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paulbates

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  1. You posted the router page that shows plugged in ET devices. What about the one that shows DHCP assignments?
  2. Have you rebooted the ISY since the router swap? That should happen too.
  3. The interface for the bridge is limited. It will show which type of alarm was raised, but not which specific unit raised it. If you can hear the one link uniit itself when the alarm is raised, the audio indicates which one it is based on if you set it as bedroom, basement etc. Paul
  4. When you assign a static address, it needs to not be in the pool the the new router's DHCP service uses to assign addresses to your other devices. Its possible that the new router assigned the ISY's address to something else. ... Are you saying 192.168.1.4 is where you are expecting the ISY to be? If you temporarily unplug snapwerx (if you can) and reboot the ISY you should be able to get to it. The ISY needs to be assigned to another address, but you'll need to know what the range of addresses is for the new router's DHCP pool, so you can avoid it... but you can try the above test and see if it gets you going If your ISP lets you have access to the router's management interface, its possible to resolve it there, maybe with their help Paul
  5. To add to Larry's comment.. there are several different subnets used for NATing internet traffic... including 192.168.0.x, 192.168.1.x, and 10.x.x.x. If your new router uses a different subnet, it won't see it. It might be disruptive to your other devices initially, but maybe you can call spectrum and they can change the NAT subnet of the new router to 192.168.1.x (or talk you through it). Then reboot the router and the other devices. Then it should work Paul
  6. Yes, I use the climate module in similar way... ramp up HVAC if its gotten really hot/cold outside.
  7. I think the same is true for tstat schedule. You don't have to have logic for a variable in this case, that I can see, that runs a program. Have the program that checks the time period do the work. You may have to put a 3 - 5 second wait between each command to the thermostat, the PLM needs time to send and receive acknowledgements form the tstats. If your schedules are exclusive ... eg schedule 1: 8:00am to 10pm schedule 2: 10:01pm to 7:59am You could do 1 program with an else.. things in schedule 1 go under then, things in schedule 2 go under else
  8. I do something similar for similar keypad logic, and you can use the "if" statement from program 1 as the logic in folder 1 and 2, saving a program and variable (Tstateco). Unless other things will tweak tstateco as well.
  9. Right, but no details were provided and the question posed "is it possible"?. Yes. A recommendation was asked for, this is one way that can work. At this point, I'm not clear on what's needed so will definitely step aside
  10. The suggestion I provided would require only one 'scene state program' per scene, to most closely approximate that scene's status. I've used it and typically include a few key devices that are only on together when the scene is activated. I have scenes with 20+ devices and only need 3 or 4 to make this work. Those "scene programs" T/F state would be used on the If clause of other programs.... like an event. Unless you are doing this for dozens of scenes, its not that difficult or have high impact on the ISY, the latest ISY state would be queried as you mention. Maybe this was a feature request and I misunderstood.
  11. Scenes are one way broadcasts and can be to many devices. Because that's how Insteon designed scenes, no, its not possible to know scene state directly. You can approximate it by writing a program like: If 'device a' is on and 'device b' is on (etc) Then (no statements) else (no statements) You can check for the above program to be true (in another program's if), as a way to approximate it. I would not put more than 3 - 4 devices in this program though Paul
  12. Wes, this is my method for accessing my ISY remotely. It works for me on W10 chrome, ie and edge, as well as safari on my iphone. I also select the Home Automation Dashboard (Settings Tab, Default UI) as its easier and more powerful to use IMO It would help to see what you are seeing. Can you paste in a full screen shot of this when its happening? You can use PrtScrn key, and then paste in to a comment here, or use windows snipping tool if you are on windows. Paul
  13. Hi and welcome to the UDI Forums! FWIW, you mention "Link a Remote Linc 2" in your initial post. That's not the keypad. If that's what you been using, its better to: New Insteon Device Add the 3 octet Insteon ID xx.xx.xx - printed on the device's label Autodiscover Paul
  14. I like them. Have to put the jumper for limiting the sensing on a couple because they trigger from too far away.. I want to sense the driveway, not every car the goes by down street. If you use them outside, it helps to put a small bead of super glue or silicone calk on the left, right and bottom were the bezel meets the housing, keeps the water out. I've had some outside for several years now, right out in the open. Paul
