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There's a howto pinned to the top of the forum.

 

What module are you using?

What do you mean by 2xx% (post a screenshot)

Post a NodeLink log.

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I guess I dont see how I can manually turn on the heat or cooling.

 

I cant seem to attach any pics.

Use the advanced forum editor (look for "more reply options" after clicking in the post text box) to upload pics. Click your cursor to where you want it and click "attach". You will see a file name appear there

 

Two parts. One has to be installed into your RPi. One has to be installed on your PC and then Uploaded from the Node Server menu in ISY Admin Console. Read the instructions as io_guy said and get the jist of it then ask questions for help..

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That's just the My Lighting overview. What shows up when you go into the device itself?

What's the verbose NodeLink log look like?

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I have found that it sometimes takes a reboot of the RPi as well as the ISY, even when upgrading to a new version of NodeLink.  That's after you have uploaded the nodesetup.zip (don't unzip it!).  Clicking on the "Install ISY Node" button on the NodeLink web interface before and after rebooting seemed to help too.  I'm pretty sure this is harmless to do at any time.

 

Initial install is pretty straightforward, but I get mixed up when upgrading Nodelink.  Sometimes things don't populate right away but with some belly rubbing, head patting and the steps outlined above, it does work.  ;)

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As a follow-up...

 

I was reading another thread about Polyglot and getting node servers to work with the ISY and saw these steps in a post by rmk1139:

"...

I have found, however, that when adding the Node Server to the ISY:
1. the Node Server should be created and the profile uploaded. 
2. The ISY should be restarted.
3. The Node Server profile should be uploaded again.
4. The ISY should be restarted again.
Without doing this, it seems as if the profiles are not taking."
 
This might explain why I've had to fiddle around to get the parameters/values to populate in the ISY.
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I've never had to reboot the pi, just click the restart button in Nodelink to restart the service. but restarting the ISY is needed

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I've never had to reboot the pi, just click the restart button in Nodelink to restart the service. but restarting the ISY is needed

You are right, I had just done it for good measure.  :)

Just restarting Nodelink from its web GUI should be all that we need to do.

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I've never had to reboot the pi, just click the restart button in Nodelink to restart the service. but restarting the ISY is needed

I had the same issue with earlier versions, I had to reboot the pi to get the uploaded zip to install. It might also be a timing issue.

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You are right, I had just done it for good measure.  :)

Just restarting Nodelink from its web GUI should be all that we need to do.

 

 

I had the same issue with earlier versions, I had to reboot the pi to get the uploaded zip to install. It might also be a timing issue.

 

Good points. I used the earliest version. I also have 2B that is running nodelink,  ISYlogger and nothing else, so that could be part of it too.

 

Paul

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...I also have 2B that is running nodelink,  ISYlogger and nothing else...

 

Paul

 

That's exactly what I have and what I'm running.  From your sig, it looks like the only difference is I'm using an Ecobee3 where you have a Venstar.

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That's exactly what I have and what I'm running.  From your sig, it looks like the only difference is I'm using an Ecobee3 where you have a Venstar.

 

The pi was a worthwhile experiment. I was able to figure out enough to do something useful and not hurt myself. I had nothing to base expectations on when starting... and having said that I'm amazed at how well it runs. It gets completely ignored except updates, and in io_guys case it does that part on its own

 

Paul

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I didn't really fully utilize B Plus with 2 venlinks, Isylink and Isy logger. If you are using the pi as an interface box, the 2B is like killing a fly with a grenade.

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I'm still running on an original 1B with 256MB of ram.

Can't justify throwing it out for a new one.

 

I didn't really fully utilize B Plus with 2 venlinks, Isylink and Isy logger. If you are using the pi as an interface box, the 2B is like killing a fly with a grenade.

The best $35 I've ever spent.  I have an older version 1B (I think) and  the newest one (2B) that I bought at the SF Bay Area Maker Faire last year because... why not.  Linux OS is a good thing for a geek like me to know my way around and what better way to do it than with a cheap piece of hardware that just so happens to be very useful in the HA world. 

 

I plan to use my original RPi as the brain for a personal weather station.  I'm going to get some good wind speed/direction instruments and temp/pressure/humidity instruments along with a rain gauge and make a proper setup that reports to Wunderground and to use for a local webpage/database that I'll put on a screen (old iPad??) mounted to the wall somewhere in the house.

 

Lest I digress... ;)

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I've used the b+ as a dev box for testing new configs, but not much going there, so thinking about a limited ws for it as well

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I'm trying to add a node of Ecobee and it appears to add, but when I click on it's name in the UI and it navigates to /ecobee.htm I get this:
HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found Connection: close

 

?????

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