery.

There was a metal stud building era where metal boxes and metallic cable were both used. I had house like that. It wasn't uncommon to see me drill holes spaced one inch apart for the whole 16" span of a stud spacing just to find a stud. Darn tinfoil things were terrible to find and just pushed out of the way if you didn't drill a thread hole first for the screw to tap into. Aluminum wiring too.

Devices do not send out Insteon commands when they receive a command from another device, only when they get operated themselves, usually by a human or other sensory input. Thus no infinite loop. Note Stu posted "suppose". He was talking hypothetical. He's tricky that way

Yup! You got it! Time frames are tricky gotcha ones. When you use If From 6:00 AM To 1:00 PM Then ---- Else ---- At 6:00 AM Else stops running (if it is) and Then starts runnning At 1:00 PM Then stops running (if it is) and Else starts running You can use the time frame as a condition / filter for another trigger (you usually have no lines of code in Else) by putting the time frame in another program with the disabled checked This stops that program from triggering and auto-running. If Control Switch is On <--- anytime switch is tapped at the top, this is an event trigger Then Run TimeFilter_Program (if) Else ---- <--- will never run 'cause nothing will trigger a logical False in the If TimeFilter_Program (disabled) ---------------------------- If From 6:00 AM <----this does NOT trigger then to run automatically to 1:00 PM <-----this does NOT trigger Else to run automatically Then do something <---- this will run if inside time frame if the Switch is tapped up Else do something else <---- this will run if outside the time frame is the Switch is tapped up Weird at first, but you it will become more natural with practice.

Ummmm.... I assume ISY uses signed 32 bit variable storage. Your value is over 10 digits and 2^31 = 2,147,483,648. The best ISY could hold would be 1,508,211,553 truncating the year century, with this example. If you multiply the year 2015 times 100,000,000 you will get an overflow condition and this will result in a negative number -363,462,912

Yes. Except humans have difficulty interpreting it so I created an explode program to customs unparsed it out to more human readable form. Originally I labelled it like this MMDDhhmmss = 920123643 so that I could remember the format for it in the email. Until winter there is no leading "1" digit and confusing.

It's a hard physical motion to accomplish this. I have attempted to do it and missed the reset somehow. I would try it again. Make sure you hold that button until all the beeping and flashing stops happening. Who knows. may save you some agro. Like I stated...at this point don't assume or trust anything. Do it again.

The listed programs only get time and/or dates into variables. Now you need to compact the variables into a timestamp, usually one variable containing all the variables. This can be done (listed somewhere) by $Datime = $Month $Datime X= 100 $Datime += $Date $Datime X= 100 $Datime += $Hour $Datime X= 100 $Datime += $Minute $Datime X= 100 $Datime += $Seconds Now $Datime contains MMDDhhmmss, one compact variable which you can store beside, or with your event data, that can be exploded later for viewing by humans. (insert smart-a comment here about westerner Canucks ) ISY has a "init to" variable for each that will survive the reboot and be available always, from my experience.

My next step would be to order a new MS and a few other parts to diversify or nullify the shipping costs. I assume you want to continue your Insteon system with our assurances these units work well? Set up the new MS unit and if all works then start the RMA process. If not, then something else is awry with the MS setup and you will know where to focus your further sleuthing on. I found almost all my 9 MS units did really weird things until factory reset and I started over. I assume that was done IIRC in this thread. At this point in the troubleshooting process don't assume anything. BTW: Factory reset takes a process that is not just removing and replacing the battery.