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Thank you for the ideas. I have some space in the box so I will measure and see if the smaller filter will work. Also I do have access to add a filter and a inlinelinc. I'll try the smaller filter first and then use a inlinelinc if needed. Thanks! Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

I have an outletlinc used to control an outdoor water feature. It is the only weak point in my insteon network of ~50 devices. I contacted smarthome about it and they advised me to put a filter on it because the pump of the water feature is too noisy and causing communication issues. The filter is large and I can not mount it in the weatherproof enclosure where the outletlinc is. Any suggestions on how to fix the comm issues? or even a deep weatherproof enclosure that can hold all these devices? In the meanwhile I have been toggling power to the outletlinc to make it respond. It will usually last s command or two before locking up. I do have good plant cover to hide a deeper box if available. Thanks in advance. Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk 2

None of my area stations report light data so I have not tried using it before. Depending on your application you may considered using the light sensor on the motion detectors to establish dark . Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

Every now and then my programs stop running. Usually I will just restart the device and we are up and running again. But this time I was wondering if there is anything I should due as far as troubleshooting while in this state. ( I haven't tried the admin counsel yet but Mobilinc was working and still controlling. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

Same here. After I run cycle complete I run reset irrigation variables. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

Thank you LeeG! That got the ball rolling again. I forgot about state variables. Also to check the variable with different programs was the piece that I was missing. So this is what I did (for single KPL button to cycle fan modes): 1.) Create a state variable for fan speed Program 1: Adds 1 to the state variable when KPL button is turned on. If Control 'Office Fan Light / Office - D - Fan' is switched On Then $OfficeFanSpeed += 1 Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Program 2, 3, and 4 respond based on the state variable's value. (Showing only one program that sets fan speed). If $OfficeFanSpeed is 1 Then Set 'Office Fan-Fan' Low Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Program 5 acts when the KPL is turned off and the fan speed is on high. It turns off the fan and resets the variable. If Control 'Office Fan Light / Office - D - Fan' is switched Off And $OfficeFanSpeed is 3 Then $OfficeFanSpeed = 0 Set 'Office Fan-Fan' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Edit: dzarn - We must have been posting at the same time! I like your idea on the fast off. I'm editing my program now to add that. Thanks guys you are awesome.

Maybe I am overthinking this but I hit a wall in my program. Can someone give a program example on how to cycle FanLinc speeds on a KPL? Thanks in advance.

I checked this and that is set to 0.75", which is accurate for my system and set run-time. I think I will just reset the variables and watch it again. I am also having the system send me daily values via email so I can monitor them until this issue is resolved. Thank you!

Hi Michel, the idea for the temperature was to run a shorter cycle program twice daily if the temp was over 80 degrees or a longer program once daily if the temp was lower. The idea for the rain was to not run the sprinklers if it was raining. Thanks for the info. I will check that value as it must be incorrect. Thanks! Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

Hello, I started to play around with the irrigation module (finally) and setup a nice irrigation program. I have noticed, however, that my program is running daily after the initial 4 day ramp up that pushed me over my 0.5" irrigation requirement in my program. The program is: If Time is 5:00:00AM And Module 'Climate' Rain Today is 0 " And Module 'Climate' Irrigation Requirement >= 0.5 inches And Module 'Climate' Temperature High <= 80 °F Then Run Program 'Regular Sprinkler Cycle' (Then Path) Irrigation - Cycle Complete Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') And here is my sprinkler program: If - No Conditions - (To add one, press 'Schedule' or 'Condition') Then Set Elk Output '1-FRONT LEFT' On Wait 5 minutes Set Elk Output '1-FRONT LEFT' Off Wait 1 second Set Elk Output '2-FRONT RIGHT' On Wait 5 minutes Set Elk Output '2-FRONT RIGHT' Off Wait 1 second Set Elk Output '3-BACK YARD' On Wait 5 minutes Set Elk Output '3-BACK YARD' Off Wait 1 second Set Elk Output '4-FRONT DRIP' On Wait 10 minutes Set Elk Output '4-FRONT DRIP' Off Wait 1 second Set Elk Output '5-BACK DRIP' On Wait 10 minutes Set Elk Output '5-BACK DRIP' Off Wait 1 second Set Elk Output '6-TREE DRIP' On Wait 10 minutes Set Elk Output '6-TREE DRIP' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Yesterday values EVTO: 0.0811 inches/day Irrigation requirement: 0.5813 inches Water deficit yesterday: 0.1969 inches Today values EVTO: 0.0799 inches/day Irrigation requirement: 0.6231 inches Water deficit yesterday: 0.1693 inches So my questions are what exactly does 'Irrigation - Cycle Complete' do, and what does 'Reset Variables' do? Do I need to do a reset variable in combo with cycle complete? Thank you!

