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Okay. Sounds good.. For clarification though, I assume that this means that what I have is functioning correctly and will notify everyone in the notification list?

I haven't previously tried Notifications until this Beta, so I apologize if this is a newbie question.... I have entered a couple numbers on the notification list. It seems to list them as their associated email address to send a text message. When I go to the program page, I choose the 'Notify' option. There is a drop-down box with 'All' and that's it. Should it list the different numbers that I provided on the notifications page?

Exactly what I needed. Thanks Chris. I guess I have skimmed over the 'repeat' function all this time. It works perfectly!! At first I mistakenly put it at the end, but then was VERY impressed with how as I moved it up the list in the program, that it automatically indented the following lines to make it clear which portion would be repeated. Is there any way to have just a section in the middle repeat? I don't need it in this case, but am curious.

Okay.. Took a chance and did a quick test. It doesn't seem that a program allows you to call itself at the end. Any ideas? Here is what I put, but it only runs once and then stops. If From 6:00:00PM To 11:00:00PM (same day) Then Set 'Hall Light Near Dining' On Wait 3 seconds Set 'Dining Room Chandelier' 40% Wait 2 seconds Set 'Dining Room Recessed Lighting' 60% Wait 5 seconds Set 'Front Hall Light' Off Wait 3 seconds Set 'Dining Room Recessed Lighting' 20% Wait 2 seconds Set 'Dining Room Chandelier' 80% Wait 2 seconds Set 'Hall Light Near Dining' Off Wait 2 seconds Set 'Dining Room Recessed Lighting' Off Wait 2 seconds Set 'Dining Room Chandelier' Off Run program 'Test Program' Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

Before I crash my device... Can I call the same program at the end of a current program to get it to loop? Or is there a way to get it to loop for a period of time? The reason that I ask is because I was thinking about making a program with a lighting sequence for a Halloween Display. I don't need anything as fancy as Light Show Master.

I like it. Thanks for the info. When this current version is released, I would like to create a section in the wiki where we can all start sharing some example programs. I know that this will be the best way for many of us to find new and creative ways to use this.

With all the major improvements with the current program functionality, I am about ready to add some motion sensors. It seems that there are two routes. One is to use the EZIO Wireless Sensor Receiver for $135 + $90 sensors... or the $20 per sensor X10 route. Since I have no other X10 products in my house, I am wondering about the reliability. Anyone doing this with their current 'Insteon' setup?

Interesting. How do you use the status to detect that it was dimmed below 30%? Are you looking for a status of 30% and it triggers as you dim down to this level? Why did you choose this method for an area 'all off' instead of something like a double-off press?

Thanks for the clarification.

I don't know that I have a big need for 'random' either, but I would like to know how it works. Michel or Chris?

I thought that the 'random' selection would take the time you set (in this case 20 minutes) and do a +/- on it? But there is no setting for the +/-. The scenario that you mention is one way for this to work, but it wouldn't work for something where you say: If button A is pressed, wait 20 minutes (random), then turn on a light. What is the right answer?

Nothing happens. The scene doesn't even appear to be triggered. The button on the KPL is acting like a non-toggle where it flashes a couple times and returns to the original state (off) even when the ISY says that this is a toggle button.

Interesting. I have seen some of my schedules not executing a percentage of the time also... or partially executing. I have also seen notices of non-communicative devices more often. For the schedule issue, did you simply recreate with the same code? UDI, Have you seen this on your end? About the device communication? Has anyone else seen more communication problems since the update.. or is it just me? I don't see it all the time, but have seen an increase in occurence. This touches on another persons suggestions that if the ISY could collect some reliability data based on querys or commands sent, this would be helpful as we diagnose system problems.

Totally understood. I simply stated my previous experience to validate that something was different even though I couldn't duplicate it at the time.

For clarification, finally does not run if all items in the 'Then' run to completion? Does it only run when the If goes false during the execution of the Then items?

I am trying to make a bathroom morning scene, but not having any luck. Here is what I have tried. 'Master Bath Light - Morning' is a button on a KPL. I have tried it in both toggle and non-toggle. If Control 'Master Bath Light - Morning' is Off {or On... I have tried both} Then Set 'Master Bath Light' 20% Set 'Slow Master Bath Light' On {This is a scene with Master Bath Light set to a 5 minute ramp rate} Wait 1 hour Set 'Master Bath Light' Off {Just in case I left it on for more than an hour} Finally Set 'Master Bath Light' Off {Just in case I turn off this scene before the hour is up} Once I can get this to work, I will add the bath fan to this routine. What I am trying to do is to have a button on this KPL that will turn the light on at a low level... then start a long ramp from there. A long ramp from 0 is not an option. I then will have some timers in there for maximum time for the lights and timing of the fan.

I think that my whole system may have locked up. My programs no longer are functioning and 'My Lighting' has disappeared from my network places. I will reboot the ISY. This is surprising to me though as it has been VERY stable for the past few months.

I am seeing the system 'hang' when I save changes on a simple program that I updated. It hangs for about 1 minute and then goes back to the program details screen where it shows this program as still being 'green' (not saved). I have tried multiple times with no success. Other previous changes have saved without incident. I will try deleting this one and create again.

Any example on how to use the 'program' functionality to hold certain programs? For example, if I had a button set to 'vacation' or 'away' and I wanted this to trigger a hold on certain programs like daily timed activities inside the house.

Sounds good. Thanks.

Sounds like a good compromise.

Why does this have to be this complicated? If you are using the switch that is the load that you want to time, don't you simply need something like this? If Control 'Fan' is On Then Wait 5 minutes Set 'Fan' Off Shouldn't this allow you to press off to cancel and reset anytime before 5 minutes? Also, since you are directly controlling that load, it would turn on when you press on?

This is one of the problems that I had. I did see the button (eventually) but it is not obvious that the programs are not active without 'saving'. They show as enabled in the 'Program Summary' page. Maybe this should be made more obvious or updated on the fly.

I tried a simple example using the WAIT timer on a fan. If Control 'Fan' is On Then Wait 5 seconds Set 'Fan' Off It works great the first time. If I then press on again, it doesn't seem to trigger the action again. The fan simply stays on. It seems that I have to 'press' the Off button to get it to reset???

Based on what I saw, this is only if it was an 'on' command. Set to a specific value stayed the same.