MikeB

Don't touch either. The SubNet of 255.255.255.252 is for your router's WAN connection. If you look at your router's LAN connection, it should have a SubNet of 255.255.255.0 (same as your desktop PC and your ISY).

Another thing you could do is: - from a PC on your LAN, open a command prompt / DOS box - type in: IPCONFIG /ALL Find your LAN connection in the text that follows. You should see your "Default Gateway" and "DNS Servers" there. Use those same values when setting the static IP on your ISY.

Have you tried closing all web browser windows and clearing your Java cache? Any firewall or anti-virus software running that could be interfering?

You want to input your router's IP address for the DNS server, not your ISY's IP address. Chances are you want to use 192.168.1.1.

The repeat commend affects all items BELOW it. Change your code to the following: If - No Conditions - (To add one, press 'Schedule' or 'Condition') Then Repeat Every 2 seconds Set Scene '[s] All Outside' Fast On Set Scene '[s] All Outside' Fast Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

Any surge strips or other devices plugged right next to the LampLinc or PLM?

I was having a similar issue on an XP box that I had been continually 'updating' with the latest Java builds. Not just with the ISY, but also with some other web-based Java applets I use. It would sometimes work, but typically fail to launch the applet. Clearing the cache didn't help. In the end I simply uninstalled and reinstalled the latest Java, and my problems also went away. Something must have been mangled with one of the updates.

Hey Mike - I replied to your other post, but I will to this one too: Use an ISY program to automatically turn off your relay any time you turn it on: If Status 'GarageRelay1' is On Then Wait 3 seconds Set 'GarageRelay1' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') .1 and .2 should be the 2 relays on your EZIO. .9 and .A should be the first 2 sensors on the EZIO, which are what I'd use for your door sensors. .B and .C should be the analog sensors, which I would not use. If you're only controlling 1 garage door, use relay 1 and sensor 1 on the EZIO, which should be .1 and .9.

My wife found a bug! If something (or someone) is in the way of the door sensor, my status program listed above would not turn my KPL button back on - it would turn off and stay off when pressed, and I would not know there was an issue. So, I divided my status program in 2 and it seems to have done the trick: GARAGE DOOR STATUS ON If Status 'MasterBedControls1F' is Off And ( Status 'GarageSensor1' is On Or Status 'GarageSensor2' is On ) Then Wait 10 seconds Set Scene 'GarageDoorStatus' On Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') GARAGE DOOR STATUS OFF If Status 'MasterBedControls1F' is On And ( Status 'GarageSensor1' is Off And Status 'GarageSensor2' is Off ) Then Set Scene 'GarageDoorStatus' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') If my KPL button is ON, indicating a door open, I press the button and the door closes. If the door does not completely close for some reason, in 10 seconds the KPL button will turn back ON.

As suggested by UpstateMike, the perfect solution to my problem was an ELK-124. I finally got around to checking it out early this AM (just in time for my Halloween show), and it seems to work great. The unit has 8 channels (60 seconds each) to store recorded audio. It has a good built-in mic to record the audio you want to play. There is a PC interface, but I did not hear good things about it so decided to try the built-in mic first. The 8 individual channels can be combined to a signle 8 minute channel if desired, but for my use 60 seconds is fine. Basically, you take a 12v AC adapter you might have kicking around (or pick one up from Radio Shack) and attach it to the channel you want to activate. Simply power the AC adapter using an ApplianceLinc, and the ELK-124 will start playing that channel. You can set the ELK-124 to play the audio continuously (repeat) while power is applied, or play the channel only once. Use multiple AC adapters and ApplianceLincs to trigger different channels. There is a single speaker output on the ELK-124, and the built-in amplifier with volume control is more than sufficient for my use (outdoor Halloween sound effects). I think this is a great product, and opens up a wide variety of uses. With an ISY, the ELK-124, a speaker and a few ApplianceLincs, you can easily play audio files based on Insteon events. Think of the possibilities - an announcement in your master bedroom if the garage door is opened after 9pm, or if one of your kids turns on his lights in the middle of the night!

