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My Zen30 isn't working right. It was, before I migrated to ZMatter. It used to have controls on the "XXX.1 Binary Switch" node. Since I excluded it, migrated, and reincluded it, the controls are in the "XXX Binary Switch" node, as shown in the first image, and there are no controls in in the "XXX.1 Binary Switch" node, as shown in the second image. I wouldn't care, except the controls don't actually change the state of the switch - nor do they reflect any change made locally. Does anyone here have this device in a ZMatter setup so you could look at your nodes and see if they match mine? Any other advice would be appreciated, too. -Tom

Wow, I love this board. I just readded my lock, and the writing badge (icon) appeared and never went away. I also had no control. I did the three-step compatibility, validation, rewrite documented above and now I can control the lock, and the writing badge is gone. Thanks to @kandlg for the tip! Before, I had a lot of other nodes, but I still now only have the one. Am I to understand that I'm going to have less functionality now? More details: I just migrated from ZMatter to ZMatter. What does that mean? This Polisy originally had a Zooz dongle, and I switched to ZMatter (internal version) shortly after its release. Then I added the lock, for the first time. At the time, there was no "migration"; eventually, a "migrate to ZMatter" button showed up in the configuration. The guidance was that one would have to reestablish the Z-Wave network, but I now think that was only true if you were literally changing radios, as opposed to (in my case) just telling the system that the Z-Wave radio is a ZMatter one. Maybe I should have just migrated without excluding my devices. Regardless, I am where I am because I excluded the lock, migrated to ZMatter, and am now readding the lock. -Tom

Polisy is so....interesting. This morning, after letting it sit overnight doing an "upgrade" (no beeps, no AC disconnect, no flashing LEDs) I checked the status. Still 13.1. I rebooted, and when it came back I launched yet another upgrade attempt. This time, it worked. Beeped, AC disconnect, and LEDs started flashing. About 30 minutes later, it was done. 14.1. Why? I dunno. I've sincerely lost track of how many upgrade attempts, reboots, and power cycles I did. I'm left with the conclusion that with a Polisy, you may need to let it sit for a while, then reboot. Again. And again. Until you succeed. -Tom

I should add that I pulled this unit out of storage, and it was on 13.1. It "upgraded" to 13.2, or so it said, with beeps and LEDs and all, and then the next time I pushed the upgrade packages button, it said it was going to upgrade from 13001 to 13002. I thought that was odd, but went ahead with it anyway. It currently says it's at 13.1 - still. -Tom

I've been attempting to upgrade one of my Polisy units - the one not in active service - for a few hours now. I'm not making any progress, but I'm seeing similar symptoms described above. I've clicked the upgrade packages button, rebooted, power cycled, etc. I don't know how many times. It sometimes comes back with that bogus UUID but never gives me a message in the upgrade that it's going to install 14. anything - just a generic message about 4 beeps. No beeps, no flashing LEDs, and the AC does not subsequently disconnect. I guess it's ticket time, unless someone has advice for me. -Tom

Did you have a reservation in your router prior to the upgrade? If so, that's unexpected, and something I'll want to look out for when I upgrade soon. -Tom

To elaborate, one switch will control the load directly via its load line. If that switch is a dimmer you can dim. And in that case, any switch that's part of the N-way will also be able to dim the load, whether it is a dimmer version or not. -Tom

Have any of you Zen32 owners had a problem with the big button's actuation? Mine often gets stuck in a depressed state - whether it sticks, or bounces back out, depends on where you tap it, how hard, and how fast. It was so unpredictable that my SO made me remove it. I replaced it with an Insteon relay, which works, but I lost the scene buttons and the Z-Wave repeating the Zen32 had provided. -Tom

Both plugins and portal subscription can be transferred. I've done it. So rest eisy -Tom

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

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

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

To clarify, I want to transfer one plugin that I purchased. There's another one that I trialed on the "old" Polisy that I don't want to transfer, and I definitely don't want an attempted transfer to break my purchased license and installation on the "new" Polisy. -Tom

Never mind. I see "Migrate" under "Maintenance". One question remains, though, before I try it. I had a license for a trial version of a plugin, and since I bought it and installed it on the "new" Polisy. Will that license migrate too? Maybe it doesn't matter, because it's already expired. But I don't want to break something that's working. -Tom

I read in another thread that it's possible to transfer a plugin license via the portal. I can't figure out how to do that. Can someone help me? -Tom details: I have two Polisy units registered in the portal. I want to move a plugin from the one I used to use to the one I want to use from now on. I don't need to restore nodes or anything, just need to be able to install fresh on the "new" Polisy and configure from scratch.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say this: if you've been in since the beginning, think back to before the portal existed. Everything you needed to do then can still be done without the portal - in some cases the portal makes things easier, but there's still an old-school way to get it done. It sounds like all you want to do is maintain and troubleshoot your Insteon (and maybe Z-Wave?) network(s) and make them fully available to HA. I too would guess that you don't need the portal subscription. -Tom

I've been wanting to add external temp/humidity sensing to my Polisy setup for a while now and decided to take the leap. I got the SpeakerHub and the X3 Outdoor Sensor. This YoLink stuff is very easy to set up, seems to perform very well (though today is day 1, so let's see), and the node server is outstanding. I had it all set up in minutes because of the very clear instructions. At no point did anything go wrong, nor did I have to redo anything. I wish every time I tried something new it worked so well. -Tom

X10 and Insteon have one advantage over Z-Wave that I'm hanging onto - you can plug in and unplug switch and dimmer modules at will, without upsetting the network. This has value for those who set up powered holiday decorations or do ad hoc lighting and/or device control for special events. I do a little of both. But for permanent home installation, it's more a matter of reliability and cost, and whatever technology is best suited will win, and should. Also, the X10 maxi controllers are darn handy. They can issue ~256 distinguishable on/off commands that many (mostly obsolete, admittedly) HA controllers can respond to, plus dimming commands. I'm not aware of any other well-defined home automation protocol that offers that versatility. -Tom

Mine also says v9E. I have the Smarthome version of the Maxi Controller, and I can give that a try this weekend with and without the XTB-IIR, and also plugged into various outlets, to see what happens. What I can't do is test a 2.7 PLM, since mine is a 2.1. -Tom

And the XTB-IIR (controlled by Elk) and PLM are plugged into the same outlet (the XTB via a power strip). The X10 ApplianceLinc is across the room in another outlet. -Tom

I decided to check my log, and the X10 events are there. Do you have an X10 node defined on your Eisy? I do. I also have a Polisy and not an Eisy. My PLM is a 2413S, V2.1. Just documenting possible differences.differences. -Tom