MrBill

Why do you fear tickets? they don't incur charges or fees. I read this forum everyday all day... you have an edge case here... I don't recall this situation occurring since Polisy was originally shipped, I don't expect anyone to have a magic answer for you. You also lead with: But go on to talk about a problem with your Polisy and Polyglot. Are the two related? maybe, but we don't have any idea what has been going on with your ISY... You've simply lead the conversation with you've been having ISY issues, but then go on to talk about a Polyglot issue.

Hue may or may not need internet during initial setup. The solution works locally tho, no internet connection needed for daily usage. I went thru many choices on amazon and never found exactly what I wanted. I ended up ordering from an Amazon Vendor in China. Specifically this strip. Considerations included spacing, cut-abilty, and max-brightness (normal day to day use is 50%, but it's nice to have 100% from time to time. Color is neat, but we never use it, tunable white is mandatory tho. 24V because we have a long span. Don't laugh, but some of my Amazon trial strips got rejected because I didn't like the way they looked in the reflection on the counter top. The linked stripped has nice even spacing regardless of mode. nope. ------------- Edit to add: SuperLedLighthing ships fast... I've ordered from them twice, both times over the weekend, they shipped by Tuesday (China time) and I received both on Friday... less than a full week from order to receipt of product.

What kind of trouble have you been having? Have you rebooted polisy yet? After that if you are still having this issue you should open a ticket by emailing support@universal-devices.com For some reason Polyglot can knows the nodeservers are installed but thinks they are managed elsewhere (besides this polisy).

like @lilyoyo1 mine are controlled via Hue. I actually used a different strip tho with Glendopto controllers that talk to the hue bridge. The ISY has various programs that trigger when the overhead light is switched on or off, that tell the Hue Bridge to operate the controllers. There are diffident on and off levels depending on time, for example under cabinet lights in the evening don't turn all the way off, instead they go to 1% when the overhead light is switched off.

Since Insteon switches will work for you (e.g. 100-277VAC, 50/60Hz) I'd suggest using the native Home Assistant Integration which can use a 2448A7 USB stick as the interface.

1. They are functionally equivalent. 2. the spoken field in the device table isn't actually used. (it might be used by mobilinc with mobilinc connect, but I've never actually used that). Spoken for ISY with ISY portal is set later in the ISY portal. When setting up the spoken in the portal you would want to control the scene, so that all switches will stay in sync. 3. I didn't go to that extreme naming.... I just named what I called things. I'd suggest including a ~ in the name of devices that don't actually control a load. It's not supported in the UDI app yet but is likely coming soon as a method to hide extra devices. It's already viable to use that with the Univeral-devices Home Assistant Integration. to each his own... but I found it easier to take use a "TV table" or portable table and chair to areas where there was no table for a laptop. You can program, test, and not spend alot of time walking around.

If they're smart they won't sell the PLM as a single device unless it's for a premium....

Threads selling items appear periodically in the Coffee Shop section of the forum.

I remember now!!... just yesterday I wondered why I had a variable named "iDummyLastVariable"

It's not the same thing. Even from the factory devices should be factory reset. As @lilyoyo1 mentions this forum is filled with people that tried to make short cuts. Bite the bullet and do it the best way. It goes faster than you think.... For the record I started out that way myself... i was convinced I could add all the devices to the ISY AND keep the Insteon Hub too... it only took me a few weeks to just wipe it all and start over.... Yes. One notable difference is Hub to ISY tho is in the ISY you just designate it as a controllers. In the ISY Controllers are automatically considered Responders, unlike the Insteon Hub were you need to use "both". I'm not certain exactly what you mean, but the best way to do this is take your laptop with you. Do a room, take laptop to next room, etc. Not really... Factory Reset is "hands on" the device. The list of devices might help you because I think the "Input the address" method is faster than the error prone method of putting the device in linking mode and letting the ISY "find" it.

Interger Variables that don't change... used as Constants cTrue = 1 cFalse = 0 cBlue = 255 c30percent = 77 (30% of 255, used in dimming) Makes programs easier to read: If sAway = cTrue then......

You're not going to like the answer... but the best answer is: 1) Factory reset every device and 2) manually add it to the new system. The problem is that you're not just adding a device to ISY, the problem is that Links in every device need to be read as well as written/re-written. People that have added devices and scanned the links in the devices always end up with bad links, phantom links, full PLM's etc The best way is time consuming, but it will save you time in the long run.

