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Thanks LeeG, your explanation makes perfect sense. Tim

LeeG, Your right, just tested by removing power from the EZFlora and I get the red ! and the program I set up sent me an email about the no response from the EZ. What I did earlier, thinking I would save some time from going to the garage and unplugging the EZ, was create a program with the nodes for the EZ but instead of looking for no response had them looking for response...expecting an email to be sent everytime the nodes responded. Well, that didn't happen and I assumed something was wrong. So it appears that I didn't fully understand the operation of this feature. Just so I am clear, once a device doesn't respond the No Response feature runs only once. And the same is true for the Is Responding, Is Responding will run only once if the No Response feature had already previously run. Is that right? Thanks, Tim

Upgrade went great. The Is/Is Not Responding feature for the EZFlora/Rain is not working still for me. ISY994/ir/pro 3.3.4 EZFlora v.90 address 01.7E.66 I have tried Restore Device, Query Insteon Engine and Restore Device again. Here is a level 3 log first pressing On then Off from the admin console: Sat 11/10/2012 06:35:27 AM : [iNST-TX-I1 ] 02 62 01 7E 66 0F 40 07 Sat 11/10/2012 06:35:27 AM : [iNST-ACK ] 02 62 01.7E.66 0F 40 07 06 (07) Sat 11/10/2012 06:35:27 AM : [iNST-SRX ] 02 50 01.7E.66 19.84.0E 2B 40 87 (87) Sat 11/10/2012 06:35:27 AM : [std-Direct Ack] 01.7E.66-->ISY/PLM Group=0, Max Hops=3, Hops Left=2 Sat 11/10/2012 06:35:27 AM : [ 1 7E 66 8] ST 255 Sat 11/10/2012 06:35:28 AM : [iNST-TX-I1 ] 02 62 01 7E 66 0F 41 07 Sat 11/10/2012 06:35:28 AM : [iNST-ACK ] 02 62 01.7E.66 0F 41 07 06 (07) Sat 11/10/2012 06:35:29 AM : [iNST-SRX ] 02 50 01.7E.66 19.84.0E 2B 41 07 (07) Sat 11/10/2012 06:35:29 AM : [std-Direct Ack] 01.7E.66-->ISY/PLM Group=0, Max Hops=3, Hops Left=2 Sat 11/10/2012 06:35:29 AM : [ 1 7E 66 8] ST 0 I have not tried a factory reset / restore. Nor have I tried a delete from ISY, factory reset of EZ and a complete new linking. Waiting for further instructions. Thanks, Tim

Yes, similar situation here. Thanks, Tim

Hi jmed999, The nearest weather station to me is about 10 miles away (if I recall correctly) and I do use both weatherbug data and the irr. module both successfully. There are no hills or valleys between me and the station. While some of the data may vary (both temp and rain fall) slightly, it seems pretty close. Close enough for me anyway. I have been using the WB data for a year or two and started using the irr. module in programs when it became available. It has been a huge success for me. Cant say for sure if it will work as good for you or not but its worth a try, there is a 30 day money back trial (pretty sure its still available). Tim

