paulbates

Cool! glad its working for you . Paul

Np, we'll figure it out. For the moment, put the time parameters back in. And one program should work A few more questions since we've touched on the easier stuff. The first two are probably 'yes' but want to make sure You're hitting save on the left each time to save program changes? I forget sometimes The time on your ISY is correct to your timezone, within a few minutes? For the notifications: How did you configure mail eg... Default, or did you set up gmail? If you are sending to gmail (and some others) there needs to be a few words of text in the subject line and body of the messages ... Some email systems ignore messages without a subject line or body content Paul

sorry, I meant make your program look like this If Status 'Garage / I/O Linc - Garage-Sensor' is On Then Send Notification to 'James iPhone' content 'Garage Door OPENED' Else Send Notification to 'James iPhone' content 'Garage Door CLOSED'

Hmmm. Could you temporarily remove the time part of the 'If' and retry? And From 9:00:00AM To 9:30:00PM (same day) Paul

It may not be the program. Are you sure that the ISY sees the change in state? If you put the door down, does the IO linc show off? Paul

Agreed. It sounds like the PLM is going bad. You can try Tools/diagnostic/PLM Info status... though it may show ok if the ISY can talk to the PLM Tools/diagnostic/Show PLM Links Table. If that shows a few or no links, its bad Paul

Yes. I've had one for 15 years. I used to have problems with electronics in general prior to installing it. We have overhead wires and get a lot of lightening from this time of year through fall. My insteon problems of the last 10 years are traced to known culprits like PLMs and the ~2011 series keypadlincs. Outside of that I have Insteon devices that are approaching their 10th birthday. Here is the closest example of the surge protector I had installed in my panel. The link discusses the protection warranty for $10,000 for the first 5 years. You could still have problems, but I think this is a good "insurance investment" Paul

When you are in the admin console, 'right click' on the program name on the left side.. then pick the last item on the drop down list, 'copy to clipboard' Paul

Actually no. Insteon does not support a traditional 3 (or more) way set up. You can either get rid of the other switch (remove and cap), or replace it with a switchlnc and add them to a scene. The switches will turn each other on and off via the scene. One of the switches will have its load connected to the light. It sounds like remove and cap is best. It may matter what box the actual load to the light comes to. You may have to experiment to be sure. Paul

Here is my program for this functionality if that helps Garage Pushover Status - [ID 004D][Parent 004C] If Status 'Garage / Door Sensor' is On Then Resource 'Pushover Garage Door Opened' Else Resource 'Pushover Garage Door Closed' You can replace the 'Resource' statements with your sms notification statements. If this doesn't help, post your programs Paul

Justin I think part of the answer is you may need to minimally document what you've done so the new owner, or someone else, can take it over. I am glad to see a buyer for a "pre-automated" house. Glad to see that an automated house can sell. I'm just starting documenting the HA in my house, from the core functional systems, like Irrigation and HVAC and how they're laid out and and maintained... and then back into the automation programs. Currently I'm finishing documenting my programs between using the program level comments and adding 'then' and 'else' comments with that new 5.0 feature Ultimately I want: an overview of key functional systems a maintenance / schedule of key functional systems an overview of automated functions and programs to not make ISY, HA or technology "how to" guide shop for a technical contractor that can maintain the ISY programs and devices I have and connect the new owner, when that time comes, with them. Network is one of the major concerns here... many of my ISY programs control/are controlled by things counting on a specific IP addresses in a specific NAT'd range. A new ISP's router will pretty much blow up a big piece of my setup... unless its configured as it is today. I had this happen when a cable vendor came to fix a tv remote problem... and decided for some bizarre reason to unplug my hardwired devices from my router and plug it into theirs. All of those things broke ..and I was out of town. I'm glad to see that an automated house can sell. Paul

No, you can send as many as you like. I have a couple that send text, email and to another notification service The other possibility is that 'ZW 022 On-Off Power Switch' is only switched on for a few seconds and then switches back off. That would stop the program in its tracks, potentially before the third statement is sent. This seems unlikely, but is possible if there is a motion sensor involved. To test that hypothesis, you could change your 'If' statement: If Control 'ZW 022 On-Off Power Switch' is switched On That would cause the program to run based solely on the event of being switched on, not the state of being switched on. I don't have any zwave, but I believe the same principle should work. Paul

Does the FoyerMotion content configuration contain text in both the Subject line and the Body? Some email systems takes the absence of either as a spam attempt. Paul

The number one advantage of the portal for me is secure remote access to the ISY for HAD web pages and the admin console- with no open ports on my router or port forwarding.

