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Understood! Thanks so very much for putting together the PG3x program for this. UnifiProtAPI is going to really extend the usefulness of Unifi protect. To be honest - the G4 doorbell detects motion prior to the ring so it is still useful. I have been contemplating turning off motion as it is really kind of goofy : its not nearly as sensitive to human motion as it is to light. Despite having exclusion zones set up at the street, cars early in the AM get picked up especially when their headlights hit the spray of my lawn sprinkler which is going off at 530am!

Appears there are 18 nodes available, but none seem to identify the "Ring" action. Based on the node information it has identified my G4 Doorbell's mac as a UniFi Camera (AI+Audio). Will the Ring activity be added or is there a tech issue with it?

Symptoms: kept getting UDMobile notifications in pairs when ever i restarted the in pg3x: Connected....Disconnected. I had created the API key in Unifi and entered the information including gateway IP in PG3x configuration. Seemed pretty straight forward. My Firewall was configured with the IP Gateway (UCGF is both my gateway and NVR) in the Management Vlan (mVlan) and Eisy is located in IOT Vlan (iVlan). First issue I had was a zone rule blocking iVlan from Gateway zone ports 22/80/443. I fixed this by putting in a higher priority polisy allowing the Eisy IP to connect to the gateway's port 443. After a few missteps I got the rules sorted - I thought the unifi log refreshed automatically as new information comes in and didn't realized I had fixed the port issue... stoopid I know. However, even having fixed the firewall rules it didn't fix the problem. So I started going down other rabbit holes still believing it was some sort of rules issue. Finally, chatgpt lead me to the right place - either my Unifi API key was either corrupt or wrong. It advised recreating a new one which I did and it now has successfully connected. Odd thing about the new API Key - it didn't seem to ask me which Unifi application it was for, I could have sworn the first one asked and I had selected both Protect and Network not knowing which to select. Perhaps this was the source of corruption or perhaps not. Anyway, wanted to move this topic and update it from the developers original posting/topic. Thought I would include my journey for other newbies to PG3x and Unifi ProtAPI.

Moved to New Topic - status 15 hours ago Am having trouble connecting to my UCGF. It keeps connecting and then disconnecting. It appears to be a firewall issue with my UCGF. The eisy is on my Iot Vlan which i generally block access to port 443 from devices on IOT. But i created a device level allow between the eisy and the ucgf - still get the connect and disconnects. I even paused the zone block from the Iot Vlan and got same issue. Any ideas? By the way I'm totally new to PG3 so not sure if there is something I have missed there. Thanks in advance for any help!

Thanks Paul for the suggestion - tried it no luv. The sense side of the I/O link is not getting an on/off message from the gate board. The gate lock terminals are sending constant 12v rather than toggling open/close. Not sure my current plan would change things by addition of a dry relay. The lock terminals will simply supply power. I need to connect something from the gate board that tells it to change state when the gate is opening/closing

Nearby lightening strike knocked out my 15yr+ old GTO 2000xls pro opener and my 2 yr old I/o link. Have been Using the relay side to open/close the gate from UD MOBILE and using sensor to turn lights on for the carport and driveway. New GTO board doesn't have a N/O dry relay. I replaced both fried items, but my io link sensor doesn't ever change state (relay works fine). So , the program to turn on lights doesn't execute( see attachments for connection). ChatGPT suggests that I add a 12 vdc relay module in between the GTO board and the I/o link. So I'm thinking that I should buy the Aediko relay and power it from the gate lock contacts and use its n/o relay to create sense that the gate I has been powered from off to on (see attachments). Does that make sense to you? Final question: Given this is the 2nd time a lightening strike has fried my I/o link and gate board, would placing a ground rod on my gate do any good? My electrician thinks the aluminum posts, sunk 4 ft into ground should suffice. IDK, lightening keeps frying this equipment??! Aediko_Relay.pdf GTO2000xls_Outputs.pdf

I think Verizon has dropped support for the email to text option. But want to ask a question: My notifications are firing when prescribed, but delivering at random times. Some days later and at 330 am! Got tired of getting the "man your battle stations" sound at all hours of the day so I have deleted the notification node and notifications. Am wondering if I configured it wrong? Seemed really straight forward but I am days new to eisy

Wanted to report back on extending the serial plm cable: I simply bought a male to male rj45 coupler and attached it to UDI's serial cable and the 20' Ethernet cable I had been using. It works flawlessly.

Thanks Brian. I was hoping that only the 3 pins used by the udi serial adapter and the female Plm port were active. Do you think this is a bad assumption?

Okay that sorts out the PLM. I'm greedy - what's the thinking on the zmatter dongle? Can it be placed in a coat closet and provide reliable service? That dongle won't survive the Better Taste Committee which is chaired by my wife if it is to be mounted in direct line of site. Or is the trick to create a network of devices to pass that signal along?

Paul, my thinking on extending the serial cable is since it terminates into a male rj45 to extend it would be a simple matter of getting a female rj45 keystone and wire it with either standard a or b on both ends. The pin out is achieved via the serial cable, correct?

Paul, my thinking on extending the serial cable is since it terminates into a male rj45 to extend it would be a simple matter of getting a female rj45 keystone and wire it with either standard a or b on both ends. The pin out is achieved via the serial cable, correct?

I'm ready to upgrade from isy994 to eisy. In the process of a remodel so I have to relocate my udi box and plm, and have questions about placement of the Plm and z matter dongle. Generally speaking both items operate on usb standards. As I understand, usb signals are limited to 16 feet of wire. Is this correct? Can I use a usb over ip extender for either of these or will it interfere with the signals? Additionally, in terms of placement what are the realities of location of the z matter dongle ? Can these be placed in closets and function well or does it have to be out in the open? Finally in terms of interference: I will likely have to add the wireless module to my elk panel...will this compete/interfere with the signals generated for zmatter and vice versa? Thanks for your help.

Can anyone tell me what's the length of the Serial PLM Kit cable? For some reason UD felt it more pertinent to only provide the weight of the cable an not the length. Also, was wondering if this cable length and the use of USB limits the maximum distance a PLM can be from the EISY? Or can I simply create an extension using RJ45 adapters and Cat5e cable? Thanks for helping.

Yeah by not putting manual at the end of my searches all I was getting was to smarthome and or insteon caches which are not connecting. Thanks for patience! BTW - almost all you will want is on www.manualsdir.com