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@arf1410 ...and ISY controlled Scenes (direct linking) allows you to modify the settings easily, any time, without visiting the switch(es). The Insteon network is completely independent of your Ethernet LAN network. ISY can mange it a lot easier than manual linking.

I caught that building my last home. For regular fridges the width has become very standard into three different widths but the height changes for every model. The cabinet makers want to clamp the using in full cabinetry and you have to pay big bucks to change the unit later. I settled on a larger enclosure height, with a show panel to reduce the height down to the model's actual height. Self heat is always electronics downfall. They need ventilation and air space to insulate the compressor noise too.

Many of old farts are in a similar boat here. I did a lot of programming back in the day also, but got out just as methods became a thing. Now with Python some people live on them and causes me real stress now. LOL I use them but don't find them handy enough to warrant some of the wild usages people put them to, due to being somewhat cryptic at times. All the best and have a great Christmas and happy NY also.

Remember ISY admin console has a search function to find any device, program, phrase etc.. Invaluable for finding forgotten code.

Python3 has some tools to pull apart xml code and make a dictionary out of the input. I have never used it. https://docs.python.org/3/library/xml.etree.elementtree.html

Agreed, there is nothing in his program that will turn off the fan immediately. I suggest to do an ISY program search for the fan device to find another forgotten program turning off the fans. Since it X10 you may need to use the "Raw Data" option.

If you didn't hack the refrigerator, what is your program doing?

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