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Ring Is Back!

Yes, Ring plugin is back and easily integrated into your eisy! By using the ding and motion events from your doorbells, and the motion events from your cameras (stickup cams & floodlights), you can easily create eisy programs that make your home even more secure and awesome. 

Yes, you can also control Ring floodlights. 

Prerequisites: 

  1. eisy or Polisy version 5.6.0 +
  2. A valid ISY Portal license
    • PG3 Remote connection must be enabled. Settings are in ISY Portal under Select Tools | Maintenance | PG3 Remote connection
  3. If you have a Polisy,
    • Version 5.6.0 +
    • Enable PG3x: https://polisy.local:8443/rest/pg3x.enable
    • Reboot and wait for a beep + 1. Migrating node servers from PG3 to PG3x might take up to 2 minutes per node server. So, please be patient. Once all node servers show connected, reboot again.

Limitations:

  • Although you can control lights, the Ring API does not provide the state of the light.
  • Mailboxes are not yet supported in the Ring API

Still debating migration to eisy?

How about a $25.00 discount? Please use coupon code 9DRUH3RB at checkout (expires 05/22/2023). For your reference, here are the migration instructions.

Cool examples:

 

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Now Shipping eisy | home! Copy

eisy | home is our 7th generation home automation controller and energy management system. It’s called eisy because it’s based on the same rock-solid ISY technology as its predecessors while also restructured for ease of configuration and use through our fantastic UD Mobile App. eisy is packed with power and flexibility and it’s so cute that some of us call it ‘cutie’! You don’t believe it? Checkout this video.

Specs

Hardware:

  • Intel Celeron Quad Core @2.9GHz | 8GB RAM | 60GB Storage | TPM 2.0
  • WiFi 6 | Bluetooth 5.2 | 1 x Gigabit Ethernet | 4 x USB Ports | 2 x 4K HDMI Ports 
  • Internal NVMe slot can extend storage to 1TB

Operating System:

Refined version of FreeBSD. UD manages building and maintaining the kernel and core/required packages. The OS and packages were designed to be easily field upgradeable and ensure that you configure once and run forever.

Device Support

  • INSTEON Support – Requires a PLM (not included): 2413S, 2413U, or 24487U. If you are using 2413S (serial/RS232), then you will need our Serial PLM Kit
  • Z-Wave Support – Requires our ZMatter USB dongle (not included)
  • Zigbee / Matter Support – Requires our ZMatter USB dongle (not included). Zigbee and Matter support will not be available till 03/2023
  • 100s of other devices and services are supported through our awesome and vetted third-party developed node servers (plugins). Here’s the list

How Easy Is It to Setup?

  • Plug in the power cord to your eisy
  • If you have a WIFI network, nothing else is necessary. If you prefer using a wired connection, plug in an Ethernet cable to the network port on eisy. Ensure that your network is DHCP enabled
  • Install UD Mobile by scanning the QR Code below on your mobile phone:
  • Let UD Mobile guide you the rest of the way

For your viewing pleasure, here are some videos:

More Information & To Order

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Now Shipping eisy | home!

eisy | home is our 7th generation home automation controller and energy management system. It’s called eisy because it’s based on the same rock-solid ISY technology as its predecessors while also restructured for ease of configuration and use through our fantastic UD Mobile App. eisy is packed with power and flexibility and it’s so cute that some of us call it ‘cutie’! You don’t believe it? Checkout this video.

Specs

Hardware:

  • Intel Celeron Quad Core @2.9GHz | 8GB RAM | 60GB Storage | TPM 2.0
  • WiFi 6 | Bluetooth 5.2 | 1 x Gigabit Ethernet | 4 x USB Ports | 2 x 4K HDMI Ports 
  • Internal NVMe slot can extend storage to 1TB

Operating System:

Refined version of FreeBSD. UD manages building and maintaining the kernel and core/required packages. The OS and packages were designed to be easily field upgradeable and ensure that you configure once and run forever.

Device Support

  • INSTEON Support – Requires a PLM (not included): 2413S, 2413U, or 24487U. If you are using 2413S (serial/RS232), then you will need our Serial PLM Kit
  • Z-Wave Support – Requires our ZMatter USB dongle (not included)
  • Zigbee / Matter Support – Requires our ZMatter USB dongle (not included). Zigbee and Matter support will not be available till 03/2023
  • 100s of other devices and services are supported through our awesome and vetted third-party developed node servers (plugins). Here’s the list

How Easy Is It to Setup?

