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Another option is the Rainmachine. I have that now. It connects to my wifi, downloads the weather and does the (evapotranspiration) calculations all on its own. You can set up schedules pretty easily on its touch screen, or sit at a phone or computer and program it. It can be coupled to the ISY, but you need V5 FW and Nodelink and a computer to run Nodelink. I do this, but the rainmachine is standalone and can handle things on its own. I like to kick a few rainmachine programs off from the ISY and also add its notifications in with the rest of mine. So the rainmachine is another option. Paul

The ezflora is an 8 zone insteon/isy compatible irrigation controller from SmartenIT, who makes the EZxxx branded products. Buy it at smarthome or amazon. It installs like and other insteon device. If you have more than 8 zones, buy another (and another). If you have a pump or master valve on your system, zone 8 is sacrificed for that capability.. so only 7 zones... and that applies to each controller if you have more than 1. Example, I used to have 2 ezfloras. I have mastervalves... I could only have 14 zones with 2 controllers. After you hook it up and wire it, you have to write ISY programs for your sprinkler schedules, or read a rain sesnor, etc. The option extra you can choose is from UDI is the irrigation module. It helps determine how much water is needed for each zone. In old school controllers, the zone time is worst case... how long do I need to water each zone on the hottest day of the season. But here in SE Michigan this time of year, Its about half of that time, and half of the water. The Irrigation module uses the industry accepted calculations to increase/decrease zone times based on forecast, heat, wind, sun brightness to figure out how much water that you have. I think you need the climate module too to use it, but you'll want to look at UDIs site. I'm not 100% sure. Paul

Yes, single band and worth a try. Only use the the 2 wire when there is no neutral and you have no other option Paul

If you ever exported your Network Resources, you can import that file back in. Paul

Aaron Any chance that permissions are a problem? I log into the "Pi" account on my Pi, yet I have prefix many commands with sudo Either sudo the install command, and/or chmod the directory(ies) that need directories created in them Paul

Have you tried waiting for sunrise the next day? It might actually have to pass the sunrise time to start working.. Not sure about that, but it could be the problem Does the sunrise time at the top of the admin console line up close to what your actual sunrise time is? Paul

Hi Can you post your program? Paul

Good to hear that its helping. My wife has a chronic illness that's not improving. HA provides a number of small conveniences that add up for sure.

Yes, click on Mathlandia 15 or 20 times

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If you are growing your system in your home, its probably worth getting the ZW... it gives you more flexibility to add zwave devices.. many more types than Insteon, especially sensors. As an alternative.. you can buy the Zwave card from UDI later and install it. Ether way, I would say get Insteon working/migrated first before adding zwave devices. Paul

You do not have to have both, but there advantages to both. Advantages of the Hub It works with Apple Homekit, ISY does not Insteon does not always release their new device info to companies like UDI who makes the ISY. Example.. the new Motion Sensor can be configured by the Hub, but not the ISY (yet) I found it very difficult, however, to keep the same device defined in both the ISY and Hub. Homekit doesn't matter to me and I've been buying out the old motion sensors from Menards. I eventually got rid of the Hub I would say keep it for now, but plan on migrating your Insteon devices and schedules (by create programs like above), a few at a time as you get comfortable with the ISY. The ISY can do so much more than hub. Eventually you can decide to get rid of it when you're ready. Paul

Hi Sean, welcome to the UDI forums! You'd actually not use a scene. Scenes are fast, but dumb.. no logic other than devices linking to each other The ISY analogue to a Hub schedule is a program: if status sensor is on and from 7:00pm for 6 hours set light on else set light off Delete the scene, it works all the time Paul

Hi Rick: Welcome to the UDI Forums! Let's start with what version of Firmware does your ISY have, and also what version of the Admin Console (they should recent and match) to make it "apples to apples" as much as possible with the Hub, is your PLM plugged in to the same outlet as the hub? Can you try that? Paul

Hi and welcome to the UDI formums! You can try the Start Linking option at the top of the Link Management Menu, and then put the remotelinc in linking mode. I've not specifically tried that with a remotelinc, but it wouldn't take long to find out if it works. Paul

...a nodeserver coming anytime soon???

