MSNSwitch2 Internet Enabled IP Remote Power Switch with Reboot - Control via Smartphone App, Cloud Service, Web Browser, API, Skype or Google Chat - 2 Independent AC Power Outlets (Model UIS-722b)

Does exactly what it is designed for and works flawlessly every time! Saves trips to the transmitter site for equipment resets. Great company to deal with! I'd give it 10 stars if I could.

I have a piece of hardware that occasionally locks up and requires a hard restart to get it working again. This device has saved me many hours of driving time by allowing me to power it on and off.

Struggling to get REST API to accept any credentials? The issue is straight forward, I just missed the 1 line in the documentation that made note that the 'API White List' must be updated. The entire switch, web interface, cloud interface, etc. Can be working but the REST API will refuse to work unless the API White List is updated. The issue that had me stuck initially was that the error message just says basically access denied... when the credentials were correct because I could sign on to the web interface for example. It was the additional validation via the API White List that was the issue. Why not 5 stars... that will happen once I have finished testing the device in full, and it passes all the testing we plan for it.

So far good has app, has web interface. Hopefully open to world web interface would be supported for my device for a while.

I have a home that is in a remote location and is unattended for long periods of time. I use internet based security and home automation so this seemed ideal for those times when the ISP says "just unplug the modem and plug it back in to reboot it." Yeah, that's a thing when you are hundreds of miles away.So, I set this up, got the mobile app to work and then the web based app. It's not for a newbie, but if you follow directions it isn't that hard to do. I set it up so it would start my modem and after 30 seconds it would start the router, a sequence which works well. Then I set about testing it. The unit seemed to work just fine, resetting and sequencing the modem and router as I had hoped. I could control the outlets fine, no problem. When I unplugged the ethernet cable the unit could no longer sense internet activity and it proceeded to reset as advertised. Nice.BUT I then moved to power failure testing, and the unit failed miserably. When I cut power to the unit, everything went down as expected. But when power came up the unit booted up but did not sequence the other power ups properly (everything turned on at the same time) and since it didn't properly start the modem and router it did not go into a mode where I could control it remotely. Since remote operation and automatic failure recovery was the whole point of having this unit, I'm returning it. Nice idea, I just wonder why it won't recover properly from a power failure - that's a huge flaw.

Honestly I thought this would take a ton of setup, and maybe even a subscription to get this to work, but it's quite frankly plug and play.Hook it to to power, plug the router and modem power into it. Then connect it to the router with an Ethernet cord and you're off!It will ping the Internet every so often, and if it gets no response it powers your gear off then on. Fixes the issue 90+% of the time.Honestly a must have if your modem is located somewhere difficult to access.There are advanced user features locked behind a paywall if you want to go that route, but the device itself works out of the box.

Update 12/24 - Latest firmware is crap. MNT.4223 is just as bad as 3207. I updated the firmware a few weeks ago and everything was fine until I had to restart the gateway. The Force UIS Reset after device power-on doesn't work correctly and if Internet access isn't regained within the Ping Delay After Outlet Reset, then it starts resetting every few seconds and doesn't give the gateway a chance to boot up with only seconds between restarts.Update 6/2023 - Since updating to the latest firmware, MNT.3207, this device has gone nuts. As long as the network is up, everything is fine, but if it detects an internet outage or do a manual reset it doesn't properly wait for the modem to restart before doing resets, some within mere seconds of each other. I've gone so far as doing a factory reset and restoring my settings and have tried changing some of the timing settings, but nothing seems to correct this issue. I'm really confused because the settings and behavior don't match at all.I've tried contacting support, but never get a reply.-----------With so many devices needing an Internet connection now a days, a loss of connectivity can turn a smart home into a dumb home really quick. Unfortunately my cable modem likes to randomly lock up every few weeks and the only way to get it working again is to reboot it by pulling the plug. Normally it’s not that big of an issue, but recently it happened on the second day of a week-long trip. Luckily I had family not far away that was able to access my house and reboot it for me, but that’s not always the case and I kept thinking there has to be a better way. I was very happy when I found this switch which does more than I even thought possible.In a nutshell, what this device does is it pings a number of sites, if none of the sites respond it will power cycle the outlets. This MSN switch has a great deal of configuration settings that allow you to customize exactly how it works. You can configure which sites it pings, how long it waits between pings, how long it waits for the ping to respond, how many failed pings in a row it requires before it will power cycling the outlets, which outlets to power cycle, and so much more. While it comes out of the box preconfigured, you can easily change the settings to your liking via its embedded web server. By default it is only remotely accessible from within your local network, but it is easy to set it up to be accessible from the Internet as well by creating an account on the cloud4uis website. This allows remote access from either the website or from an app.I had found some other devices similar to this that have a single outlet, but as I have a more complicated setup with multiple routers acting as access points I wanted to be able to control more than one device. Unfortunately those extra routers sometimes prevent my modem from starting up correctly so I have the modem plugged into the first outlet and an inexpensive network switch plugged into the second outlet. I have the MSN switch configured so that it waits 20 seconds before turning on the modem and waits 2 minutes before turning on the network switch, giving the modem time to start up before it starts receiving traffic from other devices. I also have the MSN switch plugged into a UPS, so if the power goes out everything will continue to run for a bit as long as it’s not a long outage.While the embedded web server gives you full control, the app and website are missing a few setting found in the embedded web server. Unfortunately it is lacking two things I'd like to know while I am remote: Connection Status and Event Log. These only seem to be available when connected to the switch locally and are not visible via the app or the website. Other than that I’d say this device is nearly perfect.Update: With so many configuration settings, unfortunately it's a little too easy to configure it incorrectly. My Internet went out overnight and the MSNswitch correctly detected it and power cycled my modem. Unfortunately the modem didn't come up correctly, and while the MSNswitch detected no access it did not attempt another power cycle. When I checked the settings I noticed I had "Force UIS Reset after initial power-on" set to Disable. I believe without this enabled it won't attempt another power cycle unless it has successfully connected after it powered on the modem. This setting is a little confusing as it's listed in Advanced Settings, separate from Timeout Settings which has a number of settings related to resets.Update: While this works just fine when I manually turn it off or on, it never resets when the internet is down. I've played with the settings numerous times, and I believe I have it configured correctly. My modem just crashed, rebooted itself, but didn't come up correctly. The Internet light went out and the Cloud Link light just continually flashed, but after 10 minutes it still hadn't power cycled anything. Finally I ended up pulling the plug on the modem and plugged it back in. Everything came back up and the lights returned to solid green. What happened? I don't know. No emails were sent and when I logged in to the MSNSwitch and looked at the logs it's as if nothing happened. The logs ONLY log when the switches turn off or on. It doesn't log if the connection was lost or anything other than the switches changing state.