Everything posted by paulbates
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Just took the Yolink plunge...
Same for me with the temp sensors... in fact after installing them I found my kitchen fridge & freezer temps were way off and both needed to be adjusted with the fridge's controls- i cold make changes and track with the app's graphs. The garage fridge door stays open sometimes when grandkids go to get something and don't close it completely.. a simple ISY program alerts me. The only challenge was my first use of the 8003 temp humidity in my bathroom to operate the vent fan when the humidity rises. Since humidity is relative, I couldn't put a raw value (like 45%) in the program as it moves around. It took more elaborate ISY programming than I anticipated to capture the humidity and compare at every reading so I got the "slope" right... Too low of a delta and just walking in, siting and breathing in the area starts the fan.... Too high a slope and doesn't start after the shower is used. The built in app's graph was really helpful to look at usage of the room over days and figure it out. It works pretty good now.... the dwell between sensor reports makes it come on a little later than I prefer, but does the job. FYI, in my conversations with yolink (scroll to my messages in this yolink forum)... local api is a software feature release slated for later this year, but not specifically associated with unreleased hub 3. Hub 3 brings a physical ET port and mobile data backup connectivity. Hub 3 does not come with Hub 2's text to speech feature, so I bought hub 2 and did not wait.
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Remote access to PGX
To be fair to UDM I went in on the iPadOS version and saw that my notification server needed to be updated. It was easier than logging through and going to the pgx page, finding the plugin and finding upgrade. My biggest issue with UDM for this function has been being able to navigate and view on a small phone screen, there is and iPadOS versions and its nicely laid out. I'll keep trying it this way and a see if I get stuck.
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Remote access to PGX
Yes, understood and I get that. IIRC the plugins section says ""Beta" in UDM. I tried it out but couldn't do everything I wanted. I too have been "all ports closed" on my router for a long time and will not change that.. your first post confirmed what happens. I don't have many plugins and things have been stable. However I'll be traveling extended trips in Michigan and elsewhere this year and want to be able to deal with plugins if necessary. A RVNC type solution that includes a proxy login like the portal is what its going to take as it stands now.
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Remote access to PGX
I asked this same question another way, the answer is UDI mobile is the recommended way to work with plugins remotely. I want access to the management page. My way is remotely connecting to the house pc using realVNC Connect, so I'm using a web capable device on my network
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Insteon Devices - Cannot Communicate With...
How old is the plm? If it's 6 to 7 years, it was built during the time they were still using crapacitors, and it's likely dieing. Open tools, and look at the plm diagnostics. Also compare the links tables, they should not be a small number or 0 with that many devices. I believe the newer PLMs have better capacitors
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iAqualink plug in no longer able to connect to service
I don't think they would remove their Alexa skill too (assuming that's your access method)- that would cause a bigger riot from a larger crowd. Maybe things are partly cloudy. Another possibility and a thing I've noticed when other plugins can't log in to their respective cloud service is adjusting short and/or long poll... they update how frequently they'll accept polling. @Goose66
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PLM failed?
Was this after an unplug / replug? I think the 4718 is week 47 of 2018.. so its older and in the time period where they were still getting the bad capacitors. Also look at tools/diagnostics/PLM Info status If those are all bad results, I'm guessing the PLM is shot
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PLM failed?
Sometimes unplugging, waiting 10 seconds and replugging will sometimes fix it. How old is the PLM, what's its version number, date? Take a look at this link, starting at step 4, number 2. If the links tables are out of line. Based on how old the PLM is, eg 4,5+ years there's a good chance its bad
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Red blinking error light after storm. ISY OFFLINE
You can try factory resetting it. See page 67 of the manual. https://docs.universal-devices.com/production/ISY User Guide v4.0.5 v2.pdf If that doesn't work, I would submit a ticket
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Portal cost
I hadn't thought about that one. I have the ring plugin and use the ring as a front motion sensor for premise lighting. I barely get out the door and the lights are on.
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Portal cost
The portal also provides these features integrate assistants like Alexa and Google home for verbally controlling eisy Geofencing Remote access to eisy maintenance features remotely: reboot, upgrade packages Creating other accounts for other users to access eisy features with different access levels
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How do I get custom messages in YoLink Speaker hub via Eisy?
Me too. I don't have the distance requirement, but I have 4 temp / humid sensors buried in metal / stainless fridge/freezers and they work and show strong signals. Like any technology, its been a learning curve to get yolink's way of thinking (like how long between temp/humdity update), but everything's working I'm getting there. It is a great compliment to an Insteon power line solution.. they both do a great job of what the other doesn't Yes... or learning to drive stick shift all over again 🤪😂
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How do I get custom messages in YoLink Speaker hub via Eisy?