I'm leaning with Brian, that there is something wrong with it. Call SH and see if they have a suggestion or ask them to replace it

While I haven't had those exact symptoms, I have some keypads the occasionally need a factory reset and followed by arestore device. Even if its new, it normally doesn't take that long. Paul

I don't have the "if all else fails" for everything. After +10 years of Insteon, I've mostly bashed it into submission. I do have an individual program that sees if the Bulb is on but the keypad key is off. If so, it does wait for a few, then a dim, a wait and then an off.. on the bizarre outside chance I'm up there. It sends a pushover message which I haven't seen since setting the default on level to 0%. I'm likely going to delete the program. The Insteon bulb (at least mine) does go on automatically after a power fail... unless you set its default on to 0% and control it with scenes. Then it does not come on. We've gone through several power outages since I did this and it no longer comes on. I'm pretty sure it sends its status, because that's how my program works Paul

I have one insteon bulb in my attic, where I can't keep an eye on it. Its in a scene with a keypad key down below.. but, at times I look at the Admin Console and its been on for no reason. Something that worked for me was setting the On level to 0 for the bulb. Then I use scenes to set a full on scene level with the keypad. You can also turn the bulb on by scene with a program I also have a program that sees if the light is on and turn it back off (slowly) and send me a notice. Since setting the default on level to 0, that hasn't happened. Paul

Cool glad you had one. I have several because I replaced the furnaces with the ECM motors a few years ago and had the installers return those to me. It may be possible to increase the retries of the fanlinc. I wrote about this yesterday here. Look at the last post. Right-click on the fanlinc, advanced, PLM Communications. Some of my devices support it, some don't. I don't have a fanlinc, so not sure. If it works, consider that the bigger the retry number, the more retries, and the longer the perceived response to the command. It kind of depends how noticeable. Its worth experimenting with both and see what works best for you Paul Paul

Yeh, we have skunks, racoons, opossums and a foxes ..amounts descending in that order. There are coyotes and deer that I see when hiking, but they never come in the neighborhood. Ugly as the opossums are, they eat a lot of ticks and other nasties. Glad that its all working the way you want it to now Paul

Yes, good catch.. Stating that its "In line" is a misnomer and a gaff from Amazon... its not inline. Here is the source doc from x10. It wires across hot and neutral and carries no load... easy to wire and no load is carried by the device. Minimal to no risk of it "popping" Paul

Sandry, no, that is the the evidence that was needed. It proves that when Insteon powers the fan, the fan (most likely motor) is injecting line noise back down the circuity and overwhelming the fanlinc. Some type of filter is needed. I've used this with insteon devices that were overwhelmed by ECM furnance motors and transformers. Its very easy to wire to 110vac if you can fit it in the fan body. Paul

Hi Sandry When directly controlling devices, The Insteon device sending the command will try several times to get through. If it doesn't get an acknowledgement from the target (fanlinc), the source will try several times. Three things can happen The command gets through, the device goes on/off, and the response eventually makes it back The command gets through, the device goes on/off, but the acknowledgement doesn't make it back. The fanlinc responds, but the ISY didn't get the acknowledgement, so it doesn't know and has the wrong status The command never gets through, the device doesn't go on/off, and the ISY doesn't get the acknowledgement. The culprit in 2. and 3. is line noise. I'm wondering if the fan is injecting a lot of noise into the power line after its turned on, or at certain speeds. Some power line noise can even overwhelm an Insteon devices ability to accept commands via RF. You can try can to see if a certain state of the fan exhibits the delay behavior more to start narrowing this down Turning it on from off 5 times.. How many successful ons? How many delayed actions Turning it off from on 5 times.. How man successful offs? How many delayed actions .. compare to Ons Same thing for changing speeds. Does changing into a certain speed then cause delayed responses? Paul