Xathros

ISY is event driven. The From and To times are the events that drive these particular programs. The only way I see an event like these being missed is if the power were to fail and a fro or to time passes while its out. There is a setting in the ISY configuration "Catch up schedules at restart" that forces the ISY to run all time based programs in sequence starting from the previous midnight. This will resolve this for you but may have other side effects if you have other time driven programs. Many of us do not use the catch up feature for this reason. If really necessary, we could add a state variable to the if sections of your programs to act as an extra trigger and build another program to increment that mvar once a minute or every 5 minutes as follows: Time Trigger program. Set this one to Run at Startup. If Time is From 12:01 am To 11:59 pm (same day) Then Repeat every 5 minutes s.TimeTrigger =+ 1 Else Then modify your other 2 programs as follows: If From 6:00:00AM To 9:00:00AM (same day) and s.TimeTrigger > 0 Then Set 'AC - 1st Floor' Mode Cool Set 'AC - 1st Floor' Fan Auto Set 'AC - 1st Floor' 70° (Cool Setpoint) Else If From 9:00 am To (same day) and s.TimeTrigger > 0 Then Set 'AC - 1st Floor' Mode Cool Set 'AC - 1st Floor' Fan Auto Set 'AC - 1st Floor' 75° (Cool Setpoint) Else This way, the program triggers at both the from and to times and every 5 minutes in between. You will need to create 2 more programs to handle the remaining time slots: If From To (same day) and s.TimeTrigger > 0 Then Set 'AC - 1st Floor' Mode Cool Set 'AC - 1st Floor' Fan Auto Set 'AC - 1st Floor' 70° (Cool Setpoint) Else If From To 6:00 am (next day) and s.TimeTrigger > 0 Then Set 'AC - 1st Floor' Mode Cool Set 'AC - 1st Floor' Fan Auto Set 'AC - 1st Floor' 72° (Cool Setpoint) Else Since we are using a State variable here, and programs that reference state variables in their If sections are triggered anytime the value of the state variable changes, we are able to force the evaluation of all for setpoint programs whenever we change the value of s.TimeTrigger. The first program simply increments the value of that variable every 5 minutes. We can't use the Else blocks anymore because all of the setpoint programs will trigger every 5 minutes and three of the four programs should evaluate to false each time. -Xathros

You could accomplish all 4 set points with 2 programs as follows: If From 6:00:00AM To 9:00:00AM (same day) Then Set 'AC - 1st Floor' Mode Cool Set 'AC - 1st Floor' Fan Auto Set 'AC - 1st Floor' 70° (Cool Setpoint) Else Set 'AC - 1st Floor' Mode Cool Set 'AC - 1st Floor' Fan Auto Set 'AC - 1st Floor' 75° (Cool Setpoint) If From To (same day) Then Set 'AC - 1st Floor' Mode Cool Set 'AC - 1st Floor' Fan Auto Set 'AC - 1st Floor' 70° (Cool Setpoint) Else Set 'AC - 1st Floor' Mode Cool Set 'AC - 1st Floor' Fan Auto Set 'AC - 1st Floor' 72° (Cool Setpoint) Each program will trigger twice each day. Once at the From time (running then) and once at the To time (running else). -Xathros

GLENN52- No Problem. Always happy to help. -Xathros

Select the Keypadlink entry below the scene name in the tree. Adjust the OnLever slider. Xathros

Hi Grayson- Since one of the 2 works, I will guess that the Keypad is not the issue but rather the IOLinc in the garage. Can you operate that door from the admin console by sending a FastOn to the affected IOLinc? If not, you need to look at comm issues to theat IOLinc or possibly IOLinc failure (I lost one not too long ago - very same symptoms) -Xathros

Anytime. -Xathros

You need to make sure that the ISY is not powered when you replace the PLM. Plug the new PLM into power first. Start up the ISY then log in and select Restore Modem (PLM) from the menu. -Xathros

If the second router is doing NAT then yes, you would need to do this at both. Double NAT is often a problem for other things as well and not generally a good idea unless you really know what your doing and need it that way. If the 2nd router is just an access point and only the main router does NAT and DHCP, then you only need to do this at the main router. I have one main DD-WRT router and many access points. I filter at the main router. -Xathros

Very possible. I use my mini remote almost entirely with programs rather than scenes. You may have to build the toggle logic into your programs if there are other controllers involved or be aware that you may need to press a remote button twice to get the right action. Without more info, I can't be more specific. -Xathros

Run the Event Viewer at level 3. Press each of your buttons a couple of times. Look at the trace to see if the ISY is sending the X10 A1/On. If it is, then oberkc has identified your problem. If not, post the trace and we will see where we go from there. -Xathros