I've not used it yet, but planning on it, it's part of the PG3 plugin config. Go to yolink plugin Config Scroll down to custom config parameters Number of TTS, and then each gets a field to type the message in I'm also making the leap that if you've added them in the app, try restarting the yolink plugin, that's when config changes are addressed
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Insteon II motion sensor off time out
Guess I didn't remember that. Occupancy & lighting is the only thing I need to do. The On Only use goes back to my original MS1, that's the only way I'd use it. Since this one is hardwire powered, I was ok with a shorter wait cycle.. but have always kept it a couple minutes or less It does work. After reading your post, my wife was leaving through the garage. I took 4 screen shots of the program.. When she opened the door to the garage She backed her car out I waited 5 minutes and opened the door (had to visit the drinks fridge 😉👍) Waited for 10 minutes after my last garage movement. The second and third time, the program restarted and the 10 minutes started again
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Insteon II motion sensor off time out
No, it's the opposite of that. If there is movement in the garage, the lights to go on, and stay on from the last motion + 10 minutes.... every time. Each time the MS fires, it turns on the scene and restarts the program; which restarts the timer. If they get turned off, and I went back in, they'd come back on... timer program running, or not. I adopted this from my outside and driveway motion lights at my last house, and learned this method from others here. Here is the program Garage Motion - [ID 0042][Parent 0041] If 'Garage / Garage Motion.1 Motion' is switched On Then Wait 10 minutes Set 'Garage / Garage Lights' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')
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Insteon II motion sensor off time out
I do something similar for my garage and it works. I put the MS and switch(es) in a scene, so the sensor turns the light turns on instantly I have a program watching for the MS to turn on it waits 10 minutes and then turns lights off I have the MSII configured Its plugged in, not battery I set it to send on only as my program turns it off It waits 10 second before sensing movement (this may be part of the issue you're having, how long is the time out) If you are battery, you may want to make this closer to the 4 minutes, but just under
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Admin Console Help
When you launch the isy finder and click your isy, pick 'Cloud' and it will load the latest and correct AC
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KPL Problem
Wondering about the plm.. How old is it?
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Local PG3 configuration page served through portal?
Thanks, I'm probably heading back that way. Right now there is a W10 PC in the house that is getting a bit Swiss-army-knifed including "jump box" functions. Older but more than enough power (8) +2ghz cores and 24GB ram.. I use realvpn secure to access it from my ipad but need to start thinking about something else as the multiple uses sometimes bang into each other. I have the Merlin FW for my Asus router and it serves wireguard and open vpn directly, with more than enough horsepower: (4) 1.8ghz cores and 1GB ram and stability for my use cases. I consider Asus/Merlin to be the "ISY of routers".. Meaning It's a solid design, overpowered and just works. There's a lot of "plugins" / optional software for it and an active community writing things and supporting it. On my previous asus router I configured its open VPN server and used that for my travel job prior to retiring. My hesitation now is that I used DYNDNS to find my home's IP, and the router log showed that after doing so, it attracted a lot of attention to "things" trying to probe my network. Maybe I should see how security has changed in 5 years.
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Local PG3 configuration page served through portal?
Thanks Benoit
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Local PG3 configuration page served through portal?
Would it be (or is it) possible to serve the local pg3 configuration page through the portal? Specifically I'm looking for what's served at x.x.x.x:3000/nsdetails/<UUID> that I manage my pg3 on eisy at home. The logical place would be on the PG3 menu on the portal. This functionality would parallel the remote access of iox remotely without opening firewall ports or needing a vpn. I'll be traveling for periods and the chance exists i need upgrade, get a log file, etc.
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Yolink (3): Failed, then immediately re-connected
I started getting a few of these Failed notifications & immediate reconnect, vs occasional Disconnected and immediate reconnect. The frequency is low in both cases and that doesn't impact operations. I recently signed up for virtualarm.com monitoring through yolink and this started happening since that time. I'm fairly sure my setup is ok but wanted to validate that it's ok. I'm PMing my yolink debug level log.
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Ceiling Fan Turning Off
It seems coincidental that the light goes off exactly 5 seconds after the change to 100%. I take it one or more programs is causing this. The group is Alexa Lights, are there Alexa routines involved? I'd start with starting the event viewer (highest level) sometime earlier and hope it runs during this time. Other ideas are to simplify by temporarily and systematically by one at a time disabling programs or its participation in alexa and see if it stops
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Portal, Alexa & Samsung
I set up Alexa through ecobee. All went as expected/remembered in getting amazon/ecobee/isy connected When I looked for Samsung, it needs a smarthings account as a proxy. I stopped there. @sjenkins .. I'm willing to test what you have: 👆 those are all I'm looking for, if HDMI source is part of it (assuming its part of remote). I've carried remotes from older Samsungs forward, and the generic remotes from Walmart always doing the basics.. if that translates to the API, I'd be good with a "that's all this plugin does, nothing else" Appreciate you giving it try to see what's possible.
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Smoke and Smoke/CO Sensors