  • Plug in the power cord to your eisy
  • If you have a WIFI network, nothing else is necessary. If you prefer using a wired connection, plug in an Ethernet cable to the network port on eisy. Ensure that your network is DHCP enabled
  • Install UD Mobile by scanning the QR Code below on your mobile phone:
  • Let UD Mobile guide you the rest of the way

For your viewing pleasure, here are some videos:

More Information & To Order

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Introducing eisy | home!

eisy | home is our 7th generation home automation controller and energy management system. It’s called eisy because it’s based on the same rock-solid ISY technology as its predecessors while also restructured for ease of configuration and use through our fantastic UD Mobile App. eisy is packed with power and flexibility and it’s so cute that some of us call it ‘cutie’! You don’t believe it? Checkout this video.

Specs

Hardware:

  • Intel Celeron Quad Core @2.9GHz | 8GB RAM | 60GB Storage | TPM 2.0
  • WiFi 6 | Bluetooth 5.2 | 1 x Gigabit Ethernet | 4 x USB Ports | 2 x 4K HDMI Ports 
  • Internal NVMe slot can extend storage to 1TB

Operating System:

Refined version of FreeBSD. UD manages building and maintaining the kernel and core/required packages. The OS and packages were designed to be easily field upgradeable and ensure that you configure once and run forever.

Device Support

  • INSTEON Support – Requires a PLM (not included): 2413S, 2413U, or 24487U. If you are using 2413S (serial/RS232), then you will need our Serial PLM Kit
  • Z-Wave Support – Requires our ZMatter USB dongle (not included)
  • Zigbee / Matter Support – Requires our ZMatter USB dongle (not included). Zigbee and Matter support will not be available till 03/2023
  • 100s of other devices and services are supported through our awesome and vetted third-party developed node servers (plugins). Here’s the list

How Easy Is It to Setup?

  • Plug in the power cord to your eisy
  • If you have a WIFI network, nothing else is necessary. If you prefer using a wired connection, plug in an Ethernet cable to the network port on eisy. Ensure that your network is DHCP enabled
  • Install UD Mobile by scanning the QR Code below on your mobile phone:
  • Let UD Mobile guide you the rest of the way

For your viewing pleasure, here are some videos:

More Information & Preorder (12/27/2022)

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ZMatter! Z-Wave+ | Matter Module for Polisy (beta)

INSTEON got you down? Z-Wave range and limited functionality issues? Want to Future-Proof your Polisy with Zigbee/Matter support? Our ZMatter board is the answer!

Enhanced Range

Start enjoying the enhanced range afforded by high caliber external antennas (on the sides) in conjunction with SiLab’s 700 series Z-Wave and Zigbee/Matter radios.

Smart Start

No more tapping and dancing to get a device to include! Just use UD Mobile to scan Smart Start QR code for your device, and watch it seamlessly appear and start working.

S2 Security

S2 secure devices are now supported so you can rest assured that your devices and communications are secure.

Improved Scene Support

Although Z-Wave scenes are not as impressive as INSTEON, but with this new implementation, they come much closer. So, instead of using programs, give them a try!


Easy migration from 994 500 Series and Zooz 700 series dongle

Migration from your 994 is as easy as backup/restore. All your Z-Wave devices will be migrated to ZMatter board*. For those with Zooz 700 series dongle, the migration process is as easy.

For those who have not yet migrated their 994s to Polisy, now is the time and here are the instructions.

*Some devices may require manual intervention especially if they support S2.

Future Proof Your Polisy

Although Matter products are not yet available, we are closely monitoring and implementing features as they become available. In the meantime, we will try supporting regular Zigbee devices and then operate in dual Zigbee/Matter mode once Matter is available.

Get Some Money Back!

If you ordered a Zooz 700 Series dongle from us, you may return it for a full refund (if Express shipping, up to $12). Please send your invoice to sales@universal-devices.com.

Preorder Now!

 

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Tesla Powerwall Integration

So you have a Tesla Powerwall and you know that it stores electricity. But, you have no idea how to integrate with everything else in your home to your advantage? For instance:

  • You can force a specific mode of operation – like supply from battery, take it completely off the grid etc.
  • You can decide to do different things when there is a power outage (overwrite the default behavior) 
  • You can force discharge mode based on ISY conditions (schedule, device states, etc.)
  • You can also set peak and off peak times from the ISY 
  • You can turn stormMode (allow charging from grid in case of weather alert) on and off 

In summary you can do anything the iOS mobile app supports but under control of ISY (ISY controls the parameters available the app based on its decisions).  

