Screw Loose Dan

I guess there's no way to know, but reading how things went, I wonder if the format procedure not go according to plan caused the later issues (time/mail settings, etc).

I'm far from an expert, so consider this as much a question and not so much a statement; my understanding is the number of programs isn't going to be such a problem but rather the number of programs running at the same time could be problematic. Unless you have a 7 year old running around the house hitting every button they can reach and yelling at Google to turn lights on/off at the same time (which I live with as a very real life scenario), I don't see your program to keep things in sync as actually being much load on ISY. The programs only get triggered when a light (device) status changes, ISY doesn't scan for changes. It would take a bit of administrative work to get it all setup, but as Bill points out copying the program/folder would speed the process up. I think I remember there being an upper limit on the number of programs allowed, but that was in the thousands. I can't think of any more elegant solution. @MrBill You could do similar with Google like you do with Alexa, using a variable to control the light/scene. However, don't call it a scene but instead use "light" as the category. As @ncoigmentioned, scenes in Google work for voice but don't show in the UI (weird!). But, calling it a light makes it show as a dimmer. And, you could say "Hey Google, set test light to 55%" and it would set the variable to 55.

Some might suggest a Pi might be more than needed. There's plenty of guys running ESP8266 microcontrollers, flashed with tasmota, with relays to run an irrigation system. Here's one example. There is a node server for mqtt setup to use tasmota (might need tweaked to use a relay board).

This is an interesting conversation. I've never thought of variables as something I'd like to back up. And, off hand, for my personal use I can't think of any reason I would want to keep them in backups. I can't see the usefulness being a widespread need either. However, there is a backup polyglot (I believe written by @bpwwer). It takes a "backup" of "lighting type device status and can then later restore the devices to those values." I'm fairly certain it doesn't backup variables. but my guess is it wouldn't be hard to modify it to do what you are looking to do. And to be clear, the "backup" it takes is not saved to a file, but to the polyglot (database?), so that might need to be changed for your purpose.

Have you tried downloading this: http://isy.universal-devices.com/994i/5.0.16C/admin.jnlp (I know it's not the preferred way, as the Launcher is. However, I've also found more success using the proper downloaded admin.jnlp versus the launcher)

I believe this is @automationgeek Poly, so lets see if he weighs in. However, I just got it to work for me. All the parameters were as I would expect except I'm not sure the Unifi_siteid is needed if you have only one site (I saw complaints in the logs, removed the parameter and things appear to work). Let's say you go to your Unifi controller using a URL like this: https://1.2.3.4:6789/ Unifi_host = 1.2.3.4 (looks like could be IP or hostname) Unifiport = 6789 (if you don't have a port in the URL, this would be 443 if using https://) Unifi_userid = A valid admin account to login with (I made a read only admin specifically for polyglot to use - Settings -> Admins in the controller UI) Unifi_password = Password for the admin above. Unifi_siteid = Current Site is listed in the upper right corner when I'm logged in to the controller web page. It's also listed in Settings -> Site -> Site Configuration. Again, doesn't appear to be needed and didn't work for me. There is up to a 90 second delay, as it looks like the short poll interval is 90 seconds. Hope that helps!

You don't have port isolation set on any of the network ports, correct? Also, since I believe you mention it is the wireless computer having issues, you don't have that on a wireless network (SSID) that has guest policies enabled, do you? Both of these things could cause various communication issues (essentially become firewalls). I doubt this exist as I believe you can access the device, just not the admin console, but figured it might be best to eliminate any possible issues. Also, which firmware are you on? The one post had an attachment of your start icon links, and that looked like 4.9.0/admin.jnlp. The screen shot above with the bubble says "First time slowed (showed?): 5.0.16".

@RLawson - Step three under Install section in the first post:

I believe the Find/Replace feature sounds like it would work. Right click on the top level folder in Programs (mine is listed as "My Programs"), then select "Find/Replace" from the context menu. This will allow you to Find all the program folders for devices (obviously use the Find and not the Replace!).

Are you able to turn the device on/off via the admin console? Just because the red exclamation is there doesn't mean it won't turn on/off. As I understand, it means there is a communication error (that might mean Isy isn't getting the acknowledgement that the device was turned on/off). Does the Isy show the correct status when changed via Alexa?

I would think the bulbs and their raw components probably change at least as often, if not even more frequently.

I apologize, I have not read the entire thread (skimmed the last couple pages). But, I believe you are using IcedTea java. I have had limited success using the Launcher in Ubuntu, regardless with IcedTea or JRE. However, I don't seem to have any issue using the direct admin.jnlp under either. If you are using 5.3.1, download the admin.jnlp here: http://isy.universal-devices.com/994i/5.3.1/admin.jnlp

It sounds like you are on the right track to prove the LED lights are causing the issue. Can you see the wiring? It's hard to tell you best way to wire the filters without knowing how everything is wired there. But, yes, at least isolating the switches from the load (LEDs) would probably be a good start.

At this point, you believe the LED lights are causing noise, correct? Can you temporarily disconnect the lights from the load side of the 2477S and verify that eliminates your communication issue? As for wiring, take a look at this PDF. As the document states, you want it as close to the offending device (LEDs) as possible. In an ideal world, you would actually put one filter in each LED...but in reality you might find putting one in at the beginning of the string (presuming they are strung in daisy chain) may work just fine. Which obviously would save a ton of money.

@jfaiand @PurdueGuy - Thanks for the input! Jürgen was absolutely correct, I appreciate the extra set of eyes. I knew I was missing something obvious. Interesting idea about not using times directly in programs. While troubleshooting this I switched to using a variable (an integer variable = 1 for Daytime, 2 for Evening, 3 for Overnight). This way there's no way of overlapping these programs, and I can use the variable for other similar/related programs.