Xathros

Electronic equipment, UPSs and Surge suppressor strips should usually be placed behind a filter to prevent noise or signal attenuation from such devices from affecting your Insteon communications. If that strip is on the same circuit as the PLM or the problem device, then you may have just located your problem. You can pick up a filterlinc to place between the strip and the outlet to isolate that from the system. As a test, using a long extension cord, plug that strip into a distant outlet and see if you can then communicate with that problem device. If so, then putting a filter on that strip will likely help your situation. -Xathros

Sounds like poor communications to the device location. Has anything changed on the circuit that device is on? New electronics, power strip, charger etc? -Xathros

Right click the device and select "Write Updates to device" -Xathros

OK. One last thing to try: Clear your Java cache (All checkboxes - Including applications) Goto: http://isy.universal-devices.com/994i/4.1.2 See if that is any different. -Xathros

OK. Your description is similar to problems that are often related to AV/Firewall issues. Have you tried temporarily disabling your AV/Firewall to see if it makes a difference? -Xathros

Try double clicking the My Programs Folder. It could just be collapsed. -Xathros

Harold- I note that you have both Access points and a passive bridge installed. I would recommend removing the passive bridge in favor of the access points. The passive bridge can actually bridge noise from one phase to the other and does not retransmit signals at full strength where the access points will only pass valid Insteon traffic and at full strength. -Xathros

I have to agree with Brian on this one. Likely since you have no bulbs in the circuit, no current flows through that circuit and is not "Transmitting" noise as a result. -Xathros

smokegrub- I'm at a loss. As far as I can tell, your system and mine are nearly identical yet I have no problem with mine in this regard. I think you may need assistance from UDI support at this point as I am all out of ideas as to what may be causing this. -Xathros

Understood. What I am saying is have a program modify the local ramp rate setting a few seconds after the control has switched on or off so that the next opposite action at the control has the desired ramp rate. Is this not possible? -Xathros

Couldn't we have a program that modifies the scene ramp rates depending on what happens at the dimmer? For example: Scene: Kitchen_Pots (Controller Kitchen_SLD) Program: Kitchen_Pots_Modifier If Control Kitchen_SLD is switched 100% and Control Kitchen_SLD is NOT switched Off Then Wait 5 seconds In Scene 'Kitchen_Pots / Kitchen_SLD' Set 'Kitchen_Pots / Kitchen_SLD' 4.0 Sec (Ramp Rate) Else Wait 5 seconds In Scene 'Kitchen_Pots / Kitchen_SLD' Set 'Kitchen_Pots / Kitchen_SLD' 2.0 Sec (Ramp Rate) Seems to me like this would meet the OP's requirement. -Xathros

Are you launching the console from the desktop icon or from a browser session? -Xathros Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Have you tested different dim levels? -Xathros Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I bought mine from Amazon. -Xathros Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Try unscrewing the CFL's and run the test again. If it passes, that would indicate that the CFL's are causing issues. -Xathros

Excellent! As always, happy to help. -Xathros

Hi Alan- In my experience, the IOLinc is quite reliable in reporting status. Insteon however, can be less reliable when it comes to passing that message down the wire due to noise or signal attenuation. Assuming you are NOT using the Trigger Reverse option on your IOLinc, and that you have a scene containing all of the KPL buttons involved, you can poll as follows: Program: Poll GD Status (run at startup is checked!) If Time is 1:00 am Then Repeat every 15 minutes Run Program Fix_GD_Lights (if Path) Else Program: Fix_GD_Lights (Disabled) If Status GD_IOLinc_Sensor is On Then Set Scene 'GD_KPL_Lights' On Else Set Scene 'GD_KPL_Lights' Off This however, seems to me like a band aid. The real problem is a comm failure. Hope this helps -Xathros

Hello BigDigger- Welcome to the forum. Are the sunrise/sunset times displayed in the admin console accurate for your location? There is no reason that I can think of that would cause that not to work. It is more likely a comm problem that is preventing the Off command from being heard. Try running a level 3 event viewer trace and run a few scene tests on that scene. Post the resulting trace. What kind of load(s) are being controlled with that scene? Some loads can cause noise or attenuate the signals when they are on making it possible to reliably turn ON a device/scene but not reliably turn OFF the device/scene. -Xathros

Hi smokegrub- You don't need the Admin in the applications folder. You should only have the one on your desktop. Java apps are different than native Mac apps. To clear the Java cache: Go to system preferences and select the Java Icon in the bottom row. On the General Tab, click the "Settings" button. On the next window, click the "Delete Files..." button. On the next window, make sure all 3 check boxes are checked. Click "OK", "OK", "OK" Then Go to http://isy.universal-devices.com/994i/4.1.2/admin.jnlp and save the resulting file to your downloads. Go to your downloads and double click the Admin.jnlp file This will create a new Admin icon on your desktop with UI 4.1.2 Save this procedure for future updates like the upcoming 4.1.3 release. Also, I believe the problems that you are having are not related to Mavericks directly but rather the fact that you are using Safari. Safari tries to open files for you after downloading them. There is a setting in Safari preferences to stop that behavior -or- you could use Firefox instead. Hope this helps. -Xathros

The way I would do this is as follows: Create a scene that contains the devices that you want to beep as responders. Lets call it: AlarmBeepScene Then a program to make it beep under the right conditions: If Status 'MB outside light.C alarm' is On And ( Control 'Garage side door-Opened' is Switched On Or Control 'Patio Sliding Door-Opened' is Switched On Or Control 'front door-Opened' is Switched On ) Then Set Scene 'AlarmBeepScene' Beep Set Scene 'AlarmBeepScene' Beep Set Scene 'AlarmBeepScene' Beep Set Scene 'AlarmBeepScene' Beep Set Scene 'AlarmBeepScene' Beep Set Scene 'AlarmBeepScene' Beep Else Using the scene to beep will cut down on Insteon traffic and simplify the program. As oberkc pointed out above, use Control rather than status to capture the event of the door opening not the state of the door being open. We want Status on the KPL button however since we want to capture it's state rather than the event of it being turned on. If you are still having traffic issues, try adding a 1 or 2 second wait in the then section before the scene beeps to get them out of the way. -Xathros

Check the last run time of one of the programs. Would that time make any difference to the folder conditions? What are the conditions on the folder for this program? Your original post is a bit vague in regard to the folder congitions. Did you use control or status? -Xathros

The only other suggestion I have would be to power the ISY with a 5v wall wart plugged into the UPS so that it doesn't go down when the PLM power goes out. -Xathros

flsenior- I highly suspect that your problem is related to DHCP and/or UPNP. When power is restored, the ISY boots quickly and looks for an IP address from your router which is not yet ready. A simple solution would be to set a static IP address in the ISY so that it is not depending on your router for this function. Once the modem and router have come online you should then be able to access your ISY from outside. Hope this helps. -Xathros

No Problem. As always, happy to help. Make the toggle program a ML favorite. Edit the custom status labels to say 1 for true and 0 for false (or vice versa depending on how your toggle is coded) Make the Favorite action a RunIf that way you can actually toggle by pressing the favorite as well. You could also name the true/false labels based on what the variable does for you. I do this with a number of toggles in my system: Pellet Stove Enable/Disabe, Netfilter Enable/Disable, Home/Away etc. -Xathros

Click once on the folder in the tree - the conditions will appear in the IF section on the right. -Xathros