Tesla Powerwall runs on both Polisy (use Z9F44G4R for 20% discount) as well as Polyglot Cloud. And, access everything from One App: UD Mobile!

Download on the App Store Get it on Google Play

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What’s Up Poly?

Plex It!

Thanks to our very active, enthusiastic, and ingenious developer community, and as we are now at 84 full featured Polys (Node Servers) including more climate services. In this episode of What’s Up Poly, though, we are going to take a look at Home Theater Light Automation using the newly developed Plex Poly.

Without further ado, let’s let @ch491 and @ralbright, the brains behind this Poly, describe it all:

One of the ambitions I have had for my smart home is automation of room lighting while watching TV Shows and MOVIES at home, especially during the pandemic. There are very few ways to have the ISY know if you are actively watching a TV Show or MOVIE. In the past, you had to (gasp) manually turn lights on/off in the room when you start the movie. (Oh, the humanity!)

If you have a Plex Media Server, then adding the new Plex-Webhook to the ISY994 through your Polisy or PloyglotV2 node server, means your ISY now knows if something is playing in that room.

Examples:

You can create programs that can control the lighting  based on when you start playing something like a movie.

What about monitoring the Content Rating of what the kids are watching? You can write a program to alert you via the ISY’s various methods of doing so.

It also has a special feature called Rapid Trigger.  It can alert you if a user is causing too many events in a given time. i.e. If you have kids that think it is fun to play/pause repeatedly!  You can write a program to alert you via the ISY’s various methods of doing so.

This program sets a state variable that triggers the ISY Portal to have Alexa announce “Please Stop Doing That.”

Prerequisites:

Keep safe and thank you!

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Which Weather Service?

“I’m not confused. I’m just well mixed” ~ Robert Frost

As you may already know, and thankfully, the Climate Module is going away. ‘Thankfully’  because, now you have many other options and services to choose from. But, which option and service is the right one for you? Let’s find out!

ISY Portal, Polisy, MobiLinc, … o my!

The first thing you will have to figure out is which platform to choose. For the new weather services to integrate with your ISY, the following requirements must be met:

If you have already signed up for MobiLinc Connect Module/service, then your choices are restricted to the Network Module + Polisy. The reason is that ISY can only support one proxy service: either ISY Portal or MobiLinc Connect.

The advantage of ISY Portal is that it does not require additional hardware. The advantage of Polisy is that you can integrate your ISY with a lot more things out there. In addition – and if you don’t use MobiLinc Connect – Polisy comes with 2 year subscription to ISY Portal free of charge.

Get to Node Your Weather Service Server

Weather service node servers connect to a specific weather service and query for current weather conditions and daily forecasts. The goal is to make the various node servers similar, but there are differences in the specific data returned by each service and the number days of forecast data available.  Different services use distinct data sources and various algorithms for determining forecasts. You will need to determine which one works best for your region.

Most of the services offer a free subscription plan, along with paid subscriptions. The node server only takes advantage of the data in the cheapest plan, typically the free plan.  In addition to the queried weather data, the node servers attempt to calculate the evapotranspiration–a fancy term for land evaporation combined with plant transpiration–based on the daily forecasts. All of the weather service node servers will work with either ISY Portal Polisy. Node servers are available for the following services: 

  • climacell.co. Climacell offers a free plan and provides up to 15 days of forecast data.
  • AERIS. AERIS does not offer a free plan, but does offer a no-cost plan to people that contribute weather data via a personal weather station using PWSWeather.com. AERIS provides up to 12 days of forecast data. Note that the UDI climate module gets its data from AERIS.
  • OpenWeatherMaps.org. OpenWeatherMaps does offer a free plan and provides up to 5 days of forecast data.
  • DarkSky.net.  DarkSky does offer a free plan and provides up to 7 days of forecast data.  Note that DarkSky is no longer accepting new registrations and will be shutting down this service in 2021.

