larryllix

Does the event log show the status update? It still looks like an Insteon link is missing. The paddle and status are two different signals. Has the switch been factory reset, or reinstalled from scratch yet?

Definitely not the demo I saw. The one I saw was Peter Shipley and IMHO it was a failure to demonstrate his hacking of the protocol. I mostly agree with your analysis. Scrambled and difficult, but not hackproof / secure.

If it was the demo I saw they spent most of the demo trying to access the network and then proposed many things they couldn't demo. IMHO it demonstrated a complete failure to control anything. Basically nothing Peter Shipley claimed could be demonstrated in that video.

Strange. I have been finding my main SwitchLinc switch doesn't seem to produce a dim signal if it already off. I was sure it always did in the past as I use to signal to turn on my automatic dimming programs/scenes. When the Switchlinc is partially on it works 100% but when the Switchlinc is already off it misses sometimes. I am still using my old ISY994 also so it is not a IoP thing. I had a lot of other weird things take place on mine for the few months I tested it but after some other serious problems I went back to my ISY for now. Previously I also used my ensuite Switchlinc dimmer to trap a fast off signal to activate RGBW strip lights along the floor behind the tub etc.. Each double tap down, while off, would trigger a colour change if done within 5 seconds of the last d.Tap. Waiting for longer than 5 seconds would cancel the sequence and turn the RGBW LED strip off. It never had problems producing the fast Off signal while off. Something does seem like things have changed but it always seemed to point to the Switchlincs. Not likely possible. Maybe some core logic in ISY/IoP has changed a while back??

Yeah, a single missing link or botched link could destroy one status or trigger signal continuity. Since Insteon sends separate signals for toggle position as well as dimmer status, it is quite and very possible.

This can be a problem when we play the anomalies of a system. Then the system keeps changing and we wonder why our ingenious quirks stop working. Many have argued over the years here, ISY's engine doesn't always process things n the order that seems apparent, or by order of the code lines.

Killing the PLM seemed like a very pointy attack on their competition IMHO. Unfortunately they may have risen to the top if they considered themselves partners with UDI, and open sourced some of their products or software. They could have offered the meat of the Insteon comm guts to other manufacturers so others could produce specialty items like analogue input modules, better thermostats, door locks, and smart personal vibrators for those long distance love affairs. Alexa.... turn ...oh never mind. Somebody must have a good imagination. Smartypants certainly didn't. Sent from my SM-G781W using Tapatalk

The security issues were a huge statement, made in error byt the FBI, and they issued a retraction later. However it is most still used for game and audio equipment to locate devices on your LAN. There is uPnP pass through option on most modern routers now but who wants the world to find your PS6 etc? Sent from my SM-G781W using Tapatalk

Yeah I used port forwarding a lot but the ISY portal is so easy, full of features, cheap, and safer. Sent from my SM-G781W using Tapatalk

Right after you closed your eyes.

It seems to be some UI problem. Just select the valid one, edit the current one and save it. The blank one doesn't seem to have any effect on function.

My ISY994 and RPi combo work just fine. I abandoned it for polisy for a few months but resurrected it again until some things settle down. The install was completely new and took some port redefining but works well for again the last few months.

Ditto here. I have experimented with a few Zwave devices but decided to stall that until I move in June but ZigBee still sounds like a better option from the forum rumour mills. The fact that a board or group of people set standards for it sounds much better than a single company controlling Zwave's future, and the problems I hear from Zwave users shows "it' ain't no Insteon protocol"

Setting up for a move to an apartment in mid June, I have been removing SwitchLincs from less needed spots in the house for a while now. After not having enough lighting a few nights ago and having to walk around a 30 x 35' Gathering room to turn on lights manually, I tell you it would be hard to walk away from all my HA equipment now.

I found it very promising that a hacker group couldn't even hack the protocol with so much equipment and brainpower at their disposal. His demo was a complete failure but it proved the SmartLabs whitepaper was BS to put hackers off copying their patents. Very common in industry to do that. Perhaps they will allow their patents to expire and we may see a new and improved Insteon, with backward compatibility to shake up the HA world again.

The events became too obvious to hide their intent, despite many disputes against the logic. The truth seems to be coming out now, slowly. I wonder how crow tastes.

Killing the PLM was a method to squash the competition, ISY994. It comes out now (was being hidden then) that Smarthome was afraid of UDI and did many things to thwart their growth. It didn't work.

If the pulldown menus do not offer decimal degrees, then the device doesn't support them, or the code writer didn't write the options into the code. Likely the latter problem due to most here being American and only familiar with foreignheat. Talking to the code writer may get you special code added to support your cause. Users here are typically quite helpful and very supportive Sent from my SM-G781W using Tapatalk

Any thermostat setting parameters I have seen so far have been set with pulldown menu selections. If the code writer did not supply half degrees then you need to talk to the NS author to include C support for his/her NS setup tables. Sent from my SM-G781W using Tapatalk

It appears they got into financial trouble, tried different approaches, bankruptcy, hiring an investor, Rob Lilleness as a figurehead CEO, but the owner just wouldn't let go of his failed ideas, still micro-managing, and took the whole company down with his business depression. He just gave up, and Rob Lilleness may be taking all the brunt of the mud slinging and market anger, while the real culprit hides from public view. It always seemed like the same bad attitude was behind the failures, no matter whose name was in the forefront over the years.

Owning the IP, UDI could license out the technology so they do not become the next 'sole provider', that SmartHomes was so mass rejected for. Other forums would constantly poo-poo the Insteon name due to being a "lone provider". The funny part was Zwave was in the same boat being the only IC manufacturer, but hid it from the market until they let it out into the wild a few years ago.

It wouldn't matter. It would be an Intellectual Property violation. Until the patents are allowed to ex$pire, permission is needed.

with what? Sent from my SM-G781W using Tapatalk

Trouble with all that good stuff is....will the market trust anything with the Insteon name on it anymore? UDI may be jumping on board a sinking ship. Sent from my SM-G781W using Tapatalk

Have you tried to use HTTP on your own LAN system? Sent from my SM-G781W using Tapatalk