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Scenes are preset values and each device can hold about 250 different scenes. When you send an On, level = xxx% you are not triggering a scene in the device. To cause the scene/preset to become effective you must turn on that scene and every device containing that scene ID/Link will respond to it's preset values.

I have been doing it for years on most of my devices. It's not a problem for modern memories with wear and tear management.

Read the post just above yours.

Did you factory reset each device before linking it to ISY? Did you do a compare of the links found in the devices to what ISY has?

The newer GDO controls are signal based over two wires so you would also have to hack into the pushbutton units to hardwire across the human operated contacts (without MyQ). I have two Chamberlain GDOs, one with MyQ and one without. The older unit hurts my Insteon comms while the MyQ unit (further away from the house) cripples my Insteon comms down to about 30-50%. Two Insteon FilterLincs fixed that completely AFAICT. I have never bothered to interface the controls to HA but I do monitor position of both GDOs, with an I/OLinc for one, and a CAO Wireless Tag for the newer MyQ GDO. Another Tag monitors my vehicle is home. I guess if I was doing it I would attempt to get your existing GDOs rebuilt and/or greased up for quieter operation and keep them. I had a Genie up until about 12 years ago and despite their super quiet claim it was the noisiest GDO I ever heard. The motor hum was brutal and vibrated through the whole house. That was a screw drive style. I am not sure if they still make them. The rubber link belt units are much quieter and can detect door jam much more reliably.

Typically no design of a Home Automation system can be done by an inexperienced person. This typically would start with a handful of Insteon devices and grow as your ideas and budget develop. When you first start out, you likely didn't realise you could cause alight to blink when the gate was open or cycle you furnace fan, only when you are home to save energy costs. ISY is not the limitation. Your mind is.

Try pilling the SD card out and back in to wipe the contacts. Try a new SD card. Try a new power adapter. Try a different Ethernet port at the other end. Unplug and replug cables to wipe contacs.

I wouldn't know where to start as I change my mind and ideas on a regular basis. Leave lots of room for variable grouping by creating spare variables in each grouping of functions. I organise my devices by rooms and programs by function, using folders for each style.

Java is not related to webpage servers. Many vehicles and industrial equipment use java without needing webpage servers or browsers. That may be the future of polisy someday but not yet. The admin console was not created to be a user remote control box but rather a setup medium for a home automation system to only be needed when programming needs to be changed.

You would have to look up your mobile provider's address but typically the format is 9876543210@cellprovider.com. You can prove this from your email client to your cell phone.

Replacing the SD card is made very easy by UDI. ISY994 has some boot firmware to load an image of ISY994. After doing that, installing your credentials and location, time zone etc.. you can restore your latest image.

Have you tried removing the microSD card and cleaning the contacts with >75% alcohol or contact cleaner, on a Q-tip, and then replacing it?

The "log was blank"? That would be rather odd. Use the notify program construct. It works with email and can be converted to an SMS message. It also can contain variable information. Search for Belias user here for a tested method of leak detection programs.

I like mine scrambled,,,just like most of us are now! The NS store is a new thing and people are excited about how easy it is to install new NS for trial. Keep working at it. It will become clearer to you and others for better answers.

Relax! You need to take a step back and cool your jets a bit perhaps. Maybe re-read your threads and look for alternate meanings. This happens occasionally in text only environments. People on this forum are very helpful and want to help you, but you may be new and not as familiar with expressing yourself in their language, of the ISY forum. You are not the only one this happens to. You will learn to slow down and not react quite so volatile, as you have been, and things will be fine for all involved. You will be a happier camper, in the end. You will get through this. I find it is usually my own wording that has been misunderstood as many come from different cultures of English and technology. COVID-19 has been a bitch and can sneak up on us too with stress responses. Welcome to the forums! I hope this becomes an obsession for you as it has for so many other people that love to help others and are emphatuated with the little ISY box!! It's a great hobby and an powerful tool.

There may be some obscure differences but I cant't recall any. Sent using Tapatalk

Decimal variable values

That was the point of my recent request to have a NOT ( ) implemented. This is not one that can be done in one program without implementation of a compound NOT( logic.

I got several of those 3 or 6? Watt solar panels that charge your car battery, on a good sale. I should ave known better, having lots of experience with larger solar panels and working in the energy metering field for 34 years. First of all, a PV panel puts out about 5-10% of it's rating behind shaded glass. Second, the PV panel is not perpendicular to the sun at any time of the day. Third, the sun is very low in the winter, Fourth, the car is covered in snow and gets no solar radiation at all. Fifth, the panel had an LED on it that, when calculated, drew more energy from the battery than the panel could produce and drained the car battery I returned the other panels instead of using them as gifts but wanted to choke somebody at the store and was ashamed of myself for not doing the basic energy budget calculations

MiLight devices are not WiFi protocol and require a Hub for every four groups (group = 1 bulb/controller address = n bulbs) . MagicHome is 2.4GHz WiFi and requires no Hub.

I have tried them, own about five bulbs and 20 LED strips controllers. (in a box right now). I was using my own software drivers initiated by ISY NR commands. MiLight signals are NOT WiFi despite their constant attempts to con buyers. They are 2.4 MHz signals put out by their hubs, controlled by WiFi. You will require a MiLight Hub for every four groups of bulbs (1-4) or LED strip controllers. I was using two Hubs and about to buy a few more when I switched to WiFi based lights and controllers. The MiLight bulbs put out a full range of colours but the RGB LED bulbs were a little weak. The Whites were good brilliance (about 75 W equiv.). The MiLight LED strip controllers acted exactly the same as the MagicHome controllers, when using the same RGBW LED strips. MiLight protocol is very simple with no feedback to the sender. It takes UDP packets and they are usually sent about three times to increase the chance of success. MagicHome sends TCP packets and can receive confirmations of success, as well as complete status. IIRC there are 8 group hubs for MiLights now. A group can be any number of bulbs/strips, if your logic can handle that and don't mind a limit of 4 or 8 different colours or levels simultaneously, or using more hubs.

I have found "away" and "vacation" to be different functions, completely. For Away I don't shut down my HRV ventilation or set my heating or humidifier back. They take many days to recover. Away runs off of 12 MSes and a few other components like SwitchLincs etc that can only be operated by humans inside the house. The Home / Away countdown timer stops during sleep hours and continuous in the morning. Each MS resets the timer to a different number of minutes remaining. Setting the ISY based security system from a KPL as a combo keypad, cancels the timer. I run my Vacation variable off my ecobee thermostats as the stats have detailed timers and preset-ability for future dates. Vacation runs more security home lighting faking etc.. and sets HVAC parameters back to save energy money. I gave up on automatic Vacation mode as I would get home the next day or two and the HVAC would be set back and we we sleep in a cold house for the night. Infloor slab heating is like that and can take days to get back to normal. YMMV.

Yeah. I am not sure I want a car that runs on 6216 pc. 16850, size A lithium cells. One of the nastiest chemicals on the planet, so far.

I use the Kumoapp server to directly inject my Tag values. It requires no extra hardware and is easy.

Thanks. That is what I did eventually, after trying to copy, rename programs, and re-update/edit every line. Perhaps I thought a Save failed before. MY ISY is now so busy with constant battery device writes and there doesn't seem to be a way out of it since it keeps turning itself back on and the scene modifying hits on the battery device now every program line. It would be nice to see this battery write dilemma/logical error fixed.