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Thanks all for the input.

Thank you for the recommendations. I appreciate it.

Hello everyone, I currently have an ISY-944i that I bought about 9 years ago. It does not have z-wave or other support, only the base model (insteon, etc.). I would like the ability to utilize other platforms like zigbee, z-wave, etc. Can you recommend a best approach for this? I can add a z-wave board to my ISY but it isn't that much more to purchase a newer ISY with the z-wave plus/IR/Pro. Or, would you suggest going a different route using a different hub altogether? I have sever insteon switches currently. Thanks for any advice you can give.

The switch is outside directly exposed to weather (inside a weatherproof switch box). Yes, it is true that metal is a better heat conductor; however, you have to remember that is a 2 way transmission. Inside a metal box that is directly in Arizona sun is much hotter than inside a poorer conductor plastic box. So the question becomes, which is worse - insulating from the outside heat or trapping in the produced heat? The box is shaded by the house during the crazy hot afternoons but it does get direct sunlight from about 6am to 11am, a fair amount of direct exposure. It is mounted to my garage wall so moving it inside may be a viable option. I have 2 other of these switches up underneath my porch that have lasted very nicely so it seems very likely to be weather related. I swapped out the switch so I'll do some testing on the old switch to see if I can find the issue in that one. I appreciate the suggestions from everyone.

Thanks for the tips. My box is plastic and is outside (our circuit box is on the outside of the house). It is mostly shaded, especially from the hot afternoon sun. I would actually be concerned with metal boxes getting hotter here. The sun heats up anything metal like crazy. I may look into trying to improve the capacitors as well. Our AC capacitors go every 2-3 years due to heat and dry conditions. Seems logical that the switch ones would as well. Very appreciative of the advice. Thanks again.

Thank you for the advice. Because of the location of my wall light set up, my switch box is actually right below the outdoor circuit breaker box. To put in a practically reachable switch I would have had to run about a 100 foot wire. Insteon/home automation is a great solution if I can find a way to keep my switches from breaking. I will also look into a different style of housing that may give more ventilation for my switch or see if I can install some different shading. Surfaces (with my switch box located against the wall of the house) can reach 160 degrees or higher during our summers. I think I'll try to use a different type of switch, as Tekkon is suggesting. I am wondering if the dimmer function may be susceptible. The bulbs are also dimmer style and have gone out on me quickly. One other question in that regard, would a microswitch behind a standard switch or possibly an Inline link be a better first choice? I never use the manual function of the switch. I may also be able to move the junction switch box a bit out from the wall to give 360 degrees of airflow around it. I appreciate all your help.

I did test the bulbs controlled by the light and they work in other outlets. The switch currently has the lights on regardless of what the on/off status is. After a factory reset (the switch does beep, and runs the light status indicator up to full on after), the switch continues to fail to respond to hub commands and manually switching the switch off and on moves the light indicator but does not turn the lights off. Sounds like a dead switch? For background, I'm in Arizona so the temps outside get quite warm but this switch is in a shaded area (still gets to 90's though). Previously I had these wall lights controlled by the Insteon bulbs without a direct switch but the bulbs clearly do not like our weather and would die after a couple years, much too expensive to keep replacing them. So, I installed a switch to control the lights and put standard LED bulbs in. This switch lasted about 2 years, the same as one of the Insteon bulbs was lasting. I appreciate the help. I will update after trying a factory reset. Best.

Hi everyone, I'm a relative newbie at Insteon functioning but have several devices set up and controlled (mostly switches). I have an Insteon 2477D switch controlling my wall sconces. The switch is outside in a weather proof control box that never gets opened (I use the app to control it). I noticed my lights were not responding so I went to the physical switch. The dimming light panel on the switch shows the lights should be on but the lights are off. Clicking the switch on or off does move the dimming indicator on or off but the hub is not recognizing the status, nor is it controlling the switch when commanded. The lights stay off no matter the command from the app or directly pushing the switch button. I am using an ISY-944i hub. All my other devices are functioning normally. Does this sound like my switch has died? If it has, is there a better outdoor solution? The only outdoor switch I am finding is a plug in version. Thanks for the advice. Regards.

Problem solved! I've been working on this for two days. Thanks, Larryllix and Stusviews. I realized only 2 of my buttons were registering a status (not the ones I was trying to use) in the admin console. I did a factory reset on the remote and relinked it. Now all buttons register and I am able to add them to scenes with control.

Further info: I did confirm that when I press a button on the remote the ISY light does flash indicating receipt of input. My scene is: Backyard light switch (2477D) and Remote Button A. I have had the remote in link mode when adding to the scene and I also tried having the 2477D in link mode when adding it, all with no success. I can control the 2477D directly from the administrative console but cannot get any function out of the remote. Do I need to add some sort of logic program to the scene some how? Thanks for the help.

Thank you. I have tried placing the remote in linking mode then adding it to the scene while the remote is in linking mode but to no avail. The remote continues to be non-functional. It does light the led indicating it sent a signal. Is there a way to verify that the ISY is receiving a signal (is there a way to query a remote button press)? When the remote is in the scene it does indicate it is a controller for the light but does not function.

Hi All, I've had an ISY994i for a few years, controlling the sconce lighting on my perimeter wall. I recently added some other outdoor lighting (flood lights) and have them controlled by a 2477D switchlinc. I also purchased an 8 scene mini-remote, with the goal of mounting it near my upstairs door and being able to turn on/off the wall sconces and the flood lights. After several firmware updates I finally got the ISY command module to recognize the remote as a remote but now I cannot figure out how to get the remote to control my lights. I have searched the forum and documentation to no avail. Sorry for the simple question but how do I go about doing this? It seemed from what I read that I add the remote as a controller to the scene but beyond this I cannot find much else. (Adding the remote as a controller is ineffective for me but I'm not even sure I did it right.) Thank you for your help. After reading some of the ideas on the forum I've got plans to automate much more of my home.