  15. Its been a while, but I think there have been times I've had to launch locativ after a reboot to get it to work, even though its location based background app. After that its fine. Since its a firm provided phone with an mdm container, it does get forceably rebooted remotely, and I usually know when that happens when I am forced to use my passcode to login. I restart locative then. Yeh not an ios fan either, but I will not carry 2 phones, so I have just my firm's provided phone. They let me pick my provider/phone/os (from tangoe). But from an app perspective, ios is the really the only workable option for integration and collaboration. I said "uncle" on this a few years ago and carry an iphone. You've probably looked at your logs, but I've found that the portal always sends the message to the ISY, but sometimes the 'if' of my ISY program was doing what I told it to do.. vs what I meant. Paul
  16. Ok. my log shows it catching everything, with 2 caveats on use: things worked predictably when the geofence radius was a ~200 yards or more away from my property. It easier to know that the fence has been crossed, and it gives the longer than expected chain of events time to complete. Might want to try it with only one location app an see how that works. Not sure how multiple location apps running in the background get prioritized. Its location services are set to "allow location access always" under Location Services. Paul
  17. I saw V2 announced recently and the associated android app, but not ios so I have to believe its not available yet. The good news is that locativ is in the app store and continues to work fine with V1 of the occupancy node. Not sure how you've defined the zone, but I know it works better for me if its a few hundred yards away from the house. Paul
  18. Its not 100% clear, but this is not the first case. Either some are supposed to be that way in kit form and this was an accident, or they were tested and not reset. Paul
  19. If the admin console shows it one way, but they behave another, its likely that those 2 came linked together and there's a link between those 2 in #4 that the ISY can not see. I would factory reset #4, right click it in the AC and restore device Paul
  20. Yep! Rather than excluding things, like days of old, they "adjusted" the pricing. I kind of get the business problem... if its already discounted because of buying bulk, and then blanket apply a 30% discount on top of it... they can't do that. To your point, you have to keep track on many items to know if its really worth it. In the end, I do more projects with the same money, so like the old x10.com, I put some projects on hold and "play the game". I did get a few items on this sale and it was a good deal. In fact I forgot about one, went back Monday morning and it still worked.
  21. This can be done with scenes as you are working on: Take the motions sensors down, and one at a time, put one in linking mode by pressing the set button for few seconds set the options in the admin console for the motion sensor to "Send on commands only". repeat for the second motion sensor You probably have this, a program that checks for either ("or") motion sensor to be "switched on" , wait and send the off to the same scene, assuming there is more than one light switch involved
  22. This is indicative of noise. Unlike turning devices directly on and off, which generates acknowledgements, scenes do not have acknoledgements on the ISY. You can imagine what would happen in a scene that controls 20+ devices. All would try to deal with acknowledgements at once. I have a couple with 20, and more devices. A clue is that things are not being turned off by one device in response to the scene. Is that a switch with a load? Sometimes, turning on the load will allow what ever is being controlled to create noise. You can prove this by removing the load (unscrew bulb, temporarily unwire a fixture)... and repeat your original test. Paul
  23. That's great. I'd prefer $27 obviously, but either one of those prices is very good for good quality switch, and keeps the total cost of implementing projects down.
  24. They've been having major holiday sales on Insteon as long as I can remember. If you can be patient setting up your home, it saves a lot. Most of my 50+ devices were bought this way. Sales in the past would sometimes exclude a number of items, so I'm liking this sale for being "everything". Things do run out of stock at the sales because people by them up. If you're in the market, start looking at smarthome's site before a major holiday.
  25. That's where I'm at. I don't need a notification from locative. I use pushover and its "apps" (folders) to organize notifications. In this case I should know that I'm in or out of an area.. I want the ISY to act accordingly I use notifications for key events or errors. I'll sometimes have more when I'm writing new programs and need to debug.. so its easier to figure out what happened when. But when things are working, i get rid of them

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