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In reference to the Nokia "partnership", I think it foretells a couple of bigger picture issues/opportunities: 1. Nokia would not put the time, trouble or money into an alliance if "insteon is going out of business". They will have had a peak under the Smartlabs financial tent flap to validate their investment's financial security. 2. This partnership would not exist if Smartlabs was refusing to share it's technology. Maybe this is just the first door opening up a crack so that, if successful, Smartlabs may be open to other licensing opportunities going forward. 3. <edited/added item> Also being Nokia is a European company, wouldn't this also mean the adoption of European power standards as an option? If so, that would put that issue to rest also. <end edit> To me at least, this is all very good news for the continuance of Insteon. Given this, can someone please lock down this topic? ??

I rarely ever seen them (Insteon products) in any "smart home" articles. It is disgusting the lack of research any of the "pundits" do for their articles. I guess Insteon is also not doing anything to ingratiate (or at least educate) the all knowing media. I.E. no free trips, comps, products, paid articles, advertising, etc. What qualifies as media now days is just copy and paste editors (i.e. lazy) where the lack of depth of their analysis is easily exceeded by the depth of their ignorance. Unfortunately ISY is almost treated the same way. IMHO. Two great products that I am more than glad to be associated with and using. WE, the users, need to leave comments on these "articles" where we can to promote both of these brands showing the lack of research by the article editors.

Well, you are leaving out two more levels. Then there is terminated and lastly "we fired/terminated the entire sales/product/production team". ? I learned many years ago that it is what someone doesn't say that speaks the loudest.

Thanks again for putting me on to this item. So, let me ask you. I just need it to have a hardwired triggered input (preferably just supply power to it only) and a speaker output. I don't need a lot of volume. Looking at the specs, it seems I could hardware a trigger point to ground and then it would play a preselected sound file on startup, right? Also any idea of the speaker output wattage? or is it only a preamp? While looking at it on Amazon, they recommended this one also. It has all the ports I need built in with a built in amp of 3 watts. It looks to have everything I need including auto play on power up. Thoughts? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DK9SL6C/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B01DK9SL6C&pd_rd_w=8nhCy&pf_rd_p=91afecf5-8b2e-41e2-9f11-dc6992c6eaa1&pd_rd_wg=MF8ym&pf_rd_r=BD7D110AT8SGYWMYSA4P&pd_rd_r=03b065ca-c30a-4c13-b133-9d24ebb528d5&smid=A30QSGOJR8LMXA&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzNjRTMlZSR1hVU0REJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwODc3MTc5Mjk5TVdUVllBSkw0SyZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwOTA0MDkxMjhIRUYzNldaODFEJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfZGV0YWlsJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

Thanks, this might be the right item I am looking for. I will research it and get back to you with any questions.

Good thought, I didn't think of an MP3 chime unit. mIght be worth a try with the right unit.

Thanks Larry. I have been in this battle for about 7 years with the Herons. Cat urine is new to me, but I have two cats that go outdoors so that smell has to be everywhere already. One of my cats will actually attack them. That heron was 6x bigger than my cat, lol, but she leaped thru the air and almost latched onto the heron. I had one heron that hated human voices, so I left a radio on talk stations 24x7, but another heron comes in and cares less. My pond is no less than 3' deep at the shallow end, so they can't wade in, but I have herons that literally jump in the deep in to grab a Koi and flap back out of the water. I have about 40% coverage with solar sails and they will land outside them and walk right under them. I can't put up a lot of netting as I have large trees around the pond that drop sticks and leaves 6 month out of the year and it would be a major job to clean them out, plus this pond is on my neighbors zero lot line side and I can' t attach anything to their house. I have an Insteon triggered inflatable ghost with flappy arms, etc. that will light up and pop up, but they just sit back and wait for a few seconds and go right in. Anyway, not to bore you, but this is why I asked for a very specific item as I know the top 20 ways to scare them off, most don't work for me or can't work. I've yet to try a fake heron, seems that might be a possibility, but it will attract male herons in the spring. It has been a constant battle with some minor victories. I refuse to buy a dog.

