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To Polisy and Beyond!

The long wait is finally over: Polisy is now shipping! Polisy is ISY’s companion that extends your automation wishes to infinity and beyond. Click a couple of buttons and integrate with weather services, Philips Hue, LiFX, Ecobee, Roomba, Sonos, Tesla, SolarEdge, and a growing list of other things.

Polisy PRO With Dual Band WiFi and Bluetooth (4.0)

Polisy is powerful. It boasts 1Ghz Quad Core AMD CPU, 4GB RAM, 32GB 3D NAND SSD, 3 x 1 GB Ethernet ports, and extensive I/O features. Its prowess is assured by a lean fine-tuned version of BSD Unix. Its security hardened by TPM boot. Its reliability, viability, and support is guaranteed by the same team that brought you the ISY.

 

 

Polisy is preconfigured with our revolutionary Polyglot framework that allows integration of anything into ISY. These things show up just like any other device, can be included in scenes, and available in programs.

For instance, our Tesla Poly enables you to use battery range, state of charge, and your own preferencees – such as price of electricity – as conditions to automate when to charge/discharge. Or use an INSTEON / Z-Wave motion sensor on the ouside of your home as a trigger for your Tesla to honk the horn and flash the lights to thwart off intruders.

For your reading pleasure:
– Polisy Quick Start Page
– Polisy User Guide

Lest we forget, if you are a geek like us, you would want to know that we value your geekiness so much so that:

  • If you have already published a Poly in our Polyglot store, you get Polisy for free
  • Verified developers get 50% discounts on all our products, modules, and bundles including the preorder for Polisy
  • You get all products and modules in your hands before the general availability
    If you have not signed up as a developer yet, well, what are you waiting for? 

Order Now!

Let Polisy take your home to where no home has gone before!

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UD Awarded Contract by SCE

The project will focus on the following:

  • Optimization of connected devices based on Time-Of-Use rates
  • Customer interaction with smart speakers using Amazon Alexa, and Google Assistant

The project will leverage the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) investment in the RATES (Retail Automated Trans active Energy System (RATES) pilot. The RATES pilot optimized connected devices based on real time prices received from the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) and enabled customers to interact with a smart speaker to gain insights into energy use. Modifications will be made to the RATES system to provide the requirements requested in this implementation (optimizing connected devices based on SCE residential TOU rates instead of real time prices).

This project was completed in 1Q 2022. Here’s the link to the final results.

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Introducing Polisy

Your gateway to integrating everything and anything with your ISY with a single button click! Such awesome things as Audio Video controllers, Tesla, Ring, Ecobee, Roomba, Weather Stations, Rachio, LiFX, SolarEdge, ….

Polisy is your plug & play Polyglot in a beautiful shiny box. Your ISY’s sidekick now and its destiny in the future.

Polisy is powerful. It boasts 1Ghz Quad Core AMD CPU, 4GB RAM, 32GB 3D NAND SSD, 3 x 1 GB Ethernet ports, and extensive I/O features. Its prowess is assured by a lean fine-tuned version of BSD Unix. Its security hardened by TPM boot. Its reliability, viability, and support is guaranteed by the same team that brought you the ISY.

For those not familiar with Polyglot, it’s our revolutionary framework that allows integration of anything into ISY with a single button click. These things show up just like any other device, can be included in scenes, and available in programs.

For instance, our Tesla Poly enables you to use battery range, state of charge, and your own preferencees – such as price of electricity – as conditions to automate when to charge/discharge. Or use an INSTEON / Z-Wave motion sensor on the ouside of your home as a trigger for your Tesla to honk the horn and flash the lights to thwart off intruders.

Polisy PRO With Dual Band WiFi and Bluetooth (4.0)

Polisy not only comes with Polyglot already configured and running, but also it automatically finds and commissions your ISY when attached. From thereon, you command/control both Polisy and ISY through one interface. 

Native support for 3G/4G modems gives you the ability to go off the grid. Literally! And, if you are one of those maximum-connectivity types, get the Polisy PRO model which comes standard with Dual Band WiFi and Bluetooth (4.0).

And, by the way, Polisy comes with 2 year subscription to ISY Portal free of charge.

