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This is what is strange to me. The assets of this company are probably minimal, except the IP (intellectual property) and URLs. They are worth something and maybe the tooling that is probably in China. I think the bank came calling on a note and Rob exited the back door ahead of them. Follow the money...

Just sold my spare Insteon 2245 hub on Ebay for $250 in less than one hour. Prices are crazy on line today.

As an Insteon only on ISY user for 10 years, I understand the vitriol against Insteon/Smarthome for the "sudden" shutdown and abandonment of their user base. But if they were going to pick a time to do it, then they may not have picked a better time based on Ebay prices for Insteon. What could be a better time to sell off 20 year old technology at almost or more than what you paid for it? If you don't like dealing with Ebay, PM me a list and I'll buy it for as good or better than a pawn shop price. ?

Nokia isn't "selling" anything and has almost nothing to do with this product line. They just sold their name to be used by Smarthome/Insteon. It's silly to me for posters to keep referring to the product line as "Nokia's" as if that makes it magically better or to come from Europe. So viva NiNo or Nokeon or Instakia, etc, etc. ?

Talk about 2413S PLMs on ebay, there is one that has 3 days of bidding to go and it is already up to over $200. Wow. https://www.ebay.com/itm/154712653107?hash=item240597bd33:g:2GQAAOSwXsdhmtFs

I have an Outdoor Insteon On/Off module that is acting up, so I thought I would open it and check the caps. But this device is totally sealed in it's plastic box, I guess to protect it from moisture. Has anyone found a way to open it so that it might possibly be resealed after repairing it?

I am running about 6 Insteon outdoor modules (PN 2642?) for many years and of course they are all downstream to GFIC units. I have had 1 outdoor module fail in that time period. They are in the open and do get some rain on them. I have had one GFIC get too sensitive and pop too often, so I replaced it and no more issues. Just mentioning this because the Insteon outdoor modules do work well outside and communicate well. I would never put the indoor units outdoors.

Be sure to CC me when you explain this one. My curiosity is peeked. ? But I think I can envision your usage.

One feature that might help us with others in our family by allowing them to use UD Mobile, but not change features or to allow them to drill down into programs, variables, etc, would be a local "setup" password on UD Mobile. It might lock them into favorites only and not allow accessing home folders, editing or adding icons or other features without entering the local password.

Works great!! Thanks for the quick response! Great product.

I did like Larry for my programs to turn off during vacation. One variable that I toggle zero or one does the trick instantly. Of course you have to add the IF condition to the affected programs.

I updated my UD Mobile from .8x to .92 yesterday. Opened and re-synced it. I started having issues immediately with all folders in the favorites area. When trying to open folders in the favorites home page, the app will either disappear without notice or warning or throw an app crash message (Which I did respond on one of these through the email it offered). But, there seems to be no problems going through the home side of the app and drilling down to any device or program. Occasionally, I think after having the up up and running for a while (several minutes?), I will be able to open a favorites folder. But even then I have seen strange behavior such as no indicator circles on devices unless I open up the device menu and close it, then the indicator will appear. But every time I open the app and try to use a folder in favorites right away, it crashes. LMK if you need anything. My phone is a Motorola X4 (Android version 9) and I am using the ISY portal and local Wifi. I have tried re-syncing and restoring from backup (re-syncing again) with no change in the problem. Edit: I created a new folder in favorites and even with nothing in it, it crashed also when opening it.

Walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, smells like a duck, must be a .... duck. ?

Nokia doesn't make, sell or distribute anything from Smartlabs. Smartlabs just licensed the name Nokia as their brand.

Thanks for the quick reply, info and tips. I added both of my wifi networks to "local networks" previously and thought that was it. But I had to go back under the "advanced" area under "edit system" and add local credentials. While I was at it, I turned on "request status of integer variables" and now everything shows up instantly. I haven't experienced any delay starting it yet, but I probably will experience it sometime later I guess. FYI, I have a 120 integer variables, so it should have some impact. I may try out the emulator later and see how the desktop works for now. Thanks again for your help.

I really like the UD Mobile app, thank you so much for creating it. Is there any possibility of it getting ported over to run on a PC without using android emulators? If not, is there a particular emulator that works well with it? I have a folder of variables in my favorites area. I view them multiple times a day. But, many times it takes 15-20 seconds (after opening up the variable inside the folder) for the value to pop up. The old UD-Ajax app was 10x faster doing this. Is there a problem or fix for this? And yes, I do have local access via my wifi on the app, i.e. I am not going through the portal that I know of. So my local wi-fi gateways are added and active inside the app.

There is also a node server called AMI-NEM_Meter that will take your ZS data stream and allow access to it in the Admin console. I am not sure if it has all the features you need for time of day billing, but you can look at it and see if it helps.

Good points, but I wouldn't expect the unit to be putting off condensate during the heating cycle, would you? There was no mention of heat pump or gas for heating. My concern would be the compressor lock out preventing a quick off-on cycle. As long as that can't happen you might be good.

I have also noticed for several months that my Echo mini is very, very slow to respond particularly during early evening hours. I do not have much of anything loaded, including Mobilinc. I have a GH right next to it and it is always several times faster. My wife and I joke that "she" doesn't like being so close to GH. Or she is being moody again, even though I do not like personification of inanimate objects. ? Then there are all the false triggers on Echo. Long ago we changed the wake up name from Alexa to Computer because of that, but it didn't help much. The fact that you don't have but 2 or 3 names to choose from is ridiculous. It is constantly babbling in the back ground until we yell "CANCEL".

?? Due to my Zigbee SEP connection, I have no open slots for Zwave. But despite the doom and gloom some soothsayers post about insteon, if Smarthome.com/Insteon goes away tomorrow, my Insteon network will keep on chugging on for years. Parts and repair kits will be on Ebay for a long time and will only get cheaper as people bail and sell off their inventory (see how cheap x10 stuff is). Then I might consider the next protocol. EDIT: Polisy support is clearly undecided. If they don't support it, they will be cutting off a lot of their base users and relegating them to stay on a 994i device, IMHO. I am not throwing out a couple thousand dollars of Insteon any time soon or complicating my life with multiple RF protocols until forced or when there is an industry wide game changing event.

I had to use my GHome app to unlink my ISY and then relink it back. Of course you have to re-add all your devices back in. What a PitA. What causes this?

I bought my G.Home for testing and don't use it much (obviously), what do you mean by "reload"? I don't see that option in the ISY portal.

I'm experiencing the exact same problem. G.Home says "I can't reach universal devices right now". Alexa works fine. Weird.

Makes me glad I bought some of the micro modules for a future project! Sorry to hear about that, my guess is they just weren't that popular? You may have to try ebay.

No, the Polisy at this time doesn't support Insteon or Zwave. You have to use it in conjunction with your ISY for now. What do you mean by "insteon throwing in the towel"? There have been shortages just like a lot of electronic items, but I am not aware of any closures or announcements. Care to share a link?