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paulbates's post in EISY sprinkler integration? was marked as the answer
Currently I have just a drip system that I turn the power on and off to the 24vac power supply with an insteon i3 outlet. I have iox programs that take weather data provided by my ecobee thermostat, via its pg3x plugin, to skip waterings based on forecasted rain.
I used to have rainmachine at my last house... but it looks like they are not going to make it as a business.
Rachio is good choice... while it will operate schedules without the cloud, *it does have cloud dependencies for integration with ha like eisy*. There is a pg3x plugin for it in the store
If I choose to install a sprinkler system here, I would go that direction. Scott's bought rachio which gives some confidence.
Edit: I'd consider looking for a used rainmachine as its schedule programming and installation are 100% local, and there is a pg3x plugin for it.
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paulbates's post in Lights on at sunset or a specific time was marked as the answer
Here is the "On" program
If Time is Sunset Or Time is 6:00:00PM Then Set 'Lighting Premise / Premise Lights' On Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')
Here is the off program, I use something simila
If Time is 9:50:00PM Then Wait 13 minutes (Random) Set 'Lighting Premise / Premise Lights' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') This one will start running at 9:50pm, and wait a random amount of time for up to 13 minutes and then shut the lights off. You can tweak that however you want.
If you're interested, I can dig out the link to a post where I put lamp post light sensor in a project box with an insteon on/off micro module. It's Velcro'd inside on a window facing out and "switches on" around dusk.. this solves the problem of it being cloudy and dark sooner than dusk.
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paulbates's post in Replacing Defective 2476S-Not sure option choice was marked as the answer
You'll want the first option to get it recognized by the ISY. After that you'll use the replace function... If it's a like for like switch replacement. That will add all of your configs.
The old switch and new switch will need to not be folders when the replace is performed. Afterwards, the old switch can be deleted from the ISY and the new switch placed in a folder.
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paulbates's post in How to Link Insteon Devices from UD Mobile App? was marked as the answer
App Settings/Gear icon Insteon + It's limited to adding devices via linking mode at this time, can't create, add to or manage scenes via Insteon id
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paulbates's post in IoX won't allowing Inteon device changes was marked as the answer
You press the button next to whatever feature your are tweaking after you change it. You should not need to write updates to devices, unless the little green 0101 icon is next to the device
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paulbates's post in EISY Quit. No Networking. No DHCP. No local login was marked as the answer
I would declare this one to be in ticket land, let UDI help:
https://www.universal-devices.com/my-tickets/
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paulbates's post in 2852-222 leak sensor misses heartbeat, +future HA was marked as the answer
Yes.. factory reset then restore device. It also must be in linking mode first.
The "running then" is normal for the typical battery monitoring programs
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paulbates's post in Missing Device Address on Insteon Devices was marked as the answer
I found your other post. The center button is used for linking. Take a look here
https://support.insteon.com/support-knowledgebase/tag/2473SWH
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paulbates's post in Command after wait never executes was marked as the answer
If the conditions of the program changes to false, the program will stop executing in its tracks during the Wait.
Since you turn off pool/waterfall, that kills the program in the first then statement
What you need to do is have 2 programs:
Reset Waterfall -
If
Time is 2:00:00AM
And 'Outside / Pool Waterfall' Status is On
Then
Run Program Reset Waterfall 2 Then
Reset Waterfall 2
If
(No condition)
Then
Set 'Outside / Pool Waterfall 3way' Off
Wait 10 seconds
Set 'Outside / Pool Waterfall 3way' On
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paulbates's post in Program for backup sump pump warning was marked as the answer
What you could do (psuedo code)
program 1
If sump pump activated
Then:
Send notification
Run program 2
Program 2
(No if)
Then
Disable program 1
Wait 1 hour
Enable program 1
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paulbates's post in Govee Plug-In Capable of Multiple Devices? was marked as the answer
Guessing "no". The forums indicate that they haven't logged in since August 14, 2022.
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paulbates's post in Arithmetic calculations was marked as the answer
It will take to statements to get the total in the variable:
$TempGradient = $inside temp
$TempGradient -= $outside temp
The -= means subtract $outside temp from $Tempgradient.
$Tempgradient has to be a state variable, as is any variable that is used in an If statement
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paulbates's post in AT&T texting alternative for wife was marked as the answer
To keep it simple, would you consider email > email? My guess is that most mobile providers are headed down the path of no more email > text
One way would be to set up a separate email account just for this purpose and make sure it can send priority notifications on the phone.
That way, the eisy notifications won't get lost in her regular emails, and as a new account just for this purpose shouldn't see spam. The ios email client allows for an manages multiple mailboxes within the app.
