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If you want her to use a PC you should indeed consider a new GUI. MikeB's interfaceGO could fit your needs. If she only needs control of the bathroom fan I would keep it simple, like a RemoteLinc or two. Rand

Okay. Sorry to read of your failures. What does the Mrs. want to use as a controller? RemoteLinc from bed? ControLinc in the living room? Touch Screen? Whatever controller you decide to use you make a scene in the ISY and include the controller and all the responders you want. If you want a button on a RemoteLinc to turn off the noisy bathroom fan those are the only two devices you need in that scene. Create another scene for another button on the RemoteLinc and include the kitchen light and that button. If you want to also control the bathroom fan from a keypad button add that button to the scene that controls the fan. Would you like the switch at the front door to control more than one light? Make a scene. Rand

Thanks for that Brian! I see they added a datasheet for the IRLinc Transmitter as well. Back to the books Rand

I don't think you want "on only", you will never know when activity has ended. I use the 30 second setting and a program like this: If Control 'Kitchen Motion Sensor' is switched Off And Control 'Kitchen Motion Sensor' is not switched On Then Wait 30 minutes Set Scene 'Kitchen Low' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') If activity occurs again within the Wait period the program quits. Rand

You could use the one IOLinc with the option Relay Follows Input or use the program to wait two minutes and then send an On to the IOLinc. I fastened a buzzer to the cold air return on our furnace for a float in our sump pump well. You can hear that everywhere in the house Rand

GA, good to read that it is working! Why don't you have the program send a message to your phone? In the example program the State has to remain On for two minutes to avoid sending texts/mails with momentary changes, the same logic can be used in an Off program. Of course the delay can be adjusted to suit the environment. Rand

I can't blame you for that. I am spoiled myself using scenes like popcorn. Could you make one scene at 75% and then send a FastOn to set it to 100%? I know that defeats ramp rates, but with a Wait... AFAIK the Adjust Scene function does change the links in the the devices so you would have to Adjust Scene again to set the devices back to the original values. Ah, well, Darrell usually has the best ideas this way. I will point him here. Rand

Yes, I saw that as well and it would be 128 minutes (0=30 seconds). I believe the released product only uses one byte, 16 steps (0x0-0xF, 30 - 510 seconds), instead of two bytes. Rand

Are there any Programs that appear as Running in the Program Summary pane? It sounds like you have something looping. Rand

By design the Links Table function should quit when other Insteon traffic is sensed and as such the count may come up low. It's odd that you can see higher than normal Link Count when the function is aborted. I will mail Michel to see if this is a bug. Rand

This topic is often discussed among the programmers. It has been decided that there will never be non-password access. As gregoryx stated most browsers can store your name/password and as such access to lights and scenes and (optionally) programs is available from computers you trust. You will still need to enter your username/password when accessing the Administrative Console. Right now you can make the name and password as simple as you like but the fields cannot be empty. File_Menu#Set_Userid&Password Rand

That is the maximum timeout in the sensor. Rand

Let me see if I can convince you otherwise. You should create scenes that mean something to you and her. Kitchen Cook, Kitchen Eat, Hallway Bright, Hallway Dim, for example. Create a scene for your outside lights and use that scene in a program to turn them all on and off at specific times. Make another scene with the same lights but with some of them dimmed and some off that you can use at midnight. Make scenes for your living room for talking, watching TV, romantic Ask your wife what she would like and create those scenes. One click and the lights fit your needs. You can have as few or as many lights in each scene as you like. The ISY makes this all extremely easy to do. Have fun! Rand

The idea of linking the switches is to keep them in sync when activated locally and when you control the scene. Think of having two switches (primary/load, secondary/no-load) for your hallway lights and a switch for your foyer light. Then imagine you would like to control them from another part of your home. You would create a new scene that contains all those switches and another switch (or RemoteLinc, KeypadLinc button, etc.) You wouldn't want the foyer to always control the hallway or vice-verse, hence the new scene and new links. In that new scene you would not have to include the secondary hallway switch but you would want to so that it matches the state of the primary (load) switch. How am I doing? Rand

The ISY sends a group command and the cleanup messages and assumes that the devices have responded. If you have having communication issues the best way to discover which devices are having trouble is the new Tools/Diagnostics/Scene Test function. Rand

That is correct. You are controlling the individual switch. Since the switch does not have a load you will not see a light turn on. What you want to do is to control the scene, then the switches and the lights will turn on, off, dim, bright, etc. together. Notice that the levels/ramp rates can be different for the ISY and each switch in the same scene. Here is one page from the Wiki referring to Scenes: Working_With_Scenes_-_in-depth_tutorial. You can learn more about scenes in the How-To_Guide. Rand

Mike is our networking expert and hopefully can help you with your virus program. Meanwhile I imagine the only other things you have to worry about are Saves to your Configuration. I don't know how it will affect Notifications. Rand

Oops. Tapping the Set button should send On/Off commands to activate your program. Did you view the Smarthome thread I referred to? Of course you can try Remove/Replace. I would include a Factory Reset on the IOLinc. To test can you plug the sensor into the same circuit as your PLM? That should rule out power line noise. i1 mode is normal for the IOLinc. Rand

I have read reports that the most recent LampLincs send commands when controlled locally, though I have no experience of that. Rand

Bad IOLinc? Is the Sensor LED changing On/Off? http://www.techmall.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5363 Rand

Glad to hear you got things going again. How many links do you have now in the PLM? The scene test uses a worst case scenario. Please see Scene_Test in the Wiki. Rand

Wow! Time flies Yes, continue to use the folders. They will help you keep your programs organized even if they have no conditions. True/False Programs run whenever any of their Conditions change. When all the conditions are met the program is considered True and the Then Actions are performed. If any of the Conditions are not met the program is considered False and any Actions in the Else routine are executed. In Mike's example the program will run every Sunset +15 minutes but it will be False if the Schedule Condition is not met. If there were any Actions in the Else section they would be executed. An interesting implementation in the ISY is the ability for programs to reference other programs for their statuses. So programs can be used as a Boolean variables, True/False. Programs can be written with no Actions and be set as True/False by other programs using the Run (If), Run Then, or Run Else. No problem, I'm glad to help. I'm sure others are reading this thread. I'm sure you will catch on quickly Rand

Okay, I tried this script but it still says in the Program Summary that the NEXT run time will be at TONIGHT at 15 minutes before sunset. Yes, the program will run every night but it will be evaluated as True or False depending on the Date condition. Using Folders is the best solution and allows you to nest multiple conditions as well as to group programs sharing the same conditions. It sounds like you are doing great! Let us know when you have more questions. Plato, that must be 10 years old! Rand

Yes, programs will be triggered upon a state change. Test sensor: If Control '0F.8A.48-Sensor' is switched On And Control '0F.8A.48-Sensor' is not switched Off Then Wait 2 minutes Send Notification to All Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Rand

This page Remotely_Connect_to_Your_ISY is a bit outdated as it references the old port numbers. The Wiki editing is broken right now so I can't change it. The ISY now uses ports 80 (http) and 443 (https) by default. Rand