jkmcfadden

While Insteon is my first choice, they just don't offer the variety that Z-wave does. I love the Zooz Z-wave motion detector switches - I use them in closets, pantry and my attic. A Z-wave fan controller for a fan that is 18 foot up and just not an easy install with the Insteon fanlinc. The Z-wave water detectors are much better as well. I use the UD Z-wave dongle. Z-wave does not always play well with scenes (it can respond, just not control) so that is the only real drawback.

I have been hesitant to upgrade given all the posts mentioning issues. So, this gives me hope. However, some recent posts mentioned issues with their Z-wave devices after their upgrade. And as I have a significant number of Z-wave devices, I continue to hold off. Do you have any Z-wave in your configuration?

I wonder if it is now automatically included in the normal backup with the newer version. It is annoying to have to remember to do it because it apparently becomes embedded in the normal backup anyway. UD Support should be able to answer.

You are saying that you don't have this? I am on 5.8.4. If not you might need to open a ticket unless someone else has an idea.

You might investigate using a program as the Alexa interface instead of the device directly. The program can set the actual on level. I use a ZooZ Z-wave dimmer switch in this manner and programmatically set the on dimming value when turned on. I like Z-wave devices, but you (like many of us) have discovered that there are some limitations where Eisy is concerned. Programs seem to be the best/only solution.

I currently use a program or programs to activate a scene. But occasionally, in my more complex scenes that also have multiple zwave devices as responders, I end up in what I can only describe as a feedback loop where the scene turns off and on repeatedly. That is why I am trying to find a less complex solution.

For those of you who use Z-wave, has anyone found a solution where the Z-wave device will control a scene? I can only get it to work as a responder. There is a setting under the Z-wave main menu called "Detect Button Presses" that is defaulted to "Off". Setting it to "On" displays a worrying warning box, so I hit cancel. The Help Wiki has no specific info on the setting that I could find. Is there more substantial Eisy/Z-wave documentation anywhere? Or is anyone aware of a solution to the problem?

Nothing is obvious where Z-wave is concerned when implementing with Eisy 😉 but I have figured out quite a lot though trial and error. I still have not figured out how to get Z-wave to control a scene though (my Holy Grail). It will respond but not control based on my experience and anecdotal reports of others. There is a setting under the Zwave menu called "Detect Press" that is off by default. But I can't find any specific info on it in the Help Wiki. And when trying to turn it on a warning box pops up with all sorts of worrying statements, so I hit cancel. When I have time, I might turn it on to see what happens, but that scares me a little that I might break a perfectly working Eisy environment. 😬

I use the Zen32 as fan controllers in my secondary bedrooms. The smaller buttons control the speed via an Insteon Fanlinc. Here is what I do to change the parameters of the small buttons when one is pressed. When one is pressed, it lights up and turns off the led on the others. I have a separate program for low, med, high and off. Scene Button 1 is parameter 2, the rest are the other small buttons.

Following as I am also on 5.8.4 with a LOT of Z-Wave devices. Can you add any new Z-Wave devices? If you can, that might indicate just an issue with the upgrade. Can you remove and re-add one of the existing devices? Maybe one not in a bunch of scenes or programs to minimize inconvenience. Just make sure to use the Z-Wave remove and not just the normal delete. Again, this would indicate an issue with the upgrade and not your Z-Wave implementation. Please let us know what you find out.

I have done something similar using just scenes, but it is pretty convoluted in my opinion. You have to set a key "on" status to "off" and the like. So, I generally use programs to do this. I find them easier to understand and maintain. Create a scene for each key and assign just the one key as a controller for the scene. The create a program for each key that, when triggered, executes whatever you want to do but also turns the other key scenes off. I use this procedure for my ceiling fan buttons. When I press the 'low" button, it sets the fan to low and turns the other buttons off. Similar programs for med, high and off. I group all my key programs in a folder for readability. You have to create a scene for each key because, while you can recognize a key press in an if statement, you can't control a specific key in the resulting then/else. So, you control via the scene.

I love the Zen32 but as you have discovered (which I did as well) there is no obvious small button "off". I was fine with that since I use them primarily as fan controllers, so each of the buttons triggers a program to set a fan setting. And it "turns off" the other button by just turning off the led. In my setup (details attached) the big button controls the fan light and the small buttons control the speed via an Insteon fan controller. zen32-bed fan-howto.rtf

In my yard utility room, I ran power to the low voltage transformer through a smart on/off wall switch. I am currently using z-wave, but an Insteon switch (or any other controllable by eISY) would work just as well. With my setup, I can control manually at the switch or programmatically using my eISY. It is currently part of my sunrise/sunset program. My setup is just on or off only. Nothing beyond that.

It is likely tmobile doing this. Verizon started disallowing this as well several years ago. Though I was too lazy to completely remove my text notifications and still occasionally I get one hours or days later. I now just depend on email notifications. Those seem solid. Try googling tmobile email to text notifications and see what might come up.

Major Kudos to bpwwer - Amazon delivered my Bond Bridge an hour ago. I fired it up and got it talking to my gas fireplace. Then I added the BOND plugin to my eISY (best $11 ever) and, after a restart of the admin console, it just magically showed up in my devices list. I added on and off as a responder to my Fireplace scene and now I can control my fireplace from button "F" (what else would I choose ) on my 8 button keypad. Thanks again!