It’s been almost two months since Insteon mysteriously shut down their servers with no notice. It’s been about a month …
Insteon Life Support Via Home Assistant
As explained in my post yesterday, it looks like Insteon was unceremoniously switched off on April 14th and users are …
The Slow…and Then Very Sudden Death of Insteon
On the evening of April 14th, 2022 I was headed to my kitchen to cook and asked Alexa to turn …
Another Insteon Hub Down
Back in 2017 I wrote about how my first Insteon hub had suddenly failed on me. Upon closer inspection (image …
Insteon Leak Sensor Unboxing and Overview
Just last year I had a friend vacationing for the holidays only to return home to a flooded house. There …
Insteon Dimmer Sale
For a limited time, Amazon has a 25% off coupon for Insteon dimmers and switches. The most expensive of the …
Smart Home Hub Failure
The Failure “Alexa, turn on the kitchen lights.” “The Insteon hub that the kitchen lights is connected to isn’t responding. …
How to Control Hue, Insteon, Wink, Nest and SmartThings from Windows 10
With all of the consumer smart home announcements coming from Google, Apple, Amazon, Nest, Ring, etc, it’s easy to forget …
My Automated Home – January 2017
It’s been nearly a year since I last posted a rundown of all of the smart home tech I’m using …
Control Insteon Scenes with Amazon Echo
As they tend to do, Amazon and Insteon quietly (read: barely) announced that Alexa now supports Insteon scenes. Insteon made …