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@Jimbo.Automates: I got my lights imported to my Elk system and there is good news and bad news: now, when I try to turn the lights on or off with the M1, it works! and it is instantaneous! but, when I turn the lights on with any other means, the M1 doesn't know that the lights are on. here are a few other comments I have that could help others get through this process. 1) there is an "export" button in the Elk Nodeserver in the Admin Console. it is confusing because that is not the "export" that is used to export the data from the ISY (to later import into ElkRP2. 2) when using the "ELKID" method there cannot be anything else in the "notes" than the ELKID=x. also there cannot be anything in the "location" which is right above the "notes" in the admin console. 3) Scenes don't work using this ELKID method, which is unfortunate but not surprising. 4) In ElkRP2, the "import" that is necessary is found in the "lighting" area by right clicking it and then selecting "import lighting data".

I just bought and am trying to set up the "new" Elk-7TS touchscreen keypad. I would like to try to get it so that I could check the status of a few lights or devices and potentially turn them on and off. I have tried creating some "lights" inside of the ElkRP2 and I can see these on the touchscreen, which is great, but none of them do anything. they need configuration. I believe that these should somehow make nodes in my Polisy but I haven't been able to figure out how to do so. I tried setting the nodeserver to "ELKID" and putting some "ELKID=4" in notes for devices but that didn't work either. any suggestions?

@oberkc: will you please reply here when you find out if polisy will work?

I’m not completely sure what that means but I’d ask if I have a matter device that has a a WiFi connection then it should work?

Is the Matter integration up and running? Can in buy a matter device and expect it to connect to my PolISY?

@Techman adding <BR> to make an "enter" in the email did not do anything (other than put a "<BR>" into the translation email. any other suggestions?

@dbwarner5 WOW!!!!😁 Your post was so very helpful!!! (yes, I'm just getting around to working on this again.) It is interesting how the nodes all work. the only things I was not able to figure out are: 1) what is the syntax for the variable for the true/false status of a program? 2) currently, I'm using email. how can I get the email to have new lines. even with all of these data points on separate lines, the readout in an email is all run together:

@Techman wow, is this a tough project. here is the "customized content" that i'm trying to get working: i'm still working through them but the only thing that works is the first line. specifically, the "On_Vacation" is the name of a variable (and it doesnt work) and the "n010..." is the name of the nodeserver node for my ecobee thermostat. any suggestions?

On Vacation? - [ID 00D4][Parent 0066][Not Enabled] If - No Conditions - (To add one, press 'Schedule' or 'Condition') Then - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') so, in my customized email, I tried this and it doesn't work: On Vacation? ${sys.node.00D4.status} ${sys.program.00D4.status} I appreciate help.

okay, I'm stuck right here: (the first step 😁😞 http://admin:password@192.168.1.105/rest (where password is substituted for my password) I've tried this is my browsers and they don't accept it. any suggestions?

I'm trying to create a custom email notification for when I am on vacation that tells me what is going on at my house. here is what I have so far and I think the first line will work fine, but the rest needs work: the problem is, I'm not sure what parts of these "variables" need to be changed and if so, to what. I guess I need a kindergartner level of explanation. for the "On Vacation", I have a program called "on vacation?" and I'd like to know if that is true or false. I presume I need to swap out the pound sign to something but I don't know what to swap it to. for the others, they're all nodes, some are insteon devices, specifically.

@rick.curl have pushover but I’m not sure how to use it to send me a button (or link). How would I do that? @Guy Lavoie do you (or does anyone) know where there is a tutorial that shows how to make a “get” http message? I think it’ll need a password and I think I recall that browsers often block those.

I'd like to have my IoX (Polisy) send me a text message that I can click on the link in it (or a button would be more slick) to accomplish something. how could I do that? I was thinking the old REST system might accomplish this but I'm not sure if it still works as I haven't used it or heard mention of it for years.

what would you suggest I change the polling numbers to? I think the most important data points, at least for me, are: battery charge percentage, if homelink is nearby, and the interior / exterior temperatures.

@CoolToys I appreciate your efforts to help me. How many retries worked best for you?