steve-elves Posted November 12, 2023 Posted November 12, 2023 I've replaced my old ISY with a new EISY and I am very happy with it. I have the Z-Wave/Zigbee module on the EISY, and I'm now installing a Brultech GEM that I've had gathering dust on my shelf for over 7 years. When I pull it out of the box, it looks like it has a Zigbee module w/antenna, and I'm wondering if anyone has been able to connect this box to an EISY without using the DashBox. Is it better to have the DashBox in any case, since it seems to have the data collection capability built in? I'd like to get a short recap of people's recommendations for connecting these devices.
bgrubb1 Posted November 13, 2023 Posted November 13, 2023 I have a Dashbox I am considering writing a Nodeserver, but to tell you the truth, there is no real need. The Dashbox has the ability to push all channels to the Eisy as variables so you have access to all channels The Zigbee on the Gem cannot talk to the Eisy
steve-elves Posted November 13, 2023 Author Posted November 13, 2023 Thanks for the reply. I think I'll use the Dashbox, then. Out of curiosity, do you happen to know why the Zigbee on the Gem can't talk to the Zigbee on the EISY?
steve-elves Posted December 8, 2023 Author Posted December 8, 2023 On 11/12/2023 at 7:27 PM, bgrubb1 said: I have a Dashbox I am considering writing a Nodeserver, but to tell you the truth, there is no real need. The Dashbox has the ability to push all channels to the Eisy as variables so you have access to all channels The Zigbee on the Gem cannot talk to the Eisy Can you point me to some instructions as to how to configure the EISY to grab the information from the GEM? I have set up some State Variables in the EISY and I've identified the ones I want from the Dashbox. I set the parameters in the GEM to use some kind of ISY protocol (don't quite understand what that choice actually did...), but now I'm kind of stumped. I assume I have to tell the EISY that variables will be coming from the network, but beyond that I'm kind of lost. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. (BTW, Ben at Brultech recommended you as a good resource for this!)
bgrubb1 Posted December 8, 2023 Posted December 8, 2023 (edited) I looked for the instruction docs on this. They were links to Tekens install but they all go 404 so they moved. I asked Ben at Brultech to look for them. Here is a few tidbits from my memory. I created "State Variables" on the eISY (isy) for all channels and feeds from the ISY - see screen shot Edited December 8, 2023 by bgrubb1 addition
bgrubb1 Posted December 8, 2023 Posted December 8, 2023 Then on the GEM you point to the Eisy (IP and Port) and tell it where to send - see screen shot
steve-elves Posted December 9, 2023 Author Posted December 9, 2023 Hah - brilliant! Thanks a lot - I'm now getting the feeds that I want. I think the only difference from what I had was the "Port" setting - I had tried 80, but not 8080 as I didn't see that as a choice anywhere at hand. Much appreciated. 1
bgrubb1 Posted December 9, 2023 Posted December 9, 2023 80 was correct for ISY-994 eISY / Polisy use 8080 for http Glad ur up and running - one note that may not apply to you State variables dont understand negative numbers so when my solar is over producing, the mains are not correct (well they are correct but dont display negative) ...Barry
steve-elves Posted December 9, 2023 Author Posted December 9, 2023 I looked into solar for our house, but we're deep in the forest on the east side of a hill on an island off the West Coast of Canada. Given the size of our roof and the amount of sun we get, the best we could do is about a 25% replacement of our electric use, with a payback time of > 50 years if we had blackout coverage for 3 days. Not really worth it, I'm afraid.
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