paulbates

Michaelv I moved from another system and rebuilt my links one functional group of devices at a time. Its relatively fast and I have a backup of everything. Scenes don't take that long for me to create.. Its <ctrl> click on devices and drag them into the scene, indicate which are controllers. Can you provide details on what part of that process is slow, eg the clicking and dragging, or the time it takes the ISY to write the updates? Paul

Hi Martin, welcome to the forums! The ISY uses an RJ45 style connector for both LAN and Serial, the PLM does too. A standard RJ45 LAN cable will work. The Port A is where the PLM is plugged in, the other port is for the network. No DB9 is used with the ISY. What I would suggest is look at this link which is the wiki. Right at the top is the quickstart guide, that will walk you through initial set up, step by step. Then, a few links down is the complete & comprehensive guide for all the details. We're here on the forum for more detailed questions. What are you planning to filter with the filterlincs? Your power has 2 legs, that need to be bridged so the signal is available on both. Probably one of your appliance lincs will be on the opposite leg, but it will be best to first plug both appliancelincs in their intended home, and run the test page 10 of the appliancelinc manual Paul

More information is available in this parallel thread http://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/18605-3-26-16-portal-issue/

Paul, no. Are you on central time? It was 4:01am for me on ET. Paul

That lines up with mine Michael, my 4:01am et would be your 3:01am ct Paul

I'm guessing since 4am.. i got an expected email notification after midnight and wasn't looking for any since then Here are some other investigative tidbits: Last error log entry, portal: 2016/03/16 00:34:36 System -140005 ISY Last few error log entries, ISY Fri 2016/03/25 06:54:00 PM System -5012 390 Fri 2016/03/25 06:55:06 PM System -5012 391 Rebooted here ~9:51am 3/26 Sat 2016/03/26 09:52:18 AM System -170001 [uDSockets] RSub:24 error:6 Sat 2016/03/26 09:52:30 AM System -5 Start Sat 2016/03/26 09:52:33 AM System -110022 /CONF/SEP/PRICE.LBL Sat 2016/03/26 09:52:41 AM System -110022 /DEF/F3/I1/NLS/EN_US.TXT Sat 2016/03/26 09:52:49 AM System -170001 [Network] Established Sat 2016/03/26 09:52:49 AM System -60006 n/a Sat 2016/03/26 09:56:25 AM System -140005 Net Module Rule: 18 ​​​ISY Programs, network module and email alerts have been working as expected including the time the portal was down Eventlog looks normal throughout the night Looks like some things going on portal wise. Paul

Same. The message says "Offline since Saturday March 26th, at 4:01 am" Reboot fixed it. The AC showed registered and online, pressing refresh changes nothing.

Tim That's more a function of how the MS is configured. If you click on it, and then options. Here are mine in the image below. If you set sensing to 'as motion is sensed', and 'on commands only', your program will get continuous "ons" and start over until motion stops. That keeps lights on while any motion is happening and then 1 minute more of time from the program. The program dims the light back down. Night only mode means it won't waste the battery sensing during the day You do have to take the sensor down, open it and press the set button inside of it until the LED blinks to make these changes. There is more in the Insteon motiosensor manual PDF Paul

Hi Tim Welcome to the UDI Forums! Give this a try Patio Light On - [ID 0014][Parent 0001] If From Sunset To Sunrise (next day) Then Set 'Outside / Patio Light' 40% Else Set 'Outside / Patio Light' Off Patio Light (Motion) - [ID 0015][Parent 0001] If From Sunset To Sunrise (next day) And Control 'Outside / Patio Motion Sensor-Sensor' is switched on Then Set 'Outside / Patio Light' 99% Wait 1 minute Set 'Outside / Patio Light' 40% Paul

ISY programs stop executing when the if clause is no longer true. As soon as the light gets turned on to 15%, the program exits. You can make a separate program (2) with no If clause and put the Then statements in it. Replace the statements in your existing program (1) with a Program Run Then statement to run program (2). That program will run until complete NiteLite 1 If Status 'MBR-Corner Lamp' is Off And Control 'ZW 002 MBR Motion Sensor' is switched On Then Run Program 'NightLite 2' Then clause Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') NiteLite 2 If Then Set 'MBR-Corner Lamp' 15% Wait 20 seconds Set 'MBR-Corner Lamp' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Paul

Kevin Its a new feature, and AFAIK you can't get rid of it short of solving comm related issues with the responses to the links that the switch sends. I have keypad key that turns off 2 sets of low voltage light transformers. One of them is very far away on the power line and I always get a red blink when turning it off. If its functioning properly outside of the red blink, suppose you could disassemble the switchlinc and cut the leads to the LED. Paul