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paulbates's post in is SMS deprecated? something better for eisy push notices? was marked as the answer
The notification plugin is recommended with 2 ways to go based on how complex your notification needs are:
You can start with the free versions and have notifications come through UD Mobile. The UD Mobile template is the first on the list and handles simple messages... simply.
If that doesn't fit your need, you can upgrade to the pay for version of the notification plugin and send notifications through notification plugins through the pushover app. You'll have to touch up all of your notification programs, shouldn't be too bad and you can likely use your existing notifications with variable substitution
You'll want to read through the notification section of the forums to see some examples -
paulbates's post in network settings greyed out was marked as the answer
Yes, this is now how it works. Static IP addressing is a support headache for UDI when routers are switched out and the local NAT subnet changes.
The right way to do it is log into you router and use DHCP address assignment. It will give you a consistent IP address, owned by the router's DHCP.
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paulbates's post in Repeating a certain program every 30 minutes was marked as the answer
Ok, you'll need 2 programs
<Program 1> Computer Cabinet once an hour
If
<no statement>
Then
Repeat every 1 hour
Run If Program Computer cabinet
<Program 2> Computer Cabinet
<your current program>
Notes:
Set the first program to run on start up Disable program 2 so it does not run automatically What this will do is the the ISY will run program 1 when its started Program 1 will run once an hour Program one will call program 2 Program 2 is disabled so it will only run when program 1 calls it
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paulbates's post in New Router - ISY Not Found was marked as the answer
Chances are your ISY 99 has a local ip address subnet that is different than your new router. Example some use 192.168.0.x and some use 10.10.1.x etc.
Do you have the old router still and able to turn it on and attach to it to see what IP subnet it uses? Many router/modems allow you to pick what subnet you use.
An alternative is to:
Power off the ISY-99. Press and hold the "Reset" button (usually near the power input) for 10 seconds while powering it on. This should reset the network settings and allow you to reconfigure the connection. But it might also rest the ISY, do you have a backup handy?
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paulbates's post in Earlier version notification was marked as the answer
I had it to and I think it updated from 1.2.2 on its own. Once I clicked the X on the side of the message, its not come back, even after closing and logging back in
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paulbates's post in Mini remote shuts off device its not linked to was marked as the answer
It's the switch that's responding inappropriately, so an unwanted link to repsond to the remote is likely there.
Factory reset the switch and perform a restore device
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paulbates's post in Dimmer Switch 2477D vs i3 Paddle PS01 was marked as the answer
I've not seen Insteon update the infamous "white paper", but online discussions have suggested that, while backwards compatible, i3 devices are supposed to have improved communications and security. However insteon is unfortunately mysterious on their own site about i3; you can read about each product and the director app references them as being incompatible with their old hub.
IMO the 2413 PLM is still i2, so these improvements would be realized through i3 to i3 devices only, not eisy> 2413 > i3 devices. However, that assumes they didn't make changes to it and I don't have a way to know that. It seems there would be a versioning with marketing hooha and sell it as a feature. There isn't.
To look at it qualitatively, I'm into my second year at a new house, new eisy and i3 devices, my observation is that the handful of any individual insteon false "ons" (no "all ons") have been on microdimmer modules and lamp modules, which I believe to be i2. Speaking of all ons, we proved here on the forums that the "all on" reponse has been removed from i3 devices,, they are immune.
A suggestion is to go to the insteon forums and ask directly for insteon to answer, or use Insteon's sales site and use the pre-sales button to ask them directly.
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paulbates's post in Pushing variable data to another IoX instance was marked as the answer
Variable substitution, I believe it works in NRs too:
https://wiki.universal-devices.com/ISY-994i_Series:EMail_and_Networking_Substitution_Variables
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paulbates's post in Program does not run was marked as the answer
Once you create a scene in the ISY, you turn the scene on and off, not the device. This includes iox programs.But if you turn any one of the devices on at the switch, they'll all go on and off
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paulbates's post in IoX Finder was marked as the answer
If that didn't fix it, sometimes java needs more memory to run the admin console / iox:
- Close the admin console / iox
- Open the Java Control Panel, select Java tab, press View button, then add or modify the Runtime Parameter -Xmx to the following: -Xmx512m
- Press Ok to close the window, then Press Apply to save the changes
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paulbates's post in Has a Date Been Set? was marked as the answer
All great questions that don't have answers yet. The link you provided is all that can be known at this time. When they're certain its good to roll out, we'll get a post with all the answers.
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paulbates's post in New Home setup question was marked as the answer
The portal can support multiple devices. Add the eisy and maintain both as long as you need to.