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Thanks, I'll try that when I get home (I'm at work). For the power down, is this just a removal of the power plug? Or does the admin console have a shutdown? (My EISY is in a place that's a bit tough to get to.)

I upgraded to 5.6.4, and now nothing on Zwave works. I'm not sure it was the upgrade, as the front lock MIGHT not have been working before then. I have limited Zwave, only one light, ceiling fans, two locks. I cannot control or query these from the admin panel. I was getting various errors when I queried these. Current error for queries is "Request failed". How can I test whether the Zwave module/card works? Or whether it's the software?

This particular upgrade was weird, because my admin console did not go away. Often, the system reboots. This time, I got the same message that you did, that the system had to reboot, some minutes into it. Also, the "Upgrade packages" is a little strange, since it doesn't necessarily mean "install new firmware" (since there's also an "Upgrade BIOS" button -- aren't firmware and BIOS the same thing?

That's an interesting idea. I have never used variables. I'll have to look into these. I have not set up UD Mobile yet. Mainly because we run everything through Alexa, which my wife also has on her phone and she can control everything too. At some point, I'll get to installing that. I'm too far into Alexa to stop now. We can say things like "watching movie", and a bunch of lights go off and on for movie watching; my kids use it to turn on/off lights and their ceiling fans; we have a "dog lights", which turns on at least 4 different sets of lights to light up the area at night while the pup goes out. I resisted Alexa for a long time, but once you get used to it. it's hard not to have it. I also don't know what will happen when we sell the house. Most people wouldn't know how to program the EISY. I have an MSEE, so it comes relatively easy to me. For the program I'm using now, I realize I can also disable some things while we're away, like a towel warmer. Nice to have when you're here (and dries the towels during the summer), but a waste of energy when you're not.

I have a bunch of "away" programs I use when I go on vacation. Like "upstairs hallway away", "master bathroom away", where I turn on/off lights to make it look like someone is here. I enable these before vacation and disable them after vacation. I want to create one main program where I enable all of them, then disable all of them. Currently, I'm just enabling all of them in the "Then" part of a program, then disabling them in the "Else" part of the program. Is this reasonable? If I want to run the "then" part of this program manually (eg, through the Admin Console), can I do this? If so, how? I will likely add this to ISY portal and use Alexa to turn everything on, because I'd like to test this so I can create another similar program (eg, "getting back late" or "going to dinner"). (I would use something like "going on vacation" as the key words.) Is there any reason NOT to use Alexa?

I could see that. In this house, I skipped the fluorescents, luckily. (In my last house, I had tons of those and an older X10 system.)

I personally have not had any Insteon issues with these halogen bulbs. They are, however, the only incandescent lights I have in the entire house (other than in appliances), and I only have them because LED equivalents tend to die quickly in this enclosed space. I do see that some of the new LEDs say they can be placed in an enclosed space. So, I may try again. In terms of turning on/off Insteon lights, I haven't had issues. I'm not sure about dimming, because even though I have a dimmer switch on the halogen bulbs, I've never actually dimmed them. (In fact, that's WHY I'm adding 4 LEDs too -- there's not enough light, so no need to dim an overhead fan light. Once I have 5 lights in the room, maybe then I'll dim.)

Thanks, that's what I thought. Makes it so much easier...

I have a bedroom with a single (fan) light in the middle of the room. I have access to the attic and want to install 4 of these (thin LED "recessed" lights) around the fan light: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07M68DL8F/?coliid=IVIWLLVRBLEYC&colid=15LWHGA04FA5N&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it&th=1 The fan light is controlled by Insteon (dimmer switch) and uses 2 halogen bulbs (my experience with LED replacements is that they die early, due to no heat escape I think). The switch is near the door when you enter. I want to put an Insteon (dimmer) switch on the opposite wall, adjacent to a closet. I have power (to run the closet's lights) on the same circuit, neutral, etc. This switch would directly control the 4 LED lights. I'd like to link these two switches so that when one is turned on or off, the other does the same thing. In other words, when I use the switch connected to the 4 LED lights, they come on, but so does the fan light. Similarly, when I turn on the fan light, the 4 LED lights come on. Dimming would be the same: dim one, dim the other. I assume it's no issue to link the two Insteon switches to do this, correct? Any possible issues, say with dimming or anything else? Notes: I have a new EISY system. I could use the single fan light switch to also control the 4 LED lights, by running the cable for the 4 LED lights into the fan box. The problem is that I'd have to replace the fan box for various reasons. That takes the project from a day or so to multiple days. I also cannot run wire to where the single fan light switch is, as it's in a 4 gang box that is packed with 3 Insteon switches and 1 Zwave (for the fan), and so many wires that it's hard to fit everything in there. (Meets code requirements, though, at least when the electricians did this.)

