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Hmm that is wierd. I ordered some keypad keys in december and got them last week. Sent an email during that time to check and they responded promptly Paul

I know they are behind on orders. They "over-dealt" their hand with the holiday shopping specials However I was just able to log in to my account, my orders etc were there Paul

Looks like an 'add a wire' device on the left providing the green and yellow wires. Have you confirmed how they are connected on the furnace side? And to Stu's point, pull the furnace cover and provide a pic of the terminals on that side including a shot of the add a wire. We're only seeing half of the equation. Edit: Larry covered the add-a-wire concern, Sorry Larry, missed that. I'm suspicious that the add-a-wire is at least part of the problem. I believe the answer to this is on the furnace side, nothing more can be done at the stat. If you're not comfortable opening the furnace, I would get an HVAC guy to work through this with you

Wayne Program logging was recently added to ISY Logger. It creates a log entry by program id when the if conditions turn a program on, or when they are no longer true and turn it off . ISY Logger also logs variables that you pick, so you can track the variable changes and program execution together. It creates its own text log, and/or feeds a syslog log. You'll need a desktop or raspberry pi to run the small executable that makes it work. Paul

We (including me) all have to share in the responsibility in this... Google is this big because we allowed it to be. We use google, but do not always have to. We just do.

Europe thinks google in general has too much power and a combination of the EU and EU countries have bee trying to essentially bust google up. The pinnacle of this drama was last week when Spain tried to strong arm linking fees out of google news referrals, and google news shut down its bureau in Spain and dropped all Spanish publishers.

That says Insteon has no ADR aspirations for the Hub. The more I learn about the HA market, the less I understand Paul

Fair enough, my method won't work for this scenario. Paul

The only way to approximate it I can think of is to: - Have the device's on/off actions managed through programs. (if control switch A turns on, then set light B on... etc) -Then disable / enable the programs based on whatever logic you want The downside to this is method is that there will be a slight delay in the device on/off under program control as opposed to controlling the device directly. It would be fairly easy to try it and see if it works for you. Paul

Richard. Glad you're back up and running! (Note to self, get that backup UDI PLM as soon as its available!) Paul

Yes, but make sure to use a filter that has enough amp support for all of your gear, stu and others have documented some. Otherwise the filters will blow fuses I'm not sure I understand your setup enough. Is your powerlinc modem behind the UPS, powerstrips and/or monitor? These devices can "blind" the powerlinc. You won't need the powerlinc behind the UPS as there is nothing to control if the power to your house goes out. If possible move the powerlinc further away from this gear and straight into the wall. I know this is tough if you have a ISY IR version. Paul

Yeh, agreed I don't think any one approach covers all cases. I would would keep leak sensors in the same way if i had them. I like keeping my battery panic devices all in one central spot so I don't have to look around for them. Even with messages sent by programs, I like the idea of them being together. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

I'm the "Location and then device / purpose" type. I've been able to put the scenes in with the locations, though that's sometimes a difficult choice. Name consistency helps too, and again I have to work at that sometimes. I try to keep the keypad key names to their labels, etc. I try to have the programs basically follow this structure, but again not always possible. Paul

The noise filter will block signals to everything behind it, and not let any noise or signal come back through it to the powerline. So you'll want noisy things plugged into the filter(s) and then filters plugged into wall (or ISY modules), like this: Powerline -> Insteon filter -> your home theater device(s) This gives 2 limitations: 1) you want certain insteon modules to control certain devices. If that device is a noise source, you need a separate filter for it 2) Filters have amperage limits, like 10amps. I don't think your Home Theater Gear will get close to that, but make sure You may not need filters for each component. You may want to experiment before buying, trying different combinations of plugging in or turning on devices to see which ones cause the problems, then just get filters for them. Paul

Hi Lee- Switchlinc dimmers are only for the lighting loads specified in their docs. No switchlinc dimmers are designed for a motorized load and it wouldn't be healthy for either device. I don't anything about zwave, but I believe this is an electrical/electronic limitation that will transcend which powerline switching technology is used. Paul

