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Yes this is done as a program. Have one program set the ISY variable to 1 when you arm to away mode. Then when have a program that when you disarm the alarm it sets the variable back to zero. Then have a program when it sees the variable change from 1 back to 0 run the program you want. You do have to the Elk module for the ISY. Hope this helps.

No need for a custom program just use Evernote! I personally love the service and seriously no exaggeration I cant imagine my life without it. Its on my top 10 favorite apps and pieces of tech. There is a paid and free versions. Just create a notebook called receipts, make a new note whats on the receipt and snap a pic. Then when you need it you can just print it back out! Done. Simple and OCR enabled. I also have a "User Manual" notebook and when I make a purchase I spend a couple minutes online to find the pdf version of the user/installation manual and put the pdf in Evernote. Then for example if I need to replace the water filter on the fridge and forgot to write down the model number for it and am at the store I just open Evernote app, search for "water filter" and am good to go! I pay for the premium version as I use this app daily. Needless to say my whole life is in it. Articles from websites, paint colors and pics of the labels of the can, recipes, wines I liked plus the labels, etc. the only thing is it wont create a list of items in my house but I can live without that. Back on topic, I have about 40+ Home Depot EcoSmart (made by Cree) recessed can lights with trim in my home. Its a custom built home and I been here two years. I have had about 4 failed bulbs but HD swapped them out with no problems. Sometime last fall I did notice the EcoSmart brand (owned by HD I believe) did get switched to another manufacturer. I ran to a bunch of other stores and bought backups of about 20 bulbs while they still were Cree. My concern was if the Cree bulbs with 5000k daylight would be the same color as the new manufacturer. Most of them were just flickering and died about 4-6 months in, so hoping the lights that I do have now are going to make it. I do dim them every night and havent seen that being more/less of an issue. Side note I do own the Philips A19 LED for my lamps and have not had any duds with them. FWIW

Did the MeanWell work for you? Can you post the model number for the power supply and LEDs? I don't mind paying for quality stuff. Nothing I have found so far will allow me to use a lamplinc to control/dim before the power supply/transformer. Everything I found needs the dimmer to be after the transformer and before the LEDs after its converted from 120V to 12V. What am I missing here? For example the MeanWell PWM-120 looks like it would work but then you look at the installation manual and the dimmer is after the power supply. Am I overthinking this and being dense? Is it really this hard?

Larry thanks for this info however I am looking for actual LED strips in 5K WHITE for not only under cabinet lights but toe kick areas as well that can be controlled by Insteon & ISY. The Hue and MiLights are all Bulbs and puck lights.

Anyone have any updates/progress/information on this? Its now moved up to a priority in my "To Do" list.

Your such a kill joy! #MERICA!

@Larryllix - Sounds a lot like someone who has no kids but its ok I have no kids either. Funny thing is when I built my home I specifically said NO DOORBELL and they thought I was nuts! I work from home and hate random people coming to my door while on the phone with a client ringing the doorbell. Sad part now is although even though I am still glad I did it but when someone I dont know comes they always ask "wheres the doorbell?". Feel like putting on a fake button just so I dont have to hear the question anymore lol I did run two Cat6 lines from the front door to my AV racks/Elk panel for "one day" but that day still hasnt come. I was thinking about some sort of video intercom/camera connected to my iphone/tv/computer. So if they push a button it rings my iphone. If the iphone is on silent because I am working I am not bothered but when I am in the backyard and have guests coming I can see when they are here. Add it to an automatic door lock to let them in would be nice too. Could always add it to ring my Elk speaker as well if I wanted too. Even better would be a pathway sensor so if someone drives or walks up it notifies me before they even are at the door! Then add a slight current to the doorbell button so they get a slight shock each time they ring it if they are solicitors. [emoji48] lol Pure Evil

Thank you for the discussion as I need to learn and figure this out for myself. @Larry - dont you have friends in the US that can buy you what you want and just reship to you in Canada? There are companies out there (I should find the name and also mention this to Teken) where they can receive shipments then reship stuff for when people cant buy a certain product in their country. @Paul the venlink is just a script on a node? Is there a Windows ver?

Signup for text notifications with the carriers and let them leave the package at the door. The god kids have cellphones but I was being sarcastic.

Who has people coming over to their house unexpectedly? [emoji13] No one comes over to my place without texting me first to make sure I am home. When they get here they text me again. What you guys dinosaurs? No one uses a doorbell or landline anymore! Get with the program, disable the doorbell and use text messages. [emoji12]

I agree with everything you say. The MiCasaVerde thread for Honeywell is pretty active but who wants the hassle of always supporting/fixing it. Sad part is the Honeywell TSats (non-WiFi/RedLink) are worthless, just saw one sell on eBay for a buck. I am looking at a Venstar T7900 for my own setup now.

Larry the T8900 is a commercial unit. Is there a reason you dont want the T7900 instead? I may have a "in" soon with Venstar.

Does anyone else have a issue with scraping the TotalConnect site to get their thermostat working or is the main factor keeping things internal? I personally dont care either way so am still thinking of moving forward on this. Although only one person has reached out and posted a response. Should I just let it go?