So,I found what was zwave on the Isy portal, then looked at the terms I used for each one. I removed those terms from Alexa using the app, then removed the zwave item from the portal. I did that for the 5-6 zwave items I had, then added in the "new" zwave items to the portal, then had Alexa find new devices. This worked.

Sorry, the end of the school year with two teens, both in different plays from different schools, is brutal. This weekend, for instance, we have dance recital, this week we had many longer dance classes, an award ceremony for my wife, .... That does appear to be the problem. Since I do this so rarely (as in never, I think(, how do I correct this? Something like this? 1) remove everything that's zwave from the ISY portal 2) remove those same zwave devices from the Alexa app 3) "reinstall" the zwave devices to the ISY portal 4) Have Alexa find new devices Does this sound correct?

Yes. ALL of my Insteon works fine through Alexa. The ONLY zwave I have that's controlled by Alexa are my ceiling fans, three of them. NONE of those work through Alexa.

I upgraded to the EISY. I have GE Z-wave in-wall smart fan controls (Jasco 14287). I can control the fans through the EISY. Alexa through the ISY portal, however, says that the hub is not responding for any fan. What do I do to fix this?

Good points. I also seem to remember that changing PLMs was not a simple matter of unplugging one and plugging another one in. I remember they were mapped somehow to the program, so that (re)mapping had to be redone. So, I'll keep this new one as a spare.

Thanks, Getty. That's all I needed to know. My current PLM is a lower version (2.4), so if the current PLM is just what 2.6 is, I assume there could be a benefit in using the new PLM (whatever occurred from 2.4 to 2.6). I'll keep the old PLM (and cord) just in case.

I don't know, it seems to have the same model number and looks exactly the same. Now, whether it has a different revision number, I don't know. I was just wondering if I already had the latest revision of PLM, so if there was nothing new, I could keep this $100 PLM as a backup, or whether I should replace my old version for whatever improvements there might be (and keep my old one as a backup). I got the PLM I have now because a previous one failed. It would be nice to have a backup.

Well, that sucks. So, I paid almost $100 for something that's no different than what I have now? Anyone know what the last revision was? Mine is revision "2.4 1817", and model 2413S.

You can now pre-order a PLM from Insteon. For the EISY, which one should I get: Insteon USB (2413U) or serial (2413S) modem (PLM’s)?

Well, the EISY wanted me to update, so I did...and it wanted me to reboot, so I did...then I couldn't log in to Polyglot. Tried two browsers, Firefox and Google's. It's tricky. I rebooted by removing the power from then plugging the power back into the EISY. My normal browser (Firefox) did not work. But Google's did work. I can get back into Polygot. And it's at version 3.1.23 By the way, are there threads for all of these? For instance, there's a Harmony Hub that looks interesting. Now, I just need to get the time to figure out what I want and configure it.

The problem (or benefit, depending on how you look at it) is that my ISY was pretty old (10 years?) and was still running well. No real issues, other than Zwave to the front door lock. And had I moved the ISY to where I put the EISY (in the basement ceiling, about halfway into the house instead of in the basement on the far side of the house relative to the front door), I might not have needed the EISY. But I also realized I had to upgrade at some point... And the Polyglot looks very interesting. There's a lot I could do with that.

Thanks, all. What I had to do was remove the power from the Eisy and then put the power back on. There were no error messages at all. Basically, no matter what password I used, the login screen just sat there, with no evidence anything was happening or had been done. The version is 3.1.22. I did not see a way to update this. Does this update when you update the Eisy?

Following the steps there does not help. I get the same errors. (In fact, they are the same exact steps I've taken....many times.)

I've gone from my ISY 994i to an EISY. I migrated everything from the ISY to the EISY. How do I remover the ISY from the portal? And what do I do with a perfectly functioning ISY with zwave? Just put it in the local electronics recycling?

I'm trying to log in for the first time. I go to the IoX launcher, then for the URL, I open "Polyglot V3 (PG3)", and that brings me to https://192.168.x.xx:3000/. The first time I attempt to login, it brings me to the login for the ISY portal, which seems to work (?), but then I get back to the https://192.168.x.xx:3000/login, which asks me for my username and password. 1) Which username and password? (The EISY's or the ISY portal?) (Neither seem to work.) 2) Should I be seeing something different?

Thank you very much. Do you know if there is a Polygot for dummies? I see there are some great extensions/node servers, including notification, but they all say something like "Install from the Polyglot store." What Polyglot store? Where is it? (I couldn't find it.) By the way, I won't be using the Zwave smoke alarms. My thought was because we have something like 8 wired alarms, I'd just replace the alarms with wireless by putting the new alarm over the electrical box. But the Zcombo states the following: "Do not install this unit over an electrical junction box. Air currents around junction boxes can prevent smoke from reaching the sensing chamber and prevent the unit from alarming. Only AC powered units are intended for installation over junction boxes." I can't see having 8 covered electrical junction boxes AND 8 other smoke alarms.