How do you easily view logs with the ISY to see when a door was opened etc?

[edokid]

In the admin console I know you can export a log to Excel, but it's really clunky and needs a PC.  I was messing with HomeSeer and love how you can just click Log and immediately see things like:

 

Aug-17 1:50:27 PM   Device Control Device: Insteon Master Bathroom Light to On (100)

Aug-17 1:48:44 PM   Event Event Trigger "Master Bathroom Motion Master Bath Motion On"
Aug-17 1:19:56 PM   Z-Wave Device: Z-Wave Z-Wave Front Foyer Light Set to OFF
Aug-16 9:09:31 PM   EnvisaLink INFO DSC Alarm status change: Armed Stay

 

And so on, is there no easy way to view logs like this via the web or your phone with the ISY?  I'm considering switching just because of how useful this has been, as I feel like with the ISY I'm always blind trying to figure out what's going on with devices!

Edited August 17, 2016 by edokid

[jgorm]

Interesting.  How is the integration with all types of insteon devices?  Motion, door, water, etc.  The website looks to only have the lights listed.

[larryllix]

In the admin console I know you can export a log to Excel, but it's really clunky and needs a PC.  I was messing with HomeSeer and love how you can just click Log and immediately see things like:

 

Aug-17 1:50:27 PM   Device Control Device: Insteon Master Bathroom Light to On (100)

Aug-17 1:48:44 PM   Event Event Trigger "Master Bathroom Motion Master Bath Motion On"

Aug-17 1:19:56 PM   Z-Wave Device: Z-Wave Z-Wave Front Foyer Light Set to OFF

Aug-16 9:09:31 PM   EnvisaLink INFO DSC Alarm status change: Armed Stay

 

And so on, is there no easy way to view logs like this via the web or your phone with the ISY?  I'm considering switching just because of how useful this has been, as I feel like with the ISY I'm always blind trying to figure out what's going on with devices!

I didn't know there was a log in ISY for the first year and a half.

 

What do I need a log for when every device has status on it's own page and the device summary shows them all at a glance.

 

If you want to see HA process traffic, display the Event Viewer on your same page.

[edokid]

@jgorm: HomeSeer has a free included plugin for Insteon, it supports pretty much all devices, but it's limited in that you can't create scenes or view links etc.  There's a 3rd party plugin for $59 USD which is far better, can do pretty much everything.  I don't think there's any Insteon devices that aren't supported to be honest.  I was actually the same, used the ISY at least a year before even discovering it has logs!  I just hate Java, takes so much work to make it run on a new PC as it's always "Warning warning security issue do not use Java!" being screamed by Windows.  With HomeSeer I can use my phone and immediately view logs at any time, something not possible on the ISY it seems which is unfortunate.

 

@larrylix: That's not what I want, that's kind of useless to be honest.  First day using HomeSeer I log in and it shows on the log at 1am my alarm was turned off, front door opened, kitchen light on, then turned off, door locked and alarm armed.  I had no idea so checked my cameras and it was my neighbour running in to borrow butter, which he was allowed to do I just had no idea.  The logs on HomeSeer I find give me huge insight into the house, I can see temperatures changing, alarm activity, Hue lights going on and off, programs running, etc and then can immediately filter by device, time and so on.

[larryllix]

I have no real need to see any events I didn't already  set up to notify me in  a program.

 

I spent some time with HomeSeer 2 and found I was disappointed by some limitations in logic and felt too "homebrewed" for me.

 

For some events I want to see,  I use a logger written on the ISY.

Edited August 18, 2016 by larryllix

[KeviNH]

If you have the network module (or Portal), any program on the ISY994 use a notification to append to a local webpage.  See here:

http://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/17927-debug-or-log-for-program-execution-in-isy/?p=163240

 

I use this to make a simple and legible daily log of what I consider important events.     Using variables in the notification, I only had to make 2 custom notifications to log all the various door/light/sensor events I want to see in my log.

[Teken]

This sounds to me like a good feature request to UDI. Perhaps you can pose the question and see what the feed back is - keeping in mind a strong business case is the only way to make the point.