phawtrey Posted November 14, 2023 Posted November 14, 2023 Is it possible to run both a Polisy and an Eisy on the same system connecting to the same devices at the same time? I am running about 50 Insteon devices, the Elk M1G, 8 IP cameras and 4 node servers - ST-Sonos, Elk, Flume and NOAA and a few Z-Wave devices. I am willing to buy additional licenses like node server licenses. But can the devices that have API's to support a node server, like the M1G, support two node servers at the same time under any circumstances; i.e. additional hardware for M1G?. Will Insteon devices tolerate commands from more than one source? How about Flume? As I own both Polisy and Eisy, how could I best take advantage of both? For example: While migrating from Polisy to eisy, we could run Polisy during the transition which sometimes takes time. With both running in parallel, we will have a redundant system so if one fails, the other could take over.
Solution Geddy Posted November 14, 2023 Solution Posted November 14, 2023 @phawtrey not entirely sure why you hid this in the Brultech Energy Meters area. Moved to eisy since it didn't seem to have anything to do with where you posted it. 1 hour ago, phawtrey said: Is it possible to run both a Polisy and an Eisy on the same system connecting to the same devices at the same time? No, this is not possible. Insteon devices can only have one controller. With the Polisy or eisy you have 1 PLM to communicate to the devices. So only one controller can/should be used at a time. 1 hour ago, phawtrey said: As I own both Polisy and Eisy, how could I best take advantage of both? It's entirely possible to have a PLM for each system, but you could only link devices to one PLM at a time. So some devices could be linked to the Polisy and the others to eisy. Kind of awkward, but if you're up for a lot of work keeping things straight go for it. You run a risk of having 2 PLMs sending out power line signals getting crossed and missed since sometimes Insteon signals can become corrupt with a small amount of noise. 1
phawtrey Posted November 14, 2023 Author Posted November 14, 2023 Thank you. Sorry I posted in the wrong place. 1
phawtrey Posted November 14, 2023 Author Posted November 14, 2023 Not sure how to move this to eisy. I thought that is where I was from the link at the top of the page.
Geddy Posted November 14, 2023 Posted November 14, 2023 15 minutes ago, phawtrey said: Not sure how to move this to eisy. I had already moved it. No worries.
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