mikewu99

I'm starting to think that a maybe setting up a headless Raspberry Pi running Java might preserve my ability to access the admin console, assuming that the code for the console will always be available on the ISY994i. Just keep everything frozen in time. Thoughts?

I currently have an ISY994i running at a vacation home. Since it will be obsoleted this December I need to replace it with something else. In the past I would upgrade what runs at my main residence (currently running an EISY) and the vacation home would get the hand-me-down, but since the EISY is working perfectly I can't justify the $400 to update the vacation home ISY. I only have 18 Insteon devices in the vacation home and two simple timer programs. It seems to me that the logical option is to dumb down to an Insteon Hub at the vacation house. Has anyone done this? Do I have to clear every device and start from scratch? I have seven multi-way groups - do I need to reset them all and then recreate them in the Insteon Hub or can I somehow just unlink the ISY and link the Hub?

@larryllix the programs are working after I figured out that $sdeltaTemp needs to be a state variable (I assume that's what the "s" prefix means). I added code to disable OpenWindow and enable CloseWindow when OpenWindow runs (and vice versa) to prevent the window motors from being energized every time the temperature changes. Also prevents the ISY from overriding me if I manually open or close a window.

I added these to two brand new awning windows. Controlled through a Bond Bridge. I was able to hook them to the windows without drilling holes or otherwise modifying the windows other than removing the crank operators, so no voiding the window warranty. https://www.olidesmart.com/collections/automatic-window-opener/products/am56

Thanks. I hadn't figured out how to assign Polyglot nodes to variables - that was the missing piece.

Just got my first Polyglot plugin running to get data from my WS-5000 console. I can figure out how to trigger a program when a sensor reaches a particular temperature. What I would like to do is to trigger a program (which opens a window and turns on a fan) when the temperature on the main sensor (outside temperature) is lower than an inside sensor's temperature, and close the window when the opposite is true. I would want to build in a few degrees of hysteresis to prevent too much cycling between open/close. Is this possible with EISY and Polyglot?

Thanks, I figured it would be something like that. I keep forgetting that ISY programs are really state machines and not sequential programs.

Been a while since I've posted, or even touched my ISY - it's just been working. Today I tried a simple program: Reset Waterfall - [ID 0014][Parent 0001] If Time is 2:00:00AM And 'Outside / Pool Waterfall' Status is On Then Set 'Outside / Pool Waterfall 3way' Off Wait 10 seconds Set 'Outside / Pool Waterfall 3way' On Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') What I am trying to do is every day at 2:00AM I want to check to see if a KPL button is lit. If it is I want to turn off a scene (which will turn off the KPL button) for ten seconds, then turn it back on (which should turn the button back on). What happens is that the scene gets turned off but never turns back on. This happens if I execute a "Run Then". It also happens at 2:00AM (apparently, since the scene is off when I check it in the morning). If I remove the wait command and "Run Then" I see the KPL button turn off then back on again.

D'oh. Thanks

Long time ISY user here, haven't changed anything on my ISY 994i 1024 IR in a few years (it just works). Wanted to try integrating a new Bond Bridge. I was at version 4.9 something, figured I should upgrade to 5.3.4. Backed up, performed the upgrade, cleared Java cache. Now my User ID and Password do not work. Any ideas?

FWIW here is SmartHome's answer when I asked about PLM availability:

It never made sense to me that SmartHome did not support UD/ISY. At my main house I have 37 SwitchLincs (dimmers and switches), 6 KeypadLincs, 3 FanLincs, and 7 Micro On/Offs. I also had six Insteon thermostats until a complete HVAC replacement forced me to dump them. Plus 7-8 plug-in modules that I use for decorative/holiday lighting. No way I could manage that many devices without my ISY. That's a lot of $ in SmartHome's pockets (not counting the Insteon and X-10 stuff I bought from them and left at the previous house). Plus they sell an $80 PLM with every ISY - that's what they are selling their Insteon Hub for. In other words, they make the same revenue from an ISY sale as they do from a Hub sale (and probably a higher margin). Insane. That said, if for some reason my ISYs (I just bought my fourth ISY for a vacation home) lose the ability to work with Insteon (due to dying PLMs or whatever) I have too much invested in Insteon to switch over to Z-Wave. I don't fiddle too much with the ISY at home much, I've had the programs I need running for years. It's an appliance and it just works.

I have an email from Smarthome customer support also saying that they were being discontinued due to "low sales". I also notice that the 2413S PLM is showing as "Sold Out", fortunately I was able to get one of two that were left on Amazon to go with the ISY I just ordered. If Smarthome discontinues the PLM, where will that leave UD ans the ISY?

I did notice while browsing that colors other than white also seem to be unavailable. Maybe also part of the thinning out. I could use a SwitchLinc On/Off with the frame and rocker removed, stuck in a junction box with a blank cover plate. Much less elegant solution, and a bit more work.

This really, really stinks. I went to buy three Micro On/Off switches for some under counter lighting and not available. My plan was to put a micro switch inside each under counter light fixture and use an Insteon wall on/off strictly as a controller of the micro switches. I've done this at another house and it works great. I will look at the Z-Wave Aeotec Nano, although it look substantially larger than the Insteon Micro. Is the a Z-Wave equivalent to the Insteon wall switch that can be used simply as a controller for the Nanos? This might be the start of my migration away from Insteon, although I have several dozen Insteon devices in use.