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junkycosmos started following Extreme frustration with Eisy
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thank you @IndyMike for all the testing and tables here ! Also @Techman for the heads up about Steve. As reference my boated (as in too many devices) Insteon / Zwave does pretty well overall. The ALL-ONs which started for me many years ago have greatly reduced as I have dropped out many of my batt devices. I am down to having 1 every 1-2 months typically. I have put numerious work arounds in place to ensure the ALL ONs do not cause significant issues. Some examples include removing/readding the TSTATs when in auto mode with moderate temps set (since the ALL ONs sometimes cause the TSTATs to bounce to whatever they were at when included in ISY), replacing I/O lincs I had on skylights and furnace zones with mimos, replacing key switches with ones, few others over past 8yrs I am not recalling at the moment. I also created ALL ON and ALL OFF "detectors" with 2 seperate i/o lincs - wiring the relay to sensor input of each unit then leaving relay in state which would be toggled by the signal and lastly setting program that sends a warning text when changed. The phantom signals always impact the relay and not the sensor but you can use the sensor to "reset" the detector. Silly that I never tested the ALL ON button from ISY devices page - wondering if that does same as the protocol "crash" or whatever we call it that creates the phantom ALL ON ? I can also report that SwitchLinc Dual-Band Relays starting with 46.xx.xx.xx do not react to all ons
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Long time back we know SH adjusted the Firmware in switches to no longer listen to the ALL ON signal. This appeared to be a remedation attempt fixing the Phantom ALL ON events those of us with larger networks started to see when using battery powered devices and dual band devices. Hope you are GREAT. Can you please remind me what switchlinc dimmer firmware SH removed the ALL ON response.I know the2476D SwitchLinc Dimmer v38 is impacted/still responds to the phantom ALL ONand that2477D Dual Band SwitcLinc Dimmer v.45 ignores / does not follow thephantom ALL ON signalshowever I cannot recall which firmware it was removed from ..anyone know for sure?Seems my v.40 Switchlinc Dimmers are impacted (still respond to) however not sure on the v.41 and v.44 Dual Band SwitchLinc Dimmers.thanks J
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ISY994 to EISY .. go with USB PLM or stay old Serial PLM ... ?
junkycosmos replied to junkycosmos's topic in eisy
>>The 2413S has a new daughter board. With a better serial chip with better ESD protection and a protective network on the two external serial signals. One will have a subcategory ID for a serial and a different subcategory ID for the USB. New serial chip is interesting and sounds nice given the 3-4 times I have had a PLM go blank - lose its entire link DB. Last 2 times on current PLM I can attribute it to electrical storms with heavy lightning one time frying the sprinkler controller next to PLM . Both times restore DB from ISY fixed and things are still working solid. Yes I do run a whole-home surge suppressor on the electric panel and no I do not enjoy replacing my PLM. After installing the surge suppressor we stopped losing other random devices every year or so... Thx for the call out on the new chip -
One of the original old school setups with my isy994 which has sucessfully used my serial PLM for last decade via 75 foot ethernet drop going from my network cabinet (where ISY lives) to my electric panel (where PLM lives in dedicated outlet right off breaker panel). Moving to new EISY, have lot of Insteon devices in house and few Zwave My question: Would you: 1. Look to move to new USB PLM with considerations to move PLM to noisy network cabinet ? 2. Stick with serial PLM (and serial to USB conversionkit) ? I know EISY can work fine with serial PLM (via serial to adapter) OR is now the time to switch over to USB PLM? Is the new USB PLM seen as any better then the serial PLM ? Not sure if there is truely a difference in PLM hardware between 2413S and 2413U or only the connector board on back end. I see the current listing for 2413S notes it has been "upgraded" Just looking for whatever might last the longest and will put a spare of either on the shelf next to it .. https://shop.insteon.com/products/plm-serial-modem-interface?_pos=2&_sid=de92f9141&_ss=r https://shop.insteon.com/products/plm-usb-modem-interface?_pos=1&_sid=de92f9141&_ss=r
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Working for me too now. Thx Wes !
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Posting a quick note overhere incase anyone else is looking for it. There appears to be some issue with Mobilinc connect since Sat 6/4/22 evening. Bit of a discussion about it over here https://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/36731-unable-to-access-994i/#comment-340580 Noted that I am not affilited with Mobilinc but rather user/subscriber for last decade
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@stillwater Completely agree, this is not resolved.. also I too emailed Wes (Mobilinc owner/founder) yesterday morning who for the last 12+ years has provided quick solid support to myself and others here. It is very much not like him not to reply so I hope nothing too bad is up here. Edit: also posted pointer message in Mobilinc Forum to this thread:
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same here, 4 ISYs all having issues connecting to Mobilinc connect. I did try rebooting 2 of them, no change. Phone app shows "checking" when I try to check license status. All four are paid up in recent months. My guestimate on when this broke is sometime Saturday 6/4 evening. Changing my mobilinc app on phone to direct IP of my ISY works fine so clearly seems to be Mobilinc issue
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Will the ISY support a XC SD card or only the HC ? I understand the 32GB limit and I am not interested in larger size but rather fastest possible SD. I looked this AM and the fastest SanDisk A2 U3 v30 cards only come in XC (extended capacity) format at 64GB. While going to a 32GB card drops to A1. I take it the XC format is not recognized by ISY ?
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ordered a 2413S from amazon (SH was seller) this week and received v2.4 Date code 1817 (so manufactured 17th week of 2018).
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I’m still waiting to see a v2.5 too. Just noticed amazon has them back now but sold from SH and now it lists at v2.3 ...
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KSchex, Have you been in touch with UDI to report what you are seeing with the missed messages in a smaller setup ? Seems that might be ideal given limited factors at play vs some of the more complicated setups trying to troubleshoot. Your comment noting on V5 also caught my attention since my ISY is busy and sometimes checks out in v4 but due to having a lot of nodes. The extra resource use on V5 has me hesitant to move to v5. All, Regarding mimo lite (not the mimo2); when power is removed and reapplied they do falsely report status of the relay and sensor as ON regardless of real state. However a query does then report correct status. I too am curious on the mimo2 when anyone tries it with ISY.
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hi Jakekooser so you removed the daughter board of your old 2413S (serial) into a 2413 USB or do I have that mixed up?
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I took a small risk and ordered another PLM 2 weeks ago from SH direct. Sure enough it showed up as a v2.4, same date code 3817 and on box "supports 1000" links, meanwhile the sales page on SH still shows 2,000+ links (compared to around 1000+ links previously) Added a beep sounder Red/Green LED light Supports faster reading and writing of the PLM's database by another controller Much lighter weight I called today to return it and the answer was sure, but I pay return shipping. It always amazes me how SH has their default customer policies set. After complaint and direct reminder that I was shipped something other than I bought they are now mailing me a shipping label. I do wonder what else they changed to drive the specs on site of 2,000+ links (compared to around 1000+ links previously) Supports faster reading and writing of the PLM's database by another controller Much lighter weight Also I was told on the phone today "we have been getting these calls a bit, seems the web site is wrong and current version only supports 1,000 links." Meanwhile email I had with support 2 weeks ago noted:: Thank you for contacting Insteon Support.We got an update from our resources stating that the latest revision of the 2413S is Rev # 2.5The changes from 2.4 to 2.5 are very minimal. So ... seems they still need to use up the v2.4 units... Curious to hear when anyone gets a 2.5 unit in their hand