MikeB

Should have my unit in tomorrow. Thanks for the help.

One more question - If the internet connection was down, or a home simply did not have an internet connection, what (if anything) would not work on an ISY-26? Is there any dependence on an internet connection?

Michel - You and I were chatting on Techmall about the possibility of interfacing 3rd party products, specifically CQC (http://www.charmedquark.com), with the ISY-26. This gentleman is the author of the current CQC Insteon driver (using the PLM directly). I think there is interest in writing an ISY-26 driver for CQC, but current limitations in CQC's driver model make this a very difficult task. If the ISY-26 supported xAP, this would be much easier. Is this a possibility?

Thanks for the clarification. Are there other ISY-26s available yet? I assume multiple ISY-26s can exist on the same LAN? Is the SDK to interface with the various ISY's similar?

Thanks again. One more question - can you clarify exactly what devices (other than standard Insteon switches/KPLs/etc.) that the ISY-26 supports today?

Could you clarify this a bit? Why would this be better if I start with a clean system? Based on your comments, I think I will start from scratch and reset all devices to factory defaults. I assume the ISY-26 has no easy way to accomplish this, I will have to physically go to each device and reset it - correct? Also, any eta on 2.5? I do use fast on/fast offs in my system to perform different tasks. Thanks for the great info. I will be ordering, but would like to order from SmartHome. Their site shows them out of stock, with an 8/20 eta. Do you know if that is accurate? Thanks again.

I'm pretty certain I'm going to end up purchasing an ISY-26 by the end of the day today. Few questions, though - I currently have 60+ Insteon devices in my house, completely linked through PowerHome/HouseLinc, and working 100%. My biggest reason for purchasing the ISY-26 is events/timers, and the possibility of interfacing the ISY-26 to another piece of software somewhere down the road. Plus, I like buying new toys. I don't mind recreating my links if there's any advantage to it. But, I won't bother if it's a complete waste of time. So, is there any advantage to resetting things back to factory defaults and recreating all my links? Will it leave me with a "cleaner" system? If I don't do that, can I just add my devices manually and have the ISY-26 read links off each device? Or, will the ISY-26 spider my network and build a list of devices? If the ISY-26 does read in my existing links, will it also show me any old broken links that might exist so I can delete/fix them? Also, any things that PowerHome can do that the ISY-26 can't? - can the ISY-26 configure my KPLs between 6 and 8 button modes? - can it turn KPL buttons to non-toggles? - can it configure local/remote ramp rates? - can it save groups to its PLM? - can it run triggers based on fast on/fast offs? - does it fully support the remotelinc? Thanks!

OK, now I found the link to the JSDK. I guess it is out. Anyone using it?

I see that there's an SDK scheduled. Is there an ETA on this? Thanks!

Is there any kind of API on the ISY-26 for another piece of software to interface with? I'd be interesting in getting a piece of software to be able to control and know the status of Insteon devices & groups that are being controlled through the ISY-26. Is this currently possible? Thanks