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This is normal expected behavior. Devices do not control other devices when controlled directly. Thats what the scene is for. -Xathros

Thanks apostolakisl I just read through your stuff and there are some elegant pieces to that though it really does highlight the need for some native basic date/time calc capabilities in the ISY. -Xathros

Is there any pattern to the failures ? Like works over WiFi when home but not via 3g or WiFi away from home ? When you see this problem, do other web sites/apps still work on the iPhone ? Its hard to say if its a hardware problem or not but since the problem is limited to the iPhone, the the phone is the place to look for a solution. Something drastic to try would be to do a full backup of the phone with iTunes, factory reset the phone and restore from the phone from the backup. -Xathros

phil- I would use an integer variable to indicate on/off days and run a program at the end of the day to flip it for you. Define: iWaterDay Value 0 Init 0 Program1: EndOfDay If Time is 11:59:00 Then Run Program WaterDayFlip IF Program 2: WaterDayFlip (Disable this program) If iWaterday = 0 Then iWaterDay=1 iWaterDay Init To 1 Else iWaterDay=0 iWaterDay Init To 0 Irrigation Program(s): If iWaterDay=1 And... Thats the idea. -Xathros

Marc- I haven't heard of Norton being a problem with the ISY but Avast and Kaspersky are known to cause issues. You might try temporarily disabling Norton to see if it makes a difference. If it does, you may need to add some firewall rules to allow the ISY's ip address. -Xathros

Marc- What AV & Firewall software are you using ? -Xathros.

Not directly but I have accomplished this by using an inlinelink. I did not use the load line on the keypadlinc and instead used the inlinelinc in a scene with button "H" on the keypad for the load (hallway light) on that box (2 gang) while button "A" is in a scene with button "A" from the keypad across the room and controls the load on that other keypad (ceiling light in main room). If no room in the box at the keypadlinc, you can pass the line through to the fixture, move the inlinelinc to the fixture and cap off the load lines at the keypadlincs. -Xathros

Excellent! Glad I could help. -Xathros

To follow up on the subject of this thread, I dumped my links using the save option, converted the xml file to a dbf using the "Advanced XML converter". Opened the resulting file in Excel and used =DEC2HEX(H2,6) to convert the decimal back to hex then to dotted hex using =CONCATENATE(MID(J2,1,2),".",MID(J2,3,2),".",MID(J2,5,2)) NOTE: DEC2HEX is part of the Analysis Toolkit Add-In available from Tools/AddIns on the Excel menu. It took about 3 minutes to make a readable file that looks like: -or- A cheap way out: Open event viewer at level 3, then Show PLM links table, then save the event log as text file. Sort out the extra records and your done. Output looks like: Wed 05/16/2012 16:29:55 : [LNK-DATA ] 02 57 E2 00 12 12 D4 02 0D 38 Wed 05/16/2012 16:29:55 : [LNK-DATA ] 02 57 A2 01 12 12 D4 02 0D 38 Wed 05/16/2012 16:29:55 : [LNK-DATA ] 02 57 E2 00 12 12 1F 02 0D 38 Wed 05/16/2012 16:29:55 : [LNK-DATA ] 02 57 A2 01 12 12 1F 02 0D 38 Wed 05/16/2012 16:29:56 : [LNK-DATA ] 02 57 E2 00 12 11 B1 02 0D 38 Wed 05/16/2012 16:29:56 : [LNK-DATA ] 02 57 E2 00 12 13 BC 02 0D 38 Wed 05/16/2012 16:29:57 : [LNK-DATA ] 02 57 A2 01 12 11 B1 02 0D 38 Wed 05/16/2012 16:29:57 : [LNK-DATA ] 02 57 A2 01 12 13 BC 02 0D 38 Wed 05/16/2012 16:29:58 : [LNK-DATA ] 02 57 E2 00 13 29 F9 02 14 38 Wed 05/16/2012 16:29:58 : [LNK-DATA ] 02 57 A2 01 13 29 F9 02 14 38 Wed 05/16/2012 16:29:59 : [LNK-DATA ] 02 57 E2 10 12 11 B1 02 0D 38 I hope you find this useful. -Xathros

Excellent. I'm always happy to help. -Xathros

Well this is the general idea for what you want to do. Maybe put these programs in a folder "3DogNight" with a "From Sunset to Sunrise the next day" condition on it. Define an integer variable: iDogOut Init 0 Value 0 Program 1 - DogOut If Control.TriggerLinc On And iDogOut=0 Then Set Scene DogLight On iDogOut = 1 Program 2 - HeadinIn If Control.TriggerLinc On And iDogOut=1 Then iDogOut=2 Program 3 - LightsOut If Control.Triggerlinc Off And iDogOut=2 Then Set Scene DogLight Off iDogOut=0 Program 2 simply notifies the iDogOut Variable that we are letting the dog back in. Once the door closes after that, program 3 turns off the light. This way the light is not turned off as soon as you open the door to let the dog back in but rather when the door is closed. Hope this helps. -Xathros