I wish these vendors would just start implementing discrete ON/OFF (and input) IR commands across the board. Programming macros on a universal remote can be a nightmare because of this oversight.

Great idea, and definitely a tough problem to solve. Even if you did have IR out to all those devices, how do you detect that they're currently on? Much to my displeasure, many TVs, DVD players, etc. do not have discrete on/off IR commands - it's simply a power toggle. Without a discrete OFF comamnd, and without a way of knowing the current state of the device, you might be turning the device ON instead of OFF!

It's not possible because the internal logic of the switch itself turns on the load when you do a FAST ON. What about using a FAST OFF instead? Another possibility would be to take the overhead light load off of the SwitchLinc somehow (using an InlineLinc or a second Insteon device).

Hey Gary - Why do you think the ISY cares what its public IP address is? I could be wrong, but I don't think it does.

Maybe one of the UDI guys can chime in with a solution, but I can tell you that your ISY doesn't NEED to have the 'enable internet access' set to allow access from the web - all that function does is create a UPNP port forward in your router (if capable). With a static IP set on the ISY, and a manual port forward created on your router, you can access the ISY all you want without using 'enable internet access'. What happens when you try to access the ISY from the web after one of these outages occurs?

The ISY actually doesn't really care what it has for a public IP address. I think one of 2 things is happening: - your router is giving the ISY a new internal IP address, so the UPNP port forward that is created when you originally did an 'enable internet access' is no longer pointing to the ISY. - the UPNP port forward created when you originally did an 'enable internet access' is somehow being deleted when the router is rebooted, so you must run that function again to recreate the port forward Either way, if I were in your shoes, I would do the following: 1 - Set your ISY to a static IP address. Make sure to choose an address outside of your router's DHCP range. 2 - Manually create the port forward on your router. For HTTPS, forward port 443 to your ISY's IP address. If you use HTTP, also forward port 80. See here: http://www.universal-devices.com/mwiki/ ... IP_Address and here: http://www.universal-devices.com/mwiki/ ... o_Your_ISY (Configuring a non-UPNP router) Good luck!

Absolutely. Check here: http://www.universal-devices.com/mwiki/ ... IP_Address Make sure to assign it an address outside of your router's DHCP range.

I haven't put much thought into this, and I certainly haven't tried it (so please excuse me if I'm missing something), but if this is a concern couldn't an ISY program be used to keep these switches in sync? If Status 'Switch1' is On And Status 'Switch2' is not On Then Wait 1 second Set 'Switch2' On Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') If Status 'Switch2' is On And Status 'Switch1' is not On Then Wait 1 second Set 'Switch1' On Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

I'm not 100% sure, but as far as I know SwitchLinc Dimmers with the updated tact switches are marked v3.2 and higher. I also believe SwitchLinc Relays with the updated tact switch are marked v2.5 and higher. The ISY is showing the firmware version #, which might not necessarily compare well with the marked version #. For example, my v3.1 and v3.2 SwitchLinc Dimmers both show firmware v.27 (per the ISY). An updated hardware component might warrant a new sticker version #, but might not warrant updated firmware.

Unfortunately, this is a known limitation with Insteon virtual 3-way configurations.

Automatic updates will only download release firmware. Firmware newer than yours is still beta, so you will have to download and update manually. Check out this thread for the latest firmware (currently 2.6.7): http://forum.universal-devices.com/viewtopic.php?t=1613

Yes.

Pull the set button out for 10 seconds or so, pop it back in to its original position (don't press/hold it down).

I'm sure you can find something cheaper, but for the record I'm using this adapter from Radio Shack: http://www.radioshack.com/product/index ... 552559&cp=

Are you running the latest version of Java? Try going to www.java.com and check to be sure.