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Thanks again and MyQ! is gone. Did you decide not to charge for ratgdo plugin? I'd gladly purchase and or make a contribution for all your work on it.

Thank you, @Goose66 I just install 3.25 and see motion. I’ll text it in the next few days for both state and event. Thank you! PS I’ve removed all usage of the myQ nodes so do I just delete the node server to let it RIP[emoji23].

It does. I adopted use of it when I migrated to eISY with node servers and away from nodelink.

Are there reasons not to use the timedata node server? I use day of month from it as trigger in a few programs.

If I understand, The timedata node server has day of month.

In case anyone is interested, this is what is running now: HVAC:Monitor All Heat and Cool_Run At Startup - [Run At Startup] If Time is Last Run Time for 'HVAC:Monitor All Heat and Cool_Run At Startup' + 1 hour Then Run Program 'HVAC:Monitor Game Room Cool On' (If) Run Program 'HVAC:Monitor Game Room Heat On' (If) Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HVAC:Monitor Game Room Cool On If 'Game / Game Thermostat' Heat/Cool State is Cooling Then $HVAC_GameRoom_Start_Tempature_I = 'Game / Game Thermostat' Temperature °F $HVAC_GameRoom_Start_Tempature_I += 1 Enable Program 'HVAC:Monitor Game Room Cool_NE' Else Disable Program 'HVAC:Monitor Game Room Cool_NE' ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HVAC:Monitor Game Room Cool_NE -[Not Enabled] If 'Game / Game Thermostat' Temperature > '$HVAC_GameRoom_Start_Tempature_I Fahrenheit' Then Send Notification to 'JPaulText' content 'Cool On But Temperature Is Rising' $HVAC_Issue_GameRoom_Cool = 1 Wait 10 seconds $HVAC_Issue_GameRoom_Cool = 0 Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Set and clear variables is so that Alexa can announce ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HVAC:Monitor Game Room Heat On If 'Game / Game Thermostat' Heat/Cool State is Heating Then $HVAC_GameRoom_Start_Tempature_I = 'Game / Game Thermostat' Temperature °F $HVAC_GameRoom_Start_Tempature_I -= 1 Enable Program 'HVAC:Monitor Game Room Heat_NE' Else Disable Program 'HVAC:Monitor Game Room Heat_NE' ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HVAC:Monitor Game Room Heat_NE - [Not Enabled] If 'Game / Game Thermostat' Temperature < '$HVAC_GameRoom_Start_Tempature_I Fahrenheit' Then Send Notification to 'JPaulText' content 'Heat On But Temperature Is Falling' $HVAC_Issue_GameRoom_Heat = 1 Wait 10 seconds $HVAC_Issue_GameRoom_Heat = 0 Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

I have this HW setup. I have the Envisalink company monitor via IP and also have their sidekick device that backs that up with cellular.

I have a 2 zone HVAC system controlled by a Honeywell HZ322 zone panel including a DAT sensor (DATS). If the DATS (or potentially the HZ322) goes bad, the system may indicate heating (or cooling) but the temperature will continue to fall (or rise with cooling). This just happened to me in the very cold weather as my DATS failed after we went to bed, and it just got colder until the shivering woke me up I knew a little bit about how to troubleshoot the HVAC system and was able to disable the DATS through the HZ322 panel. The system has been running for almost a week and a half just fine. The major issue was the internal temperatures dropped several degrees quickly as the outside temp was around -10 F. It took the HVAC system many hours to catch up and replace the heat in the air, floors, walls, and materials. It would have been so much better to have caught it sooner. I wrote the following programs that would work in conjunction with the VenstarCT node server to catch situations of Heating but inside temperature is falling and Cooling but inside temperature is rising. It feels like it was too easy so can great forum members provide insights of what I've missed. Heat programs. First one should trigger when heat comes on and grab current temperature (may also INIT variable too for possible mid cycle restarts) and enable the Heat Monitor program to see if temperature falls any way (realize I may have to give one degree leeway to prevent false alerts but will start here). When the state is no longer heating it disables the monitor program. I will add a run at startup program for reboots to ensure the monitor program is in proper enabled state. Great Room:Heat On If 'Great / Great Thermostat' Heat/Cool State is Heating Then $HVAC_GreatRoom_Start_Tempature_I = 'Great / Great Thermostat' Temperature °F Enable Program 'Great Room:Heat Monitor_NE' Else Disable Program 'Great Room:Heat Monitor_NE' Great Room:Heat Monitor_NE - [Not Enabled] If 'Great / Great Thermostat' Temperature <= '$HVAC_GreatRoom_Start_Tempature_I Fahrenheit' Then Send Notification to 'JPaulText' content 'Heat On But Temperature Is Falling' Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Cool Programs. Same construct but obviously opposite direction. Great Room:Cool On If 'Great / Great Thermostat' Heat/Cool State is Cooling Then $HVAC_GreatRoom_Start_Tempature_I = 'Great / Great Thermostat' Temperature °F Enable Program 'Great Room:Cool Monitor_NE' Else Disable Program 'Great Room:Cool Monitor_NE' Great Room:Cool Monitor_NE - [Not Enabled] If 'Great / Great Thermostat' Temperature >= '$HVAC_GreatRoom_Start_Tempature_I Fahrenheit' Then Send Notification to 'JPaulText' content 'Cool On But Temperature Is Rising' Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

DSC with Envisalink has worked very well in ISY and now eISY for me. DSC are focused on security and do not have the ELK extensions.