Are you planning to control it just from your isy? I would think that would be tedious unless you just want to run some 'scenes'. By tedious i mean adjusting the volume one increment at a time for example. But you should be able to do that using network resources and the onkyo rs232 protocol. PM me if you need it. If you want full on control use a software controller. I personally use Elve and it has a onkyo driver. More info: http://codecoretechnologies.com/community/index.php?topic=998.0 Sent from my SCH-I510 using Tapatalk

I put my isy in a wiring closet. It was nice having it by my bed, but after a while I too grew annoyed of the bright leds. Now that it is in a wiring closet, along with the rest of my networking equipment, I sleep much better. You could try electrical tape over the leds or turning the unit around. Sent from my SCH-I510 using Tapatalk

Can you provide a little more info on your setup? Terminal blocks used and was it just one lead that you inputed into those blocks? I am very interested in this post cause my can is over loaded with wall warts. Isy, two routers, lighting, bnc to ip converters, cameras, etc..... Thanks! Sent from my SCH-I510 using Tapatalk

I was talking with Bob a few months ago if the project was still moving forward. It has been in alpha stages for a long while now and I was thinking of just writing a driver for Isy myself just to get the thing certified with Elve. In any event it does seem he is still working on it. It is just difficult because isy supports so many things that a single driver in Elve is really like 5 drivers if you count add-ons. And then getting a logical layout within a single driver that supports so much is quite daunting. Or we could do five individual drivers, but that may make some Elve users upset since the lowest flavor only allows fifteen device drivers.

Just finished integrating some aspects of Elve with ISY. Now I can have ISY programs run scenes in Elve. If this continues to test well I will do a how-to write up this week. Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk

Hi Michael, Very cool. I will try those in the morning. I have been working on intergrating my ISY with my Elve setup. I will see if I can get that system to do the REST... pun intended. Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk

Just starting to really fine tune my setup and have been using logs a lot. Couple of questions regarding logs: Can I automate my logs? For example write a program to send contents each month as an excel attachment and then purge? Also why is the error log a different format than the regular log? The regular log opens in excel all formatted, yet the error log is a text file. It is not consistent program behavior. To deal with the error log I have to import the file into excel, and then set the delimiters to even read the thing. Just a few suggestions. Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk

Also windows home server users get a free domain to host their personal website. I use that. Its xxxxx@homeserver.com, and does not need monthly logins like free dyndns does. I would change the secure port on isy going this route. Sent from my SCH-I510 using Tapatalk

I have a few non-insteon motion sensors in my ELK setup and wanted to use them in my ISY scenes. The problem is that alarm motion sensors don't usually have a built in countdown timer or the ability to vary the sensing rate. In my case the sensors would violate every 5 seconds with constant movement. Needless to say I couldn't have an attached scene toggling on/off every few seconds, nor did I want to set a timer on the scene either. A timer on the scene could potentially turn the scene off while the area was still occupied. Here is my solution: Prerequisites Elk module, Elk system with attached motion sensors, ISY with Elk module appropriate firmware, an ISY scene to control. The first program determines if the area is occupied. If the motion zone is tripped set a variable to true, 1. Program name: Kitchen Motion Occupied If Elk Zone 'KITCHEN MOTION' is Violated Then $IsKitchenOccupied = 1 Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Here is the program that starts the motion controlled sequence. Program name: Kitchen Motion Night If Elk Zone 'KITCHEN MOTION' is Violated and $IsDarkOutside = 1 Then Run Program 'Kitchen Motion Night WAIT' (Then Path) Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Now that the motion sequence has been started from the previous program, we activate the scene and wait. Program name: Kitchen Motion Night WAIT If - No Conditions - (To add one, press 'Schedule' or 'Condition') Then Set Scene 'Kitchen Night' On Wait 5 minutes Run Program 'Kitchen Motion Occupied RESET' (If) Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Here is the last program. If the very first program detected motion anytime during the execution of this sequence the variable is set to true, 1. Since this is true we reset the $IsKitchenOccupied variable to false, and rerun the WAIT program. If movement was not detected during the WAIT program the $IsKitchenOccupied variable would still be false, 0. The program would then run the else path and turn the scene off. Please note the WAIT program will run twice, at a minimum. So set your wait times appropriately. I set 5 minutes on my wait time, which means the scene would be on for 10 minutes if I triggered it and walked out of the area. Program name: Kitchen Motion Occupied RESET If $IsKitchenOccupied is 1 Then $IsKitchenOccupied = 0 Run Program 'Kitchen Motion Night WAIT' (Then Path) Else Set Scene 'Kitchen Night' Off I would welcome any feedback to condense this sequence if there is a better way to accomplish this. Thanks!