Doubtful. more likely bad signal/noise/signal suckers etc. Do you have polyglot running either via Pi or Polisy? if so load the nodeserver ISY Inventory so we can see counts? Do you have pro or regular version of ISY? Pro does have a smaller node limit, although I don't recognize these symptoms as being that issue. You could also count links in the PLM to see if the PLM is full/near full. Tools > Diagnostics > Show PLM links table > Count. It should be noted that OTHER Insteon traffic screws up the count. If you can do it while no one else is home, and repeat it several times until you think you've got a good count. If you have motion detectors don't make motion during the count. If you want to stop all of your programs from running, create a temporary integer variable and leave it's value at zero, then click My Programs at the top of the program tree, Create a folder condition, in the IF for that folder enter a condition "If Temp_variable is 1" (Which is false, because the value of Temp_variable is 0)... and save programs... this will immediately prevent all programs from running... be sure to remove the condition and resave when you are done with the counts and want your programs to run again.

Is there another Insteon switch next to this one? like the light? same circuit? If so does it work as expected? If so this may be a defective switch. I'd pull the switch out of the wall, and wire it up with a test cord (cap the red wire) and plug it in to the same circuit as the PLM, and retest. (pic shamelessly stolen from a @Teken post somewhere else on this forum.)

sudo service polyglot stop sudo service udx stop sudo pkg update sudo pkg upgrade sudo service polyglot start sudo service udx start

That's actually exactly how I do it.... I was thinking about suggesting that next round... but wanted to use the moment to teach state vs integer first.

So Specifically the question that I asked is about communication in the direction of the switch TO ISY. It's good to know that the ISY can talk to the switch, and if "If I press the button" means if you turn on the switch the ISY doesn't realize the switch turned on then we've established that communication is bad the other direction. The purpose of the question was to determine if communication is occurring... if we don't have that the program will never work. Given that we have communication from the ISY to the Switch, the first thing that I would try in this case is to Factory Reset the switch. Pull the bottom programming/air gap lever out, wait 10 seconds, push the lever all the way in and HOLD IT IN until the long beep stops. (Don't let up when the beep starts, keep hold the switch in until the beep is done.) Next, in the device tree select the device, right click it and choose Restore Device. After the ISY is done reprograming the switch repeat the test and let us know if it works yet. I'm not looking at the instructions, so I don't know if the words there could be better or if you misinterpreted them. However for the program as written you only need and integer variable. The difference? In an IF statement a State variable will cause the IF to run anytime it changes. You're not relying on that magic property here, instead you are specifically using 'Run Program' anytime you want the program to run. Another way to say this is that a State Variable can be use in an IF statement as either a trigger or a filter. Conversely, an integer variable can only be used as a filter. Triggers can start execution, Filters prevent it. State Variables use more resources, as such it's best to use an Integer Variable unless the magic property of the state variable being able to trigger a program is needed. Another good habit is to make the first character of all variable names either a lower case s or lower case i to indicate it's type. That just makes the programs easier to read and better organizes the variable drop downs in the admin console. Lastly I can't tell if you're carefully typing programs in the forum or if you've figured out how to paste them, but if you haven't figured it out.... click the program name in the program tree and right click and choose Copy to Clipboard. then you can literally ctrl-v paste it into a forum message.

Assuming 'Hall Bath Fan' is the correct device that should work fine. What happens if you switch to the Main tab and hi-lite that device, then go turn the switch on, does the ISY change the state from Off to On? You didn't ask for programming advice beyond the question you asked, but state variables use more resources than integer variables and I'm not certain why you would need a state variable for this application. Also unless it's an adjustable value I'm not even sure I would use a variable.

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For problem number 1 (after you resolve problem#2) I would try the other linking method. Use the Link Management menu at the top of the "Admin Console", select "New Insteon Device". Enter the devices Address, and name and click OK. No need to put the device in linking mode. For problem number 2, I suggest you open a ticket: support@universal-devices.com

The official communication channel with Universal Devices is via support tickets, you should email support@universal-devices.com to open a ticket. While the forum is operated by UDI, and they do occasionally comment, they don't read and track every thread.

It looks like you created that as an "Integer" variable. Because you likely want to use the variable "Away" in the IF statement of a program you likely want to make it a "State" variable instead. Integer variables can be use in IF statements, but they act as Filters, whereas State variable are triggers. Not required, but a good practice due to the way the dropdowns elsewhere in the admin console work is to make the first character of your variable a telltale of its type. Many of us would name this variable "sAway" as a state variable or if it was an integer variable we might call something "iBeanCounter" (and @larryllix will be along shortly to tell you about using c for Constant with some of your integer variables ??)

It's out of stock. It hasn't been discontinued at this time. Discontinued products like "Hidden Door Sensor" aren't listed on the website. It's unknown when it will be back in stock due to the current worldwide semiconductor shortages. Some people repair failed PLMs by replacing capacitors. someone had success swapping parts from a USB model into the serial model. there's another thread where a converter was created so that a USB model could be used. ISY is in the process of moving to Polisy, when it does the USB PLM is an option. Always make backups. I've had a spare 2413s on the shelf since I started reading about failures years ago.

That's one way, and perfectly acceptable. I don't have an ELK, so I can't say if there is an equivalent procedure for that equipment. Let us know if it helps. there are others here with ELK equipment.