To oberkc's point, its a matter of preferences and tradeoffs. As much as possible/practical, I assign switching and button updates, etc, to the Insteon network via scenes as opposed to writing additional programs to control the same thing. I have the ISY follow up or take secondary actions via programs, but primary switching is handled device-device with no middle man (PLM/ISY) My primary reason for using scenes over programs for lighting and garage door control is that I travel. I don't want a down house for a week when the PLM connected to the ISY eventually dies and I am 1000 miles away. The secondary reason is that using programs for lighting control adds additional time between button press and lights going on/off. Paul

It would be worth trying trigger reverse in the iolinc settings. I do this with mine for the same reason, to have a key on a keypad in the house light up when the door is up. Paul

If Snowball-In-Hell = "Yes"......

Francois I would think the portal would work since initially its initiated from the ISY out. That means if you have other devices and appliances working like Roku, streaming music etc... the ISY and Portal operate similarly to that and should work here too. I have no ports open on my firewall and the portal works fine. If you sent a note to UDI support, I believe they would give you the opportunity to test it and not charge you if it didn't work. Paul

I have had 2 ezfloras since 2011 and they work well for direct connected to insteon / ISY. Reasons for the ezflora: They have advanced irrigation features like the ability to use zone 8 for pump/master valve control, automatically turning the last zone off when selecting the next zone on the controller, and a"deadman" timer for each zone.... regardless of what turns a zone on, that zone will always go off after X minutes - you specify by zone. The ezfloras are from SmartenIT, use a customized insteon messaging interface and are immune to "ALL ON" events, where the iolinc can be affected by "ALL ON". For interface beyond my sprinkler programs, I use the stock version of HAD and a customized one on a tablet... I use this to activate zones from the yard for yearly startup, maintenance and yearly shutdown. New for this year, I am going to start my system up from a android tablet using James Peterson's Agave app that's in beta in the forums... is has a nice control for going forward and backward one zone in addition to touching a control for each zone. I will start my system in a week or two this way. You can customize and integrate with other ISY features and devices directly via programs. My programs look at the climate module for forecast and temp, and I also have a hydreon rain sensor to stop or cancel sprinkling if enough rain falls. Potenital reason against cloud based controllers: If it requires a cloud service to operate, I'm wont use it. It has to have some form of local only control direct to the ISY or node server, so if the company stops supporting its cloud environment, the controller doesn't turn into brick from an HA controller perspective. I'm sure there are some out there that support local control, I think io_ guy has one he supports. I also have no reason to flush $220 in ezfloras as they have worked well for 5 years (knocking on wood) Reasons against ezflora: Some people see them die after a few years like PLMs do.. I haven't, but its a risk. No snazzy cloud / mobile software comes with it.. you'll need to have HAD, Agave, mobilinc, etc. Paul

Try Help / Manage Modules or Purchase Modules. It might be available there. It might be credited under purchase modules? Paul

Try the airgap procedure to reset it and try again. If that doesn't work, factory reset the keypadlinc and do a restore device. I've had similar issues replacing PLMs Paul

Hi- Insteon switches can not participate in a traditional, non automated 3 way setup You'll need two insteon switches, one in each box to replicate a traditional 3 way setup Only one of them, in the box on the left, will physically control the light. Using the ISY admin console, you'll create a scene to make both insteon switches work in unison, they each turn the other on or off Wiring directions for this scenario with 2 insteon switches: RIght box and Insteon switch 1 Wire the insteon switch 1 on the right box to incoming black and white only, cap off the switches red and the red in the box Left box and insteon switch 2 Wire the white and black for insteon switch 2 to the incoming white/black show at the bottom of the box Wire the white leading to the lights to the same whites for incoming and switch 2 Wire the red from the insteon switch to the black leading to the lights Cap off the incoming red wire on the bottom As stated above, use the admin console to create a scene where both switched are controllers. this will cause the lights to use insteon to keep the switches in sync Paul

Nice! Thanks for the info Kevin. I want to install echo sometime this year and this is another good reason.

How long is the wire run from the switchlinc to the transformer? The problem is potentially transformer noise. I had a similar problem with some low voltage lighting transformers for halogen lights and yard lights. I used these to dampen the noise and that cured it in 3 different locations. Paul

You're welcome. After you set up your first one, its like riding a bike