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I'm having trouble with a couple of node servers. I've inquired and they are being worked on, I am told. Despite them being out of commission, they both say "connected" but they aren't working. maybe I need to know what "connected" means. could there also be another indicator that tells if the Node server is actually working? or when it last received data from it's source?

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@Brian Hi checked the connection from the neutral input to the neutral output and it is good. I checked the resistance of these three green "inductors" with them ON the board and one has a resistance of 26 ohms and the other two have a resistance of 2.6 ohms. i tested the three capacitors with an ESR meter and they all three show to be good. it is a synchroLinc. the problem that the unit was having was that it was not relaying it's on/off status to the PLM automatically. it could be querried and it would respond correctly.

I had a similar thing happen to me a few years ago. I ultimately found out that my PLM was forgetting its links. When this would happen to me, I would just run “restore PLM” and it would fix it for a while. I later ended up replacing my PLM and this solved the problem.

it appears that most inductors have stripes. mine has three dots. i believe that the two on top are for polarity so that leave the green color of the inductor and the red color of the dot. using this page i found on google, I'm not sure what to make of it. any other suggestions or help in identifying this (apparent) inductor?

I’m trying to repair an old 2423A5 synchrolinc. It won’t report state changes to my Isy. can anyone identify these three green components? I think two of them are bad. They have a small black/blue and a small red dot on top of them and a larger red/orange dot on the side but no makings of any kind. On the PCB, they are marked L1, L3, and L8. This makes me think that they are inductors. How could i better identify them so I can replace them?

I've found quite a few videos online and other descriptions as to how to repair old insteon switches that have gone bad. Has anyone put together an algorithm as to where to start, how to test components and how to replace them? I have about 10 old switches, surely some of which can be repaired fairly easily with a soldiering gun and some capacitors (or whatever they are). Can anyone point me to a solution that has worked for them?

sorry to chime in with an unhelpful post, but I switched to IoP without changing my PLM and they worked just fine. I then switched to a new PLM and updated them correctly and they still work fine.

@upstatemikewow! Thank you for your time in helping me with these ideas. food for thought, for sure. perhaps going to z-wave isn't such a bad idea.

@upstatemike I'm not sure, specifically, what you mean by "think(ing) about scalability before selecting wifi based switches"? i just looked up my eero router/access points and each point can handle 128 devices, but best results are with 30 or less per access point. for reference, i currently have a few less than 50 devices on my network but most of them are hard-wired. based upon this information, would you suggest I veer away from wifi based switches? if so, what would you suggest I look at? Thank you for your time and thoughts.

I am looking into future replacements for Insteon switches as it seems like they are hard to come by. hopefully this is temporary. if it is temporary, i would not change to another switch, by the way. I'm looking for a switch that looks nice and has an (light) almond color option. It would need to work WELL with Polisy! I've seen these: Kasa Switch and these: Wemo I've been reading about the "Thread" and "Matter" protocols and I'd like to try to future-proof (as much as possible) my purchases. (I suspect this has been discussed elsewhere in this forum, and if it has, I apologize.)

@kzboray Okay, I found the location you kindly showed me and I put a file there called token.txt. I changed the ownership as you also kindly showed me. it seems like it helped or fixed the problem with the token file, but I am still getting this error: 2022-02-06 06:14:40,773 Thread-1 udi_interface ERROR august_poly:parameterHandler: Error starting August NodeServer: unexpected EOF while parsing (<unknown>, line 0) any suggestions for how to address this problem? Thank you guys so much for your help!

here's one more thought I have about this. I am SSH'ing into my Polisy, and listed there are the nodes that I have on PG2. but this "AugustLock" Nodeserver is installed on PG3. do i need to FileZilla into a different port to get to PG3? obviously I don't understand this stuff all that well, I guess. I really appreciate all of the help!

@larryllix I'm getting closer. I found that inside of the "/" there is a file called "var" inside that there is one called "Polyglot" and then another inside that called "nodeservers" but there is NOT one inside that called "AugustLock". when I try to create one there or move one there, I get an error that says "permission denied". how can I fix that? the "/" (root?) file has these attributes: but the "var" file has these: am I "public", I'm logged in as admin though?!? here's the error log: Starting upload of J:\var\polyglot\nodeservers\AugustLock\token.txt Command: cd "/var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock" Error: Directory /var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock: no such file or directory Command: cd "/var/polyglot/nodeservers" Response: New directory is: "/var/polyglot/nodeservers" Command: mkdir "AugustLock" Error: mkdir /var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock: permission denied Command: mkdir "/var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock" Error: mkdir /var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock: permission denied Command: cd "/var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock" Error: Directory /var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock: no such file or directory Command: mtime "/var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock/token.txt" Error: get attrs for /var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock/token.txt: no such file or directory Command: put "J:\var\polyglot\nodeservers\AugustLock\token.txt" "/var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock/token.txt" Error: /var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock/token.txt: open for write: no such file or directory Error: File transfer failed Status: Starting upload of J:\var\polyglot\nodeservers\AugustLock\token.txt Command: cd "/var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock" Error: Directory /var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock: no such file or directory Command: cd "/var/polyglot/nodeservers" Response: New directory is: "/var/polyglot/nodeservers" Command: mkdir "AugustLock" Error: mkdir /var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock: permission denied Command: mkdir "/var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock" Error: mkdir /var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock: permission denied Command: cd "/var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock" Error: Directory /var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock: no such file or directory Command: mtime "/var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock/token.txt" Error: get attrs for /var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock/token.txt: no such file or directory Command: put "J:\var\polyglot\nodeservers\AugustLock\token.txt" "/var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock/token.txt" Error: /var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock/token.txt: open for write: no such file or directory Error: File transfer failed Status: Starting upload of J:\var\polyglot\nodeservers\AugustLock\token.txt Command: cd "/var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock" Error: Directory /var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock: no such file or directory Command: cd "/var/polyglot/nodeservers" Response: New directory is: "/var/polyglot/nodeservers" Command: mkdir "AugustLock" Error: mkdir /var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock: permission denied Command: mkdir "/var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock" Error: mkdir /var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock: permission denied Command: cd "/var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock" Error: Directory /var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock: no such file or directory Command: mtime "/var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock/token.txt" Error: get attrs for /var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock/token.txt: no such file or directory Command: put "J:\var\polyglot\nodeservers\AugustLock\token.txt" "/var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock/token.txt" Error: /var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock/token.txt: open for write: no such file or directory Error: File transfer failed

