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@DennisC THANK-YOU!!!! It took two reinstalls and that did the trick. Reconnected!! It always stated that thigns were running, just not connected. I was panicked as I get a bunch of notifications via the UDM!! @paulbates, I did place a post where I thought you mentioned and shared it here as more people seem to respond and when one is not sure what to do and not getting notificaitons it is to worry! But reinstallation and a couple of tries at that and we are back up! THANK-YOU AGAIN!!!! John

I have two eisy's each in a different location. I upgraded one eisy a couple weeks back and had no issues whatsoever. In the last few days, I upgraded the other eisy when I got to it and all seemed good. However I noticed today that I was not receiving any UDMobile notifications via the notifications plug in. When I checked the plugin it stated it was disconnected. PG3x was running fine, just that notification was disconnected. I tried stopping and restarting the plugin. I rebooted the eisy. Nothing brought it back online. A weird thing is when I stopped the notifications plugin, the timer kept counting being online... not the PG3x but the notification plugin. When I started it again, the counter never zeroed out to start again the time online or connected. How do I reconnect after this upgrade so notifications is connected and works again after this major upgrade? Thank-you in advance for any advice. John

@Geddy I received an email that you replied to this post but your reply is not appearing. I am doing nothing other than just displaying my code and just going through things. I did easily note that no edits could be done just actually reporting this error. I do know that it is not yet 100 percent but just trying to help! John

@Geddy , Thank-you. All matches this time right out of the box! And this was a local logon not using portal credentials. Thank-you for the advice and answer. John

Solved an error in a previous post whereby I could not display my code in a program using the new web based UI. By adding a dummy integer variable, (had plenty of State variables), I can now view my code. Thanks to @bmercier for this bug work around. Now, in my notifications using my email server, the old way of notifications, I get the following red error:"*** Action Not Supported: Notify ***". The line that is in error is: Send Notifications to 'Default' content 'Someone Opened Garage' That code above, clearly seen and editable in the original Java UI, that is hidden by that red error, still works just great as I get an email or text sent through my email server on any program I have using the original notification method supplied in IoX. Using the Notification Controller works just as well too, but there are times when a text, (which I can still do), or email can be preferable. My question is why? Another bug I would guess. Is the original form of Notification to be deprecated in future updates/upgrades, which I truly hope does not happen? Thanks again! John

I recently upgraded my eisy to the latest 6.0/7.2 firmware. I did not clear my java cache nor did I renew it by rerunning the startup java script, start.jnlp, needed after every upgrade. I have had no errors or issues whatsoever. In these latest upgrades, and moving forward, is this still necessary? My Finder appears correct, I can login locally and via portal credentials without any issue, warning or error.. Thanks for the info! John

@bmercier THANK-YOU! That worked! Had plenty of State variables bit no Integer variables. Other odd things have shown up that I will post separately. @wmcneil Thank-you too! That's what I read and I should have figured it out by fully reading!!! John

@bmercier Thank-you! Again, just I "thought" I read something about it at port 8080 in a forum post here. I guess I got confused regarding port 8080 in the mulitpage Forum Post/Topic "Questions after update to IoX v.6.0.0" Regarding clearing the java cache and running the start.jnlp again, is that really still needed? I didn't do it, everything works fine, but should that still be done moving forward. Lastly, I probably should create a new post but I'll try it here; In the new web/browser based gui, when I try to load my programs, any program, I get Error Loading Variables (1). I realize that the new UI is not at 100 percent, but just checking. Is this my error or a not yet mature UI error?

There has been some confusion over logging in to our eisy units since the major upgrade to the 6.0/7.2 versions. I have figured all that out and can sign in to my eisy with my local eisy username and password using port 8443, or using my portal password by not specifying any port and of course using the IoX Finder. By the way, I did not clear my java cache nor did I renew by rerunning the startup java script needed after every upgrade. I have had no errors or issues. From the UDI team, must I still do this? It seems to me that I read somewhere in the forums, that I of course cannot find, that one can login to the new browser/web based UI using one's local username and password by specifying a port and I thought that was port 8080. I've tried multiple browsers and my browsers report nothing is there, i.e. "looks like nothing is there" or similar reply for each browser. Is there a way to login to the new web/browser based UI using one's local username and password or is this fully entrenched in the cloud via the portal. After updating to 7.2, I forgot to sync my UDI Mobile and before doing that I could not access any of my variables using the web/browser based UI. After the sync to UDI mobile, all my variables came through. Prior to that had an error loading variables (1), or similar language buyt there was a (1) at the end. Thanks for your information and insight. John

Thank-you!!!

Does the latest update to 7.0/7.1 require the 6.x upgrade first? Or will the update do the full upgrade from 5.9.1 to 7.1. Just wondering about the sequence of events for those units not getting upgraded yet. Sometimes you have to update then do update again to get caught up. I still have one eisy on 5.9.1 that I won't get to until mid November. I had great luck with my local eisy from 5.9.1 to 6.0. will move to 7.1 in the next week or so on my local unit. Thanks. John

@jkmcfadden I do not have any zwave stuff yet. All insteon but the time is coming when I will need zwave items such as for one, motion detectors. The insteon motion sensors just don't work well. Don't think insteon has revealed all the coding aspects to UDI on some of their products. I am also not an early adopter or upgrader. My guess is by now, udi has worked out most all of the upgrade kinks we have been following. Please keep us posted. John

Well, I couldn't wait and checked the sysconfig.txt file and showed everything up to date. Looked at the UDM and showed the same so logged in and WOW! everything was there via the java appet. Up to date. Logged in via the web and all seemed good. PG3 was running, my notifications were working so far so good! I was prepared for a looong process but 12-13 minutes?! Good job UDI! My wish is that this wasn't, or so it may seem, going out to the cloud for logins via portal logins. I would like my old username back for both. I can sort of understand the change for the java applet but the web browser? But it is acceptable. I have one more to go in about a month as it is remote. Hope I have the same luck. John

I did all the checks to ensure my eisy was previously updated to the most recent versions, backed everything up and started the upgrade. My UD Portal signaled upgrade in progress several times, stopped pg3, told me my eisy rebooted and then told me that my node server was back up. What scares me is this took only 12 minutes. I am fearful of trying to log on lest I interfere with the process. How long should I wait? 2 hours? Thanks John

@apostolakisl Thank-you! John

Thank-you sir!