Give this a look. Sounds like the memory card Paul

Great point, I forgot about that. When zwave was introduced to HS2, there was a long (2 years?) period of it crashing, memory leaks, etc. I lost a lot of WAF from that one, and think I finally have it back. As you say, it seems better now from reviewing board posts. However, having tried both, it turned out to be easier to migrate from HS2->ISY than HS2->HS3 Paul

Hi and weclome to the forums I used Homeseer for 10 years, V1 - V2, and a short stint on V3. I did have a hub 1 using Homeseer and was able to use both HS functionality, through Mark Sandler's Insteon plugin as well as the insteon mobile apps. You'd have to read HS board to see if that's true for the new alljoyn and Homekit compatible hubs. I came to UDI a year and a half ago because I didn't want to maintain a windows server for the sake of homeseer, and HS3 did not really offer me a clean upgrade path. However, I do believe HS can be run on Raspberry Pi. Overall, I'm happier with the ISY for my HA network, which is all Insteon from a powerline perspective. I think the ISY is better for your basic requirement of:"So here is my goal, I simply want to create scenes(?) that take advantage of the if then logic. Time of day, day of week, what else is going on with other devices and so on. " ISY Insteon integration is pretty tight. Homeseer is .net based which has some coding and integration advantages. The ISY is simpler, to me, to organize devices and logic, and the new portal capability makes it safe and relatively easy to access your ISY remotely while integrating with newer capabilities like the Echo and IFTTT. Kind of rambly, but I hope this helps PAul

GIve this a try On the ISY finder, click "Add" enter http://#.#.#.#/desc (Replace #.#.#.# with your isy's local NAT'd ip address) If it adds in the window, Double click on the ip address If it does not add or run, what behavior are you seeing? As a longer term solution, I would download the admin.jnlp on to your system and run it directly Paul

Some additional things in addition to Jon's suggestion: I take it that the ISY is still working correctly, programs running, etc? Your router's interface should have a LAN tab with connected devices, if the IP address jumped on you, that should say where it went Are you loading the admin console off of the ISY using a browser shortcut, or using a local copy of jnlp? If running a local copy, the ISY finder should find it where ever it is... is the finder popping up with an ISY/address in it, or no finder at all? Another angle, did you change or update virus software recently on both systems recently. Many virus scanners are heavy handed on Java applications. Paul

Hi You can try the updates below. FYI, If you start laundry before you leave the house, its going to bug you until that door is opened (unless you leave it opened). If you have an ISY compatible mobile app that can stop programs remotely, that's a way to stop it from bugging you in that situation. Paul Paul

Yes.... one day a rare CNN story about an ELK seen outside of a PANIC at the disco concert..... First world problems

Hi Here you go, page 17 Use the steps to tell the keypad its an 8 key Paul (edit: I fixed the link) http://cache.insteon.com/pdf/2486D.pdf

Hi You're right that if you remotely change the button state, it will not run the associated actions. However, you can create a scene with the buttons and outlets items in it, and turn it off via a mobile app like mobilinc or the portal / web interface. Then adjust the thermostat As an alternative, you could have a "unoccupied" program that you run via mobilinc or portal / web. It would activate the scene and set the thermostat (if you have one). You could have and "occupied" program as well... if you know someone is coming that day, get the place ready Paul

Yep, Customizing sounds helps things like smoke alarms stand out, and network resource variable substitution puts the icing on the cake... notifications can have some quantitative info in them

Michael I don't expect to get to 16, so I'm good. Thanks to you and Brian for your responses and help thinking it through. Paul

Thanks Michael, just finished that for my programs. The api is a grouping,like sprinklers, and then different types of messages are sent there... skipped, completed cycle etc. Do tell, the api limit is xx APIs? Paul

You can have a program that looks like this (I haven't tested this but it should work) if status 'light a' is on or status 'light b' is on or status 'light c' is on or status 'light d' is on ... etc... then set scene 'downstairs light key' on else set scene 'downstairs light key' off You've probably run into needing to create a scene for a keypad key to turn it on or off versus directly controlling the key, so create a one device scene with the key in it just for this purpose. For turning all the lights off, I use a program that looks for that keypad key to turn off, and control a scene with all of the lights in it as responders,. You could put them all in a scene controlled by the key, but keep in mind that if anyone turns that key on, all of the lights go on. I personally have more problems with that and use a program in this kind of case Paul