slimypizza

I echo the sentiment of the Insteon hardware. Big fan. On the subject of the I3 however, I’m not so impressed. Indeed my attempt to replace a 2477D with an I3 this weekend did not turn out well. The switch kept getting stuck on the wall plate when turning on and off. I tried several times to make it fit better then gave up. Didn’t even get as far to realize the dimming range was not comparable to the 2477D. I wont be using the I3 unless there is a design change.

Im using the Insteon iolinc and have been for a few years now. When we moved a couple of years ago to a house that had MyQ, I took the iolinc from the old house, scrapped MyQ and installed the iolinc. Works very well with my KPL switches, geofence, Alexa, and Home Assistant. Haven't looked at the Yolink solution. Always wanting to learn more, I'll read up on that.

I’ll mention this just because its happened to me more than once. The device address can sometimes be misread. The letter O looks like a zero, etc. When I’ve keyed new devices in incorrectly like this I got the same error as you, “Cannot determine Insteon Engine”. Doesn’t hurt to double check the address. Good luck.

No I have not used the node. Looks like that may be the way to go though.

"program IF monitors the geofence variable and the THEN arms the blink cameras" Thanks, Yes I have geofencing set up and it works fine. Its the THEN arms the blink cameras part I'm asking about. The only hook I have is alarm_control_panel.blink_home in Home Assistant. I am trying to figure how to call that from EISY.

Any answer to this? I’d like to do the same thing. I use geofencing already and have variables set up based on who is home so logically it should be easy to arm cameras based on these variables. I do not have the Blink node yet. Is doing something like this possible?

I just got my first 8 button KPL and noticed that setting the backlighting for one button does indeed affect all of the buttons. I'd rather it not behave that way.

Ah! I didn't realize that. Thanks.

Currently using NEST thermostats and interfacing with Home Assistant. In our previous house we used Honeywell also with HA. I preferred the Honeywell because of the monthly usage reports. NEST sends monthly reports as well which are not as useful unless you care how many eco leaves you got.

Maybe you mentioned this but did you install the Honeywell Total Connect Comfort integration when you were experimenting with HA? What happened? I no longer have Honeywell. Our new house came with NEST but those interface very well with HA as did the Honeywell thermostats in our old house. It's just my opinion, but I greatly prefer the UI in HA as well as its built-in phone tracking for geofencing purposes. I let EISY do the rest of the programming chores for the house.

I just updated my system remotely from 5.7.1 to 5.8.0. Went without a hitch. I only had to clear java cache and reinstall IoX after the update and reboot. Not sure what the update afforded me but I like to stay current.

I think Insteon runs very easily with Home Assistant (Pi4). But I guess YAML and the cards do present a learning hurdle. HA is a great front end with the heavy lifting handled by EISY.

Thanks. I'm Version: 5.7.1_7. Good to know!

How do I know which version of 5.7.1 I am on? When I launch my admin console and got to Help->About, all I see is that I am running 5.7.1. There is no 5.7.1_7 or _5 or anything else. Is there another place to look?

Same here. It seems to want an update for: pkg tpm2-tools must be upgraded to 5.5_1