Here is a script I have modified to retrieve data from the thermostat and send the data to variables in the ISY. First I would like to thank 87squirrels for his code for the tstat (http://forum.universal-devices.com/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=6009&p=50006&hilit=filtrete#p50006). This modified script will only retrieve data and send variable updates to ISY. It will not change set points etc. on the tstat. Those can be changed via Network Resources in the ISY itself. This code works on the PogoPlug which is Linux based, so it probably will work on other similar units. It will retrieve the data from the tstat and send the updates to the ISY every two minutes. After the initial data is loaded only changes in the data will get sent to the ISY to save on resources. Here is the disclaimer: I am not a programmer or coder....as such there are probably a lot of things that could be changed to improve the script. If anyone has constructive criticism or suggestions they are welcome. Look thru the script for # and change the following line(s) as needed. I would suggest following the tstat API for a description of terms etc. http://central.isaroach.com/wiki/index.php/Tstat_APIs #!/bin/bash #Change this next line to your 3M-50 IP address var_tstat="http://xxx.xxx.x.xxx/tstat" #Change this next line Name Password to the user name and password for your ISY var_wgt="/usr/bin/wget -q -O /dev/null --http-user=admin --http-password=admin" #Change the IP address to your ISY IP address var_ISY="http://xxx.xxx.x.xxx/rest/vars/set" #This next line gets the current time provided by Pogoplug and parses it for a usuable number for ISY variables TIME=`date | cut -c12-19` var_hb="$(echo "$TIME" | sed "s/[^0-9]//g" | sed 's/0*//')" STR=`/usr/bin/wget -q $var_tstat -O -` TEMP=`echo $STR | sed -e 's/.*temp":\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'` TMODE=`echo $STR | sed -e 's/.*tmode":\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'` FMODE=`echo $STR | sed -e 's/.*fmode":\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'` OVERRIDE=`echo $STR | sed -e 's/.*override":\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'` HOLD=`echo $STR | sed -e 's/.*hold":\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'` THEAT=`echo $STR | sed -e 's/.*t_heat":\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'` TCOOL=`echo $STR | sed -e 's/.*t_cool":\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'` TSTATE=`echo $STR | sed -e 's/.*tstate":\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'` FSTATE=`echo $STR | sed -e 's/.*fstate":\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'` #Change the following numbers to match your variable numbers in ISY. ex $var_ISY/2/160/$TEMP change 160 to match which variable you choose for Temp. $var_wgt $var_ISY/2/160/$TEMP $var_ISY/2/161/$TMODE $var_ISY/2/162/$FMODE $var_ISY/2/163/$OVERRIDE $var_ISY/2/164/$HOLD \ $var_ISY/2/165/0 $var_ISY/2/166/0 $var_ISY/2/165/$THEAT $var_ISY/2/166/$TCOOL $var_ISY/2/167/$TSTATE \ $var_ISY/2/168/$FSTATE $var_ISY/2/169/$var_hb #This puts the program to sleep for 2 minutes then continues on below. sleep 120s while true do TIME=`date | cut -c12-19` data="$var_wgt " var_hb="$(echo "$TIME" | sed "s/[^0-9]//g" | sed 's/0*//')" TEMPOLD=$TEMP TMODEOLD=$TMODE FMODEOLD=$FMODE OVERRIDEOLD=$OVERRIDE HOLDOLD=$HOLD THEATOLD=$THEAT TCOOLOLD=$TCOOL TSTATEOLD=$TSTATE FSTATEOLD=$FSTATE STR=`/usr/bin/wget -q $var_tstat -O -` TEMP=`echo $STR | sed -e 's/.*temp":\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'` TMODE=`echo $STR | sed -e 's/.*tmode":\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'` FMODE=`echo $STR | sed -e 's/.*fmode":\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'` OVERRIDE=`echo $STR | sed -e 's/.*override":\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'` HOLD=`echo $STR | sed -e 's/.*hold":\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'` THEAT=`echo $STR | sed -e 's/.*t_heat":\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'` TCOOL=`echo $STR | sed -e 's/.*t_cool":\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'` TSTATE=`echo $STR | sed -e 's/.*tstate":\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'` FSTATE=`echo $STR | sed -e 's/.*fstate":\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'` #Change the numbers below like you did above to match your ISY variables. if [ "$TEMP" != "$TEMPOLD" ]; then data="$data $var_ISY/2/160/$TEMP" fi if [ "$TMODE" != "$TMODEOLD" ]; then data="$data $var_ISY/2/161/$TMODE" fi if [ "$FMODE" != "$FMODEOLD" ]; then data="$data $var_ISY/2/162/$FMODE" fi if [ "$OVERRIDE" != "$OVERRIDEOLD" ]; then data="$data $var_ISY/2/163/$OVERRIDE" fi if [ "$HOLD" != "$HOLDOLD" ]; then data="$data $var_ISY/2/164/$HOLD" fi if [[ "$STR" =~ "t_heat" ]] && [[ "$THEAT" != "$THEATOLD" ]]; then data="$data $var_ISY/2/165/$THEAT $var_ISY/2/166/0" fi if [[ "$STR" =~ "t_cool" ]] && [[ "$TCOOL" != "$TCOOLOLD" ]]; then data="$data $var_ISY/2/166/$TCOOL $var_ISY/2/165/0" fi if [ "$TSTATE" != "$TSTATEOLD" ]; then data="$data $var_ISY/2/167/$TSTATE" fi if [ "$FSTATE" != "$FSTATEOLD" ]; then data="$data $var_ISY/2/168/$FSTATE" fi data="$data $var_ISY/2/169/$var_hb" $data sleep 120s done Good luck! Tim

I should think that info would be included in the Elk owners manual. I have a DSC alarm and when any user code is entered the system automatically arms from a dis-armed state. If an entry/exit door is opened during the exit period the alarm arms in away mode otherwise it arms in the stay mode. Have you tried entering her code to see what will happen?

I don't have an Elk but it seems to me you could used the Elk's Armed State, if the Elk is disarmed set tstat to whatever. Then as oberkc suggested after a half hour or so of no motion detection reset the tstat. It also seems to me that she should be able to re-arm the alarm using her code, but again I don't have an Elk. But if she could arm with her code then the Elk's Armed state could be used again to reset the tstat.