Let’s Get Personal

Personal weather station node servers get data directly from a personal weather station. The frequency of the updates is typically set by the station and can be as often as once a minute.  These only provide information on the current conditions. Node servers are available for the following weather stations:

  • WeatherFlow. Works with WeatherFlow (www.weatherflow.com) smart weather stations, including the new Tempest. Data from the station is broadcast over your home network and picked up by the node server. The node server will also query the WeatherFlow servers to initialize some of the data (rain accumulation) and get the user’s preferred units measured (e.g., Celsius vs. Fahrenheit).  This only works with Polisy
    • WeatherFlowPGC is a version of the WeatherFlow server that gets all of its data from the WeatherFlow servers in stead of your local network.  The main goal is to provide access to remote stations such as a vacation home. This will work on both ISY Portal and Polisy. 
  • AmbientWeather. Works with Ambient Weather Network-based weather stations. The data comes from the Ambient Weather servers instead of directly from a personal weather station . Note that there are two slightly different versions of this by two different authors. This will work on both ISY Portal and Polisy. 
  • Davis. There are two node servers for Davis weather stations. One for the old, obsolete WeatherLinkIP API and one for the current WeatherLinkLive API.
    • The WeatherLinkLive node server connects directly to the WeatherLinkLive box over your local network. This works only on a Polisy.
    • The WeatherLinkIP node server connects to the Davis server to get data that’s been uploaded to the server.  This node server has not been well tested. This will work on both ISY Portal and Polisy. 
  • MeteoBridge – Works with a MeteoBridge (www.meteobridge.com) weather bridge. Live data is queried from the local MeteoBridge device. This should also work with Ambient’s WeatherBridge. Works only on a Polisy.

Personal Weather Station Software Node Server

The WeatherPoly node server is designed to work with existing weather software that is locally installed.  Most weather software can be configured to export data to a URL.  By pointing the export URL at the WeatherPoly node server, the data can be parsed and forwarded to an ISY. This currently works with MeteoBridge, Cumulus, and AcuParse. It is also possible to make this work with WEEWX via a modified extension. This allows access to data from personal weather stations that don’t have a network-accessible API. This only works on a Polisy.

The choice is yours

It’s always good to have choices, and with all the different weather related node servers, there’s something for everyone.

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Alexa and Google Home Enhancements

Alexa, Raise/Lower. Hey Google, Lock/Unlock

You can now use Raise, Lower, Open, and Close with Alexa.

To enable this feature:

— On ISY Portal, go to Select Tools | Connectivity | Amazon Echo

— Edit one of your “spokens”

— In the Alexa Category, choose one of these new options:
    Device with Open/Close syntax
    Device with Set/Lower/Raise syntax

— Save your “spoken”

— After changing the Alexa Category, ask “Alexa, discover my devices”

When you use “Device with Open/Close syntax”

In addition to the regular turn on/turn off, you will now be able to say:

  • Alexa, open <device>
  • Alexa, close <device>

When you use “Device with Set/Lower/Raise syntax”

In addition to the regular turn on/turn off, you will now be able to say:

  • Alexa, open <device> 
  • Alexa, close <device> 
  • Alexa, set <device> to <close | low | medium | high | maximum | open>
  • Alexa, set <device> to <any number from 1 to 100>
  • Alexa, raise <device>
  • Alexa, raise <device> by <number>
  • Alexa, lower <device> 
  • Alexa, lower <device>  by <number>

Please note that this Alexa category is available for devices and state variables only. In the case of variables, when setting up your spoken, it is recommended to use a turn off value of 0, and turn on value of 100.

You can now control your locks using Google Home.

To enable this feature:

— On ISY Portal, go to Select Tools | Connectivity | Google Home

— Add a lock to your device list, then save

— Ask “Ok Google, sync my devices”

 

Things you can ask:

  • Ok Google, lock <spoken>
  • Ok Google, unlock <spoken>
  • Ok Google, is <spoken> locked?

Enjoy and stay safe!

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What’s Up Poly?

iAquaLink and Ring

Thanks to our very active, enthusiastic, and ingenious developer community, and as we are reaching 75 awesome and full featured Polys (Node Servers),  we are going to start sending Poly news on a regular basis. And, of course, we also hope that these communiques can save you from boredom (in case you are home). In this edition: iAquaLink and Ring.

If you have the Ring Poly, then please restart it. We were instructed by Ring to update the integration for added security. Please note that, if you don’t restart this Poly, it will stop working by June 2020.

 

 

 

Do you have iAquaLink? If so, we are looking for testers! If interested,

  • You need a Polisy (Cloud version is coming soon). If you don’t have one, you can get a $50.00 discount
  • Read the instructions here

 

Keep safe and thank you!

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