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Helps me. I have an Omnipro, which uses "When" in its automation rules, and an Elk, which uses "Whenever". Both styles help me remember that nothing gets executed unless an event happens. -Tom

Would this work? I thought controllers for scenes are always responders too. Wouldn't this plan make the single manually switched-off light turn off all the lights that are controllers in the scene, and not just the virtual light? -Tom

Hmm. I don't have this Z-Wave backup option in my menus either. And I have an internal ZMatter board in my Polisy. -Tom

Is there a comparable procedure for Polisy? I'm not currently having a problem, but I'd like to know anyway just in case. -Tom

I personally think there's something peculiar about this model of the ApplianceLinc, maybe in conjunction with the current generation of PLMs. I had some recent experience setting up a new Insteon network with a mix of old and new devices. These old ApplianceLincs were the only devices that gave me any problems. Even plugged into the same outlet as the PLM, I got numerous repeated "can't determine Insteon engine" errors. My recollection is that I finally got them to connect using the "put into linking mode" method, but it took multiple attempts. The only reason I kept trying was because I wanted to have the passthrough outlet, but I would have been better off using an outlet splitter and a newer dual band ApplianceLinc. -Tom

Looks good. Even cheaper if you buy refurbished. @Michel Kohanim you might want to get them to correct the information on the product page - says it can only repeat, not report power outages with ISY. -Tom

That worked! Thanks @gregkinney! Time to read the HA docs on weblinks. -Tom

Thanks both. @gregkinney: I'll give it a try. @firstone: That's what I'll do if this doesn't work. I'm more comfortable automating things with ISY, but I do need a reason to learn more about HA, and maybe this is the project. -Tom

This may be the dealbreaker: in the HA developer documentation, it shows you how to use the RESTful interface, but contains this comment: The API accepts and returns only JSON encoded objects. Does this mean NRs won't work? I don't see JSON as an option in the "mode" dropdown, unless that's what "URL-Encoded" means. I got this information from this page: REST API | Home Assistant Developer Docs (home-assistant.io) -Tom

Can anyone help me control a single device in HA through an NR? Short story: I have a Samsung TV that HA found and created a card for. Using the card, I can manually turn the TV on and off. I want to tell HA do that in an NR. I think it is possible through the HA RESTful interface, with PUT calls maybe, but I'm finding it hard to get the specifics by searching. Long story: This model, UN43TU700DFXZA , must be turned on through WOL. Once it's on, you can send it commands, but like a lot of modern stuff, you have to use credentials that you obtain once interactively. HA's integration handles all this, and it's now set up on my TV, so with its interface I can control the TV's power. I don't think NR's have the versatility to directly communicate with this TV, but all my logic is on my Polisy, and I just need to be able to turn the TV on and off to create an automation that I want. That's why I want to use a couple of NRs to control the TV power through HA. Like a lot of things HA-related, searching for '"REST" turned up a lot of information that was either irrelevant or so densely filled with jargon that I couldn't understand it. I have created several NRs for other things in my home, and I'm hoping one of the built-in NR protocols can be used to send the proper commands to HA. -Tom

I added a Zen37 wall remote. The nodes it created are...weird. I expected the 4 scene buttons to at least have some kind of status, and to have that status change momentarily when the button is pressed. As you can see from the attached images, those nodes are empty. And why are the scene control nodes numbered 2,3,6-9? Maybe it's because direct associations are supported, but only for 1-tap actions? See the 4th image to understand why I made this guess. However... I created a program with "If ZW002 Scene Button 1 is switched On" trigger, and it worked when I pushed the top button. So I guess everything is OK? -Tom

That was happening to me a few days ago, but it's working correctly now. Always using Edge. -Tom

I don't have any original RemoteLincs to test with anymore, but the last time I tried to link them my experience was exactly like Brian H described. I had to go out to the courtyard of my condo about 50-100ft from the PLM. I recommend trying to link/update far away from the PLM's wireless reach, at the perimeter of the entire wireless range reachable by your dualband devices. -Tom

I have to say, though, that I find it weird that press and hold and fast on work exactly like they should. You'd think that if there was something wrong with the On button they'd be messed up, too. That's what makes me wonder if it isn't programmed incorrectly somehow, or associated with a rogue scene or program, and if it is, a replacement KPL will have the same problem if I restore to it. The other weird thing is that I discovered this behavior because this KPL is in a scene that gets turned off when I double click (fast off) a switch at the top of the stairs, and it wasn't turning off. It did turn off, though, if the status was something other than Off; that is, if I queried it, or changed it through the AC, etc., and then did the double click of the stairs switch. But since my reset and restore, it's turning off when it should. Since that was the motivation for the whole investigation and search for a fix, I might just leave it as is. -Tom

@IndyMikeIt acts just like it did before, only the status when queried is 70%, and the first ST message in the log is 179. But the AC flashed 70% and then went to Off like before. And I can turn it on and off in the AC and in that case the status is always correct. It looks like pushing the On button always sends two messages, and the second one tells the PLM that the level is 1/255. Time to remove/reset/readd, and if that doesn't work, replace. -Tom