I have three (3) ANDed conditions that must be met before an action, (THEN), can occur. what is best practice in IOX. As I recall from past programming in IOX parenthesis' must be used for ANDing or ORing at times. XOR and XAND. I always get this stuff mixed up these days! So, is the following best, (pretty exclusive that the first two conditions must be met), practice... If ( 'Double Garage Door-Sensor' Status is On And $Can_Close is 1 ) And $s_GarageDoorIsOPEN is 1 Then ..... or is the code snippet the next best method to ensure that all 3 conditions are in fact met. If ( 'Double Garage Door-Sensor' Status is On And $Can_Close is 1 And $s_GarageDoorIsOPEN is 1 ) Then .... Thanks!! John

Bummer.. but understood.

I did that, discover devices, but Alexa will only see what the Portal shows from my understanding. From what I understand, I need to remove it from the portal and reconfigure? There is no way to edit an existing Spoken? When I try in the Portal; Alexa Spokens page, no address is even shown, (even tho the list of all devices shows an address) and when I try and edit it the select box is not enabled for device. Thanks for the reply!

I just replaced a bad IOLinc in my garage as the heat in AZ has finally cooked it. I had no problem replacing the old with a new IOLinc and all works via Agave and via the eISY JAVA GUI and I can open and close the door and show status via the Portal. However... The Portal for spokens shows the old device's address and not the new one and Alexa won't tell me the garage is opening or closing. How do I force a portal refresh of all devices? Thanks! John

I worry too much. That was a piece of cake!

Please forgive a probably simple yet stupid question, (I am known for them), as I try hard not to have any issues in doing things to my eISY and home setups. This morning I was replacing a bulb in my aged dining room 'chandelier' and in screwing in the bulb there was a pop and my Insteon 6 button dimmer part of the Keypad fried. In all probability just the SCR and associated circuitry, as the keypad stayed lit and it did not pop my circuit breaker. All the other buttons still do thier job except for ON and Off. It appears that in screwing in the bulb, as over the last 40 years, the socket base must have loosened and in screwing the bulb in the wires crossed. Ugh. In reading up on using Replace within eISY, it stated to remove the device from any folder it belongs in. Just so I fully understand; I have the device and buttons in several scenes within the Scenes folder. By removing the keypad and associated buttons from the scenes folder, that's all I need to do. I do not delete the scenes. (First Image) Should I Ungroup the Dining Room Group? (Second Image) Lastly, if all goes to plan, will the scenes all be properly associated with the new device? Then just put them back in the Scenes Folder? Thanks for your understanding and help. John

I have been a UDI/ISY user and supporter for... I don't know how long. Started with the ISY 994 so maybe at least 10 years ago and upgraded to the eISY about 6 months after it came out. Since we are away from home, a lot, I purchased some of the inexpensive Insteon Leak Sensors, (2852-222), and installed them under my kitchen sink as that seems to be the place where I have had most of my problems with drips and an occasional minor leak. (Did I mention I hate plumbing). We also placed mats under the sink that will hold about an inch of water just in case. Lastly, I used the "recipes" (code) in the pdf version of the ISY cookbook for these leak sensors. The code and sensors were tested and it worked. And boy did it! https://docs.universal-devices.com/production/The%2BISY994%2BHome%2BAutomation%2BCookbook.pdf Today I was happily trying to find the end of the Internet when the siren in my phone went off, (thank you for UD Mobile and Notifications), which alerted me that a leak was detected. OH MY GOSH. In the moment it took me to get up and get to the kitchen, that flood mat was filled up! Something popped in one of my RO filter seats. After re-seating my filters and checking the water, the water pressure was beyond amazing. A call to the city was made and I was told that they were flushing water lines in our area which can cause a rise in water pressure and boy did it rise! Had we not known about this leak or not been at home, some pretty extensive damage could have occurred. We are fortunate that we have great neighbors and friends who we could call and who would check and shut the water off if we weren't home. Flood averted. THANK-YOU to UDI and Insteon! John

Holy Smokes! Adding a Matter device even a simple Matter WiFi device seems like a real PITA right now. Hopefully UDI will come out with a really good HowTo Wiki page in the near future. UDI, please? This has been eye opening. John

Since I upgraded my eisy to the latest OS and IOX and having a look around UDM, I have to ask a few more questions about Matter on WiFi. I am a bit confused about WiFi Matter vs ZWave Matter, which I 'think' uses the RF ZWave dongle. I was looking through the UDM and found where one can add a Matter device. When trying to enable it to see what might happen next, it pretty much told me that I have to have the ZWave dongle or hardware or something attached. Is this true? Must I have the ZWave dongle to use WiFi Matter? Just some WiFi Matter compatible light bulbs. I have no reason not to by a dongle or two, but when I am slowly learning, I don't want to have hardware that I may not use since I am 99% Insteon... so far. OR, is there a full wiki yet or "how to" somewhere on how to enable WiFi Matter devices and create a node and exactly what is needed? Thanks again for all your help and information. John