@Goose66 It was my garage based access point rebooting.

I opened and closed both doors. Doors listed as Closed and Lights On then Off. Less than 20 minutes later, all status are Unknown.

Thanks. Do you think they’re going offline as in WiFi dropped or power lost? Suggestion on how can I monitor?

@Goose66 After some amount time the Garage Door Opener Door State and Lockout Status are becoming Unknown. The Light Module Status is doing the same.

I just installed and discovered two ratgdos on Chamberlin Security 2.0+ doors. I can control both doors and lights. However, I was very surprised that I didn't have to learn the ratgdo as a controller in the rolling code scheme -- they just worked first try. How did this happen? The value of Obstruction is "Clear" for one door and "Unknown" for other door after multiple open/close cycles. Does this mean I've not got good contact on the black sensor wire?

Upgraded to 13.2p9. Thanks Michel and UDI team!

When I disarmed the security system this morning, I could see something was not right. I have an 8 button insteon keypad by the alarm panel and the Hot Water recirculating pump button did not light up. I turn the pump off when security is armed away and security stay. Disarming the alarm should have turned it on. On rare occasions the Insteon message would get lost, but I had created the program with automatic resends to the keypad about 15 seconds apart. Also created a program that looks at status every 30 minutes as a fail-safe. Walked to counter and picked up my phone to see texts that devices can't communicate to cloud (Flume, Ring, and Envisalink among them). Turns out the cable modem lost connection last night. I rebooted it and saw texts for things being back online and confirmed it was good. With that fixed, I looked at the Hot Water Pump issue. First thing I looked at was the Envisalink node server which was showing online for about 17 minutes which is about the time since I left the equipment rack from restarting cable modem. Could it be that even though the Envisalink device is local control that if the sidekick cellular backup is invoked that the Envisalink will stop communicating locally via wired IP? I'll likely enter an issue with them but wanted to seek any knowledge and advice from other users using same tech as me.

Mine has been great but I’ll always tak better. [emoji6]How long does the update run?

I’m sorry. I should have been clearer that you were describing something in option 2 that was parallel to Ring node server which works very well for me. I should have just said here’s my vote for option 2. Again, thank you.

I looked at my Ring Camera NS devices where I can detect their motion actions. Each camera is virtualized as a Light and a Motion Node: http://d2z8ydsemzif1x.cloudfront.net/monthly_2024_01/image.jpeg.fbd961bd3a3d70bc0e082e532297193c.jpeg and the node values for Motion are: http://d2z8ydsemzif1x.cloudfront.net/monthly_2024_01/image.thumb.jpeg.1415b311bd0859ac5b990ab38c0f9c11.jpeg In programs to detect motion, you code as: http://d2z8ydsemzif1x.cloudfront.net/monthly_2024_01/image.jpeg.7589c1d10585a4b56f2018a5f55ae33e.jpeg and that translates to: If 'Ring / Ring / Back Porch (Motion)' is switched Motion This scheme works well for 4 Ring cameras on outside of my house. Given that The Ring Motion node has Motion action and not a status of Motion, it appears to be similar to what we have with ratgdo. How opposed are you to adding the node and having it say "None" for those without a motion capable keypad? Thanks again, @Goose66. My two ratdgo arrive Tuesday!

Motion detection would be a bonus and if the work arounds get us there — great. If it’s not a big lift, it feels like getting in on ratgdo issues list and seeing if author thinks it’s worthwhile is reasonable. Personally, I’m good either way since it’s already fantastic solution. Thanks

Thanks. My ratgdo devices have not arrived yet so I’m doing a bit of preparatory planning. Can I do the mqtt clear after say 2 minutes within a iox program? Could motion be detected using If Control (with logic to prevent continuous issues) vs If Status? If not, do we ask @Goose66 if it can be done in the node server?

I have the keypads that include the motion detector and the ratgdo documentation mentions some support for them. Does the node server support their use? It would be very handy and likely replace the need for an old battery powered insteon MS.

Thank you, @Goose66 I’m looking forward to arrival ratgdo devices so I can put it all in place.

Upgraded. Thanks UDI!

@Goose66, thanks. After changing sensor type setting on the physical thermostat from Outdoor to Remote and doing testing all is working well.