MrBill

if Your using mobilic and/or mobillinc connect disregard this. If you're using the ISY portal and Locative App, delete Locative, restart your phone and then re-install Locative. Both my iPhones had this problem after upgrade from iOS 14.x to iOS15.

Couple things... make a backup before you start. (obviously) Open the programs tab and click the top folder (probably My Programs) then right click and pick Copy Folder to Clipboard. then open notepad and paste, then save... now you have a text copy of your programs in case you need to refer to how something was. After you update... the credentials will be reset to admin/admin first 2 things to do when you log in are: 1) check Help > About and make sure you are in matching versions firmware and UI. v4 and v5 really don't like each other if your admin console is still in v4. 2) next head the the Programs Tab and Summary sub-tab look for YELLOW... if any program has a Yellow flag it needs manual help. Disclaimer: I don't have Z-wave and don't understand all the concepts, but you might want to find the upgrade post from the last week or so and read what the guy said.

You're likely better off using a short USB extension (M->F) cord to get the antenna away from other RF interference and position it as you like.

In the admin console, if you click Z-wave > Z-wave version is it 4.55.00? or 6.81.00? 4.55.00 = 300 series Z-wave board... ISY firmware v.5.0.16C is the version you would need to upgrade to 6.81.00 = 500 series... you can upgrade to the latest version 5.3.4.. If you currently have 300 series z-wave (which is likely given the age and the fact you would know if you previously upgraded) I would suggest that you upgrade to 5.0.16C and save your hardware upgrade money for Polisy. Do any of your programs use the "Adjust Scene" functionality? If so, those programs will require manual tweeking after you change firmware branches from V4 to V5.

I suspect that you need to upgrade to version 5 of the ISY firmware. Don't jump right on that tho, you need to do your homework first. I suspect you have a 300 series z-wave board if you're on the V4 branch. With that hardware you can only upgrade as far as version 5.0.16C. You could upgrade the Z-wave to 500 series, but at this point you may want to stop at 5.0.16C and wait for ISY on Polisy (a different hardware upgrade) but will upgrade your z-wave to Zooz 700 series. Do you also have Insteon? How many of which type of devices? How many programs do you use?

I don't have one of the Zooz switch so I can't comment on that. Someone that runs Z-wave like @asbrilmight be able to comment, it's possible the switch may load more nodes in v5 of the ISY firmware. NOTE: your firmware and UI versions don't match, they should. Start by deleting all the admin.jnlp or start.jnlp files that you have, then clear your java cache. then since you're on windows install the ISY Launcher: This will create an Icon on your desktop called ISY Launcher which if you use this going forward should run the matching version of the admin console. The Launcher was new in 2018 and designed to alleviate the problems of browsers that block java and users that keep too many copies of start.jnlp around and run the wrong one, or don't remember to update it everytime when they upgrade firmware. You may also want to increase your Java cache memory.

Michel did announce the Z-wave stick would be the Zooz 700 Series.

Could also be when you need to reboot your computer... I've had it happan before, something crashed and cleanup isn't happening correctly.

Thanks! that is confusing! So @PB11 it boils down to whether you have iOS or Android. If you have iOS, you are using it Locative app and using Occupancy. If you have Android, you are using with UDI Mobile (which is 3rd party) and using Occupancy V2.

@PB11 The reality is that you probably don't need custom voice dimming in the kitchen. Mostly likely you have multiple light configurations that you repeatedly use over and over again. For example, in my kitchen there are 5 lighting patterns: Daytime Off: all the lights are off Daytime On: Overhead on, Table light 50%, undercabinet 50%, overcabinet Off Evening Off: Overhead off, Table light off, undercabinet 1%, overcabinet 3% Evening On: Overhead On, Table light 50%, undercabinet 50%, overcabinet 80% Dinnertime: Overhead 20%, Table light 30%, undercabinet 1%, overcabinet 40% Outside of those configurations there might be something unusual, like on Christmas eve when we have a gathering there's one more configuration, but I just do it manually. (Evening begins at Sunset or "dinnertime" whichever comes first (keep in mind "sunset varies almost 5 hours, so typically "dinnertime" is first in the summer, and "sunest" occurs first in the winter. "Daytime" starts in the kitchen at "bedtime" the night before, "bedtime" is an arbitrary time that occurs everynight.) There's also a past reply, where i show how to use programs to Alexa/voice dim specific devices while keeping scenes in sync. This isn't what you want to do in your kitchen however:

That may very well be true, and the power company may not know anything about it. X10 can leak from one house to another. Most X10 devices put out lower levels of PLC signals, but there are workaround/exceptions. My prior residence was a lakeside house, I also owned the 2nd tier house directly across the street. Leviton at the time produced Model: hca02-10e 2 phase x10 Coupler/Repeater which was a phase coupler and amplifier, I had one installed in my main breaker panel. It boosted the signal so well that I could use X-10 across the street and control it from my house. Both houses served by the same power company transformer. In another aspect of life I was also and X-10 consultant and ran into a few places where customers needed to install Leviton's 6284, 200 Amp Noise Blocker w/Split Or 3-Phase Coupler to keep out noise and/or neighbors X10 signals. Leviton doesn't make the product anymore but it seems there are a few available here and there as I google this morning. WARNING: Generally, this is NOT a DIY install in most cases. 6284 must be installed over the neutral conductor, meaning neutral must be taken loose from the panel--In most cases the only way to kill power is to have the meter pulled by the utility. Your case might be different depending on where your transfer switch is. You might also create programs so that you can find the exact moment these start up next spring. Something like: AAA x10test.0 - [ID 01D0][Parent 0001] If X10 'J/Status Request (10)' is Received Then Run Program 'AAA x10test.1' (Then Path) Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') AAA x10test.1 - [ID 01D1][Parent 0001][Not Enabled] If - No Conditions - (To add one, press 'Schedule' or 'Condition') Then Disable Program 'AAA x10test.0' Resource 'ISYNotification.aaa-push test' Wait 1 hour Enable Program 'AAA x10test.0' Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') It's two programs so that we can limit the notifications to 1 per hour, without doing it this way you could end up filling the ISY queues to the point it simply reboots because there are hundreds of notifications (the first program would run EVERYTIME the ISY receives the hail request, at 2 per second the notifications can't go out that fast). Knowing the exact time these things start up may help you pinpoint what's sending it, especially if it's something you yourself are switching on in the spring.

Do you leave your admin console open 24/7? If so have you restarted it lately? It's better to only open the admin console when you're actively using it, but if you choose to leave it open a lot, restart it everyday.

Quoting notifies..... Occupancy only works with the app Locative and Locative is only available on the iOS platform (they dropped the android version). Occupancy V2 only works with UD mobile and not locative. I also think UD mobile and Occupancy V2 is only supported on the Andriod version and not iOS, but personally I'm confused looking at the Occupancy V2 wiki page because it's last edit was in August 2018 and I wasn't aware UDI mobile was around in August of 2018. Paging @Javi because he knows this answer.

I agree on mobilinc, I wouldn't send anyone that direction anymore. as far as UD mobile, it's great, and I do use it for one off issues that I haven't built controls for in my HA dashboard. I think for the most part HA will remain my mobile interface, but its absolutely awesome to have UD mobile and be able to reach devices, programs, NR's etc that I don't have controls built for. On thing I love about HA is that I can use my laptop to "develop" the dashboard and then it can be used from mobile, wheras with UD mobile I have to hold my phone to "develop" or 'create all the favorites' and scaled down controls... I probably will just never get around to that, especially if I have to do it on the phone and not build it for use via the laptop. I don't know what the case would be tho had UD mobile existed first.....