Yes. From the App Store on the iPhone but that should not be necessary as this SHOULD work just fine in Safari. What version iPhone and what version iOS do you have ? -Xathros

That would seem to indicate that the problem lies with the iPhone and more likely Safari. Some Ideas/things to try: 1) Reboot iPhone - Hold Power+Home Button until you see a white apple on black screen. - Test. 2) I wonder if your iPhone has a saved username/password for your ISY that may be causing this trouble here. You can clear those by going into Settings / Safari / AutoFill / Clear All. - Test again. 3) Try clearing the cache/browser data. Settings / Safari / Advanced / Website Data / Remove All Website Data. - Test again. 4) Try an alternate browser like Perfect Browser. -Xathros

None that I am aware of. I usually just exit the browser or go somewhere else. I don't use this method very often as I use Mobilinc for most all of my remote access to ISY. I did need to accept a new certificate when I tested yesterday. You might try clearing the cache and browser data on the iPhone and try again. (Settings / Safari / Advanced / Website Data / [Remove All Website Data] -or- [select edit and remove only your ISY address if you don't want to clear everything] ) Are you connecting via local network on WiFi, Remotely via DynDNS/Port Forward on WiFi or Remotely via 3G/4G ? -Xathros

Niccolo, I just tested this with 3.2.6 and my iPhone 4s without issue using both Safari and Perfect Browser. -Xathros

Upgraded 3.2.5 -> 3.2.6 remotely with no apparent issues. -Xathros

Upgraded from 3.2.4 -> 3.2.5 remotely yesterday. First attempt resulted in: "Upgrade Failed: Failed uploading file (reported written size is invalid)" after about 7% on the progress bar. Second attempt using same update file completed without error and I have no issues to report. I believe the failure on the first attempt was due to my crappy cable connection at home. -Xathros.

I think if it were me, I would have 2 IOLincRelays in the system. One to detect utility power and the other to detect generator supplied power. The utility side is easy. All you need is a 120v relay powered by a non-generator backed up circuit. Use the Normally Open contacts on that relay to run to the IOLinc input. The generator side is basically the same but I can't give good details without knowing what you have access to upstream of the transfer switch. Power a relay from the generator at a point where utility power is never present (An outlet on the generator itself ?) and run the NO contacts to the other IOLinc's input. This way, the ISY will be able to see utility power or generator running or both/neither. All bases covered. -Xathros

Cool. More ISY goodness still to come. Thanks for all the good info Lee. -X

Lee- Excellent news! It appears however, that the ISY is not currently capable of this as I see no way to change the FanLinc LEDs via options, scene or direct command within a program. Am I just missing it somewhere ? Thanks. -Xathros

I'd really like to know as well. I DID tape over the LEDs on mine but can still see the red glow leaking out of the fan housing. The FanLinc is white plastic which allows the light to transmit through its body some distance from the LEDs (more than I could see in daylight). If I could turn the LEDs off, that would be great. I don't understand why ON is the default state for the LEDs on a hidden device anyway. I can see blink on activity for diagnostic purposes but always on doesn't make sense to me. -Xathros

And possibly a third program outside the folder to run at 11:01pm that turns the fans off independent of the temp otherwise if the temp doesn't drop below 70 until after 11pm the fans will stay on all night as the folder becomes inactive at 11. Or did I miss something ? -Xathros

Craig- Glad to hear you got it working! As for the current state, I think I would define another variable - this time a normal integer variable - and add a line to each of the mode set programs to set the mode value in this variable. Have your "Off" program set ithis back to 0. Then at least you only have one variable to look at to tell what the current mode value is. Then, if you wanted, you could have 2 more programs and/or keypad buttons to do next mode / previous mode based on this variable. -Xathros

Posting this here for completeness only as your last post explains why this is not an option for you either but it my benefit other readers of this thread and does answer some of your initial requirements of customization and end user simplicity. ISY Panel: viewtopic.php?f=45&t=6177 -Xathros AND VERY OFF TOPIC- Not knowing what exactly WAF stood for, I looked it up here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wife_acceptance_factor and was quite amused to see X10 and home automation in the first two paragraphs!

To add to what Michel suggested above, once you set up favorites on Mobilink, you can put it into "Guest" mode which restricts access to Favorites only. Plus there is an option to prevent configuration changes but I don't think that requires a password so it's more of a casual defense than anything else. With the ability hide unused statuses and commands and the ability to set custom text for the remaining statuses and commands in Mobilink, I have come very close to completely Wife/Kid/Guest friendly controllers using iPhones, iPads and iPod touches each customized for user or location. -Xathros