ryarber

I would like to report that I cannot play the violin either. This could be a problem.

The last beta release was 2.7.6. I'd go there and get set up and stable. Make a very good backup before proceeding with subsequent builds as they are alpha builds. This is the voice of experience talking. Keep your backup in a safe place and keep the insteon.zip for the version you are backing up. After that, you can proceed to the alpha software if you want.

I likewise replaced and restored a PLM during my 2.7.9 install. I also added a couple of v2 thermostats. Would it be possible to just ride this out for a while and see if everything is working okay before I make a decision to go back through that whole process again? I actually had everything working pretty well in 2.7.9.

Rebooted ISY and they are back in my lighting now. Thanks.

I am on 2.7.9. I do not have any folders.

Thanks for reply. I went to Tools>Generate Topology I see the devices there under my lighting, but I do not see any path to them. Reading left to right it gives: Device Name Insteon address Location is Load Scene Relationships Type of device Notes

I just replaced my PLM yesterday and I was going through and making sure all my switches are working correctly. I ran across a little problem tonight that I've never seen or heard of with the ISY. I found 2 switches that are not listed in "my lighting." The thing is, they are listed in the scenes they were previously in. I know they have been there before, but somehow they have been forgotten. I think the PLM still has a link to them. I was going to remove the devices and relink them to the ISY/PLM so I took one of them out of the scenes it was in. It wouldn't let me remove the device from the ISY because you don't get that option unless you right-click on the device under "My Lighting." After I removed the device, I factory reset the switch and tried to repair with the ISY/PLM. Now the ISY/PLM will not try to link again. It probably already has the link to the device in the PLM and will not attempt to pair with a device it already thinks it is paired with. So now I have a factory reset switch that is not and cannot be useable. I also have another switch that is still listed in the scenes that were controlling it, but it is not in my lighting. One of these is an inline relay switch and the other is an icon dimmer. Any suggestions?

I just got 3 new version 2.0 thermostat adaptors. 2 of them are set up fine, but one of them I'm having problems with. After trying to initially set up the device straight out of the box, I got an error saying it failed writing high water mark to the device or something like that. I did a factory reset, and now the device appears as 4 devices under the ISY. The devices are xx.xx.xx-main xx.xx.xx-cool control xx.xx.xx-heat control xx.xx.xx-fan control It won't let me group these devices ala the KPL's and Remotelincs. If I try to remove one of these "devices," it removes them all. The xx.xx.xx-main device seems to work fine at controlling the thermostat as it is supposed to. I had run the add device using the "auto discover" mode. When I go back after factory reset and tell it that it is a 2441V thermostat adaptor, it seems to sync fine and be working normally.

What does the little green icon with the 1's and 0's mean under 2.7.9? Does it mean there is data waiting to be written to a device? If it won't go away, does that mean there is a communication problem with that device?

I'm running XP inside Parallels on my mac and I cannot open the .jnlp file. It keeps asking which app I want to open it. Thanks.

I am getting lots and lots of errors in my log. I was wondering if someone could help me with this. 0 null Sun 12/20/2009 09:22:44 AM System -5006 0 null Sun 12/20/2009 09:23:13 AM System -5012 0 uuid:00 Sun 12/20/2009 09:23:13 AM System -5011 The first error is showing up once, the second error shows up about 3 times in a row and the last error shows up about 50 times in a row.

I can sync with pool.ntp.org just fine. Notifications work as well

I am using DHCP. My router is a linksys RVS4000 gigabit firewall/router with VPN. Should I try to set it up with a static IP and see if that helps? My computers are all set up with static IP addresses and they work fine. I wonder if my router is passing along the internet DNS address instead of its own address as the DNS server.

I don't really know what I'm looking at here, but here are the error entries you are looking for: 0 192.168 Tue 11/24/2009 09:16:06 PM System -60001 0 null Tue 11/24/2009 09:17:01 PM System -60006 0 192.168 Tue 11/24/2009 09:17:27 PM System -60001 I did not remove part of the IP address that I was trying to access. The address is 192.168.1.254. The address has been truncated in the log.

I'm trying to sync different devices in my home with my router which is supposed to be able to act as a time server. I have my router/firewall syncing with bellsouth's ntp servers, and I was syncing all my devices in my home that can sync with the router to keep everything in the house in sync. It works fine for all devices except the ISY. All of my Macs and PC's sync fine. My ELK syncs fine with it, but the ISY keeps giving me an error when I try to sync. I'm putting in an internal IP address (192.168.1.254) that corresponds to my router/firewall. Am I doing something wrong? Does the ISY not allow this?

Restoring a device doesn't wipe out its old memory. If it was in a scene previously, it will still respond to that scene. Doing a restore doesn't change that, it only adds setting the ISY thinks it should have. In order to wipe out all previous memory, a factory reset must be done. Then the ISY will rebuild the memory to the state it (the ISY) thinks it should have.

That seems to have fixed my issues that I was having. Thanks for all your help.

This is the way I have done it in the past. It only works if you are replacing with a similar model device. ie. replacing a kpl dimmer with another kpl dimmer, or an icon relay with another icon relay. First, physically replace the switch. Write down the insteon address for pairing with the ISY PLM. Go to the ISY admin console and pair the device with the ISY/PLM. Don't worry about renaming at this point. After you've done that, you can right click on the device you are replacing and select "Replace device with..." from the contextual menu. Select the device you just installed from the list. From there, the ISY takes care of the rest.

Thanks for the help. I didn't realize that if the first statement was false, the program would be evaluated. I had assumed that with the first statement being a timed event, it would force the program to only be evaluated once daily. I guess else statements can get you in trouble unless you know what you are doing.

I'm trying to get the landscape lights to come on at about 10 minutes past sunrise unless it's cloudy. Here is my program If When time is sunset and Module 'Climate' Light is 0 Then Set Scene 'Landscape Lights' On Else Wait 10 minutes Set Scene 'Landscape Lights' On I'm getting landscape lights turning on at various times during the day. Even during daylight.

I got a couple different ones at Lowes the other night to try. I was quite surprised by the warmth of the 2700K bulbs. They are pretty close to incandescent. So far, no problems with noise on my lines. I tried GE and Lowes brand of bulbs as well.

So has anyone seen the new GE reveal CFL bulbs in person? Is it the entire GE line of CFL's that smarthome is endorsing? Are there any other brands that are lower noise bulbs? I haven't yet gotten that many CFL's, but I've been meaning to.

What would the difference be in those numbers? Which would most closely approximate an incandescent bulb?

Are there any warm white LED's or CFL's now? My main gripe with them is their harsh tone to the light.

A couple of questions: 1. I'm not familiar with the "dashboard" you speak of. I assume this is just a small widget like web page that contains your calculations. I this run on a webserver in your home? How did you set this up? 2. One of the problems I'm looking at is that I have a low area that gets a lot of runoff during rainfall, but not during irrigation. That area stays wet and it is hard to mow it because it takes so long for it to dry out. Any ideas how you would compensate for that? I had thought about using your ET calculations for my yard and just setting up a sepearate set of calculations for that one zone and just set the water level at a very low level before triggering an irrigation event. Most of us have a ditch or some other problem area where our lawns might drain off that will require less irrigation.