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Follow up. Well things were working so well that I never thought to check to see what version I was running. So Java? Update. ISY? Yep - was on 4.5.1 - updated to 4.5.4. Check. Now commands are working for both Alexa and Mobilinc. Silly me.... Strange though, no? Repeat after me.... "updates are good.... not to be feared..."

So last few days I'm having some weird connection problems. With Alexa, I can turn devices off but not on. With mobilinc, the same thing but only with devices that are dimmable or scenes that contain dimmable devices. Only off. To get them to turn on, I can double tap the icon for fast on (full bright) but single tap doesn't work. It's the strangest thing. Any ideas?

Hey everyone. Got a conundrum. I've got a web controlled relay that operates the pool heater (for this question). I've got a series of programs that read a button push from the KPL (on or off), increments a variable and then other programs to turn on the relay using a network resource. It all works. I also have another program that is used for MobilLink. It merely works as a toggle to run the if then or if else to basically increment the variable as well. Since the KPL LED works off the state of the web relays condition (on or off), it reflects the correct state whether triggered from the KPL or the MobiLinc program. Here's the problem: If I turn on the Heater using the KPL, the heater goes on and the KPL lights. The program that is used exclusively for MobiLinc no longer reflects the state of the relay. Since its a toggle (no if statement, just if then and if else) I can't get it to read the current state of the relay. I could issue a RUN the IF THEN or IF ELSE in that program but its a loop then, How can I get a simple toggle in Mobilinc that also can reflect the state of other conditions. I'm so close.... I can post the programs.... if need be....