Thanks, might be interesting to try, but Herons are particularly smart. They know what a dog is and I would rather try that. Plus they will come in the middle of the night sometimes. I really don't need a siren (especially uncontrolled volume) waking up the family and the neighbors. The neighbors have a dog, so they (and I) are used to dogs barking. So I am thinking of some type of MP3 player that can be powered up remotely and repeatedly play a dog barking MP3 until I automatically shut it off. At least then I can control the volume manually. Of course this is outside and semi-exposed to heat, cold and moisture so I hope to just expose the speaker to the elements.

Hey all, I have a fairly unique situation. I have a large outdoor pond and my Koi are being attacked by a Heron. I know all the ways to dissuade it, so I am not asking for input on that. But what I specifically want to do is setup an insteon switch powered device that when turned on will play a pre-recorded file, mpg, etc. of a barking dog. I have the technology in place to trigger it via my Blue Iris cameras and it's associated ISY Node Server. I just need a player device with an aux or speaker output that I can trigger to play the dog barking sound (both turn on and back off of course). I also have some unused Android devices laying around I could use if there was a way to trigger them to play with the ISY network interface. I also know about all the dog alarms available, but that's not what I am asking about. Also I don't want a dog either, lol. Thanks for your suggestions.

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.

It seems you are uncomfortable with the Raspberry Pi. As others mentioned, you are probably a great candidate for a Polisy. I was already running one for other purposes.

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.

You can not run Zigbee on the ISY. The Insteon interface on this is powerline only which is a formula for lots of issues. I.e. there is no insteon wireless on it. Also I just don't think this device will be supported on the current ISY or even future releases. Also the 5010 series of devices are just PLMs and most die after 2-3 years. I just scored a lightly used RainMachine Mini-8 on Craigslist for $50. They are unobtainable new for some reason right now, but you can get the 16 zone version new I think. It works GREAT. I upgraded to ISY 5.x recently and put Polyglot on a Raspberry Pi 4 and the Rainmachine node server is great too. I allow it to talk to the internet (cloud) and it is really accurate for my area on the weather predictions, especially rain fall. It is better than most of the weather NS in the store.

If you have an 8 year old PLM, then you have probably set a new record for PLM longevity. Congratulations. I hope you have a spare on hand.

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".

Never mind, searched Google and found it. thanks.

Do you mind sharing the actual Flash50 link instead of just the 240v controller? I can't find the other items on sale. Thanks.

?? 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.

Tom, I asked Smartenit on ebay if it was and they verified that it was the same. So these would be about half price of the 5010k units. Thanks.

Beyond my capabilities also! I saw those earlier. Do you think a serial version of this should work with the EZIO8SA replacing the 5010K unit?

@Brian H @xlurkr Thanks guys for your input. I bought the PLC cheap, cheap for using with the shn utility and it seems to work with that from my PC. SDM shows installed on my w10 PC. But without a powerline only PLM, I can't get my EZIO online to see if it is even working correctly. I don't want to spend $75 on a 5010K just to find out my EZIO is defective. So I tried the 2414U PLC (with a usb to serial conversion) on it. It registered and showed up on the ISY, but nothing works. I got better results putting it on a dual band PLM, but still very incomplete. So you guys are right. There is also the option to send the EZIO to Smartenit to convert (to dual PLM compatibility) and fix it, but that's another $60++ with no guarantee it will be fixed, but they give you credit toward a new one. I really don't think I need it that bad as this time. Smartenit tech support finally got back to me and told me that the analog inputs "have to be set via the SHN utility" then the ISY can read them. I interpret this as meaning you can set an on/off trigger level on the SHN utility, but that is all you get on the ISY is on or off. Which is almost useless for my envisioned project. I need more of a sliding scale value out put.

I am not using it on a ISY. It is for my EZIO8SA. I can't find my 5010k PLM, a very old design, to test it. According to another EZIO user, it needs a power line only unit to connect to it.

I put the 2413S Serial PLM interface into the 2414U and it just blinks white once a second. The light did change while trying to link it to the ISY, but in the end it doesn't seem to work. Thanks.

Hi All, I own a 2413S dual band PLM (Serial) V2.4 and a 2414U PLC (USB) V2.1. For my purposes, I need the opposite for communicating (i.e. I need single band powerline only on serial). The USB and Serial interfaces look physically swappable, but will they work afterword and not cause any damage?

Yep, I bought one of the smoke bridges well over a year ago on sale and it really took me a long time to find 3 compatible first alert detectors. I am assuming first alert kept their next gen communications closed to their own products.