Yes @nickrout I bought a few already on E-Bay. Mostly because I want to help test the new HA Insteon Panel but want to do it on a separate system. Between my buddy and I now we have 6 hubs and 2 PLMs. I figure we have some life in us for our homes. He still has 50+ switches/dimmers to install in his current home build out and I have over 80 installed plus another 5 or 6 in the closet.
I know how to use insteon scenes in Home assistant. I would like to be able to add, update or create new scenes on the insteon hub. When using an insteon scenes you can turn on multiple devices at one time while Home assistant scenes turn on devices one at a time.
Yes but when you (use to or still do) call an Insteon scene through the Insteon integration and check the state of the lights … are they correct?
I wrote that and then just tested (although I have the new beta software for Insteon installed) … and they do now. That is impressive!
So the real test will be now:
“Alexa, turn on {something}”
Which would be a script to call insteon.scene_on
And if the GUi is all updated and Nabu Casa is updated, I will be very happy
I’m getting the same “failed to connect” error when I put in my original username and password. I have not reset my hub yet, but I think I might have to at this point? Thoughts?
Thank you HA for saving my Insteon system! Strike up another win for Home Assistant here. I bought a RaspberryPi 4 kit on Amazon and got up and running in a day. I even got an automation running for my Internet connected pet door which I could never do before.
For me this is a huge upgrade and serves as a long term migration plan to something new. I won’t need to act hastily and I’ll replace the Insteon switches as they fail. My wife is happy having the Alexa integration back too. That has turned into a necessary convenience. I must admit I use it too when I need a light turned on with both hands full.
All is well for now.
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It is great to know that Insteon users have an escape route. There’s lots of words could be said about evils of the cloud and the power of open source, but I think it is best said by the founder:
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Anyone have an answer yet about creating new scenes? Obviously we can’t get into the Insteon app anymore and like many people before I realized the servers were down I did a hard reset on my hub. My lights work fine on Home Assistant but will this new page coming out in a couple weeks allow the creation of scenes just like the application did?
I am having the same issue.
You Need to use the Username and password printed on the back of the Hub box, not your login credentials
I have tested HA with my Hub1, Hub2, and USB PLM. All worked just fine. I settled for the Hub1 for now because I can use HouseLinc to manage all of the attached smart switches and their hard lincs. I will say that you can NOT have HA and HouseLinc running at the same time. They compete for the hub’s attention, and nothing works.
I have been testing the automations and they seem to work better talking to scenes instead of multiple devices. Adding conditions only makes them more clunky and prone to missing a device. Seems to be due to ACK delays with the hub.
Next step is to get my Alexa devices talking to my stand-alone HA-Pi.
I’m having some issues with a couple switchlincs. One always turns on at 50%, and the other only turns off. I suspect I forgot to have them both at 100% on when I linked them to my second gen hub. I tried to re-link the all link and delete the all link, but it doesn’t seem to me working. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
@kbrown01, with your sizable number of devices, have you encountered a problem where certain devices were recognized by HA but non-responsive to HA, i.e., when you turn a light off with HA it does not turn off? This seems to happen with some devices that are set up for virtual three-way operation. Should I reset the switches, use the one with the load for HA and then re-establish the virtual three-way?I also have one device that I installed using an override. it shows up in the device list in HA, but does not respond to on/off. Would appreciate any advice.
@GaroldA … I hesitate to respond as I have some “pre-release” insteon panel stuff installed in my system. There has been an issue that has been identified and I hope resolved which caused the entire Insteon integration to not work until a restart. I understand everything should be fully tested and released this week, I am certainly looking forward to that.
Speaking from past experience without the new panel and insteon integration, I never noticed any issues at all. I have a few switches that I had to use the device override and they work perfectly. I have only one tree-way circuit and I really never use the wall plates, in that area of the home. It is always HA.
Just a real basic question that I don’t seem to find here or in any of the docs so far: I’m coming from Insteon and had a bunch of devices and scenes. Now that I’ve connected my 2245-222 to HA (that was easy), how do I get the existing Insteon devices to show up somewhere? Sorry if I’m not using the right words.
@pexeuskt
I am also new to Home Assistant…
I just got it up and running with Insteon. Once I added the Insteon integration,
Under /Configuration
/integrations
The Insteon Icon for xx Devices and xx Entities started slowly counting up.
Now, I wish there was a way to add 2 Insteon hubs to 1 Home Assistant… 
It’s been about an hour and nothings showing up. How long did it take for you? I’ve got a few dozen devices and some are going on and off (thus sending signals).
It was less than an hour before some were showing up… I then left and went to town. When I got back it was filled up with devices.
It’s been 4hrs for me and nothing’s happening. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Same boat for me.
Hey you Insteon users
It is great to see that HA has supplied you with a way to get your gear back going, and a warm welcome.
A word to the wise. This is not criticism at all, but can I just say please that subjective statements, like “it’s been 4 hours” or “Mine worked after I’d been to the shops” are only of limited use. Sure, they give some general guidance on how things can take quite a while.
However getting actual help requires a bit more effort. This post is the guiding light to getting good help How to help us help you - or How to ask a good question
Read it, read it all. Then open some new threads with the specific info needed to help you. Logs are really important. I hope this helps you guys and gals to get the system working for you.
Nick.
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