Hello everyone. Been a while. That's because everything in its current phase has been working (thanks to all of you). This morning (aparrently, I was a asleep), one of the pool equipment relays that activates the spa circulation valve (controlled by an EZIO8) turned itself on this morning right around the time the normal pool pump schedule goes on (at 8am). My Dad noticed it was on and shut it off around 9am. Never came back on by itself since. Tested it manually this evening and it turns on and off properly. It isn't strange that once in a blue moon that EZIO does something funky (next on my list to replace). But it hasn't in a long time since I solved all my comm issues in this house. Background: I have a button on a KPL near the patio exit that when pressed runs a program that turns on the relay on the EZIO. Another program detects the state of the relay and runs a scene that merely controls the state of the KPL button's LED. (That was created in case someone turned on the SPA via the phone and I wanted the LED to reflect the state.) Oh, one more thing: everytime there's a change to the EZIO another program issues a QUERY to the EZIO8 to get a proper state of all its inputs and outputs (thats because I never got the INPUTS to push their state change to the ISY - i always had to query it). That's it. So I went to the LOG file and had a peak and saw what appears is the that device going on and off every second for an hour: PoolEquip / Pool.Pump On Sat 2016/04/09 08:00:00 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.Pump Status 100% Sat 2016/04/09 08:00:00 AM System Log Scene:PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / a.Pool.Pump.LED On Sat 2016/04/09 08:00:00 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / a.Pool.Pump Status 100% Sat 2016/04/09 08:00:01 AM System Log Ford Charger Meter Status Query Sat 2016/04/09 08:00:20 AM Program Log Ford Charger Meter Status Query Sat 2016/04/09 08:01:20 AM Program Log Ford Charger Meter Status Query Sat 2016/04/09 08:02:20 AM Program Log Ford Charger Meter Status Query Sat 2016/04/09 08:03:20 AM Program Log Ford Charger Meter Status Query Sat 2016/04/09 08:04:20 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.Relays / o.WaterFeature On Sat 2016/04/09 08:05:02 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.Relays / o.WaterFeature Status 100% Sat 2016/04/09 08:05:02 AM System Log PoolEquip / Pool.Relays / o.Spa.Suction (q) Status Query Sat 2016/04/09 08:05:06 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.Relays / i.Heater.Power Status 100% Sat 2016/04/09 08:05:07 AM System Log Ford Charger Meter Status Query Sat 2016/04/09 08:05:20 AM Program Log Ford Charger Meter Status Query Sat 2016/04/09 08:06:20 AM Program Log Ford Charger Meter Status Query Sat 2016/04/09 08:07:20 AM Program Log Ford Charger Meter Status Query Sat 2016/04/09 08:08:20 AM Program Log Ford Charger Meter Status Query Sat 2016/04/09 08:09:20 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.Relays / o.Spa.Return On Sat 2016/04/09 08:09:50 AM Web Log PoolEquip / Pool.Relays / o.Spa.Return Status 100% Sat 2016/04/09 08:09:50 AM System Log Scene:PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation.LED Off 0 Sat 2016/04/09 08:09:50 AM Program Log Christmas.Lights / Interior / FBR / Nightstand On Sat 2016/04/09 08:09:50 AM Web Log Christmas.Lights / Interior / FBR / Nightstand Status 100% Sat 2016/04/09 08:09:51 AM System Log Christmas.Lights / Interior / FBR / Nightstand Off Sat 2016/04/09 08:09:52 AM Web Log Christmas.Lights / Interior / FBR / Nightstand Status 0% Sat 2016/04/09 08:09:52 AM System Log Scene:PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation.LED On Sat 2016/04/09 08:09:54 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.Relays / o.Spa.Suction (q) Status Query Sat 2016/04/09 08:09:54 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation Status 100% Sat 2016/04/09 08:09:54 AM System Log Scene:PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation.LED Off 0 Sat 2016/04/09 08:09:56 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation Status 0% Sat 2016/04/09 08:09:56 AM System Log Christmas.Lights / Interior / FBR / Nightstand On Sat 2016/04/09 08:09:57 AM Web Log Christmas.Lights / Interior / FBR / Nightstand Status 100% Sat 2016/04/09 08:09:58 AM System Log Scene:PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation.LED On Sat 2016/04/09 08:10:00 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation Status 100% Sat 2016/04/09 08:10:00 AM System Log Scene:PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation.LED Off 0 Sat 2016/04/09 08:10:01 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation Status 0% Sat 2016/04/09 08:10:01 AM System Log Scene:PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation.LED On Sat 2016/04/09 08:10:05 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation Status 100% Sat 2016/04/09 08:10:05 AM System Log Scene:PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation.LED Off 0 Sat 2016/04/09 08:10:06 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation Status 0% Sat 2016/04/09 08:10:06 AM System Log Scene:PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation.LED On Sat 2016/04/09 08:10:10 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation Status 100% Sat 2016/04/09 08:10:10 AM System Log Scene:PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation.LED Off 0 Sat 2016/04/09 08:10:11 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation Status 0% Sat 2016/04/09 08:10:11 AM System Log Scene:PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation.LED On Sat 2016/04/09 08:10:15 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation Status 100% Sat 2016/04/09 08:10:15 AM System Log Scene:PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation.LED Off 0 Sat 2016/04/09 08:10:16 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation Status 0% Sat 2016/04/09 08:10:16 AM System Log Scene:PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation.LED On Sat 2016/04/09 08:10:20 AM Program Log Ford Charger Meter Status Query Sat 2016/04/09 08:10:20 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation Status 100% Sat 2016/04/09 08:10:20 AM System Log Scene:PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation.LED Off 0 Sat 2016/04/09 08:10:22 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation Status 0% Sat 2016/04/09 08:10:23 AM System Log and on and on until around 9: PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation Status 0% Sat 2016/04/09 09:01:09 AM System Log Scene:PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation.LED On Sat 2016/04/09 09:01:13 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation Status 100% Sat 2016/04/09 09:01:13 AM System Log Scene:PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation.LED Off 0 Sat 2016/04/09 09:01:14 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation Status 0% Sat 2016/04/09 09:01:14 AM System Log Scene:PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation.LED On Sat 2016/04/09 09:01:18 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation Status 100% Sat 2016/04/09 09:01:18 AM System Log Scene:PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation.LED Off 0 Sat 2016/04/09 09:01:19 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation Status 0% Sat 2016/04/09 09:01:19 AM System Log Ford Charger Meter Status Query Sat 2016/04/09 09:01:20 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation Status 100% Sat 2016/04/09 09:01:21 AM System Log PoolEquip / Pool.Relays / o.Spa.Suction (q) On Sat 2016/04/09 09:01:22 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.Relays / o.Spa.Return On Sat 2016/04/09 09:01:22 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.Relays / o.Spa.Suction (q) Status 100% Sat 2016/04/09 09:01:23 AM System Log Scene:PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation.LED On Sat 2016/04/09 09:01:23 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.Relays / o.Spa.Suction (q) Status Query Sat 2016/04/09 09:01:27 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation Status 0% Sat 2016/04/09 09:01:37 AM System Log PoolEquip / Pool.Relays / o.Spa.Suction (q) Off 0 Sat 2016/04/09 09:01:37 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.Relays / o.Spa.Return Off 0 Sat 2016/04/09 09:01:38 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.Relays / o.Spa.Suction (q) Status 0% Sat 2016/04/09 09:01:38 AM System Log Scene:PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation.LED Off 0 Sat 2016/04/09 09:01:39 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.Relays / o.Spa.Return Status 0% Sat 2016/04/09 09:01:39 AM System Log Scene:PoolEquip / Pool.KPL / c.Spa.Circulation.LED Off 0 Sat 2016/04/09 09:01:40 AM Program Log PoolEquip / Pool.Relays / o.Spa.Suction (q) Status Query Sat 2016/04/09 09:01:43 AM Program Log Anyone with better sleuthing skills see something I'm not?

