/udi-backup-poly

backup and restore lighting state

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backup-polyglot

This is the backup/restore Poly for the Universal Devices ISY994i Polyglot interface with Polyglot V2 (c) 2020 Robert Paauwe

This node server takes a snapshot of the lighting type device status and can then later restore the devices to those values.

Lighting devices are those devices that have a status value using the unit-of-measure for level (0-255) or percent. This should cover most Insteon switch/lamp modules and Z-wave switch/lamp modules.

Installation

  1. Backup Your ISY in case of problems!
    • Really, do the backup, please
  2. Go to the Polyglot Store in the UI and install.
  3. Add NodeServer in Polyglot Web
    • After the install completes, Polyglot will reboot your ISY, you can watch the status in the main polyglot log.
  4. Once your ISY is back up open the Admin Console.
  5. Configure the node server with your station ID.

Node Settings

The settings for this node are:

Short Poll

  • Not used

Long Poll

  • Not used

IP Address

  • The IP Address of the ISY to snapshot and restore

Username

  • The ISY username

Password

  • The ISY password

Requirements

  1. Polyglot V2 itself should be run on Raspian Stretch. To check your version, cat /etc/os-release and the first line should look like PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)". It is possible to upgrade from Jessie to Stretch, but I would recommend just re-imaging the SD card. Some helpful links:
  2. This has only been tested with ISY 5.0.14 so it is not guaranteed to work with any other version.

Upgrading

Open the Polyglot web page, go to nodeserver store and click "Update" for "Backup".

For Polyglot 2.0.35, hit "Cancel" in the update window so the profile will not be updated and ISY rebooted. The install procedure will properly handle this for you. This will change with 2.0.36, for that version you will always say "No" and let the install procedure handle it for you as well.

Then restart the Backup nodeserver by selecting it in the Polyglot dashboard and select Control -> Restart, then watch the log to make sure everything goes well.

The Roku nodeserver keeps track of the version number and when a profile rebuild is necessary. The profile/version.txt will contain the Backup profile_version which is updated in server.json when the profile should be rebuilt.

Release Notes

  • 1.0.2 10/20/2020
    • filter devices by family and category. Only save Insteon and Z-Wave switches/dimmers
  • 1.0.1 10/16/2020
    • fix bug where backup would cause duplicate entries
    • changed to /rest/nodes endpoint to improve performance
  • 1.0.0 10/15/2020
    • Initial release to public github