Larryllix: I appreciate you taking the time to make the suggestion for Filezilla. I've downloaded it and I cannot get connected it connected to my Polisy. any suggestions on which port to use? when I SSH to my Polisy, I don't use a port.

I am trying to use the "August" lock NodeServer and it requires a file to be on my Polisy. the instructions for the nodeserver suggest this: /var/polyglot/nodeservers/AugustLock/token.txt but i suspect it could be called almost anything. My August NodeServer doesn't work because I don't have this file available to store my token in. I am using windows 10 SSH to access my polisy and I cannot figure out what the command is that would create such a file. I've looked everywhere. I'd appreciate any help. (also, there is not a specific forum for the August Lock Webserver, for some reason.

@waffles Thank you so much for taking the time to type in your answer. I did the same thing I opened each one, and then just clicked "save" (not necessary to click "update") and clicked "save" at the bottom of the main page and they worked. I had about 80 or so of them but it was worth the time. @dbwarner5 Thank you so much for putting together this guide. you could add this as one of the steps for those who have "network resources".

another snag: after migrating to "isy on polisy", none of my network resources work. any suggestions for how to fix that? they're all there and as far as I can tell, they all look fine but none of them work.

I'm still trying to figure out differences between the polyglot cloud and the PG2 or PG3 yes, I understand that the cloud one runs in the cloud and the others run on my Polisy in my basement. but why would I want them running in my basement if they could run in the cloud? (I'm assuming my internet connection is 100% stable, even though it is not) also: there is a tesla nodeserver in PG Cloud and on PG2. neither seem to work and I have a ticket in to try to get these fixed, but I'd like to understand why I'd want to run this at home if it can run on the cloud?

@tmorse305 and anyone else who might be able to help: I've tried rebooting ISY quite a few times and it continues to do this over and over, counting up to 100. problem resolved on its own, somehow, after a few reboots. Thank you for any help and sorry to cry wolf.

I am going through this migration process and my ISY on Polisy Admin Console continues to have the banner pop up like this: and when it gets to 100%, it goes away and then comes back and starts over, counting up to 100 again. it has done this at least 5 times so far. How many times should this happen with a "Restore ISY"? also, it now is saying "Refreshing Views" in the blue window (pictured above) as it ticks across again and again. if that helps any.

if my ISY on Polisy is 5.3.0 and my ISY is 5.3.4 Can I use a backup from ISY 5.3.4 to restore into an "ISY on Polisy" that is on 5.3.0? if not, then what should I move the ISY to before going through this process?

I figured out that somehow, when I installed Polisy V3 onto my unit, it logged Polisy V2 out of my ISY. I don't know how it happened but when I fixed my username and password, it fixed the Weatherflow nodeserver and now the data flows nicely from the Polisy V2 Weatherflow nodeserver into the ISY. problem solved. Thank you and sorry for crying wolf.

I was using "WeatherFlow" nodeserver and it was working beautifully inside of Polisy v2. I then used the instructions that i found in the forum to add Polisy version 3 to my Polisy. I'm not sure if it is a coincidence, but now when I look inside Polisy v2, the data is stuck (does not update). of note, I see that I could buy the same "Weatherflow" nodeserver inside of Polisy v3 but there is no "buy" button available there, probably because I already "own" it in Polisy v2. Any suggestions or solutions to gettinvg my "Weatherflow" nodeserver up and running? I'm happy to pay the $10, by the way.

so, can someone explain to me what the difference between polyglot and polisy is? Does polyglot run in the cloud and polisy runs on my polisy "computer" at home? if so, why have it running at home if it can run on the cloud? If PG3 is polyglot 3 then I guess polyglot doesn't run on the cloud because it's running on my Polisy now. also: what is PG, PG2, and PG3 relative to one another. I understand that PG3 now permits people to charge for their nodeservers (which is surely good because it'll motivate people to make them and make them well). I guess I need a "for dummies" explanation for this stuff so I can understand it better. (I have a Polisy, and have 6 nodeservers running on it, if that is correct terminology.)