Lest we forget, if you are a geek like us, you would want to know that we value your geekiness so much so that:

  • If you have already published a Poly in our Polyglot store, you get Polisy for free
  • Verified developers get 50% discounts on all our products, modules, and bundles including the preorder for Polisy
  • You get Polisy in your hands before the general availability
    If you have not signed up as a developer yet, well, what are you waiting for? 

Polisy will be available to the public in December of 2019. But …. [finale_countdown_timer campaign_id=”26313″ skip_rules= “yes”]

Preorder Now!

Let Polisy take your home to where no home has gone before!

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The Importance of IoT and Transactive Energy for the Smart Grid

When: June 12, 2019 3:30 PM PDT
Where: International OpenADR Symposium at PG&E Pacific Energy Center 

Services for IoT and Transactive Energy (TE) will be required to enable a truly smart grid. Michel Kohanim discusses UD\’s existing research, framework, complementing products/ecosystem that have seamlessly integrated IoT technologies and Smart Grid standards including Transactive Energy. OpenADR is a perfect fit for bringing all these services under one standardized umbrella.

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ISY994 + Tesla = Awesome

The way we are going, pretty soon ISY will be driving your car and you can sit back and relax! Till then, bask in the awesome integration of ISY and Tesla and enjoy unprecedent automation and control!

Examples:

  • Use your preferences in ISY Programs to honk the horn, lock/unlock doors, open/close the sunroof, and flash the lights
  • Use battery range, state of charge, and your own preferences – such as price of electricity – as conditions to automate when to charge/discharge
  • Use a motion sensor on the outside of your home as a trigger for your Tesla to honk the horn and flash the lights to thwart off intruders

Prerequisites:

Take A Test Drive

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Introducing UD Integrator/Dealer Program

This program is specifically designed to be simple while providing you with opportunities for growth, customer outreach, support, and partnership.

Highlights:

  • Free equipment every year
  • Substantial discounts on products and bundles including SmartHome products
  • Dedicated dealer support page with specialized dealer-focused content
  • Listed in our searchable dealer directory 
  • Partnership opportunities for our utility and government energy efficiency projects
  • Listing on Insteon’s Dealer page

Learn more & sign up

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Welcome!

The subject says it all! 

This milestone has been in the making for the past 12 years and for very good reasons. First and foremost, we had to make sure ISY was rock solid and feature packed. With 5.0.x firmware being very close to release, ISY is now the one and only product that lets you give your customers unprecedented levels of integration and comfort. ISY’s energy saving capabilities, such as OpenADR and Smart Meter integration, give you the tools to not only save energy and money for your customers but also apply for country wide rebates and incentives.

The other very important reason was our quest to make sure your investment in UD and ISY is not only safe but also profitable. With the ubiquity of low cost command/control hubs, we didn’t feel comfortable with our value proposition. Things have dramatically changed since then. We now have tens of thousands of registered customers on this site and not a week goes by that we are not asked for ISY professionals. Combine this with our utility and government contracts/grants, and you have a  world class, reputable, and solid partner behind you.

Here’s a high level list of what you are getting with your membership:

Thank you for joining us!

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CA Energy Commission EPIC 2019 Symposium

When: February 19, 2019
Where: CA Energy Commission 

Universal Devices was featured in the CA Energy Commission’s EPIC Symposium both in the poster session, represented by Orly Hasidim, and in an in-depth panel discussion. The event took place in the Sacramento Convention Center and was attended by many including members of the legislator.

The keynote speech was given by Senator Henry Stern. Senator Stern is a known supporter of energy efficiency innovation and has provided a letter of support to Universal Devices for their BRIDGE project in 2018.

 

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The Importance of IoT in Smart Grid Technologies

When: February 26, 2019 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM PST
Where: Lawrence Berkley Lab – Energy Technologies Area (as well as online)

Perhaps you have already heard of IoT – Internet of Things. IoT is pretty much meaningless without a purpose: how does it help anyone? 

Michel Kohanim discusses UD\’s existing research, framework, complementing products/ecosystem that seamlessly integrate IoT technologies, Smart Grid standards, and AI assistants to help us all save money, save energy and save the planet.

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