MrBill

I have these in outdoor fixtures, I just tried to take a picture but there's too much sun right now, I'll try again after sunset. These are only 40watt equivalents (and I don't see a 60 equiv) but I can't imagine with 12 bulbs per chandelier that this wouldn't be enough light when bright.

I knew you were going to come say this... in fact I almost typed Larryllix will be along shortly to tell you how awful they are. Fact is i just purchased 2- 1600 lumen bulbs today, as usual they work perfectly with an insteon dimmer... full dimming range...

Maybe we should just schedule a date.... no dependencies required....

I wish we had a "Thumbs Up" reaction...

the device manages the ramp rate, so you're not sending as much traffic.... if you set the ramp rate the 30 seconds then send on, the light will slowing grow brighter for 30 seconds, then turn off, wait and turn on again... the insteon network only sees On, wait 30, Off, wait 2, <repeat> so there is only 2 insteon commands being sent every 32 seconds, and the effect should be attention getting. Another method if you have color changing light bulbs is just use a color like red and don't flash.

Of course when we all arrive.... None of us should introduce ourselves or wear nametags for the first part. Instead we should all have fun figuring out who is who.

Probably most likely... it all depends on the date. My wife's been wanting to do San Diego Zoo again and another attraction in San Diego that we missed last time, so it would be a good excuse... stop in LA and on to San Diego or vice versa.... LOL I just mentioned it as I was typing and she reminded me I've been wanting to do San Fransisco so it's looks like we will have quite a trip SFO,LAX and SAN.

The greatest limiting factor is the speed of the Insteon Protocol, it's very slow. You'd be much better if you set the interval to 5 seconds or greater. Or even better, adjust the ramp rate of a dimmable load to 30 seconds, then make the loop turn on the light, wait 30 seconds, turn the light off, wait 2 seconds and repeat that. This prevents the insteon network from being overloaded with communication traffic. (be sure to reset the ramp rate when the alarm is over tho.)

I'm very happy with Locative on iOS.... Locative not battery hungry at all. It takes about 20 seconds to realize I've left the geo fence, and generally finds we've entered it just as we hit the driveway. Sadly they discontinued Locative for android, it's iOS only. You must use the other version of the Occupancy node server. (Also note: I've sent a correction to UDI many moons ago but ignore this line of the wiki page "Note: if the user plans on only having one location for geofences you may skip this step. Locations may be added later, and devices may be assigned or reassigned to locations anytime." it is worded incorrectly. Don't skip that step unless only one person will be using the geofence, the folder created is for grouping people at a location not grouping locations.)

Actually I was just at HD, the packaging of the traditional light bulb (A-lamp) style is no longer marketed under the Warm Glow name... it says Phillips Dimmable LED with a purple box... the orange band at the top of the box has in printing that almost gets lost the words "Warm Glow Effect" The back of the box does show examples with in big letters "The more you dim the warmer the light" I think they made a mistake ditching the "Warm Glow" trademark/tradename.

Phillips Warm Glow... available at Amazon or Home Depot

Did you have the UD mobile app downloaded and set up before generating the 6-digit code? The way you're wording it sounds like you hit the "generate" button then downloaded and installed the app. I think you may need to have the app working before you "generate". Also, I'll tag @Javi also since this really falls directly into his lap....

In the early days my wife didn't understand. She at first thought it was a lot of expense for no benefit, her famous quote once, "if you want to turn on the light, all you have to do is turn on the light"...lol. The turning point was when she said, "it's nice not to have to go down to the backdoor to turn on the backyard lights." then a few days later, "It's so nice to have switches for the barn floods and the barn lights in the house." She quietly learned all the switch locations where a double tap has a different outcome, I've noticed she uses them. The latest chapter to this story comes over a motorized shade in the master bath. She was opposed to spending the money. (there's a backstory, but to keep it short the bath was remodeled over the summer the old solution doesn't work anymore, and for a manual shade someone would need to step into the tub each night and again each morning to open/close a manual shade) A few weeks ago I got her to agree to a color but didn't show her what I was ordering. The shade arrived last Friday afternoon and I promptly installed it... Two days later, as in this morning at breakfast, she said "You were right, we do need the automatic shade", Small victories. Ours was down for about 5 hours one day a few months ago when the SD card failed, I can't imagine 5 days.... It's amazing how dependent we become on it... I think I've got a spare part for everything on hand, I just wish backups could be automated because I tweek this or that and after awhile it ends up being more than this or that and I don't remember to backup often enough.

Correct. The ISY/PLM do not detect anything about Insteon devices that have not been added to the system.

1) you can go one room at a time. Insteon devices are detected automatically, the new won't know about the old until you add the device to the new. 2) someone else will know. I don't.

That's the cleanest. Factory reset the device and then add it to the new system. There are other methods that appear to save time, but in the end you'll spend time chasing gremlins, so no net time saved.

Are you thinking of ISY on Polisy as a replacement for your ISY-994? Be aware that while ISY on Polisy is a thing and works, there is not a migration path at this point. To switchover to using ISY on Polisy you will need to factory reset each device and add them one by one, then recreate all your programs. For small systems that's not out of the questions. For larger systems that could be a gigantic project.

The wifi connection can be used for a connections between the router and polisy, however the better connection between router and polisy is always wired.

but they aren't dual band either. I bought a couple USB PLMs.

As mentioned it could be the ISY power supply which there are alot of options from the wiki: "You can try any power supply that outputs anywhere between 5 volt and 30 volts,center positive, 2mm barrel connector" After that you might consider opening a ticket, support@universal-devices.com its possible the serial port of the ISY took a hit.

I'd recommend the base model at this point. And if you ever want to add the "pro" to it, it's upgrade-able. The difference is Pro has wifi and bluetooth, but as yet there is no software that supports either, someday this might be leveraged for bluetooth beacons to identify locations withing the house.

Polyglot 2 also will run on a raspberry pi. Polyglot 3 will not. that said until you need a nodeserver only available under polyglot 3 you can still use 2

Make sure the PLM has time to start before plugging in the ISY. Also try a different cable between the PLM and Port A. Safe mode means the ISY is not communicating with the PLM.

Polyglot and ISY will both run on Polisy hardware. To elaborate, Polyglot 2 already runs on Polisy, So does ISY on Polisy but ISY on Polisy is in Development stages and is currently labeled as Alpha software. P Polyglot 2 can be run on either raspberry pi or Polisy, Isy on Polisy only runs on Polisy. Polyglot 3 (when released) will only run on Polisy. The z-wave solution for ISY on Polisy has not yet been announced... it will be a 700 series controller, but that's all we know at this time. For Insteon ISY on Polisy already supports both the serial and USB versions of the PLM. However there is not yet a migration path for moving your current system from 994 to polisy hardware... that is coming. Not sure what you are asking here. but the migration path hasn't been made known yet. Worst case: start over-- which most people with large systems may not be interested in doing. Best case: Restore 994 backup on polisy and then unplug the PLM and move it and probably run Restore Modem. but the are only GUESSES... we don't know what migration, will look like yet.

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