This is a hard question to answer. All I can really say is "it depends", but I guess that requires some explanation.... so here goes some rambling discussion....... First and foremost... one of the reasons I choose to the ISY platform to start with "all local, no subscriptions required, no add-on fee's" I didn't mind paying $20 on-top for Mobilinc Pro, However I was instantly turned off by Mobilinc X when it was released because it required an annual subscription, and for that reason I never bought it. Finally frustrated with Mobilinc Pro tho due to the "Already subscribed" bug I next invested in eKeypad, and later I bought Agave too. (turns out the "Already Subscribed" bug is caused by something unknown other than Mobilinc, but the problem really seems to be a Mobilinc bug and I lived with it a long time trying to resolve it). So, over time I spent considerably on "add-ons", but as noted dislike annual fees.... But the fear of recurring fee's does have a pricepoint... For example: I have no problem subscribing the Portal at it's low rate of just ~$1.00 per month, I also like the two year subscription duration. So I favor a flat fee, with no recurring subscriptions, but in certain cases will buy a subscription. Another disclosure I'll make is that I've actually made a few private payments to node server developers to get my "suggestions" moved higher on their priority lists. I'm not bashful about offering incentives, that's happened multiple times in amounts like $30, $60 and $100 depending how badly I felt I needed the change/modification. All that said tho... there's another economic factor in the mix. I was originally attracted to Home Assistant because both @asbril and @carealtor were using it. What I found when I got there tho, is that the UDI integration is amazing. I was finally able to set up a mobile experience that has wife approval.. and she actually will use it.... while I try to make ISY the "center of the universe" in a couple of places I have delegated "control" to HA over the ISY.. in two cases what I need isn't available thru ISY/nodeserver, and in other the HA integration is just better than the ISY nodeserver. All that said the core integration count for HA is sitting at 1860... that equates to 1860 nodeservers that are built in and free to use.. there's also 1000's more that are free but have to be added through the community store. So all things considered this is a driving force in whether I'll buy a nodeserver or use the HA integration. After all HA and ISY operate so well together they seem to be like Siamese twins.... TL;DR Yes I'll pay... prefer 1 time charges over subscriptions, but will also evaluate all options before paying.

You're probably correct, I have one scenario involving a nodeserver that I never worked out which causes issues during the Query All My solution was a minute before the query disable the program and re enable it 16 minutes later.... in your case something like... If From 2:59:00 AM to 3:15:00 AM then Disable Dim Master LEDs else Enable Dim Master LEDs ... would disable the program screenshot above from running during the query. Edit to add: in my case that was originally a trouble shooting step, but I never figured out a better fix so I just left it...

It's really a mindset and it really boils down to which device is considered the "scene controller" or even more broadly which device the "controller". My mindset is that the ISY is always the center of automation, Alexa is only a voice assistant that lets me operate the automations stored in the "Controller". In your first scenario you were attempting to make Alexa the controller and let the ISY be the assistant the knows how to turn on and off certain lights.

X-10 House code J is 1 1 1 1 Status Request is also 1 1 1 1 So it makes some sense that noise could produce house code J status requests. However if X-10 is properly implemented it would be hard to get the start code repetitively in noise, and the fact that each X10 transmission must be received twice to be considered valid. more information on the Physical Layer of the protocol can be found in the wikipedia article.

Are you using Locative app on iOS with Occupancy? or Occupancy 2 with UDI Mobile? I can answer the iOS with Occupancy... To update your location manually open the locative app and long press the "Location" in the "locations" screen in the app. (if "Edit GeoFence" pops up you tapped, you need to long press.) On long press you'll see a context menu popup with the items Trigger "Enter" Event and Trigger "Exit" Event. Use those to manually get your phone back on the correct side of the fence. Also there seems to be a problem with Locative and being upgraded to iOS 15. The developer still hasn't answered my email, but the solution seems to be "After upgrading to IOS 15, uninstall Locative, restart the phone, reinstall Locative." Other variations of those steps might work, I haven't tested. Those worked on mine and my wifes phones. The symptom that caused me to uninstall, restart reinstall was that "Exit" events were mostly not working. It's worked correctly since uninstall/reinstall tho. To save time and frustration be sure to tap the "location" then copy and paste your 2 webhook URLS to a NOTE on your iPhone, so that you can reverse that and paste them back into the app on reinstall.

A couple posts up he said: but we don't know how much time that equates to...

Correct, you don't want "adjust scene" for just turning the button on or off.

As I pointed out in your other post... unless you already have it you won't find a 2413s PLM to buy at this point. You can however install the non-plm firmware on the second ISY.

To add another troubleshooting step to @larryllix What happens if you try to turn the Basement /Wet Vac on and off from the admin console? Nothing wrong with the program, except that it doesn't last long, are you assuming that within an hour that you'll take over? You could use the newer "repeat while" program architecture, or you could simply add a Run Program 'Wet Vac' (then path) to the end to make it loop forever or more specifically until you stop it.

How are you trying to "Write" the changes? The GUI is NOT intuitive... CHange the on-level dropdown then press On-Level to the LEFT of the dropdown to "Set" the value.

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