Steve There are two different add-on approaches that use variables, created by two very skilled ISY programmers to accomplish this: 1- A date variable program package that is installed in the ISY and provides date information your programs can use 2- This small .net program, ISYLink, that pushes date information into ISY variables. It requires a pc, windows server or raspberry pi on your network to run it. I use the second option, however there are users of both that are very satisfied with how each work. There are advantages to both, take a look and see which appeals more to you. Paul

Gary- Like x10 there is a little bit of trial and error that is usually related to certain circuits and electrical components, which can be hard to predict. In your case, you can start with places you know had problems. For me, Insteon does not do well controlling low voltage lighting transformers (interior and exterior). If they are in the middle of a circuit, they disrupt insteon traffic in both directions and either dual bands are needed or noise filters added. The x10 XPNR and plug in noise filters continue to work for me, so keep those around. Motors and 220 volt devices have also been a problem. As with x10, these things reveal themselves when they are turned on. If you have wired in X10 filters installed at locations like this, keep them there. To add to Teken's comments, metal electrical boxes are bad news for dual band, rendering the rf part almost useless, at least for me. I would plan for at least 5 of your lamplincs and switchlincs to be dual band, unless you are going mostly dual band. You can then swap them into or near problem locations. That worked for me when making the move to insteon. I still have the passive coupler/blocker on my panel and have no problems related to it (I started with an Ocelot and just sold off a lot of my Adicon and RCS X10 gear). I also have the insteon signal linc wired into my panel, its the insteon equivalent of an x10 passive coupler. Like X10, If you can locate your PLM near the panel, that is more optimal to reaching all locations. Paul

Arun Nesting is not supported. A layer of thinner programs and variables is needed to achieve that goal Paul

Nice Techman. Very helpful. That Elam is quite a tease, would love to rent one for a day or so...

Calberrt Glad its working for you Paul

Hi Calberrt It looks like you want to run the fan for 15 minutes every half hour. Give this a try If From 5:00:00AM To 8:59:59PM (same day) Then Repeat every 30 minutes Set 'Thermostat - Main' Fan On Wait 15 minutes Set 'Thermostat - Main' Fan Auto Else Set 'Thermostat - Main' Fan Auto The repeat statement operates on the indented statements below it. As long as the If statements are true, the repeat statement will keep restarting every 30 minutes and run the 3 statements. The else makes sure that the fan really goes off when the program completes If you want it to run the fan for 15 minutes every hour, change the '30 minutes' to '1 hour' Paul

If the motion sensor is in the scene it will be as a controller and turn on the other scene participants directly, with or without the program. You want the program to control the action, so its best to leave the motion sensor out of the scene and let the program do the work.

Perry, you got it. Scenes cause multiple devices to respond to one message as if they are wired together. Add the devices to a scene and turn the scene on and off instead of the devices.

Clif The PLM is the X10 powerline interface instead of the TW523/PSC05. It can support both X10 and Insteon at the same time, and is a way to bridge both technologies while you migrate from one to the other. You can also keep your existing X10 controller and migrate your x10 programs to the ISY at your own pace. You might want to consider purchasing the ISY X10 module, depending how many x10 devices you have and how well you know them by HC/UC versus an assigned name. The X10 Module allows you to name them symbolically My current work assignment is in Greenville, I fly down there weekly on non Holiday weeks. Paul

Perry, I'm a fairly new user too. A lot of it comes to getting some experience with the technologies and programs. Its ok to do the programs in pieces, start with something simpler and add to it as you decide what would make it better. This flexibility is an important feature of the ISY. There are a few phone apps but I'm not a user of them, someone else will need to chime in on that question. Here are some things I think will help with what you are wanting to do: -If you use a phone app to turn the light on and off, no program is needed. Turn the device on from the phone app, and the ISY will see the request and turn the device on or off. -The program will react to the light being turned on or off if all the conditions of the 'if' are met. If you use the "Control 'Your Nightlight' is switched On" conditional like in my sample program, they won't know or care how the nightlight got turned on. They will simply execute the statements when they see that it was turned on and if the schedule criteria were met. -If you turn the light on, and then your wife turns it on after that, let's say 10 minutes later, the last one changing it wins. The program will restart with the last activation. Its probably best to start with the phone apps and get used to turning things on an off, then with simpler programs, That will generate "requirements" from your better half Paul