Is there any reason you just don't run things natively on the Mac instead of on Windows thru bootcamp?

Thats one very similar to mine - so i plugged in a insteon appliance module to it's outlet. I know i said an outdoor module, i meant that... i have to many modules!

LOL

Experience only works if you weren't sent from the factory in RO mode.

No no! Not stupid. I do it all the time!

My low-voltage lighting transformer simply plugs into 110, so I have it run into an Insteon outdoor module. My transformer box doesn't have any sort of timer on it - it's just an on/off unit. But if you can somehow just leave yours in anpermanently on state bypassing the timer, then you can just plug it in and let the ISY control it.

If you really are going to go the IP camera route, you have to have a place it's going to record the footage, and you're left with a couple choices: you can get a dedicated NVR like from Hikvision, or you can get a dedicated PC running software like blue Iris which is very popular, or you can go with a solution that I have like the Synology. I will say this that it can add up quite fast between the cameras wiring all of them with the ethernet and running POE adapters or injectors, and then finding a box to record all the footage. I chose to go with this Synology as opposed to say a dedicated NVR because most of the dedicated NVRs I've looked at have awful interfaces: real rudimentary. As I stated in a previous post I would really have a look over the forums at CCTV forums and do a lot of lurking in lot a question asking.

OK so this is how I looked at it. Most of the perimeter of the house is covered by a hikvision 4mm or 2.8 mm touretcam. Those run about $105 off of Amazon. One of the sellers that I bought it from offers their own warranty for two years and they are using American firmware. I figured that at that price if they work out of the box, they'll probably stay working for a while... exceeding the manufactures three-year warranty anyway. Some of the more specialty cameras I have are some mini domes and a covert camera for our gate access control box. The covert camera I bought from Nelly's and they offer a their own three-year warranty. Any other cameras I bought from B&H photo which is an authorized seller; however, their prices are a lot more and they offer a limited selection. When I started I bought a couple cameras from Amazon through a third-party that offered prime shipping so I could have a 30 day return policy. That give me 30 days to play with the camera, the interface, emotionally taxing, the image a day the image at night. Once I decided that the cameras are good I want to buy more. I think the reseller on Amazon was NetView. Like I said you have to be very careful with my hydration off Amazon because a lot of the resellers are selling Chinese versions of the cameras. Which means they have Chinese firmware probably even come in Chinese and you have absolutely no way to get service warranty or even a return on them.

I have about 14 Hikvision IP cameras all running on synology's surveillance station. All are using EXIR emitters for night. Also a Bosch Dinion 8000 for my gate cam (needs no light). Even doing face capture at gate box and license plate capture as well. Having pretty good luck. The cameras are fairy cheap but beware: hard to find Hikvision from authorized US retailer. (No one on Amazon is)... have to determine whether you care about a warranty. The Synology system is pricey as they charge per camera license and a few interface quirks but if you spend the time getting your motion settings down (via camera or the box itself) it's fairly useful. Something to be said about surveillance: no matter how good the images it's mostly for deterrent. No cop in Vegas cares if your car gets broken into and will do anything with the footage. Violent crimes a different matter. I work for a TV station in Vegas and ironically we have aired footage of thrives at people's houses which led to ID of suspects more than any law enforcement ever would When identifying faces you need at least 110 pixels per inch and license plates at 85. Google network cam critic. That site is awesome for reviews. (The guy running just passed away, but still a great wealth of knowledge). Also try ccvtforums. Great info.

I was plagued by that problem forever. About 6 months ago it went away. As a nuclear option try killing all caches for Java. And then uninstalling Java. Then grab the latest 8 45?) then try things. I'm on Mavericks 10.9.5 and I don't have issues with the file dialog any more.

Woohoo! It works! I had to change it to http:// and then move the username and password from the URL down to the fields. It worked! Now I'll just have it do a variable state change to trigger a program running a timer so it can shut off at the end of a pre-determined length!!! Thank you for your help! So I'm guessing that from reading the other post, that when that post was created, that the SS only invoked one method (POST) when SS 7 was first released. Rather than adding the option of letting the user chose POST or GET as a method - I guess they updated it to try both behind the scenes?