Yeah but the API appears to be able to set dim levels. [emoji41] We'll see. I'm just happy to see companies supporting Amazon Echo in turn giving it stay power. [emoji106]

Amazon has updated the Amazon Echo with some more new features today, this time bringing along support for Samsung's SmartThings, allowing you to control just about anything in your house with just your voice. The update brings support for all SmartThings products, including the SmartThings Hub and SmartThings outlet, and getting set up seems fairly easy. Amazon says that once you've set your devices up in their respective apps, you simply say "Alexa, discover my appliances" to your Echo. From there, you can easily control different appliances in your house by talking to Alexa, with Amazon giving the following examples: "Alexa, turn on the television." "Alexa, turn on the stereo." "Alexa, turn off the lamp." "Alexa, turn on the porch light." Also in this update are some new Skills for Alexa, which were previewed with an initial set in last weeks update. This week, you can enable Alexa's new Bingo and Cat Facts skills to get some game time in with the digital assistant and maybe learn some new fantastic feline facts. http://www.androidcentral.com/amazon-echo-scores-support-smartthings-hardware?utm_source=ac&utm_medium=dlvrit

Larynx, sorry I haven't responded in a couple days to say thank you and let you know how things turned out. I added/change the programs as you suggested however the "reminder" program wouldn't run on its own after being enabled. It took me a while to figure out what was going on. Needless to say I had to change the time/speed up the reminder so I wasn't waiting forever to test. It appears I had to add "Run If" line on the first program (see below). I am still testing it to make sure all is good but I think this has me on the right track. LeeG that was a very helpful explanation of the "else" command. I always get confused how it works in the programs and I think its clearer to me now that you explained it. Thank you Larryllix and LeeG for both of your help. If From 10:30:00PM To 5:00:00AM (next day) AND { Elk Zone 'Family-Motion' is Violated OR other zone is Violated } AND { <----Elk triggers may not require this section. Elk Zone 'Family-Motion' is not Violated <----disables 'reminder' if motion starts again. AND other zone is not Violated } Then Wait 30 minutes Enable program 'reminder' Run Program 'reminder' (If) Else Disable program 'reminder'

Maybe I am misunderstanding and when you say scrape you mean simply using the "website" rather than direct with the API? Did you look at any of the links? It appears most of the work is done. Without getting off topic too much do you just not care anymore or have/are you planning on switching, and if so to what? At the end of the day I agree with you, but for those of us who have these and to help the community whats the difference how we get there so long as we do?

Guys I found some info that could be helpful from a couple other sites. https://customer.honeywell.com/resources/techlit/TechLitDocuments/31-00000s/31-00002.pdf https://github.com/nottings/python-honeywell-thermostat/blob/master/honeywell_db.py https://community.smartthings.com/t/honeywell-smart-wi-fi-thermostat-compatibility/602/112 http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,30125.0.html It does appear that we have to use the Honeywell TotalConnect website/cloud. I have an TC account setup and hardware installed so happy to test. I have also applied but never got a response for the API. I have made a couple calls direct and sent emails but cant get anywhere with Honeywell. I figured I would pay a dev costs upfront to look at since I cant code and then just ask for donations. IOGuy or fstanek can you look at this information to see if it is helpful and could you take the project on? Then we just paypal you with donations for your work? Looks like all the work is done just need to apply it to the ISY or put it via python on another NODE. $1M dollars muhaaaaa! /sorry couldnt resist!

Maybe I should have said anyone want to donate to chip in to pay a dev to make this? If we all put money in the pot this could happen faster. I am looking for a dev now.

Anyone still interested in this? I am thinking about getting a dev to get this implemented. Not sure what it will take. Anyone onboard? The API/info is out there so we just need to put the pieces together.

Amazon says it sold 4,000 Echos in the first 15 minutes of the Prime Day sale.

Seems like I am always forgetting to turn on the alarm at night for some reason so I put a simple timeframe program to have the Elk Speaker "remind me" the alarm is disarmed. However if I have friends over past the timeframe its annoying to hear it tell me every 30 mins its not armed. Then I get harassed that about my "automated house". I tried the below program but its wrong. Can someone look at it and help me fix it? Do I need two programs, or variables? One for the "timer" and one for the "reminder"? Basically all I want is if the motion detectors on my Elk in certain rooms have been "violated" (aka motion sensed) starting at 11pm then don't "remind me" but set motion as a timer from the last 30m it was motion was sensed. This way if it doesn't sense anything in those areas 30 minutes after the last motion is sensed on any of the detectors then I get reminded. If it does then wait 30mins from the last time motion was detected from the most recent motion sensor and if it doesn't then finally remind me. Does this make sense? Thanks in advance for the help. If From 11:00:00PM To 5:00:00AM (next day) And Elk Area '1' 'Armed State' is Disarmed And Elk Zone 'Family-Motion' is not Violated Then Repeat Every 30 minutes Set Elk Speak Word 'Alarm' Set Elk Speak Word 'Is_disarmed' Else Wait 30 minute

Thanks again for the guide. I got everything setup and working perfectly. Now to start playing around and adding more stuff.

Thank you! Seems to me there should be a better a way to have up-to-date guides than trying to find it X amount of posts in a thread. Maybe its me and I am just lazy for not reading through the complete thread?

Is there a complete and up-to-date "How To" guide for setting up the Echo and ISY? If so can you please point me in that direction? I just got a Echo on Prime Day and want to set it up with my ISY. Thanks in advance.