ISY-994i INSTEON:User Guide

1 PURPOSE

The purpose of this document is to guide the system’s installer with the steps necessary to install and configure the Universal Devices’ ISY system and operate the GUI (Graphical User Interface) ISY comes configured for communications with the device(s) of your choice. The package contains:

• Power supply
• Ethernet cable (Blue Cable)
• A Serial/RS232 cable – for advanced administrative tasks. If you would like to view system status using Windows Hyper-terminal or any other terminal emulation software
• Documentation and Utilities disk
• Quick Setup Guide
• SmartHome’s INSTEON PLM (Power-line Modem) version 4A

3 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION

This section will cover the basic ISY installation enumerating the pre-requisites of the host computer and the network requirements. It will also cover the host computer configuration and provide you some instructions on the host computer start up.

4 MAIN GUI COMPONENTS

4.1 TOP PANE

4.2 NAVIGATION PANE (TREE VIEW)

4.3 VIEW PANE

4.4 OPERATION PANE

5 TOP PANE - MENU

5.1 FILE MENU

5.1.1 Logon

5.1.2 Set Userid/Password

5.1.3 Resetting Userid/Password

5.1.4 Backup ISY

5.1.5 Restore ISY

5.1.6 Restore Devices

5.1.7 Restore Modem (PLM)

5.1.8 Enable/Disable Internet Access

5.1.9 Exit

5.2 LINK MANAGEMENT MENU

5.2.1 Start Linking

5.2.2 Add Devices Found in Links

5.2.3 Link a ControLinc

5.2.4 New Insteon Device

5.2.5 New Scene

5.3 TOOLS MENU

5.3.1 Trend (Chart)

5.3.1.1 Trend - Categories Menu

5.3.1.2 Trend – By Group Menu

5.3.1.3 Trend - Log Menu

5.3.2 Log (Excel)

5.3.3 Reset History

5.3.4 Floor Plan

5.4 HELP MENU

5.4.1 About

5.4.2 User Guide

5.4.3 Manually Upgrade ISY

5.4.4 Automatically Upgrading ISY

6 TOP PANE – TOOL BAR

6.1 EXPAND ALL

6.2 COLLAPSE ALL

6.3 SORT

6.4 NEW SCENE

6.5 NEW INSTEON DEVICE

6.6 START LINKING

6.7 FLOOR PLAN

6.8 TREND (CHART)

7 NAVIGATION PANE – CONFIGURATION NODE

7.1 CONFIGURING ISY’S PHYSICAL LOCATION

7.2 DATE AND TIME CONFIGURATION

7.3 MESSAGING CONFIGURATION

7.3.1 Messaging Providers

7.3.2 Email Message

7.3.3 Text Messages/Page

7.3.3.1 Recipients

7.3.3.2 Notifications Setting

8 NAVIGATION PANE – SCHEDULES NODE

8.1 NEW SCHEDULE

8.2 ADDING A SCHEDULE FOR A SPECIFIC TIME

8.3 ADDING A SCHEDULE FOR EVERYDAY AT A GIVEN TIME

8.4 ADDING A REPEATED SCHEDULE FOR EVERYDAY

8.5 ADDING A SCHEDULE FOR CERTAIN DAYS OF THE WEEK

8.6 HOLDING SCHEDULES ON A CERTAIN DATE

8.7 HOLDING SCHEDULES FOR A DURATION

8.8 EDITING AN EXISTING SCHEDULE

8.9 REMOVING A SCHEDULE

9 NAVIGATION PANE – TRIGGERS NODE

9.1 CREATING A TRIGGER

9.2 REMOVING A TRIGGER

9.3 PENDING NOTIFICATIONS

9.4 REFRESH

10 NAVIGATION PANE – ISY NODE

10.1 QUERY

10.2 RENAME

10.3 START LINKING

11 NAVIGATION PANE – SCENES

11.1 QUERY

11.2 RENAME

11.3 REMOVE SCENE

12 NAVIGATION PANE – INSTEON DEVICE NODE

12.1 QUERY

12.2 RENAME

12.3 REMOVE OR REMOVE FROM SCENE

12.4 MOVE TO SCENE

12.5 RESTORE DEVICE

12.6 COPY ATTRIBUTES

12.7 PASTE ATTRIBUTES

13 ERRORS AND ERROR MESSAGES

13.1 RED EXCLAMATION MARK

13.2 TO REPORT AN ERROR