Exactly. Sorry. What I posted is what my system does. If an outside light is turned on during the day, it turns back off instantly. No need to have it on in daylight - even for a minute. -Xathros Edited for spelling

OK. That makes more sense. From what I have read here since the dual band devices started rolling out, these devices have rather minimal range and are often very directional making them poor choices for bridging a significant distance. I would think a pair of access points arranged as close to line of sight as possible would be a better choice. I have to wonder if you are actually communicating via powerline through a common utility transformer rather than via RF. -Xathros

For what its worth, I believe that the IOLincs are NOT dual band devices and therefore, they are NOT sending RF but rather powerline only communications. I have some Insteon devices at the far end of a 300' run out to my barn that work quite well but there is nothing out there that could generate noise or attenuate signal beyond the extreme wire length to get there. 100' should be just fine if noise makers and signal suckers are filtered. -Xathros

Welcome to the forum! Many of us do something quite similar. There are several approaches to this. You can have one program monitor the status of many devices and send a scene Off to the All Outside scene if one or more are on during the specified time frame: If ( Status Ouside Light 1 is On or Status Outside Light 2 is On or Status Post Light 1 is On or Status Porch Light Is On ) And Time is From Sunrise to Sunset (same day) Then Set Scene AllOutsideLights Off Else Or you can monitor each light individually: If Status PorchLight is On And Time is From Sunrise to Sunset (same day) Then Set PorchLight Off Else Depends on your needs. -Xathros

One other note on this: Don't toggle between Enabled and disabled more than once every few minutes or DD-WRT (mine at least) becomes unhappy and needs a reboot. As long as you wait for the last request to become effective before placing a new request, its all good. -Xathros.

I agree, though I don't suspect it would be any more confusing than the IOLinc trigger reverse when queried issue. And since they decided to ship the wrong type switch with the Garage door kit, it might help the situation to some extent. I also share your viewpoint on SmartLab's willingness to listen to/react to end user input. -Xathros

Sorry, I didn't read that carefully enough and missed those pairs. My understanding has been that Level 0 is LED off and level 15 is LED as bright as it gets. Your tests seem to indicate that the LED on level can get one step brighter than 15 by setting On to 0 and Off to >0 or did I misinterpret your results? I was kind of hoping that your test would show the ability to reverse the LED state by setting an Off level higher than On level but this clearly proves that isn't possible. I wonder if it would be worth a request to SmartLabs as that is likely something they could change in firmware for future models. Once again, UDI is ahead of the game with support for a feature that SmartLabs hasn't even considered yet. Thank you for all of your time on these tests. I hope someday soon my schedule will lighten up enough for me to have more time to experiment. -Xathros

Possibly. I thought it was holding it on, but I may be confusing it with other devices. I think some very old devices (Icon maybe) entered linking mode by holding On for 5 seconds. Even my oldest v.31 Togglelinc has a combo set button/airgap switch. -Xathros

So then it seems that SH dropped the forced 8 difference at somepoint in the later firmwares. All of my KPLD's are V41 and this backs up what I have found with my limited batch of settings. Did you happen to test the 0 On Level with a Off Level greater than 0? Xathros

I believe you meant to say "Press and hold the Toggleinc SET button until beeps (usually around five seconds)" -Xathros

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Thanks Lee I not quite sure that I understand what you mean in tests 2&3 when you say "no change over On level increases; On level increases incrementally" I'm guessing this means that in these tests, there is no change to the On level brightness until you have a separation greater than 8 between the off and on levels. Or am I misunderstanding? -Xathros

I am using the Access control list in my DD-WRT router (Under the Access Restrictions tab). I have built a list of MAC addresses that should not have access when the rule is enabled. Those are the xboxes, ipods, AppleTV etc. Then I enable/disable that rule with a network resources call. It seems to take a minute or two to take effect but it works like a charm. I have a toggle program in my Mobilinc favorites that allows me to flip that switch anytime I need to right from my iPhone but usually it just runs on a schedule in the ISY. -Xathros

I do this using a variable to determine if the fan was manually turned on or not. Something like this: If ( Control Bathroom Fan is Switched On Or Control Bathroom Fan is switched FastOn ) And ( Control Bathroom Fan is not Switched Off or Control Bathroom Fan is not Switched Fast Off ) Then $i.AutoFanDisable=1 Else $i.AutoFanDisable=0 If #s.BathroomHumid >= 65 And i.AutoFanDisable=0 Then Set Bathroom Fan On If $s.BathroomHumid < 65 And i.AutoFanDisable = 0 Then Set Bathroom Fan Off -Xathros

Thanks LeeG. That makes sense. Is the factory default effectively 8/0? I'll have to play with this a bit more. It really seems like 3/0 is dimmer but I haven't actually watched at the time when they dim to see if it changes. -Xathros