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The only way I've gotten gmail to work is by using "Allow Less Secure Apps", which I believe is mutually exclusive of 2 factor. To reduce personal exposure, I created a "house gmail account", for notifications. I also use it for any iot that needs an email account as credentials. Paul
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Was the SD Card eliminated as the potential problem? The symptoms or chain of events do not rule that out (to me): Factory resetting the ISY, swapping the card and rebooting to see if you can get in? If yes restore a backup and see what happens. Paul
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That was the first thing that came to mind for me. If you haven't tried, power down the ISY, remove and re-seat the SD card If that doesn't work replace it. Because I use a couple of RPis too, I keep some good quality ones around just in case. Paul
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Glad you're working. You'll need to keep one there; buy a lamplinc or range extender (which is really a lamplinc with the outlet removed) when they are next on sale. Usually around holidays they'll have a sale. Paul
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There's no reason it shouldn't. Python (polyglot) and Mono (Nodelink) are separate processes that can run at the same time. There is more than enough horsepower in Pis as well. I'm running nodelink with 4 devices on a Pi Model 2B... its taking a nap - typically 1% of CPU. I have an older pi that is a model B+ and I've tested my Nodelink setup on it too. It runs fine. Paul
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Nice! Thanks io_guy! Paul
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Criag's idea is important too. When I read the first post and saw "manually and automatically", I was thinking that meant the "start linking" from link management. That frequently works for me. Paul
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One thing to know about the iolinc is that it hasn't changed over time... meaning its still single band, no insteon rf. Even if you have a good insteon RF mesh, this may be too far away for the ISY to see it. I had a problem with mine in my detached garage for that reason. Do you have a spare lamplinc / appliancelinc to plug into the back of the iolinc and try again? If no, can you move the iolinc to an outlet near the PLM or other working dualband device to see if that works? Paul
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Wayne Glad it worked out. I get a lot of use out of the virtual circuit capability of Insteon, and the ISY makes it very easy to manage once you learn how Insteon works. Paul
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Wayne I have a similar setup for my outside floods. Set up one scene in the ISY with all 4 switches. Make all of the switches controllers, so that that turning any one of them on/off turns all of the others on/off. You won't need the other scenes, just have one. Paul
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Don Factory reset each device. Right click on each device in the Admin Console and pick restore device Paul
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Are you sure there is solid communications from the switch to the isy? can you open the admin console near the switch, turn the switch on / off 10 times while watching the admin console response? it should 10 ons an 10 offs Paul
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Is there room to replace the outlet with an outletlinc? I've had 4 of them outside in Michigan for a number of years. The newer models have 2 separately controlled outlets. Each is downstream of a GFCI and has the traditional outdoor weather proof out cover. Paul
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Think your best bet would be to not use Control, but rather Status for the If clause. The change in status will cause the program to stop on its own and you won't need the Else clause Paul
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Don't sweat it, I did the same thing when I first saw it
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Once you set it to disabled, the ISY saves it like any other setting and it will remain that way. The only caveat I've heard of is when some people upgrade from v4 to the V5 family of ISY firmware, the upgrade process doesn't remember and they have to be set back, one time. Paul
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Larry, I would disable your blue program GarageEntryTrigger - [ID 0007][Parent 0008] . That will prevent it from running on its own, but will respond when called from GarageEntryMotion - [ID 0006][Parent 0008] Right-click on the program name in the list in the admin console, and pick Disable Paul
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The user id / passwords 1-9 are for use in V5 nodeserver authentication, and not for alternative authentication to the ISY Admin Console / Dashboard / Web interface Paul
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Don I would try the restore as you outlined, and then manually delete any of the gem parts and anything else that doesn't belong on 994zw. This assumes you are moving the same PLM used on 994i to the 994zw. At the same time, you'll need to delete anything on 994i related to what you keep on the 994zw. It might be easier to reconfigure that from scratch but I've never set up gem, so I don't know how much work that is. Also, you'll need to be ready to deal with the Network/IP address configuration. You don't want both ISY's manually configured to the same IP address. If you have a manual IP setting I'd recommend changing that to auto and backing that up for the restore.... or not have them both online at the same time. Paul
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Den Ceiling Fan WSTOP will cancel and restart when Den Ceiling Fan WRUN is run if the fireplace fan comes back on. Paul
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That's interesting. I use a couple and get almost a year out of them before I get a battery alert, but they are very close to other dual band devices. Paul
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control garage lights with 74551 insteon garage kit?
paulbates replied to curmudgeon's topic in ISY994
I do that with an insteon scene, so that no ISY programming is necessary.. Insteon handles it. Create a Scene under the link menu add the iolinc sensor as a controller add the switch for the lights as a responder Backdoor.Garage is a keypad key i use to control the door and its in this scene so that it lights up or goes out when the door is operated. You can ignore that Paul -
I have a formal alarm system for security that can inform the ISY of basic home/away/alerts. I don’t get individual sensor status. I’ve had good luck with an iolinc on my garage door for 7 years... it’s big and clunky though.. not wireless. If wireless is needed and you can use z-wave, hopefully other community members can chime in on wireless sensor options that meet what your requirements. You will want to establish a z-wave grid for your house for good sensor comms. Paul Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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No, its a limitation of insteon wireless sensors. The only way the query button in the admin console works with wireless sensors is when you press the set button on the device. This lack of "supervisory" type capability is why insteon wireless sensors are not a good choice for creating security / alarm systems. The controller (ISY) can not directly query the sensor or reset it. They do send daily notices they're alive, either heartbeat, or sunrise/sunset for motion sensors, which makes them good for general automation.
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I think you can just use the idealized program above, it that's what you're asking. It depends how many additional statements your program has. If its simply notification, as listed above, then use the updated program and you track the variable instead of the sensor. I don't have mobilinc so I can't help there. Paul