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I have a powerline interface that I'm using with my ISY994i. can I use the same one with an EISY, or will I also need to purchase a new/ different one?

More reading... it appears I may have to pay a $125 fee to "transfer" it to me if I buy a used ISY994ZW? on the other hand, I thought an advantage of ISY if it worked totally self contained... it didnt need to communicate with UD?

Does the EISY really gain me anything over finding a cheap used z-wave dongle, or i994zw ?

Got the ISY 994 , controlling Insteon and original smarthome X10 switches, but stray signals are occasionally causing strange things to happen with X10 controlled lights. Rather than replace the older X10 switches with Insteon, it seems like Zwave may be in my future. At a different location, I have a few Z-wave devices controlled by a Ring base station, and Alexa... but no X10 or Insteon at that location. If I go with an EISY, will I also need that $152 bridge, and my existing Smarthome powerline adapter? And when that 15 year old powerline adapter dies, then what? Is the EISY programming / software still similar to the ISY 994? In other words, 1970s?

Was hoping to continue my previous post, but its been closed. As stated, I got the 3-way to work fine, via 4 short programs. Why would creating a scene be better? (which I dont really know how to do). Wouldnt insteon's method be better, without getting the ISY involved at all? one less thing to screw up?

forgot to hit the "save" button. Wrote 4 short programs to keep the 2 switched in sync.

Finally needing to replace a Smarthome X10 switch, and happens to be a 3-way, with a master and slave. Its unfortunate, as physically, those are the best switches I've had. So replaced the main switch with an Insteon, and capped the red traveler. works just fine to control Kitchen. I have removed the X10 "slave" switch, capped that traveler, and installed another Insteon there, attaching the white and black wires. lets call this switch Kitchen 3-way. ISY 994 recognizes both these switches fine, and I can use ISY to control Kitchen. Was going to write a program.. If kitchen 3-way is switched ON, control Kitchen to ON... and a similar one for off. But it doesnt work. What am I doing wrong? Edit: solved

The QNAP power cycle schedule only allows for daily / weekly events, best I can gather. Wouldn't this really simple routine work fine with much less complexity than other proposed solutions? It could power on my QNAP for 24 hours each quarter, allowing time for backup. I prefer a copy of files, rather than the synology proprietary backup system. Its really simple to duplicate those dates, so I could easily add 4 or 8 more, to cover a few years.

Was just about to delete my post, as I too found that box! So now will my general logic work OK? It really seems by far the simplest approach: I could say IF time is from 12 am to 11 59 pm on 3/15/23 or 6/15/23 or 9/15/23 etc, turn ON, else turn OFF.... and I would list 8-12 quarterly dates, to cover the next 2-3 years?

I got that screenshot from YOUR post on 12/9/2020!

Both Firmware, and UI are 5.3.4. updated java, cleared cache, and now the ACTION button appears, but no calendar. My thought would be. if that calendar appears, and functions like I want, I could say IF dae = 3/15/23 or 6/15/23 or 9/15/23 etc, turn ON, else turn OFF.... and I would list 8-12 quarterly dates, to cover the next 2-3 years?

I think I successfully upgraded to firmware v 5.3.4 from the above linked post there should be a screen like below, however, I dont have that "Action" button, nor do I have the calendar/date function at the end of each line. what am I doing wrong?

It appears my task may be easier to accomplish with Firmware 5.X, but I am still on firmware 4.9. Best I can gather, there is no clear, concise changelog available for the version differences? also, it appears there is no simple way to upgrade firmware, and I run the risk of having to start over with all my programs? ugh

OP here. Appreciate the input. Let me add a bit more context. My ISY programming, and network management skills are much more basic than 98% of the folks here. Terms like "node server" don't have much meaning to me. here's more of the "Big Picture"... I was hit with a ransomwear attack last summer, where the bulk of the files on my old QNAP 2-disk NAS were encrypted, and I came close to loosing lots of important things, until I managed to find an old hard drive in a closet to bail myself out. Because these were files I dont access regularly, I didnt even notice the encryption until 3 months after the attack. Trying to avoid that again, so bought a new Synology as my primary NAS, and was going to attempt to automate its backup about once a month (or 2?), via windows task manager, and FreeFileSync, to the QNAP. For added security, that QNAP was going to be mostly powered off. It is in a mode such that when power is restored (after power outage, etc), it boots back up. So, using a basic insteon module, have the QNAP turned on for, say, 24 hours on the 15th of every month (or every other month?), then turned off. I would assume is the QNAP is powered off, it will be nearly impossible to hack into. I would schedule the backups to happen during that 24 hour window of being powered on. thanks.

I can see how to use the ISY to execute a program on certain days of the week, but I want to know if I can use it to turn an insteon module on for say 24 hours, once a month, or even every other month.