Bumbershoot

Sorry, I'm traveling so I can't look at the script on my RPi, but I notice right away that you're calling 'nodelink.exe' instead of 'nodelink.dll'. You might edit 'nodelink.service' to see if that matters. I really haven't touched Windows machines much in over a decade, so my expertise with Windows executables is low.

I’ll bet that Polyglot sees nodes left over on your ISY. When I did this, I deleted them on the ISY from the Nodeserver | Configure menu, restarted Polyglot and all was well.

If you can get far enough along in the boot process to get a command prompt, then maybe you can "sudo killall deamon"? The continual restart problem has been noted before in this thread. I'm not entirely sure, but you may need to drop the database. There's information in this thread.

I got 2.2.6 this morning with a regular update, so it appears that 2.2.6 was promoted to production. That's the version that you should get now.

I understood that the "Geek Batch" shipped without the Admin UI, but it will come with the production units. Earlier in this thread, Michel posted this, "With regard to Basic UI, well, that was the whole point of delaying the release date while giving you access to the unit. The UI is in the works and will allow configuration of network, wifi, etc. Bluetooth is a little tricky since, currently, there's not much we can do with it. But, all the drivers are there and are loaded at start up. "

Smart! The cameras are there for her peace of mind... ... and she HATES spiders! ?

Understood, but the point would be to not have visible light creeping in through the blinds at night unless motion is detected. If I can get one of these in the next day or two, I'll run a test and see how it does.

Mine as well, but I have two locations where the lights are adjacent to cameras. Now, I have to leave them lit, though at low levels. It would be nice to have no visible light at these locations unless motion is detected by the cameras. I'll probably give this a try later in the month.

I noticed a few more homes with similar setups in my area this Halloween, but most homeowners haven't made the investment, yet. Are you using any of the BR30 + (infrared) bulbs, and if so, how much do they help with your cameras?

You sound like a man who has been around the block on this. ? Thanks for the perspective. While there's no way I'd spend the kind of money required to populate my entry light with these things, I'm impressed with their functionality. Maybe a nightmare to program, however...

Except... There are obviously people for whom $50 is chump change, and for them, there's this: https://www.lifx.com/collections/lamps-and-pendants/products/candle-color A dozen in the hanging lamp in the foyer might make for some spectacular effects... 26 addressable zones in a single candelabra bulb? That seems like a huge leap in functionality.

I started out with them, but in an art studio, we prefered the lumen output and color saturation of LiFX. Otherwise, I liked them. I have a relative who's happily using them.

Yes, not becoming obsolete/unsupported. Other than that, there are some nice new abilities in the programming environment, as well as some nice changes to the "adjust scene" functionality. I suspect you'll have an easy time of it. You may have to re-save some of your programs (the program icon will be yellow if this is the case). Mostly, with only Insteon, it hasn't been too big of a deal for folks.

I've got really stable power here, along with whole-home surge protection so I'm thinking about wiring them so they're always powered on. I'm not completely sold on the idea of having no way to turn the current off except at the circuit panel, however. Is that being over-cautious?

Turning them off can cause some problems with the LiFX nodeserver. If they're off upon nodeserver startup, then they won't be discovered. There are two possible mitigations to that: the LiFX nodeserver does provide for a text device list, making no discovery necessary using your reserved addresses (I'm currently not using a device list so I can't test that theory). Also, the LiFX Controller node does have a "Re-Discover Bulbs" function, so if you programmatically turn on the switch, you should be able to programmatically re-discover the bulbs after a period of time without having to restart the nodeserver. Also, another untested theory. So, in theory, your idea might actually work fine with the nodeserver. I haven't fussed around with it enough to find out.

Fortunately, I have one of these. A nearby neighbor lost a bunch of fancy doodads in a storm, but nothing bad happened here. Okay, I get the point. The accidental presses could cause issues. The Mrs. and myself are accustomed to seldomly touching the switches in question, but that doesn't account for others. I still like to have a physical means of control, if it's available, though I have several devices for which that's not practical (cameras, outdoor on/off modules, micro devices, etc.). I admit, logical control is often preferable -- we almost never touch inconveniently placed SwitchLincs, and only occasionally touch the convenient ones. If I could find good motion sensors that didn't look like barnacles, I'd have them all over the house and never touch a switch again.

I'm not sure I follow. Wouldn't the switch take the hit, leaving the bulbs unaffected?

Good idea -- control it logically, but not physically! That would completely solve the problem... Thanks.

I'm using the LiFX nodeserver on my Polisy right now. The only requirement is that the lifxlan module gets installed, but that's a cinch if it isn't automatically installed upon the general release of Polisy. The performance of my existing LiFX bulbs is very good. At less than .5 watts in standby, there's not much of a penalty for leaving them on. I very much appreciate hearing about your experience with using these bulbs in conjunction with a dimmer, as well as with the outdoor bulbs. Thanks again.

I guess I can answer my own question: Wattage on Standby <0.5W I guess I don't need to be overly concerned.

That's exactly what I've been doing, and it's a great solution for my needs. I'm hoping to do that this year as well, but I don't want to swap that dimmer out, either (it's in a 3-gang switch box, and I hate getting into those). Thanks. Do you leave the LiFX bulbs in all year? If so, how do they hold up? I probably would switch them out in January, as my HOA won't go for colored external lights outside of the holidays.

I set up logrotate on my RPi, and was pleased. Polyglot, I believe prior to the version 2 series, used to rotate its logs. Somewhere along the line, it didn't. I understood that this was to be re-implemented at some point, but I haven't seen it happen yet.

For a test, I've been running a LiFX bulb attached to an LampLinc dimmer for a few weeks. If the "on" value of the LampLinc is set to anything other than 100%, the results are predictably unpredictable. However, if the "on" value is set to 100%, the bulb acts the same as all the rest of my LiFX bulbs, which are controlled by SwitchLinc On-Off switches. My question is: is there any risk, other than possible damage to a spendy bulb, in continuing this experiment into production? The use case I have in mind: I would like to install a SwitchLinc in a spot that currently has an standard single-pole switch. The bulb this controls is currently a LiFX bulb. The switch is very seldom toggled, and is in a location that guests, etc. are unlikely to visit. I don't have any more Insteon SwitchLinc On-Off switches of the old style, but I do have a couple of Insteon SwitchLinc dimmers available. If the "On Level" is set to 100% and the "Ramp Rate" is set to 0.1 seconds, and the paddle is only used to turn the switch on and off (the same with programmatic control), should I expect anything undesirable? Is anyone successfully using SwitchLinc dimmers with smart bulbs? Admittedly, I should probably buy a new SwitchLinc On-Off switch and move on, but I may not want the LiFX bulb there forever. I may swap it out for a conventional LED bulb, at which point, I'll want the dimmer. Also, has anyone measured the "vampire current" used by these type of bulbs when they're logically off but physically on?

FWIW - I have 150M in my Polyglot log after 6½ days.

Yep, sure enough. [admin@polisy /var/polyglot/nodeservers/LiFX]$ locate nfsd /etc/rc.d/nfsd /usr/sbin/nfsd /usr/sbin/nfsdumpstate /usr/sbin/pnfsdscopymr /usr/sbin/pnfsdsfile /usr/sbin/pnfsdskill /usr/share/man/man8/nfsd.8.gz /usr/share/man/man8/nfsdumpstate.8.gz /usr/share/man/man8/pnfsdscopymr.8.gz /usr/share/man/man8/pnfsdsfile.8.gz /usr/share/man/man8/pnfsdskill.8.gz EDIT: No Samba, though.