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ISY only uses 2BG of any card. I am not sure if it fragments the card at the sector level when you format the card inside ISY.

IIRC 160 charts is an international SMS spec. Some providers will automatically change the text to MMS? if the 160 is exceeded. Sent using Tapatalk

Look for a program doing this. If you right kick on any program icon there us a search option on the dropdown menu. You can search by the device name or many other options. Sent using Tapatalk

Installing a new SD card is very easy. I just did it a few weeks ago. Basically you power down, install new card, puTTY into your ISY, issue a format command, log in to admin console, load v5.0.16c, restore your backup file, set your time zone and your back. I use a polisy and it reconnected automagically.

Your problem appears related to some internal ISY problem. I would open a support ticket with UDI. Michel will get you sorted out. Your SD card may be worn out or just glitched. Thu 02/27/2020 07:21:17 AM : [FileOpen ] Open failed for [/LOG/A.LOG] (a)

I have. I use one scene containing all my lights and a doorbell and blink them. IIRC I use scene fast on scene fast off, wait 2-3 seconds. Slow on and off aren't going to work for this. Sent using Tapatalk

Folder conditions can be bad programming practice due to being obscure, and unpredictable with programs. If you disable a folder, any program running may stop in the middle. Sent using Tapatalk

IIRC there is a windows 10 image that runs on a RPi. I wonder if the video streams would burn up the SD card memory though. May need to add a USB HDD. For now, Blue Iris doesn't support my cams anyway. I just thought it would be an easy way to get some control over them from HA.

Yup. My bad. It is for support and upgrades only (small type font highlighted)

$69.95 is a one year licence. $34.95 is for the LE (light edition) per year for one camera. All licenses are for only one PC. Minimum support package is another $29.95 per year. https://blueirissoftware.com/#purchase OUCH!

I have heard reports of it being free for a few years. Maybe things have changed in later times. The website states it requires a top speed Windows 10 machine with lots of CPU and memory and a 7200RPM HDD even. The $69.95 is an annual fee. I mean they all should get some compensation ,but that's quite the jump and the added cost of a new top-of-the line computer (and energy) every 3-4 years makes it out of my price range. OTOH, perhaps those are only specs for using and displaying, up to 64 IP cams simultaneously, without hiccoughs.

Now we have HAA, as well as AAA, CAA, and AA.

Will Blue Iris run on a Rpi? I would rather a lower power and more reliable RPi run 24 x 7 than a full, energy hungry, large size, and costly Win 10 system.

I have an IOLinc connected to my doorbell via a relay and I get text messages advising of a doorbell button press. It appears you have already done that. I also have 5 Wyze cameras and one points out the widow and can see the walkway going up to the front door. I can then review who walked up my sidewalk at that point in time. Not ideal yet but once somebody gets the API, and/or write a NS for Wyze cams this could become exactly what you requested. WYZE CAMS Note:Amazon sells these Wyse cam cube for about $35 CAD, or $25 USD each. 1080p, multiple stream output, with local SD continuous or event storage, and remote event storage. They had an amazing human movement detection system but it seems the provider for this feature and Wyze had a dispute and the feature was discontinued. Wyse states they will be installing their own firmware, spring of 2020, containing in-cam human motion detection again. These cams have already been firmware upgraded about 5-6 times in the last year of ownership so I trust this will happen. I painted three black so they can disappear among black A/V components. Bi-directional sound also. They make my $250 PTZ Dahua cam look cheap.

I have discovered there are not many "reserved" words. I do think there are "special" words though that Alexa focuses on. However I find the phrase order matters. Instead of "TV downstairs", try "downstairs TV". I think the last word parsed is expected to be an objective noun and, although they try other parsing orders, they cause more confusion. I use "Library" without problems. However I always use a well known objective noun word. What does your library do when it get's turned on? Try this. "Turn On library lamp" or "turn ON library fan", or "Turn On library lights" Be careful, Google started it and now Alexa is very sensitive to plurals. "Lights" make them assume more than one. I get refused if I don't ask for the right device(s). If I ask to "turn off bedroom light" it will deny me access because it sees more than one. Placement of the mic is important also. Right against a wall, or especially in a corner, makes the ambient noise system fail badly. This is why I have diabled my ecobee4 Alexa. It constantly answered TV noise and even standing two feet in front of it, was deaf and dumb.

...to add to this....don't use Alexa turn XXXX on/off. Always use "turn on xxxx". It is much more dependable.

Yes thy definitely have their niche usage. We only do basic things with A/V like turn the TV on and the A?V receiver to that input. There is no cloud service involved for that connection to ISY, only the vocals. Some of the device names are hard to remember but devices that get used almost every day get easy the same as operating the remote for the TV. Naming your devices is an art and makes a huge difference. ISY Portal allows multiple device names and I use that feature a lot to alleviate the name memory thing. For example my kitchen counter bar lights can be controlled with "kitchen lights", "kitchen bar lights", "bar lights", "counter lights", "kitchen counter lights". We always and only use "turn on" and "turn off". It definitely has a learning curve but my wife does most of it by listening to what I said. Of course there are things she doesn't use like "Turn on deck rotation" which animates my coloured deck lights in a rotational pattern, with whatever colours they happen to be on with at the time.

Yeah, I guess I did hear some of those but have none and I avoided 16b. Actually I downgraded to .15 after having problems with polyglot I couldn't resolve.

You must enunciate very clearly to use devices with a matching word, at the end. I have TV lights (Insteon and WiFi lights) and just TV (turn on the A/V receiver and monitor) that get confused often. GH was worse formerly. I don't know about GH anymore.

I felt lots of "negs" here about .16a and .16b here, but I think v5.0.16c should be pretty clean. OTOH, I have no Zwave and not much with Insteon has been happening since the ISY engine changed about v5.0.3-4.

I don't think this non-alternate action can be done via a scene. IIRC scenes can only have one operator. It would be simple with a program or two using @kclendens button options, or I would just program all buttons to "always On' and detect both buttons in that style.

Rather odd. Without any options how would all the settings be available? Here is mine with ISY v5.0.16C ...and with every button a further page containing options

I follow that concept too. I found all the yelling wasn't helping the outcome. Trouble is, she doesn't like when I push her buttons or try to program her.

Once they get the feel of commanding something it is going to spread to other things. Who's fault is that bringing HA slaves into the home? We let them vote, now move into the 21 century.

Network Resources don't require another hardware box, although they are one direction only....no feedback or status. Routers are getting extremely complex in function and are not anywhere near as reliable as they were in the good 'ole days and also the router was the only low powered network lump to pass through. Now we have switches, routers, gates, and many more nodes to contribute problems, and heat breaking things down. However once ISY ports into the same box (polyisy) this argument/point should no longer exist as much.