Interesting. So turning on the lamp locally took ~30 seconds to ramp on. Changing the values in ISY for local ramp rate did not effect this rate when controlled locally or from the admin console. The on level was correct, being changed to 100%. The double tap method did work to change the ramp rate. This manual ramp rate limits ramp times to 0.5-9 seconds. This is fine for my use. I was just thrown because I expected it to do everything like a normal lamplinc unit. I got the rate set to a good level when operating manually, otherwise it behaves fine in scenes. Thanks for the insight.

Ok. Well here is what I got trying to change local ramp rates and on levels. I wish I could read this and understand what I am looking at! Sat 12/03/2011 10:50:10 PM : [ 19 CE 9C 1] RR 8 Sat 12/03/2011 10:50:10 PM : [All ] Writing 1 bytes to devices Sat 12/03/2011 10:50:10 PM : [19 CE 9C 1 ] Memory : Write dbAddr=0x0021 [08] cmd1=0x2E cmd2=0x00 Sat 12/03/2011 10:50:10 PM : [iNST-ACK ] 02 62 19.CE.9C 1F 2E 00 01 05 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 (00) Sat 12/03/2011 10:50:11 PM : [iNST-SRX ] 02 50 19.CE.9C 19.6F.B8 27 2E 00 (00) Sat 12/03/2011 10:50:11 PM : "[standard-Direct Ack][19.CE.9C-->ISY/PLM Group=0] Max Hops=3, Hops Left=1" Sat 12/03/2011 10:50:32 PM : [ 19 CE 9C 1] OL 255 Sat 12/03/2011 10:50:32 PM : [All ] Writing 1 bytes to devices Sat 12/03/2011 10:50:32 PM : [19 CE 9C 1 ] Memory : Write dbAddr=0x0032 [FF] cmd1=0x2E cmd2=0x00 Sat 12/03/2011 10:50:32 PM : [iNST-ACK ] 02 62 19.CE.9C 1F 2E 00 01 06 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 (00) Sat 12/03/2011 10:50:32 PM : [iNST-SRX ] 02 50 19.CE.9C 19.6F.B8 27 2E 00 (00) Sat 12/03/2011 10:50:32 PM : "[standard-Direct Ack][19.CE.9C-->ISY/PLM Group=0] Max Hops=3, Hops Left=1"

Hi LeeG, It is listed as '(2472D) Dual Band OutletLinc Dimmer v.40.' Thanks.

As an update it appears the issue is solely with the ramp rate applied locally. I was able to apply different ramp rates successfully with the outletlinc dimmer in a number of various scenes.

Is anyone having issues with the Outletlinc dimmer? I can't get the unit to hold my ramp rate set with ISY. I am using v. 3.1.13. I can turn it on/off from ISY. On level also works. Just not the ramp rate. I thought the unit was defective so I did an RMA with Smarthome. Installed the new unit today and same thing. Everything works except the ramp rate on the replacement unit as well. So now I am doubting ISY support versus 2 DOA outletlinc dimmers.

.13 installed fine. I like how the tabs with the Elk information were rearranged. Looks great! And now thermostats! I will be busy this weekend moving over thermostat rules. So far ALL my Elk rules are just so much more comfortable living in the ISY! Sent from my SCH-I510 using Tapatalk