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

No problem, I'm happy to help. First, in Mobilinc, when you touch a program, it opens up a sheet with several sections: Prog Ststus, Prog Commands and Porg Options. The Commands section is where the "Run Then" or your customized equivalent will be. So if you select your "All white" program, scroll down to the commands section and touch "Run Then" that should set the $lightCycle to 7 and start the toggle routine in motion. 1)The folder needs no conditions unles you want to enable/disable the whole batch of programs manually or by a condition. Just leave the folder if/then/else all blank for now. 2) Make sure $lightCycle is a STATE variable (Defined on the "State" tab rather than the "Integer" tab). It still functions as an integer variable but if its defined as a state variable it can trigger events in other programs. The majority of the programs have nothing in the IF caluse and in the THEN clause say " Set lightcycle to " where is a number greater than 0. When one of these is "Run Then", the value of $lightCycle changes from 0 to the programmed value and at that point the toggle program is triggered because the value of the state variable changed. If you didn't define $lightCycle as a state variable then the toggle program would never trigger. EDIT: You can watch the state variable tab in the admin console when you select the Run Then on any the the "Show Select" programs and see the value get set then count down if things are working correctly. -Xathros

You would use the "Run Then" option for each program in Mobilinc. if you want to simplify the display, you can go into the advanced settings for each program in Mobilinc and remove the text from the name of each of the un-needed options leaving only the Run Then - Customized if you like. That way when you select the program from your Mobilinc favorites, you don't have to scroll thru the unnecessary stuff. -X

Craig- 1) Mobilinc allows access to programs I have a few on my favorites page so those could be your buttons. 2) For your 14 different styles, create 14 programs that each set a STATE variable to the appropriate number of on/off cycles (7 for white. 8-1 as you will see in the following program we need to leave them on after the 7th cycle). Then a 15th program to loop on the state var count as follows. -- Program1 -- Simply turns the lights on (1 cycle) -- if then set scene poolLighs On else -- Program 2 thru 14 -- To set the state var $lightCycle for cycle counts 2 - 14 -- 8 - white shown -- if then $lightCycle=7 else -- Program 15 -- To Process the cycle count and toggle on/off the light circuit-- if $lightcycle > 0 then set scene poolLighs On wait 1 set scene poolLights Off wait 1 $lightcycle =- 1 else set scene poolLights On I am assuming that decrementing the cyclecounter will re-trigger prog 15 when the value changes. If this does not work like that, you can move the then portion of 15 into prog 16's then and simply call 16 then from the 15 then - hope that makes sense. Pretty sure this will do what you want and you could put "if Control KPL-X is switched on" conditions in some of the number set progs to tie them to keypad buttons as well if you wanted. Hope this helps and if im too far off base - I'm sure someone with more knowledge will post a better way. -Xathros

Michel- Thanks for the info. I tried changing the SMTP from my Webhost to Gmail and it appears to be working at the moment. Both Subject and body contain static text along with variabls so a null value is not the issue. No -1100xx errors as you saw from the log I posted. Since it's working with Gmail, I'll have to assume my webhost is dumping the messages rather than delivering them. Thanks for your help and thanks for all the great improvments you and your team have made to the ISY!. -Xathros.

Hi Michel- The following is all of today's error log. I have been doing alot of testing on this today and haven't yet been able to pin down when it works vs when it doesn't beyond it never works with more than date / time vars. Sometimes it fails with no variables at all. Very inconsistant and unpredictable. Fri 2012/03/30 10:04:34 System -5012 35 Fri 2012/03/30 10:16:09 System -5012 38 Fri 2012/03/30 10:17:54 System -5006 uuid:38 Fri 2012/03/30 11:34:47 System -5012 42 Is there a listing of what all the error codes mean in the user guide somewhere ? For what its worth, my feeling is that when its not working, its not even attempting to send. I can see the system state flash "Busy" briefly when it does send and nothing at all when it doesnt. Thanks for any help you can offer with this. -Xathros

I'm still having problems getting the notifications to send is any of them contain a variable. I was able to get a few to work with just date and time info but once I started adding mvars to them eveything stops sending. Anyone else ? -X

Thanks andyf0. I'll have to try again. I did some fairly thorough testing when 3.2.1 first released but have not tried again since. -X

Any word on this ? I'd like to be able to add some non-static information to my notifications. As it is right now, I had to add a bunch (10 ish) of extra notify programs to get the minimum detail I needed without using vars and that still doesn't give me everything I'd like. All of this used to be just 2 programs using vars. Thanks.

I had this randomly happening on one of 2 garage doors. Turned out to be the connections from the wall button and IOlinc at the opener terminals. I had one loose strand of wire that was bridging the terminals and vibration or temp change was enough to make the circuit at random times. Also check for possible shorts along the wires running from the opener to the wall button and IOLinc. Just something to check for. -Xathros

Hi All- Connectivity is working fine from remote via https or http via vpn for me with 3.2.1. cleared both browser and java caches before testing. First time into config tab, all newwork settings appeared blank. Quit and relaunched admin console and they have been properly displayed ever since. Programs displayed fine. Custom notifications don't seem to be working yet. Test button works - actual custom content notifications containing variables don't. Test 1: From Field Blank, Content default - Works (tested twice) Test 2: From Field blank - Custom content static text in subject and body - works Test 3: From Field filled Fname Lname:emali@address - Content Default - Works and the From is displayed in message correctly. (tested twice) Test 4: From Field filled Fname Lname:email@address - Custom content static text in subject and body - Works (tested twice) Test 5: From field filled Fname Lname:email@address - Custom content with static subject and 1 variable in body - Does not work - Variable used: ${alert.time} All tests using my own smtp. A10/X10 module installed. Otherwise, no other problems noted. -Xathros

Thanks LeeG. It's been a while since I've done ISY betas but last time around, I remember having to specificly request access to the beta as they were not posted to the forum. -Xath

How do I apply for access to the beta ? Thanks. -Xath

Hi Michel- The re-authorization worked and the module is now installed. There is a change to the linking menu as you mentioned earlier. The "Add New INSTEON Device" menu item now reads "Add New INSTEON/A10/X10 Device" Thanks for all your help getting this to work. -X

Thanks Michel. Email sent. -X

Hi Michel- Yes. the missing background is on Ubuntu and does not affect functionality at all. Just thought I'd mention it as the 2.7.6 console did not behave that way. Well it looks like the A10/X10 module is not there. All I have on the linking menu is Add X10 to EZX10RF which has been there all along. I looked for my email receipt for the module purchase but can't find it. What do I need to do to prove my purchase ? The help menu shows purchased on 10/8/2009. Thanks. -X

I finally have 2.7.7 installed and running. So far so good. I do notice that the configuration page looks a little odd now. Only the inner boxes have a background color and the areas outside are just white. there is a fairly large section of blank white space above the bulk of the settings. Everything seems to be there and working - just looks odd compared to the rest of the console. One issue - I purchased the experimental X10 module a few months ago - before I had 2.7.7. The manage modules item says my modules are up to date - purchase modules shows the date I purchased the module - I can't seem to find it in the console however. What do I need to do to get that working ? Thanks in advance. -X

Thanks Michel! I'll reinstall 2.7.7 later this weekend and play with it again -X Any update on this ? Thanks. -X