Everything posted by larryllix
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Support Thread: 5.0.16C (ISY994)
What new devices have you added that aren't supported?
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Using "smart bulbs" with Insteon dimmers
NO, and I think that is the law. People shouldn't be out in the wet on a metal ladder changing a live lampbulb. Some will argue that the breaker can be used but I think convenient comes into out code rules also. IIRC, I wired mine into a hard switch next to the SwitchLinc that controls the ISY logic. In both cases the switch was barely doing anything else.
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Can multiple programs be activated/initiated by a specific event?
No. I have a few MSs that trigger 5 and 6 programs. One trigger can cause as many event as you can have programs. Processing order cannot be predicted though.
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Using "smart bulbs" with Insteon dimmers
Http keeps trying
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Using "smart bulbs" with Insteon dimmers
Surge protectors do NOT protect against surges by definition. They are spike protectors, protecting against high voltage spikes, (usually more than 250vdc or 180vac) only. Only very complex (usually UPS) circuitry can protect against surges and voltage dips. A high voltage surge of say 150vac for 10 seconds would not even trigger these "surge suppressors" Some where along the line the term became popular and the manufacturers have adopted the misuse of the term.
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Using "smart bulbs" with Insteon dimmers
I ran some MagicHouse lamps off an SwitchLinc dimmer for some time and later changed over to Bumbershoots method, bypassing the SwitchLinc and capping the red wire. One disadvantage is when the WiFi bulbs are powered up they can take a random length of time to reconnect to the router, get their assigned IP address and be available to control from ISY. This may require some Waits in your programming that may make your lighting starts look badly. Keeping them powered up should not only keep them connected and ready via WiFi, but keep the electronics dry outside.
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"front panel"? I only have three LEDs. Are you considering the port plugs as "front"? That sounds really odd. USB 3 usually is backward compatible. Ouch!
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I think Notepad adds extra EoLs but Notepad++ doesn't. I use FileZilla to port python3 code back and forth without problems. Excel also adds extra EoL codes, and python file reads find double empty lines after editing with Excel.
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Very strange! Then it isn't going to be a polite uninstall. I wonder if a raw polyglot install is available? Lucky you! Need the profile file to poke out the loads that don't exist.
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Support Thread: 5.0.16C (ISY994)
As per Mecheng70, above. Turn off all your firewall and virus scanner stuff. Many don't like java at all.
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A three minute training video with vi would bring almost any user up to the level of nano basics. It isn't very complex for basic usage. I am not sure if the 50K file port installation was just to compile nano for FreeBSD usage or would be continually needed for a support package after compilation.
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I found on my RPi Polyglot when I "stopped" my ecobee NS it indicated stopped but the PolyGlot log continued to fly by as if it was still polling the ecobee server. Since I was shutting it down, I used Bumbershoot's supplied command line to disable it anyway. Perhaps some of the polyglot shut down code is not functioning. It isn't usually a priority for code writers.
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If nano takes the amount of resources using install methods found online, (port installation was mega filenames and thousands of added directories) I can stick with vi. After getting past some crazy responses to the delete key and more research on the insert mode on/off, I think I could get to like it. It does seem more powerful than nano with it's macro sequences capabilities....just like real unix systems . IIRC it is the VIM editor from years back, unix systems, polished up. I guess this will take a DB9 to RJ45 adapter for PLM connection. No interest in connecting serial signals, myself. Computers don't even come with them anymore. Ethernet is the new serial port.
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Got two more ISY service packages moved over to polisy now and that concludes my dependence on a RPi. My ISP IPscraper, and Outback Mate3 Modbus to ISY packages are functioning well using crontab as cyclers. I guess the RPi 3 can get kicked down to a current RPi 1 job, and the RPi 1 retired.
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In the NS store (polyglot) a "Uninstall" should be showing. I think you will have to delete the NS pseudo devices in ISY after.
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Finally got my NRbridge RGBWW bulb software installed under polisy! Took a lot of ownership and permission changing, moved files in with Filezilla, and entered a bash script into crontab. Not the best to start things up but I couldn't find rc.local or any other method to do an automatic startup. Only a few more packages to move over now. Boy! vi is a technology jump back to the 1970s. Started to install nano but too many necessary system things are missing to install port...whatever that is. I don't need another 50K x files on my polisy, either.
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None of that is necessary. I run into it every time. Just ignore the warning, using the "visit this website". The attacker stuff is hype on your own LAN connections.
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LOL! Polyglot has never had any certificates that work. On your LAN, just ignore it. Some day valid certificates will be installed, https will be dropped, or you can generate your own certificates if you believe in the security of certificates.
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Running vi lessons in another thread?
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Third that one!! Must be easy to load and implement??
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Is there any advantage to using vi over nano? Most of the basics seem to be the same. The colon command structure makes me cringe a bit but if it can do macro things (IIRC?) it may be worth the jump to hyperspace.
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Thanks! Seems to have done the job. I am hoping that is undoable in the event of polisy growth failures. Now I found my own NRbridge.py software running two copies. I found a sudo version running from rc.local and removing that seemed to speed my light responses back up to where they were originally. Poor bulbs probably didn't know who was refreshing them.
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ewwww. I think I remember trying to use that in the 1970s Thanks
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I use the backup/restore method and it worked like a charm with only one ecobee NS. ISY never even noticed. Now I need to know how to disable booting Polyglot on the old RPi while other ISY service apps are functioning.
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How are you editing these files? Is there a resident editor in the o/s somewhere?