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Just lengthen the Wait time in the Off program.

To have Alexa announce a voice message from ISY. You have to define a pseudo MS in ISY Portal for the Alexa bridging table. In this process you will need to name the pseudo device, and define a state of the State variable to be considered On. After that is done, you can tell Alexa...discover! to install the new device. In the Alexa app (not the website), you create a routine with a trigger input of the pseudo MS you have created, and then define a custom voice output for the same routine. Sometimes this may take some time for the routine to be first accepted into your account. Voice output routines can only be triggered every 30 seconds, or more, or they may not function. To trigger, store a value of 1 into the state variable, wait 30+ seconds and then store 0 into the same variable. I name my variables in this style $sSayGarageDoorsAreClosed etc...

I do it the opposite way by ISY pushing the value of a variable to a python3 based server program. It can be done in about 10-15 lines of pythin3 code, maybe less if some of the later modules developed are used. I control all of my RGBW lights and strips (about 35) using the method. The python3 program resends HTTP commands to the bulbs to control colour, brightness, effects, and animations.

I use the built in kumoapp with custom code, published in another thread. Nodeserver is a good option if you have polyglot. The tag server also has another few methods of sending analogues as well as notifications including having your cell phone app to to you. Sent using Tapatalk

My LAN does not function without uPNP. You will hear a lot of rumours about it, but most routers require it to enable devices to find each other on your LAN system. However, there are sometimes options in routers to allow uPNP services to pass through to the outside world and that has been deemed to be a dangerous thing for security against hacking. I suggest googling uPNP. Wikipedia has a fairly good description of its operation and security details. I have disabled uPNP in routers several times and found my systems just won't function without it anymore. Without it, you will have to operate your devices like the 1990s by specifying absolute network addresses for every connection. Sent using Tapatalk

I suspect you will get such a delay you will abandon that usage. Nothing beats Insteon direct linked scenes, except ac powered wall occupancy switches for speed, unfortunately. Sent using Tapatalk

Thanks Michel. I am in for sure but "time of trial" will be based on what this actually means. Can you elaborate, with a rough "data path" description of what and where? ISY(polyisy) <----> polyglot(polisy), ISY------> wife's Christmas present junk box ???

Others have tried it but without specialised filters and level controllers they don't show much as the magnitude of noise is small compared to AC waveform magnitudes. If any 2nd or 3rd order harmonics are introduced they can be really hard to discern with the human eye. These harmonics can distort the relative time of the zero crossing which Insteon depends on for timing. Small amounts of noise on the "front-porch" of the zero crossings can confuse the small Insteon signal. IIRC X10 used the AC waveform time just after zero crossing but electronic dimmers can switch on at those times, making a mess of X10 signals. Along comes Insteon using the other side of the zero crossing by timing from the previous crossing. Now LED, HID, and CFL ballasts can interfere with that area of the signal. Who ya' gonna' call?

The dimmable CFLs had better power supplies inside, same as the better LED bulbs. They can both cause problems, and with age, I suspect most of them, regardless of technology, will.

Be aware that lumin(ance) is measured in lux, not lumens. Lumen is a measurement of total illumination over the total area.

This is how I do it.

Ahhhhhh.. so you mean we should hold a logic 1 for more than 30 seconds before asserting a logic 0? That could explain some of random failures I don't hear from my Echoes. Sent using Tapatalk

I have found MS simulation via ISY Portal to not be reliable to trigger routines. AFAICT so far, the first trigger works almost immediately but further attempts appear to be locked out at some level of the process. Sent using Tapatalk

I assume there is also a common ground pin. RS232 requires a minimum of three conductors for bidirectional comms. RS485 may not. Sent using Tapatalk

Nobody has been able to figure out their poor, or lack of marketing scheme yet, but despite all the customer frustration we hear, Insteon is still the top contender in the HA market. Somebody's uncle has a lot of backing money. Sent using Tapatalk

Here is my fridge half a continent away. I get notifications of light on too long and temperature, without my ISY. ISY also uses the data to notify. Sent using Tapatalk

CAO Wireless Tags. Many options to get data into ISY. Alexa direct interrogable with vocal responses, and many ways to push announcements to different devices. Sent using Tapatalk

I have the same situation since Dec.6 IIRC. Logs will also be sent when access is available. ISY still appears to be running Insteon device security simulations despite no reports or access via Ethernet. Sent using Tapatalk

I had random router problems that disconnected my Ooma at weird times. Finally I installed my Ooma ahead of my router, as per recommendations, and against my better judgement. The Ooma box is much more reliable now but SMS messages show up with its home page and other weird things now. They do not interfere with any operations on my LAN equipment. That Ooma box contains a whole router inside, along with other very smart Internet filtering tools, much to my surprise Sent using Tapatalk

Folder logic conditions do not show correct logic after a reboot or edit until a conditional element invokes evaluation Sent using Tapatalk

As per oberkc above..yes. Sent using Tapatalk

Perhaps the hysteresis has been overrated in your logic and something really simple, similar to a lamp retriggerable timer could be used. This will just keep retriggering the timer until the temperature drop below the setpoint and then run for 15 minutes more. If Temp > 25 Then set Fan On wait 15 minutes set Fan Off Else ----

Save your nickels and dimes. You have already gone through a few. Some people just seem to have problems with them. I am using the same old unit for five years now, ? ?with a tested spare in the junk box.

@apostolakisl has basically got it about as simple as it is going to get, unfortunately. However I can see combining some logic together into one program idea IF you have ISY v5. If temp > 48 Then Repeat while temp > 45 wait 1 minute Repeat 1 time set fan off. Else ----- Drops a few program enables/ disables, simplifying the looks of the logic. There could be more. I use program enable/disables for similar logic, but find them a little obscure making program comprehension two years from now, harder. Too bad we couldn't disable program triggers within the same program and keep going instead of stalling the program.

What are you sensing the temperature with? Copy your program(s) to clipboard, and paste them here to see what you have attempted so far.