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robv60

Schedules on defunct Hub

Anyone know what to do with the schedules you have programmed into the hub? I had a couple of schedules for turning my lights on and of at specific times of the day. They still work but Im afraid that they may be getting "off" on their times a little each day. Id love to be able to just wipe them off the hub and start over but seeing as how I can no longer log into the hub, is there any way to do that? I've toyed around with HA but havent really done much aside from discovering my devices since my schedules still work- for now. HA didn't pull over any of my settings or scenes, just the devices themselves.

Posted Apr 20, 2022, 8:07 PM UTC

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danoftoasters•

This thread has some information on talking directly to your hub via browser... probably not complete but hopefully more information will be added as people probe what's there...

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robv60OP•

Didn't work for my hub, unfortunately. Was able to get the initial link to show the hub's info but none of the subsequent htm links/commands work.

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tommycw10•

Use Insteon-terminal to download your link db and save it to disk, factory reset the hub to delete the devices NVM, use Insteon-terminal to restore your link db.

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robv60OP•

Thanks, Ill look into that. What does the link db do exactly? Does it not store the scene or device info? edit** hoo boy, this is going to have a learning curve.

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jbockel•

I'm in the same boat and not sure what to do. One of my scheduled scenes stopped working when the cloud went down and before I migrated to HA. I recreated it in HA and haven't had any problems. Another schedule, on a smart plug, is still going strong via Insteon and I haven't moved it over to HA yet... and I'm not sure if I should

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nmp1108•

Hey There. I am a bit tech challenged. You migrated to HA. I have read how HA interface passes through the Insteon hub. Question: You have to have a computer running with HA, as well. Also....are you able to access HA remotely through a web log in only? I assume there is not an app. Thanks for any help.

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jbockel•

I am running HA on an old Macbook Air. I followed these install instructions for the virtual box method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzDbvblgK2A / https://www.home-assistant.io/installation/macos

I am able to access my system remotely using https://www.nabucasa.com/ - it's great and worth the $60/year. HA does have a nice mobile app available on iOS and Android.

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nmp1108•

Thank you.

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jfarre20•

Mine are drifting too... Its weird the schedules are drifting since the hub sets the time from pool.ntp.org - which is still up.

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