Xathros

Anytime. Happy to help. -Xathros

Hi Noel- This is a brief discussion about Insteon Actions in the WiKi here:http://wiki.universal-devices.com/index.php?title=ISY-99i/ISY-26_INSTEON:Action There have been several topics in the forums on this as well though none that I recall recently. Here is one that may prove useful for you: http://forum.universal-devices.com/viewtopic.php?p=95729#p95729 -Xathros

The solution is to define a scene for the bathroom lights and twice daily have a program run to adjust the scene on level for those lights. Once to 30% for the night and once to 100% for daytime. Note, adjusting the scene won't actually change the brightness of the lights if they are already on at the time the adjustment is made. You can have another program run right after the adjustments are made to check if the light is on and turn the scene on again to get the lights to dim or brighten. -Xathros

I believe the OP IS attempting to use the backlight as an indicator rather than a specific button being lit. I suspect the problem is that the ISY is not allowing a 0/0 backlight setting as it it attempting to maintain a visual difference between the On and Off button states. -Xathros

Why not just set the onlevel of the button(s) to 0 in the scene definition(s)? -Xathros

Something like this... If Control SwitchLinc is switched On Then Set SwitchLinc FastOn ...should do what you want with a slight program delay. This does make me wonder what the use case is for this however. There very well may be a better solution to achieve what you want. -Xathros

Its not a matter of having too much draw on the circuit, more a matter of those other devices causing line noise and interfering with communications. Try unplugging things till it works. -Xathros -Xathros Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Keep in mind that not all outlets in a room are necessarily on the same circuit. It could be the one outlet where it doesn't work is on th opposite phase from the PLM or on a noisy circuit. What else is on the failing outlet? Try unplugging the other items and see if it works, if so, then the other items should be put on a Filterlinc. -Xathros

Anytime. Happy to help. -Xathros

You would need to use the ISY to turn on the scene containing both the lamplinc and the KPL button rather than the lamplinc directly. Direct messages only affect the individual device not other devices linked to that device. That is what scenes are for. -Xathros

Excellent! Guess it's time for me to look at some newer lamplincs. -Xathros

is there any chance that either the subject or the body of the messages are ending up blank? If so, the ISY will not send the message. What happens if you just click the test button on the Configuration - emails/notifications tab ? -Xathros

Lee- Wouldn't restoring a backup then issuing a restore PLM get everything back into his new PLM ? -Xathros

chevymav- If your Lamplinc can be used as a controller, then it should be removed and added back to the scene as a controller. My older Icon Lamplincs are responder only and don't work that way. Not sure if the new ones do or not. -Xathros

Define a Scene for the Kitchen Cans with the KPL Button and the switch that controls the cans both as controllers. This will handle turning on/off the cans with the KPL button. Define another scene with just the KPL button as a responder. This will be used in the program below to turn on the KPL button when any of the "other" lights are on. Define a third scene that includes all of the lights as responders that you would like to turn of with the KPL button. Create programs as follows: LightMonitor If Status Kitchen Cans is > 0% or Status Other Light 1 is > 0% or Status Other Light 2 is > 0% or Status Other Light 3 is > 0% Then Set Scene KPL Button On Else Set Scene KPL Button Off KitchenOff If Control KPL-X is Switched Off Then Set Scene AllKitchen Off Pressing the KPL button when it is Off will turn On the kitchen cans. Pressing the KPL button when it is on will turn off the kitchen cans (since it is a controller of that scene) and whatever lights are in the KitchenAll scene (which may very well also include the cans). If any light in the monitor program is on at all, the KPL button will be lit. -Xathros

Hi Clarance- Yes. Backups do contain the links as the ISY knows them. If you have a good backup from before the PLM swap, you can restore that backup then do a restore PLM. -Xathros

I would locate the IOLinc there and run low voltage cable from there to the gate. -Xathros

jpoje- How far from the gate is the nearest AC source where you could install an IOLinc? I don't think you will find a battery operated device that will work for this. -Xathros

No worries. As long as it's not the same question over and over, its all good. After all, thats why the forum is here. I was in your position about 5 years ago. -Xathros

See this thread: http://forum.universal-devices.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=12658

go to the System Preferences, Sharing Applet: The bottom line there is what should be in the hosts file. Try editing the computer name - change it to something else, save the change then change it back and save again - that may update the file for you. -Xathros

OK. Thats good. Thje only thing odd that I noticed in your hosts file was a missing entry for your computers name. Mine looks like: # Host Database # # localhost is used to configure the loopback interface # when the system is booting. Do not change this entry. ## 127.0.0.1 Xathros-MacBook-Air.local 127.0.0.1 localhost 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost I wonder if that missing entry is the culprit. -Xathros

If KPL-C is already controlling the water feature, this tells me that you already have a scene in which the KPL-C is a controller. If that is the case, then the program should be turning the scene On/Off rather than the device that powers the water feature. -Xathros

Try typing: ping localhost See if it returns: 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.xxx ms You will have to hit Ctrl-C to stop the ping once started. -Xathros