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@upstatemike: I don't have any answers, but I sure love the way you state the questions. -Tom

Agree. Twice now I've had to use SSH and sudo to get up to date, when I wouldn't have had to if I'd been installing every update as it became available. But pick your poison. I have no doubt both Polisy and eisy will reach a state where you can skip updates most of the time if you don't need the fixed functionality, like the 994i did.

Gives new meaning to the term "wall wart". -Tom

I have a vague recollection of trying this myself years ago, and you're right, those buttons can't do anything except control the Insteon devices linked to that remote. No programming. -Tom

Not helium - Helium. And no, it's not all mine. I think I'll take a pass. -Tom

Thanks to your post, I'm now aware of the existence of Helium mining. Just when I thought life couldn't get any weirder... -Tom

@Geddy: Just deleted the .state file, and that half fixed the problem. My Polisy, like your eisy, isn't automatically found. And I guess you can't tell me why, b/c if you knew how to make it work you'd be able to find your eisy automatically. I will start another thread asking for help with automatic finding. -Tom

Allow me to commit a minor hijack. Can someone explain to me how the entries in the Finder get automatically populated, and how to troubleshoot issues with that process? I just replaced my old Policy with a newer one. When I launch the Finder, it stays empty for about 10 seconds, and then a lone entry shows up - the old Policy, which is no longer powered up (or connected to the network, obviously). I have added the new one three or four times, and after the last time I finally saved the configuration. But I have to load it every time. How can I get back to the days of yore, when my 994i was always automatically found every time, and no ghosts of UDI past haunted me? Are the entries cached somewhere? Is my router blocking some necessary snooping protocol? Is there a box I need to check in the AC? -Tom

I'm going to give a shout out to ee. I use the arrow keys to navigate and can always see what I'm doing. I use it to put a # in front of things I want to hide, or change one letter or number at a time. -Tom (clearly not a developer)

I'd be careful recommending this. Note how old that post is. I did just a little googling recently and found a lot of more recent posts lamenting the poor support for HA on FreeBSD. Not claiming I'm an expert, though. -Tom

Same

I had thought about this, but you guys are really smart, and I bet you can figure out how to do it. Given that many people (I'm one of them) would normally first experience this failure, should it happen again, as a failure of Alexa to work correctly, and that there are so many other reasons why Alexa can fail (and dare I say they're more probable, too), getting a proactive notification would be helpful. And after the restoration, we'd know to relink if it still failed to work, as you suggested above. If there's a third party that can provide the same service, which wouldn't surprise me, please consider that, too. And anyone who reads this, if you know of an existing service I can use to get a notification, please let me (us) know. -Tom

Maybe this is a dumb question, but could you guys set up a separate watchdog computer that pings your own portal (but doesn't depend in any way on it) and send us (if we've opted in to such a thing) an email that the service is down/up? -Tom

Happened to me too. Skill was removed somehow. Had to add it back. -Tom

btw, holiday lights are one place where Insteon (or even X10!) shines (pardon the pun). Plug in the modules, enable the programs you disabled in January, and away you go! No network to heal. Bliss. Unless you have powerline noise. Oh, and LED holiday lights never go entirely off. You need a dummy load. And... Anyway, Insteon rules. Again. -Tom

@macjeff Forgot the port! 8080 worked. Thanks! -Tom

I know the address. Putting it in manually isn't working. -Tom

I also now have the IoX Launcher. It was empty when I launched it. I can't load my old saved file. I was able to add my ISY back by IP address, but I can't get it to find my Polisy. I can get to my Polisy through the portal, by pinging it, and by ssh, but can't get to PG2 or PG3. Direct https access to the correct ports isn't working. I could use some advice. -Tom

A local Craigslister had one for sale for $120 recently. Better sell it soon... -Tom

We're going to assume you are referring to the Insteon situation. -Tom

Thanks for documenting your experience. Very helpful. I also have one of these Zen32 devices. It's controlled by an older ISY with a series 300 dongle, and that combination is badly lacking for scene button functionality, so I don't recommend it. Also, mine has a wonky relay (big) button that often gets stuck in the depressed state if you don't press on it in the very middle. It seems like letting one side get ahead of the others causes that side to bind with the frame. I guess I'd just say that, in general, another weakness of this device compared to the KPL is that button presses are not as "crisp" or "clicky", and I find the experience less satisfactory. -Tom

To be clear, I was referring to the PG2 NS. I have not updated to the PG3 version yet, though I have been following its development. I don't have any expectations for the PG2 version to be developed further, and I don't personally rely on it for anything important. I only chimed in to help Blackbird test PG2 NS functionality in case that would be helpful. I might be one of the few people still running it. -Tom

I should have added that I was at work last week and checked my personal email, saw that the ZMatter board upgrade was available, and instantly ordered one. If they have serial #s, mine will be in the single digits. -Tom

I gotta say, after sinking untold dollars into innumerable other home automation products that have given me zero ROI, I am now at the point that I preorder everything Michel has to offer. I'd probably send him cash for nothing if he asked for it. He's offering to credit you if you ordered the Zooz dongle from him? You have got to be kidding me! I bought mine from Amazon, so I'm not eligible, but I'm not angry or jealous, I'm just...impressed. There is no other company I can think of that respects their customers as much as this one does. -Tom

I've been caught by 8 vs B before, so check that. -Tom