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io_guy, just so I understand you correctly, ISY is the client and you would leave DHCP checked in the admin console and simply reserve the ip address the router assigns it in the router config.? Thanks, Tim

Just a quick question in reference to what Xathros ask, specifically “How is your static address for the ISY assigned? At the router or hard coded in the ISY's admin console? If in the admin console, is the address used outside of the router's DHCP pool? If a static ip is assigned to ISY, or any device for that matter, should the ip address to be outside of the DHCP pool? If so, could this be a possible cause for the OP and aLf’s intermittent issues?

Couple of questions. Which program doesn't enable sometimes? By enable do you mean another program is supposed to run and enable it and it is not? Or do you mean it doesn't run when it should based on status? How is the motion sensor set up. Sounds like it is directly linked to "01-SLD-Powder Room" is that correct? If so what is the timeout on the MS set for? What exactly happens when the program doesn't enable? The light stays on or doesn't turn on? Thanks, Tim

Part of the reason for the 2v on the zone may have to do with not having end of line resistors installed. With a 5.6k resistor in series with the motion detector relay the demand for current would be less on each zone. Seems to me though when I decided to remove all of my eol resistors I had to reprogram the panel and perhaps the panel compensates for that. You may be able to install a 1k resistor in series with the EZIO8 to decrease current draw which will increase voltage at the zone inputs if the panel doesn't like the 2v. But I would think it should be fine because the panel is looking for a short circuit on each zone anyway. Please do keep us posted.

Hi LeeG, sorry for the delay. Sounds like my panel and the OP's panel are similar per Brian's description. All zone grounds are common to power supply ground. All zone positives are current limited with I am assuming a pull up resistor for each zone.I originally had used the end of line resistors (I believe 5.6k as Brian indicated) on all zones. My panel did produce enough current on each zone to operate the optocoupler inputs of the EZIOxx as well as provide for proper operation of the alarm panel itself. Even after removing all EOL resistors the panel and EZIO6i worked well together. I ended up removing the resistors just to tidy up the panel, as they were installed in the panel and therefore ineffective as were originally intended.

The relay is wired with the normally closed contacts (NC) which means under normal (de-energized state - no motion detected) the contacts are shunting the zone + to ground. Measure the voltage across the ms zone when someone is waving their arms in front of the motion sensor and you must see voltage. This voltage will be used to trigger the EZIOxx....provided there is enough current to drive both the zone electronics and the EZIOxx. In my case there was enough voltage to trigger the EZIO6i from my DSC 632 panel.

The Insteon MS only sends a signal depending upon the time out unless in occupancy mode then I think it is every 10 seconds during detection (if I am wrong someone please correct me). I was worried about too much powerline flooding in my case (very active house), but give it a try and do let us know how it works out for you. That is similar to how I am using mine, we have been quite happy with the way it all works.

For a time I was using the digital inputs on a couple of EZI06i modules tied directly to door and window zones of my DSC panel. Lee suggestion of reversing the leads going to the digital inputs if some or all do not work do to polarity. I used this setup for about 6 months and it worked fine. I did not tie my motions into the EZI06i however because in my house the powerline would have been flooded with Insteon traffice due to the amount of times each motion sensor turns on and off as you move thru the room. Door and windows you typically only open and close maybe a couple of times a day but a motion... The zone inputs on the DSC have a small trickle voltage on the + side of the zone which is currentl limited. The zone inputs use voltage from the DSC panel power supply so the voltage at each zone is not isolated however the panel is powered by a wallwort so it is isolated from the EZIxxx. As I recall I originally used a 1k dropping resistor in series with each zone to the EZI06i but later found the voltage at the zones was at a safe value for the EZI06 and later removed them. However don't take my word for it...experiment safely as your mileage may vary. I later switched over to io_guy's DSCLink which is an awesome windows program that monitors every input and output of the DSC and translates it to a variable for use in programs. The link is here http://forum.universal-devices.com/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=4642 Tim

Hello rtt3821, Without seeing your program it is hard to say. But given your details a simple program such as this will turn it on at 9pm and off at 5am. If On Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri From 9:00:00PM To 5:00:00AM (next day) Then Set 'Devices / Generator' On Else Set 'Devices / Generator' Off You may have to have another program to turn the gen. off on Saturday: If On Sat Time is 5:00:00AM Then Set 'Devices / Generator' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

I have had an EZFlora running my 7 zones now for about 2 years...Been very happy with its performance and integration with the ISY. Tim

Was wondering how you were making out with this?

I don't know if these will meet your needs but here are some alternative's to using the admin console for device control. http://forum.universal-devices.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=6195 http://forum.universal-devices.com/viewforum.php?f=84 http://forum.universal-devices.com/viewforum.php?f=66 http://forum.universal-devices.com/viewforum.php?f=83

Ok. Thank you both. Tim

Ah, that may be it. I didn't know there was a 140 character limit. Is that a text standard limitation or ISY limitation? My phone breaks long texts into 2 or more as well. Do phones do that automatically on incoming texts or do they do that on outgoing texts? Or is that the provider that performs that?

Was setting up a text notification and found that the subject line and only about 5 lines of the body are sent in the text. Does anyone know if this is a limitation of the phone carrier (sprint in this case) or a limitation in the ISY? Thanks, Tim 3.2.4

I received an email from my ISY this morning, my sprinklers would not run today....Because there has been rain today! I looked at weatherbug and sure enough they are reporting rainfall again in my area. I checked 2 of the closest stations and both are now reporting rain. It may turn out to be a good day after all!

Anything new on this topic? Thanks, Tim

After running "cycle complete" it may take a little bit for the climate module to update the irrigation requirement...It appears to depend on the poll rate. I have mine set to 5 minutes which seems to be about when the irr. req. refreshes with the new value.

This has not been my experience. My Compaq tower does support wol (surprisingly since it is a very inexpensive machine) and the ISY will start it when it is in the off state and has been doing so for the last 5 months every day. Before that the last computer my wife had also supported wol and the ISY woke it up every day as well. Laptops and notebooks may be a different story since they are battery powered, so I could see wol only working for those when they are in hibernation. In your original post you didn’t mention that your dell was a laptop or tower, I assumed tower since it was connected to a ups. So the long and short of it is I have to disagree with the info you were given. At the same time however I have no idea why wol is not working for you from an off state yet it does for me, and I am assuming a lot of others as well. Tim

Interesting link. I just checked to see if I had those services installed and checked, they were not checked. Didn't have to port forward the router or open port 9 either. You do not have to enable internet access either. Have you tryed unchecking the services? What about using the ip sniffer to see if the packets are getting to your computer?

I was re-reading this thread to make sure magic packet was enabled. I too am running windows 7 pro. Where did you access programs and features to install the tcpip services.The reason I asked is that I didnt have to do any of that. I just enabled wol in bios and in the network cards properties and it worked.

No I didn't have to open a port for local network wol for the ISY or the computer.

One last thing. I can confirm that adding a new wol resource works in 3.2.2 as I just recreated a new record for one of my machines and when tested it fired right up.

Sorry, my usefulness to you has come to an end. Hopefully someone with more experience will chime in. If all else fails submit a ticket to UDI, I am sure they will be able to help. Please do keep us posted. Tim

No password is correct. When I press the Test button it looks like it is pressed in then the mouse pointer turns into a circle for maybe a second or two as the ISY is doing its thing then turns into a pointer again. Do you see anything similar?