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Hi all, I think understand the basic concept of a Vacation/Away Mode, but could use some help establishing the best way to use it. Objective is for certain additional security lights to come on at sunset when we're away and turn off early am as well as to turn off some other lights like bedroom lamps that we normally turn off ourselves when we go to bed when we're home. Could you guys give me some examples of how you use the Vacation/Away folder and if its possible to manually "activate" this mode/programs in that folder to not have to rely only on a kpd button status. I'm concerned that if we're away for some days and the power should go out, I presume this kpd button will just reset itself to off. Maybe I'm wrong tho. Thanks for the help.

That worked ! Thanks Mike Although I needed to add a wait in there too, otherwise the kpl light turned off even if the scene it controlled was active. I guess it needed more time to evaluate if each of the devices met that condition. Now the program looks like this; If Status 'WatchTV (E)' is not Off And Status 'FamilyRm-LeftLamp' is not On Or Status 'FamilyRm-TvConsole' is not On Or Status 'FamilyRm-RightLamp' is not On Then Wait 1 second Set Scene 'WatchTVStatus' Off Else - No Actions -

Ok so I did the following; 1. Created a scene called WatchTVStatus and added only KPL (E) as a responder. 2. Created a program called WatchTVStatus If Status 'WatchTV (E)' is not Off And Status 'FamilyRm-LeftLamp' is not On And Status 'FamilyRm-TvConsole' is not On And Status 'FamilyRm-RightLamp' is not On Then Set Scene 'WatchTVStatus' Off Else - No Actions - Since On= 100%, when I press WatchMovie(F) which reduces all of those lights to 40%, the above program should trigger Status of (E) to change to Off. For some reason it doesn't work

Ahh wait I think that's what I was missing. Do you mean to say I need to create a scene with only that specific KPL (E) button in it ? For example create a scene called WatchTVStatus and add KPL button (E) as a responder to it ?

Hi Mike, thanks. I've read that thread 3 times and I still can't wrap my head around it. At least not yet. When I created a program to check status on the devices in WatchTV scene so if they were at 40% & 50% (depending on the device) it would mean that WatchMovie was true and should turn off WatchTV. But all that did was turn off all the lights in the scene instead.Doh ! By the way, in the notes section of each device (right click) there's a checkbox for Is Load. What does this checkbox do ?

Still very new to the ISY99ir/Pro (thanks Michel it's great!) and need your help understanding how to get some things accomplished. I've spent the week-end installing about 30 SWL & 5 KPL's. In our family room we have various table lamps, spots and lights in our entertainment center. So I've setup 2 specific scenes all setup thru the ISY. Scene: WatchTV Table lamps are on 100% TV console light is on 100% Overhead spots are off Scene: Watch Movie Table lamps at 40% TV console light 50% Overhead spots off. Both scenes work exactly as expected. Now to program them onto the 8 button KPL in the same room. Button E is added as a controller to WatchTV. Button F is added as a controller to WatchMovie Problem: If WatchTV (E) is pressed on and later we want to watch a movie when pressing WatchMovie (F), button (E)WatchTV remains lit. The same problem in reverse going from WatchMovie to WatchTV scenes. I tried adding button (E) to the WatchMovie (F) scene, but that didn't work as expected. What am I missing. I'm sure this is really simple stuff for some of your experts, but I'm stumped. Thanks