Just picked up another Polisy!

[oskrypuch]

Why?

Well, there is value in redundancy, or for sandboxing. And I do have another location that I will likely be moving over to IoP/Z-Wave soon. But the big reason I ordered the second Polisy (from a local Cdn supplier) is that they bundle it with a 2413S PLM!

They must have a bit of stock left, and are being rather shrewd with it.

So, now I have several backups of the 2413S PLM units, including this brand new one.

Any money now, expect that Michel will announce the 2413 Pro next week! ?

* Orest

Edited May 9, 2022 by oskrypuch

[vbPhil]

2 hours ago, oskrypuch said:

expect that Michel will announce the 2413 Pro next week!

Was that tongue in cheek or could that be a reality? I always wondered why UDI never produced any Insteon Devices besides a controller.

[oskrypuch]

The comment was entirely tongue-in-cheek, but I suppose I'm hopeful, like everyone else.

* Orest

Edited May 9, 2022 by oskrypuch

[Bumbershoot]

2 minutes ago, vbphil said:

I always wondered why UDI never produced any Insteon Devices besides a controller.

UDI did produce a PLM at one point, and a few prototypes are in use (I think Michel wrote somewhere that he still uses one in his home).  Apparently, Smarthome decided against selling the necessary chips to UDI at the last minute, so it was never produced at quantity.

[MrBill]

1 hour ago, vbphil said:

Was that tongue in cheek or could that be a reality? I always wondered why UDI never produced any Insteon Devices besides a controller.

If you've been following along in Smarthome section of the forum you would know that Michel has submitted and offer for rights to produce PLM's and is in negotiations beyond that, but NDA prevents him from disclosing much.

And yes UDI did design a super PLM, that never made it past prototypes because smarthome backed out of the deal.

[Michel Kohanim]

@oskrypuch,

Thank you very much!

Some more updates:

1. There might be hope for those who have Hub IIs ... there's a high likelihood that they can be converted to a PLM
2. It's become evident that manufacturing 2413S/U is probably not going to happen since some of the parts are ETL'd, and 3 others are not available for another 18 months
3. Our focus is now on PLM Pro which was designed by our very good friend at SH but was sacked in favor of the Nokia hub

So, I think we'll have a very short term solution (Hub II) and a longer term solution (PLM Pro).

I shall keep you all posted.

With kind regards,
Michel

[apostolakisl]

1 hour ago, Michel Kohanim said:

 

since some of the parts are ETL'd, 

?  sorry not hip to that abbreviation.  EOL?

[Athlon]

On 5/9/2022 at 5:01 PM, MrBill said:

And yes UDI did design a super PLM

Love that name!

[lilyoyo1]

1 hour ago, Michel Kohanim said:

@oskrypuch,

Thank you very much!

Some more updates:

1. There might be hope for those who have Hub IIs ... there's a high likelihood that they can be converted to a PLM
2. It's become evident that manufacturing 2413S/U is probably not going to happen since some of the parts are ETL'd, and 3 others are not available for another 18 months
3. Our focus is now on PLM Pro which was designed by our very good friend at SH but was sacked in favor of the Nokia hub

So, I think we'll have a very short term solution (Hub II) and a longer term solution (PLM Pro).

I shall keep you all posted.

With kind regards,
Michel

Would that include the nokia hub

[Athlon]

8 minutes ago, apostolakisl said:

?  sorry not hip to that abbreviation.  EOL?

Did a quick Google:

What is ETL?
As the amount of data, data sources, and data types at organizations grow, the importance of making use of that data in analytics, data science and machine learning initiatives to derive business insights grows as well. The need to prioritize these initiatives puts increasing pressure on the data engineering teams because processing the raw, messy data into clean, fresh, reliable data is a critical step before these initiatives can be pursued.

ETL, which stands for extract, transform, and load, is the process data engineers use to extract data from different sources, transform the data into a  usable and trusted resource, and load that data into the systems end-users can access and use downstream to solve business problems.

[apostolakisl]

6 minutes ago, Athlon said:

Did a quick Google:

What is ETL?
As the amount of data, data sources, and data types at organizations grow, the importance of making use of that data in analytics, data science and machine learning initiatives to derive business insights grows as well. The need to prioritize these initiatives puts increasing pressure on the data engineering teams because processing the raw, messy data into clean, fresh, reliable data is a critical step before these initiatives can be pursued.

