paulbates

Was the one that lasted a long time a 2412 PLC as opposed to the 2413PLM? The 2412 had a reputation of being solid; but as an older product it was retired. I found with my first 2413 in 2011 that powerline noise was responsible for making the PLM failing. It was near a furnace motor. I filtered the furnace motor and that was the end of the problem. Paul

Another method is to use a fast-on (double press) to activate an undo program. I use something similar for mine good night program

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What I get looks like this. Its centered in the browser window which is the portal blue color A number of the fields are blanks, and I also covered up that area to hide details. Its pretty much the same info you can get from the the ISY Portal Information drop down selection.

Mine gives a window similar to ISY information with my name and email used for the account Since I have the deluxe version, I also get unicorns and ponies

I don't have a direct explanation, but yes, updating existing scenes sometimes requires devices to removed and added back. I noticed this kind of behavior on homeseer as well, so my observation is that its insteon related.

Gathering them in one spot and replacing is one way. Using laptop that has java, or a surface tablet, and moving yourself to each device is another. It is a PITA no matter what. The location of the update and hops do not matter. The insteon mesh figures that out on its own at run time. Paul

Yes, its annoying. The address swap has been done in one rare case. SH swapped out defective Gen 1 Hubs a few years back for replacements that worked. One of the options was to wait a few more weeks for the replacement to arrive and send them your defective Hub's insteon address. A new hub was shipped with the the original's insteon address. I swapped, did the equivalent of restore PLM for homeseer, and was back in business. I would gladly pay for this now as a service now as you describe, just don't see it happening. Ok, I'm going to cry now. Paul

The default after a reset is admin/admin, I believe. Give that a try. Paul

You can also do this, if you are not on 4.2.1. I use 5.02, and this changes the presentation of just the admin console, not the entire desktop. Paul

Good post Paul, thanks. I've been teetering on the edge of zwave. My primary target is GDO. Not having problems with iolinc, but would like to mitigate that risk. Aeotec seems to be a vendor that understands HA and signalling, after reading the links about the sirens as zwave repeaters. Staying tuned.... Paul

Jon- It would have to be programmed in python. Polyglot enables python code to interface with the ISY. On the other side, there would need to be an API from python to the thermostat. That's the missing link for this product line, AFAIK. Paul

My recollection is that there were 3 difficulties with Honewell wifi thermostats Its a cloud only API. If there are difficulties with their services or the internet, control is lost. Depending on the type of control, this might not be a problem. With what I have automated, I would be uncomfortable with that. They have not formally released their API to the public, rather specific software companies. Some smart enthusiasts have "reversed engineered" the API, not something Honeywell will want to support. I believe that this is still true, its bee a while since I read about it. There are different APIs for the RTH and other models Solutions that allow functionality via RPi programs, etc, are web page scraped and ultimately the solution breaks, unannounced, if honeywell changes their mind on a technical approach. UDI as a company directly supports no Wifi thermostats that I am aware of. The do support native insteon thermostats, zwave thermostats and some zigbee thermostats. There are developers have developed solutions to integrate wifi thermostats with the ISY, but these solutions usually involve running a server . Another route is IFTTT, but I don't know if that would be 2 way communication, or command only Not the answer you wanted, but I don't believe this is on the near horizon. Paul

Hi and welcome to the forums My answers are inline answers in red Paul

I'm really liking the portal now that I'm traveling again and use it daily. I'm able to run the admin console, as well as my HAD pages.. no ports opened, to the outside. I have VPN capability on my asus router. I used it for a while before I had the portal. The extra advantage of the VPN is accessing other LAN hosts, but the reality is I haven't needed to that. Paul

1) You paste the Admin Console URL from the ISY Portal into an entry in the ISY Finder. Use the add button in the finder, and paste it there. When you are asked to login in to the admin console using the portal, use your ISY Portal email account as the user and and ISY Portal password. 2) You need to set your router's firewall up to map a port number that you pick to access your router. There are directions in the manual / wiki for setting up remote access. You need to pick a port number between 1000 and 65000. You can use your homes internet address if your ISP doesn't change it, other wise DynDns or similar services will need to be used to create a domain name you can use. My Asus router provides a service in the router for creating the dns name. Paul

Its always tempting to type in your ISY credentials when you see that dialogue box. You are not alone.

Hi Go to the Admin console, Configuration Tab, and Portals. Approve the account relationship there Paul

Hi, a video of the procedure is here. Paul

You're welcome. "Goes on but not off" are notable symptoms for this problem, and fluorescents are noisy, I experienced this with low voltage lighting transformers. You can get the xpnrs from amazon, for around $20. Paul

Something to keep in mind is the the PLM has a weaker X10 transmitter than something like the TW523. When I switched to the PLM, some x10 switches on the far end of my powerline stopped working. My outside lights were affected, for example, as they were the furthest away from the panel.

Not from smarthome. There is an electronic device called a snubber, that term can be searched on this forum for more info. The XPNR does a great job as well for x10 and insteon, I have several of these. Both of these solution need an electrical box to go in, or need to fit into an existing one.

You can click many devices and drag into a scene. The isy adds them serially. I've added up to probably over 10 at a time, by dragging into a scene, or fro one scene to another creating them. I always wait for the isy to finish its pop up messages configuring the scene before performing other activities.

Good review. Spot on

Ruth, the WAN port should only be used for a connection to the internet. Inside your house, use the LAN ports to connect devices like APs to other LAN devices so local traffic is switched from device to device. Paul