GaryK4

OK, just ran a long ethernet cable to the next room and connected the PLM. I walked around with the keypad and tried various rooms and outlets including the office. It appears that they all work. Hopefully, I am all set on what I need to do. Thanks for the help!

Lots of stuff in the office. Computer, (2) Proxmox servers, Printer, 3D printer, Router, MoCa coax to ethernet adaptors. I will experiment with other locations. There is no wired ethernet in the house. Starting to use MoCa to help. Placement or router, AP, ISY is up in the air at the moment. The wall seem to have metal studs. That may be affecting poor WiFi coverage. Trying to get all my options to determine what to try next.

Yes, I tried many locations. It appears to work only in that room. I'm not sure, but I don't think keypads or the IO Link is dual band. Is there something that I could add to get the dual band. I have been going with WiFi on all the new stuff.

I ran many devices in my old house. Now, I live in the villages, FL. So, I have not done this in a while. I put the PLM in my office. I can link devices in that room like a keypad or I/O link. When I try them in the hallway just outside of my office, will not work. ISY can not communicate with them. This is not even where I want to place them. I tried rebooting, re-linking, query, restore device. I'm not sure what I am missing.

OK, I got that to work. Had to tweak the environment variables a little. Thank, I am good to go.

That is Java 8! Java is up to version 18. I do some software development and some features require the later versions. I don't know if I can have the old and new on the same computer.

From what i understand newer versions of java does not include javaws.exe. IcedTeaWeb added it back. What am I missing.

Some time ago, the console would not load. I had to install IcedTea.web on windows 11. That kind of worked. It went directly into the console without using the Finder. The finder did not work with IcedTea. Now when I try to load the console an error message appears (XML Parse Error http://isy:80/desc. I did upgrade my java from 8 to OpenLogic-OpenJDK Build jdk17u). I don't go to the console often, but that may be the problem. After upgrading Java, I did not do anything with IcedTea. I tried manually loading the IoX finder and selecting the pull down menu Admin Console (LAN), but that did nothing (wheel spun, then closed). There must be a better way to run the console. Need third part software like IcedTea, every java update seems to break something. I don't make many changes, so it is always a pain to figure out how to get it running again. Side notes: I use Home assistant with ISY and many other devices and love it. I have Debian Linux running on a VM within Proxmox. Is it better to run ISY from there? It has OpenJDK 17.0.9 installed. IcedTea web is NOT installed and I don't know hot to install it yet or if it will work with OpenJDK and ISY. When I bring up the web app on Linux and select Admin Console, Java 2+ Required is diplayed. Will the new EISY have the same console startup issues?

Interesting, I found a program called IcedTea-Web 1.8.8. It did not work with start.jnpl. Did not find Iox. However, with admin.jnpl, it worked and brought me to the login. So now I can use Win11 or my VM.

You must have read my mind. I have a Win10 VM running on Proxmox where I installed jre 8 and that works.

The new versions do not have a control panel, so you can't clear the cache. Other programs require newer versions of Java. So, my isy console is basically dead? ☹️

I upgraded from Java 8 to OpenJava 17. There is no javaws.exe file in this version. How do I get the console to startup? I don't want to have the old version installed.

All name have a red x next to them. Google says that it can not reach universal devices. I tried sending spoken to Google and got "Error sending your spokens. Google home API returned: INTERNAL Internal error encountered." Rebooted my computer and ISY. Made sure java was up to date. Troubleshooting reports "Everything appears to be configured correctly!" Now what? OK, I got it working. I had to go into the Google Home App, then unlink Universal devices. Fortunately, there was an option to reconnect. That worked and I did not have to actually unlink the devices.

I don't think my response was complete. I converted from V4 to V5 in late Oct 2020 timeframe. Was running V5 until this issue occurred. I used a new 32GB sd card and installed insteon_5_3_0.zip. I created a V5 backup file when I did the original upgrade (Oct). The restore was with the V5 backup. So, I did not use a v4 backup to get up and running again. Sorry for the confusion. Everything appears to be working fine, except a flaky Motion sensor which I don't think is related.

No, I did not even think of that! When I updated from V4 to V5, I followed the forum instructions. I have the file insteon_5_3_0.zip in my download folder. Then I did a manual upgrade using that file. Afterwards, I restored the last backup that I did. There were a couple of minor changes that was not in the backup which I fixed. Is that process OK? Next time, I will use the portal. I need to put that in my notes. Regards, Gary

OK, I looks like the 32GB cards work. I did have a backup file after all. It was a couple of months old. Mean while, I ordered (2) 8GB cards from Amazon thinking that I need them. Wow a whole $10. Finally, I think that I am under control. Not seeing any errors and my programs are back. I just have to test every thing to make sure. I created my own Raspberry Pi control panel and that is working again. Thanks for the help.

I think it is the sd card. Now it will not come up at all. Error led is lit and the memory led is blinking. I got bit to come up by connecting to a different switch. I'll figure that out later. Per the instructions, ISY only supports 16GB and all I have is a lot of 32GB! I will have to get a smaller card first.

Suddenly, ISY is having a number of issues. Ex: lights going on by themselves. Now, when I go into the console, none of the programs display. When I go into diagnostics, system status, Ii seems to give a different message each time. It is complicated by message boxes being on top of each other and you can't click OK because the active message is covered up. I rebooted the ISY a number of times. At least it is not going crazy and REST commands are working. I upgraded to v5.3 in late Nov. Unfortunately, the old guy forgot to make a backup once it was complete:-( Now what? Any suggestions?

I have a motion sensor that triggers a light on. If I disable the sensor, it still triggers and the light goes on. As a temporary work around, I set the On Level to off. The sensor is in a scene with a light switch and nothing else. Am I looking at this wrong? I'm assuming disable will ignore the trigger. I don't know if this is a version issue. Updated to 5.3 yesterday. Sensor: 2842-222 v.44 My wife does not want the porch lights to go on for Halloween To many bulbs to unscrew.

Goose66, That is exactly what I was trying to do. I was experimenting with variable, multi-programs and pulling my hair out (which I can't afford) ? Your solution is way too simple. It works great! I did not know that you could have a null if statement. I am still fuzzy on the reentry handling, but I will save that for another day. Thanks alot!

Wow, I am not used to a language doing this. I will have to figure out a workaround.

Currently, I use IFTTT and my own REST programs to handle voice control. Now I am testing Google Home with the portal. Scenes don't have feedback, so you may have to trigger it twice to get the desired results. I created a test program to control the media room lights. I only want the program to run once, then stop / exit. I put a stop program command at the end of the then & else, but that does not work. It just keeps running. While testing, I use the stop menu command and that does not stop it either. I have to disable an re-enable the program. What am I doing wrong? I am on version 4.8

I don't use the ISY Portal. I pass a PHP command to a Raspberry Pi's web server and that passes the REST command to ISY. I am not tech enough to know the dangers of this method, but at least there are no account info in the IFTTT applets. On the same Raspberry Pi, I developed a Python program that displays key devices. It has led's to warn if the garage doors are open. That way a casual look at the display tells you the status. I do use Mobilinc rarely and it is a very poor program. I don't mind paying for an app, but I don't like recurring costs. I also use Tiny Cam Pro to display my security cameras. How dangerous is this?

Thanks, I will try these options.

I have a program that sends me an email when a low battery is triggered. (send Notification to ...). This works well, however all I get is the address to the device. Is it possible to add the device name tp the message?