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Should work... I want the fewest physical connectors possible for wiring.
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My suggestion, if you have a choice of which controller to have remote, is to switch to a serial PLM and get UDI's conversion cable.... there have been reports on different forums in the past of going 50' or more over serial. You might have to get a custom extension cable made or look them up on line as they are traditionally male- male and you'll need female - male. This post discusses the pin outs.
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What are all of these lines in the ISY Error Log.5.8.4
paulbates replied to raymondjiii's topic in eisy
Did you just migrate to eisy? If yes, there is a know quirk with the first run programs that use time of day... leaving it as is and letting it run for a day or 2 will permanently resolve it -
Communication issues on various switches
paulbates replied to richtimpa's topic in INSTEON Communications Issues
The XPF has a 20 amp rating. The XPNR does not and I'm suggesting you try only the XPNR. As stated above.... unlike the XPF, the XPNR does not carry the load directly, it connects and filters between hot and neutral for the offending source. Look at the diagram for the product in the link I sent above -
You can change the 6 key facia on the relay keypad to an 8 key: buy a new 6 button relay (on/off) keypad from Insteon when they're scheduled to be back in stock in January Remove the 8 key keypad facia from your existing 2334-222 dimmer key pad and screw it on to the new relay keypad Look around page 16 of the Insteon keypad manual.. there are the directions for reconfiguring the new 6 key relay as an 8 key relay. The manual details all of the steps described above
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The 6 and 8 key versions can be switched between 6 and 8 with some setup key presses. If you have the screw on 8 keys part or have an old one lying around you could get there
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Yes... You've documented several symptoms, especially the restore that works temporarily
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Insteon says 1000+ links. IT hex math says that is probably 1024. If you look under Tools/Diagnostics in IOX, you'll find PLM info that tells you how many links you currently have.
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Communication issues on various switches
paulbates replied to richtimpa's topic in INSTEON Communications Issues
You'll want to validate this suggestion with your electrician, but adding an XPNR near where the PW3 attaches to your panel could help. It's rated for 120-240V and isn't directly in the path of the load. Even though they're for X10, I used them successfully to kill transformer noise at my last house. It's not expensive to try relative to the other investments in home tech you've made. If it works as a test, it can going in its ow panel mounted work box with a couple of leads -
You can try factory resetting it and restore device, assuming it's insteon and especially if it's been running for years
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In addition to Guy's comments, can you say what the previous switch was and how the wires were connected to it? Is it a 3 way in concert with another switch?
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Unable to turn light on/off in admin console
paulbates replied to smarthome_newbie's topic in IoX Support
What you're describing is normal: Swtich 1: controls light and it's red lead connects to the actual load line to the physical light Switch 2: Joined to Switch 1 with a scene. Both switches control the light properly at the switch Remotely controlling Switch 1 from iox works Remotely controlling Switch 2 changes it's status, but the light doesn't come on Remotely controlling the scene should work as you expect. This is Insteon working as designed. Once you crate an N-way relationship with multiple switches in a scene, you've created a virtual circuit. You control the scene from iox and not the individual switch. In your iox programs' set commands, Set scene on/off, not the switch. -
Wait would probably be easier. I'd use a variable $chime_active in this example If motion sensed and $chime_active = 0 then $chime_active = 1 (allow the 10 minute wait to complete) Set chime on (or however you make one chime) wait 2 seconds Set chime on wait 2 seconds Set chime on wait 10 minutes $chime_active = 0
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That is a strange one. I have 2 on/off that don't exhibit that problem, I would notice. But they are v.49 Probably a bit of a long shot, but I'd suggest firing up iox and starting the event viewer and set it to level 3, as close to the problem time as practical, e.g. when going to bed. Look at that in the morning
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Simple App For Family Members
paulbates replied to scholarwarrior's topic in New user? Having trouble? Start here
If you have the portal, you can log in, click tools > information > ISY Information. There's a a specific url to your ISY listed there. -
Ok. Try taking to the appropriate echo and say "Alexa, discover devices"
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You don't have to link each one if you added it through portal and your account is linked. Are you up to date with your portal subscription?
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I did the same after Nodelink stopped being developed. Nodelink actually had that humidex feature/capability built in for Venstar years ago and it worked great.
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1- This is typically done with smart thermostat, I've done that with the venstar colortouch and ecobee. 2- The alternative is to get a zwave on/off outlet or on/of plug-in module and plug 12 volt ac plug-in transformer (hardware store) to it, and wire that to the humidifier's water control actuator. Based on humidity levels from openweathermap, turn the zwave outlet/module on or off. I'd be careful with that as the sole source of data, I'd want a zwave humidity sensor (assuming that it exists) to confirm the actual building humidity.. have some iox watchdog programs to not let it humidity levels get "outside the box'
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You want to be in linking mode first, so that the PLM/ISY catches the Insteon traffic from the device(s) being put into linking mode.
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Try right clicking it and pick "restore device". Per @Guy Lavoie's comment, if it's a wireless device, put it in linking mode first
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On Windows 10, it remembers for me. I don't have this issue I backup up based on material changes that I make to programs, configuration or notification settings. I would not backup unless a change has been made
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It's discussed here: https://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/44142-nest-plugin-marked-inactive/
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IoX not found on boot. Refresh finds one of the two options
paulbates replied to andrew77's topic in IoX Support
Since I've had eisy, this has behaved differently at different times and versions. Now, it sometimes can take 20 - 30 seconds to come up.... others right away.