Scottmichaelj

I am trying to figure out how to get the KPL LED to turn off if I dim to off on a lamplinc device. Below is my code - I am using it with 4 IR buttons (on/Bright/Dim/off). When I use "Fade Up" the KPL led in the scene turns on - but when I dim the device to off the KPL LED stays on. The device shows off in the Admin console. What else do I need to add in the code to make the KPL led turn off if I dim it off? Thanks in advance for the help. If IR 'TV : Channel +' is Held And IR 'TV : Channel +' is not Released Then Set Scene 'My Lighting' Fade Down Else Set Scene 'My Lighting' Fade Stop

So how would one use a KPL secondary button to run a program? For example in my master bedroom I want KPL button B to run the program "all off" to turn all insteon lights off. I have the button in nontoggle mode so it doesnt stay lit when I hit it but having a hard time getting the program to run properly each time. Heres what I have is this correct or is there a better way? IF KPL MB-B is switched on or KPL MB-B is switched off THEN Set scene 'My Lighting' Fast off ELSE No actions Thanks in advance!

I have not had any luck controlling a group of lights properly with fade up/down and dim stops within a scene. I have kinda found a work around by making a scene with a preset of the desired brightness for each light. Then when I hit the IR code with the universal remote - the ISY then activates that scene at those levels. But there are drawbacks - like if a light is off then it turns back on and if you want multiple lights to dim after a certain time frame like I do then you have to do multiple scenes activated at time delays. I got fade stops to work with just an individual light with 4 buttons - on/off/dim/bright - this is how I have things setup for the master bedroom. I must say this doesn't still work as good as the X10 commands using dim. I am actually thinking about going back to X10 commands because of this. I dont think this an issue with the ISY but with the PLM modem not being able to issue mutiple commands at once. I could be wrong. The other thought is maybe the size of my home vs the distance from each light being dimmed, although my home is only 3500sq ft. By the time the ISY issues the command to the PLM then sends it out, then turning around and sending out the stop command the lights are out, since this happens in milliseconds/seconds. I have not played with the dim rate of the lights because I like where they are right now, but maybe another work around would be to make the time it takes to turn off each light longer therefore it would get the stop command. This is all just speculation but overall it might just depend on each users personal setup/preference. Hope this helps. BTW I am using a Pronto TSU9400 in the living room, another one in the bedroom and a TSU9600 in my home theater room with one RFX600 RF module that is in a central location with the ISY/PLM so I can send commands from anywhere with the remotes.

Well sorry for not replying sooner I was away on vacation for two weeks! I needed a rest then when I got back I went on some business trips so I am now back home... So after doing some testing I found out this - If I set my remote up for pressing the "2" button on a NEC remote for my ISY99 IR I found the program does not work properly. Some lights turn off right away when they should dim just a bit then delay off. However when I manually run the program from the admin screen on the ISY through a web browser the program works fine. It appears to be only when receiving an IR - Anyone know hy could this be? A bug maybe? I am using firmware 2.6.3 - Seems only to do this with delays.

I tired this however fade stops dont work well for some reason on scenes for me. Can you think of any other way to do this? I had a similar scene in my Home Theater Room where when I hit the "HTR Off" button on my pronto remote then my ISY99ir would fade the lights down then wait 5 mins before turning off so I knew that the command was recieved - it worked a couple times but then became unrliable and finally stopped working all together.

I maybe missing something because I am new to having a ISY99/ir - however in the programming section of th admin console I dont see where I can program a scene to dim to a certain preset level. Heres what I am aiming for - Each night at sunset I want certain lights to go on in my home. Easy enough I have already made a program for "sunset" and turn on all the insteon devices I want on. Then at say 9pm when I usualy sit down to watch TV I want all those lights to go into a (nite mode) and dim to 50% or what not. Then at 10 when I am really settled in for the night watching TV I want to have all the lights dim to say 25%. This way if I am not home it gives a "looks like there home" appearance. However here is the kicker - if I am home and I turn off a light say in my kitchen I I dont want it to turn back on and dim it to 50% at 9pm. I want it to do a query and if its off then leave it off. I am doing this now for our entry light and I have it query - but I have 3 programs for this one light not including turning it on at sunset with the others. One to dim at 9 if on another one to dim again if still on at 10 and then one for off at 11. Maybe I have to but I dont want to make a seperate 3 programs for each light that was turned on at sunset. Do I have to do this? Do I setup maybe a "dim night" scene then inside that scene put the levels I want then select it "on" from the program? What am I missing here?

Thanks that worked - now I have a separate button for off/on/dim and bright. How would I go about making the program to when I hit the All off button all the lights in that scene to dim maybe 25% or twice 15% then 15% so that you can see the command has been received, then have time to leave the room without it going dark on you?

Sorry I was not clear I want to do 4 buttons like you would use a IR543 and X10. I want one to turn the light off(press) - one for on(press) - one for dim(press&hold) - one for bright(press&hold) - is the key to using the Fade up/down the fade stops? I want on/off buttons to just be a press - then hold the bright button to brighten the lamps and press and hold a dim button to dim the lamp.

I can confirm that this is possible with the beta ISY-99i/IR PRO. The control commands are FADE UP and FADE DOWN. Can you confirm now that the ISY99/ir is out how one would control the Dim/Bright buttons? I am now trying to setup my ISY99 using the beta 2.6.3 firmware and the dim/bright do just that - right now the dim/bright function is not working. When using the fade/up command the lights from off level go to full on 100% softly and then fade down does from whatever is the on level to off. I cant seem to get any programs to work properly with dim/bright using the Hold command. I can press a ton of times to get it to work but thats is a pain. I would like it to act like an X-10 command - where you can select a light or whatever then hit one button for on, one for off, press and hold one for bright and same for dim. I am using a pronto TSU9600 remote and want to be able to control individual lights if I want. I also have one TSU9400 in my master bedroom and like to be able to control the brightness when watching TV or what not. Maybe if you can give me a sample code? For example what I have is a Scene called "HTR - All" with a program of On then a separate on for Off - when I leave the room I would like to hit a button on my remote called "HTR - All Off" (I know how to setup the IR stuff) - when I hit the All off button it would be nice for all the lights in that scene to dim maybe 25% or twice 15% then 15% so that you can see the command has been received, then have time to leave the room without it going dark on you. Right now this is what I have but its not working (I also tried Fade Down too without it working properly - see above comments) If IR 'TV : 2' is Pressed Then Set Scene 'HTR - ALL' dim Set Scene 'HTR - ALL' dim Wait 1 minute Set Scene 'HTR - ALL' off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

The pronto would have access via the RFX9400 WiFi Extender which would be on the home network. From there it is just writing a script which at this point I also don't think a script exists quite yet. I am just wondering if anyone here has written one yet or used the ISY-26 to do this. Its either this route or go directly into the RadioRA side of things.

I have a Phillips TSU9400 and TSU9600 with a RFX9400 WiFi Extender. What I am looking for is a simple script to run on the pronto to "see" what insteon devices are on/off/dim level in each room. Does anyone do this now and/or have a pronto script they can email me? Is this even possible to do?