jkraus

BTW this forum is fantastic. This thread, and many others i have started are almost instantly responded to. Thanks to all, makes me feel not so isolated when pulling my hair out while sitting alone in my office ?

well mine are not connected so not "deletable"

OK actually got a node installed! but some of the ones I installed before are not connected, and I cant reinstall due to ith think I already have them . Is there a way to delete some previous NS? you have been a great help

wow, thanks, I rebooted a million times never thought to power cycle!!

which "server" is it referring to?? my polisy or some other server??

OK, now I got really hosed I tried to start from scratch, but now cannot even add my isy, I get the following and cannot add my isy

Yea agreed, as a newbie on the Node servers I am sure I have something just barely wrong. on the IOP the new node servers show up , and I added the new isy on the PG3 page and the UUID looks correct, but yea they are not talking to eahother...so I am close but missing a key last item somewhere

no, this is my first attempt on new polisy

no there is no Kasa controller in the tree. The node server give me no errors and says they are installed, I have doubled checked the UUID and I have the correct isy (deleted the old one ot be sure) and rebooted and cleared java several times still not luck..I am sure it is user error, but I followed the wiki (and advice here) but still no luck

just tried no difference. Should the nodes show up under the main tab where all my devices and scenes are? If so, no change. It seems I was messing with the isy portal, and do you need to upload from there to get the new node servers...getting kind of confused with now three interfaces (isy, PG N Servers, and Isy portal)

yes

OK found the installed node server on the PG3 dashboard, but I thought it would show up on the isy dashboard. I installed the KASA NS and all my KASA switches showed up, but now how do I use them? still quite confused on the basics here

thanks

New polisy, up and running, running Iop added a PG3 node server, seems to install OK, but where do I see it on my ISY dashboard, pretty lost on how this works and how I access the new installed node server...or maybe it never installed but I got all green comments??

Ha I do not know how to exclude or how to put something in learning mode sorry for the basic questions

first zwave ia an Aeotec extender, I go to add device and it "listens" for the Extender which is only about 5 feet away, but never finds it. Maybe extenders are not added??

Is the Caseta bridge a Zwave extender? In other words are Aeotec Range Extender the same end result?

As I start down the path of moving from isy to polisy and replacing some of my insteon switches, I was leaning toward Zwave until I discovered the Kasa Node server. Since the kasa are all wifi enabled (I have a couple and so far they work great) would Kasa be a better way to go, eliminating the Zwave RF coverage issues? ahh one issue I forgot, the Kasa switches are all white. anyone have experience changing out the paddle color?

perfect, thanks

I saw KASA had a node server and I have some other Kasa devices so though their smart bulb may work

OK, but since Insteon is no more and I have an inline insteon controller gone bad, I have no way to control our outside wall lamp (the inline was installed in the lamp base), so I am at a loss of how to get it back to isy controlled light, so though a wifi smart bulb that has a node server would be the easiest solution. Any other suggestions?

Oh cool, a picture worth a 1000 words! I have a ton more questions, but I think better to wait till I actually receive the Polisy, as some answers may become self evident! Thx

long time isy user, Polisy is on order. Will be moving some of my failed devices form Insteon. For a few bulbs I was looking at wifi smart bulbs that also could be controlled via a node server install. any/best suggestions?

thanks, OK that help, I am sure it will become clear after I receive the Polisy, just wasn't sure if it would appear really foreign to me? Thx

Long time isy user, ordered a polisy but not yet arrived. For the interface I know that you can run Isy (IoP) and then you can go to a different interface just to add Node servers to show up in the isy interface, do I have the concept correct? Is there another (3rd) interface beside isy that you can use to write your scenes & programs, or does it just look like an old isy when in that stage? alos, does the interface change if you are running a legacy insteon setup, which initially I will Just a bit confused on the concept here. Thanks much Joe