ETL, which stands for extract, transform, and load, is the process data engineers use to extract data from different sources, transform the data into a  usable and trusted resource, and load that data into the systems end-users can access and use downstream to solve business problems.

I saw that, but I can't understand how that applies to that sentence.  It sounded like he was saying the parts are no longer manufactured.  Where ETL refers to data, not parts.

[Athlon]

5 minutes ago, apostolakisl said:

I saw that, but I can't understand how that applies to that sentence.  It sounded like he was saying the parts are no longer manufactured.  Where ETL refers to data, not parts.

Don't know for sure either, but I took it to mean the 2413s and U's are made from components from so many different sources that reproducing them would be a logistical nightmare.

Acquiring the rights and then dealing with the current supply problems we're all facing is likely compounding the issue.

Edited May 10, 2022 by Athlon

[Bumbershoot]

1 hour ago, Michel Kohanim said:

Our focus is now on PLM Pro which was designed by our very good friend at SH but was sacked in favor of the Nokia hub

I wonder if the PLM Pro is this, finally going to see the light of day?

[Brian H]

12 minutes ago, Bumbershoot said:

I wonder if the PLM Pro is this, finally going to see the light of day?

That link is the PLM Pro by the now gone Smartlabs.

It had a universal power supply 100VAC to 240VAC. 50, 60 cycles. Back plate was separate so it could be changed to match the local electric outlets. Faster memory and link database increased from ~1000 links to ~4000 links. Looked similar to the case size used on the 2457D2 LampLinc. Serial, USB and Ethernet versions where in the FCC data.

[Techman]

32 minutes ago, Bumbershoot said:

I wonder if the PLM Pro is this, finally going to see the light of day?

 

Might be, here's the spec sheets. There's a serial and an USB version

Edited May 10, 2022 by Techman

[TJF1960]

EOL likely meant some parts from the part manufacturers are at the end of their life for being manufactured. 

A while back I was repairing a SL and looking to order some parts for it and found some of the IC's were already out of production.

[isyrocks!]

3 hours ago, Techman said:

 

Might be, here's the spec sheets. There's a serial and an USB version

Really hoping to see Michael bring the PLM Pro into production. I could really use the upgrade along with a new Polisy.

[apostolakisl]

So, should I scalp all my spare plm's on ebay now?

[Michel Kohanim]

Hi All, apologies. Yes, EOL (ETL is similar to UL). Yes, Nokia Hub is using an EOL ESP32. Yes, HUB Pro is what was scrapped by SmartHome. I am using one right now (thanks to our most esteemed friend who's helping us with all this). It works great! It's compact, cool, and lovely all around.

On 5/10/2022 at 7:39 PM, apostolakisl said:

So, should I scalp all my spare plm's on ebay now?

With kind regards,
Michel

[kenrok1]

 

On 5/10/2022 at 4:04 PM, Michel Kohanim said:

There might be hope for those who have Hub IIs ... there's a high likelihood that they can be converted to a PLM

regarding this - it seems a forum member @Codra was able to do that

 

 

 a DIY kit or perhaps a depot service to send for conversion would be cool

 

[apostolakisl]

1 hour ago, kenrok1 said:

 

regarding this - it seems a forum member @Codra was able to do that

 

 

 a DIY kit or perhaps a depot service to send for conversion would be cool

 

Do you suppose you could just get one of these:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/181006995656?hash=item2a24db90c8:g:4hEAAOSwcgNZD8mI

And connect to the rx/tx pads on the hub?  The hub actually has a really nice and powerful radio in it so it makes a nice access point.  

[kenrok1]

looks plausible  - I’m willing to give it a shot

[apostolakisl]

On 5/13/2022 at 7:09 PM, kenrok1 said:

looks plausible  - I’m willing to give it a shot

found this on reddit.  It is a v1 hub, so not that much help.

Took a picture of my V2 hub.  Lots of header pin locations to choose from.

 

[kenrok1]

thanks - mine looks like that as well. FCC photos show that one and a newer iteration that has some pins in the same section. I moved the discussion over here