jjwrecker

I am in my 2nd hour of programing and getting excited. I have a question about using programing folders to aid in Dusk Dawn programing. I want to have a set of lights turn on at Dusk (Dimmed Scene) and turn off at Sunrise. I also will be changing the scenes based on a outdoor motion sensor. This is what I have: Folder Level: Dusk / Dawn If Status 'Outside - Motion Dusk/Dawn is On Then Allow the programs in this folder to run Program Level Outside Lights - Dusk / Dawn If - No conditions Then Set Scene 'Outdoor - Reg Lights" On Else Set Scene 'Outdoor - Reg Lights" Off Outside Lights - Bright on Motion If Status "Outside - Motion Sensor' is On Then Set Scene 'Outdoor - Bright Lights' On Else Set Scene 'Outdoor - Regular Lights' On I have a couple questions: 1.If I set up the condition at the folder level, won't that prevent the Outside Lights from ever turning off? The the folder condition goes to false, how can I hit the else condition in the Outside Lights - Dusk / Dawn program. 2. Even if I change the program to time stamps (computer Dusk / dawn times) won't I have to have a program shut the lights off before I hit the sunrise time? 3. Am I safe to assume that if I have a trigger condition in the Outside Lights - Bright On, when the condition is set to off the else condition will take effect? I have my motion sensor delay set to 8 mins (better than programing a variable condition) but after this time, I want it scene to change back to dimmed. The goal here is to have lights outside go on at night and turn off in the morning in a dimmed state. If there is motion picked up near our cars or walkway, I want the light to brighten to 100% for 8 mins without motion. Any advise for this noobie would be great. I can't wait to really start digging in, but I feel that I will probably go 15 more Insteon devices as I don't want to mess with X10 as I think I have to create variable programs to see the state of each device.