Doug Fraser

Just wondering if any one has has any info on the new SerialLinc from Smarthome? http://www.smarthomepro.com/2410S/Seria ... ter/p.aspx I checked out the Smarthome board and there is not much there. My goal is to take the RS232 output from a DSC alarm panel and use the info in the ISY. I am hoping that I can convert a text string to a insteon command for a virtual insteon device. Then by tracking the status of a virtual intsteon device I can determine zone openings/closings and then take action. Regards, Doug

Yes that is cool! I will give it a try Doug

One of the main reasons for this adventure into lighting automation is to help save energy. The problem was my kids were leaving lights on. I just got home form a biz trip to find 9 separate lights on. Several of these should have been automatically turned off by the ISY after 45 min. I checked the state of the KPL Green Button in the ISY (under current state) and it is blank. I called my wife at work and she confirms that the power did go off several times while I was gone. Thank-you Michael for configuration info on the UPS. I have an ISY 26 with a separate power supply. I understand to connect the PLM on a regular (non UPS) outlet. Are there any known issues (related to this problem) with the PLM when it experiences a power cycle? Is there any way, in future releases, that the ISY can write values to non volatile memory so the states of KPL's survive a power cycle? Regards, Doug

Thank you for the responses. I am running 2.6.13. The problem could very well be due to power cycling (actually power outage from the utility). It sounds like the ISY does not retain state info through a power cycle. Is there any chance of having the ISY write state info to non volatile memory the ISY? So what are my options? - I suppose that a small UPS for the ISY could help the situation - Is there any any other ideas? Having my son push the button will not work. regards, Doug

I have create a program following the basic instructions as found in this post http://forum.universal-devices.com/view ... t=bathroom Using version I from the above link... I have created a Program folder called Green Button. If Control 'Green Button' is On Then Allow the programs in this folder to run. Note: The green button is KPL button E in my bedroom. The program has if statements that effectively say if "Andrews Bedroom Light is turned on then wait 45 min and then turn it off" I occasionally come home from work and notice that Andrew's Bedroom Light is on and Andrew is not in the house. I then open up an ISY console and check the status of the the bedroom KPL Green Button - this is button E on the KPL. Normally the status will say on or off. However the status is blank - no value is displayed. I check the status of the other KPL buttons on the ISY and all except the A button are blank. I can right click and run query device and the status remains blank. The only way that I can get the ISY to see the KPL status is to physically push the key on the ISY. Then the ISY correctly reflects the state of the button (on or off). When this is done my Green program works correctly. This continues for about a week. Then the cycle repeats. Regards, Doug

I have a KPL in my bedroom that I use to trigger programs. Specifically Key E is what I call the green key. When it is turned on, the ISY uses it as a condition to run a program that will only allow certain lights to be on for 45 min. I use this for monitoring the switches in my kid's room, downstairs powder room, laundry room etc. These lights seem to never get turned off - except by me. What I have noticed is that periodically, ISY will not understand the state of keys B,C,D,E,F,G,H. When I cycle (push) the key, ISY again understands the state (on or off) and the program is activated as expected. It does seem to always understand the state of the A key however. Note the A key at this point is not used. Any ideas as to how I can fix? Doug

I found a fix.... Here is the thread that describes the fix... http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5184552 Following the advice from the above link I copied npoji610.dll (in C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_05\bin\) and pasted it to Firefox plugins folder (C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugins\) I set Firefox as my default browser and everything works OK now. Interesting that the bin folder (and associated dll) for jre 1.6.0_05 release was on my PC however I did not have a bin folder for jre1.6.0_07 release. Perhaps the installation of the newer Java release was not complete and caused the recognition problem? In the folder (under program files\Java\) that holds jre1.6.0_07 code all I have is the lib folder for the newer jre1.6.0_07 release. There is nothing else - no bin folder. Regards, Doug

Michael: You are fast with a reply. Sorry I posted to the wrong thread. I deleted above and moved to correct thread. I do want Firefox to work so I will be investigating and I will post the outcome Doug

I had the same symptoms as described above with a refurb ISY 26 I just received. I tracked down the problem to be that Firefox 3.0.1 did not recognize the Java plug in. I changed my default browser to Microsoft Internet Explorer and all worked OK. I downloaded Java from the UD site and a newer version from SUN. When I go to Control Panel / Java I see that I have multiple versions installed and activated on the target windows PC. I have read that it is OK to have multiple versions installed. I am convinced my problem is with Firefox / Java interaction (actually lack of it). I use Firefox as my primary browser so I will continue to investigate and post a solution once I find it. Regards, Doug

EDIT: Sorry - I posted to the wrong thread so I have corrected and removed the post My apologies regards, Doug