Hello JMC, Here is Michel's announcement from another thread: Hello all, We need a few volunteers to test the enhancements (for accuracy) as proposed by IndyMike. Please note that this will be a separate branch outside the current beta so as to not disturb existing installations. I suspect we would need about a month of testing to ensure calculations are accurate. If you are interested, please send an email to support@universal-devices.com with subject "New ET Firmware". Thanks in advance and with kind regards, Michel _________________ Michel Kohanim Universal Devices, Inc. ISY-99i/ISY-26 INSTEON Wiki Submit a ticket The original thread fount here. viewtopic.php?f=25&t=8771&start=0

jmed999, Some of my devices LED's also vary a bit in brightness when set to the same level. It got to the point before installing multiple devices in the same gang box that I would bench test them beforehand (esp. kpl's), side by side for LED brightness compatablility. But never have I had some as bad as you with the 145 point spread! Thats a pretty wide gap. LED's can vary pretty widely in intensity even from the same batch after production. Near as I could tell on my switchlinc's 255 seemed to be about 50 to 75% brightness. If I remember correctly setting to 0 was full brightness and setting to 1 was off (or the other way around).

Xathros, out of curiosity is this method of testing the internet connection still working for you? If so what version are you on, still 3.2.6? Thanks, Tim

Hmm. Well you could use a Triggerlinc (I think its called) at the top of each of the garage doors. Then just add the status of them to the program. When the garage door closes the triggerlink will change status right away causing the program to run. Or get a Simplehomenet EZIO2x4 which would take care of 2 doors (2 relays) and 4 sets of inputs (2 contacts per door).

This will turn the garage light on for 10 minutes anytime either garage door sensor status changes. If Status of Garage Door1 is On Or Status of Garage Door2 is On Then Turn Garage Light On Wait 10 minutes Turn Garage Light Off Else Turn Garage Light On Wait 10 minutes Turn Garage Light Off

Yes, but because I have to. I was looking for a method of printing for kpl buttons a few years ago and I came across a thread in the smarthome forum of someone using these http://www.papilio.com/white%20inkjet%20waterslide%20decal%20transfer%20paper%20media.html which are inkjet white water slide decals. Since they are water slide I have to spray them after printing and before cutting and wetting with a clear acrylic coat. Then after they dry on the buttons another coat or two is applied. Its kind of a pain and a long drawn out process, but the results are very nice. I asked about the clear coat because I am looking for a quicker, easier method of making the labels.

After sticking the printed label on do you spray them with a clear coat?

WhiteSax, Very clever, and well laid out description. It worked for me the first time I followed your instructions....Awesome tip! It's a nice have all the devices beep at once. Thanks for sharing. Tim

Try opening a browser and typing in http://whatismyipaddress.com/ this website will show what your WAN ip address is. Then try https://yourwanipaddress:port#/admin

Hello NickMach007, I am sure you have probably tried https://hostname.zapto.org:port# or https://hostname.zapto:port#/admin, but just in case you haven't. Also can you access from https://your modems ip address:port#/admin ? Tim

Or KPL C was turned On after Sunset had already occured.

Wow apostolakisl, Nice One! I am with oberkc, I would have bet that it wouldn't have worked either. But sure enough it does work. Nice Job!

Using the CAI WebControl boards http://www.cainetworks.com/products/webcontrol/index.html and using the 1 wire temp sensors from Maxim DS1820/DS1822 http://datasheets.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/DS1822.pdf I am using the CAIWC program on a Pogoplug http://forum.universal-devices.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=7998 or you can also use WCLink http://forum.universal-devices.com/viewtopic.php?f=77&t=6612. Both programs work very well. The programs send the temps to variables in ISY.

Did you have the foam put in during new construction or existing construction. I haven't heard of it being done...will have to do some surfing to find out more about it. That’s a huge temp differential. I too am using the webcontrol boards along with the caiwc program. I keep finding more reasons to buy them and implement them around the house. Thanks, Tim

Hello jdunne, You could, but the other possible issue would be if the "'Climate' Irrigation Requirement" changes while the program is running it would start the program over again so what has been watered would be watered again. Michel's suggestion of breaking the program into two is your best option for non-interrupted watering. Tim

No but you know what, that is a very good idea. I am going to check into doing that. I have sat and watched the temp in the attic drop when the fans turn on, but its been a while and I don’t remember by how much. When I get some time I am going to look into it again. Knowing the builder of these homes - I wouldn’t be surprised that I have at least few leaks into the attic and I am going to have to address them the best I can. In the mean time there are at least plenty of intake vents in both the soffits and gable ends. Thanks, Tim

Hello jmed999, I have two roof mount attic fans which are each controlled by their own Switchlinc Relay. Once the attic temp reaches a set temperature I have programs which turn them on one at a time. I have them run for about a half hour each at a time then cycle off for a bit. Still trying to play with them to get the most benefit (air flow/cool down vs electric use). Haven't drawn any conclusions just yet. I did bypass 1 of the attic fan thermostats so it is directly controlled by its SL relay switch at all times, the other attic fans thermostat is still active but was set pretty low so when its warm in the attic its thermostat is on at which point the SL relay is in full control of the fan operation. Tim