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But ISY is the one sending out scene on and scene off commands that affect the offending kpl button AND causes the program to evaluate. If commands from ISY are not making it to the PLM I would be having issues elsewhere, and much bigger ones, in fact. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

hi apostolakisl, what happens is that my pressing the HRV High button "ON" (which works fine, no comms problems) when either of the "vent"-labeled KPL buttons is "not OFF", it causes another program to run (as expected) that calls an "HRV Venting buttons" scene to turn the two KPLs that have "vent" in their name ON. Works fine every time, triggered by an "if control HRV button ON". ISY at this point thinks (or should think) that "JeanKPL G-Vent" is ON or, perhaps, 100%. Doesn't matter whether the button itself is lit up since a scene command is not acknowledged back to ISY, meaning a comms failure would not be known (or matter) in this case. Again, in case I'm missing something.

Unless I'm missing something the problem is related to what ISY thinks the status is, not what the KPL button actually shows. The offending KPL button is not harmed (pressed) in this process, meaning whether or not the command got to the KPL doesn't matter?

not off doesn't work either but even if it did I'd like to understand why 100% <> ON. here's the code (using not OFF) in text format: If Status '1-MISC (Non Lighting) / HVAC / Kitchen.E-Vent' is not Off Or Status '1-MISC (Non Lighting) / Bedrooms / JeanKPL.G-Vent' is not Off And ( Status '1-MISC (Non Lighting) / HRV / Back KPL.G - HRV High (XLink)' is Off Or Status '1-MISC (Non Lighting) / HRV / Back KPL.H - HRV High (XLink)' is Off ) Then Wait 3 seconds Set Scene '1-MISC (Non Lighting) / HRV / HRV Venting Buttons for Prgs' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') and attached is the scene that's called OFF by the above and ON by another program that works and is what causes this one to trigger.

For a while now (can't remember when it started) status ON has been reflected as 100% in some case and it's been more of an annoyance than a problem. Tonight, however, I'm seeing a situation where status = 100% is causing a program triggering problem. In the attached image you'll see program conditions touching 3 different KPL's, one of which reports and can only be set to a percentage or OFF (or responding) rather than ON or OFF (or responding). Unfortunately 100% is not read as ON and the program is inappropriately triggering. It is now Running Then when ALL of the KPL buttons in the program condition are ON and it shouldn't. This causes a new program I wrote tonight that looks for an opposite set of conditions to run to send a scene ON command to turn the first two KPL buttons ON again (including the one being reported in %), causing the attached program to run again (when it shouldn't), causing the other one to run... and on and on. Removing the offending KPL (where status is listed in %) stops the madness. (Fortunately I have a 3 second delay in the action so I wasn't encountering a crippling race condition.) What am I doing wrong? Am running 4.2.10.

Light level is way off for me but certainly not reversed. Getting low levels on a bright sunny day but am getting 0 at night... I don't think I've seen anything close to 100 yet even though I should have. It's been chronically on the low side. I think Michel has passed on my report to ham weather but the problem has not gone away yet - been about a month and a half, I'd say. My source is the Ottawa int'l airport (Ontario, Canada) and you would think that weather data (accuracy) is important to an airport... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

hi Michel, I looked up the irrigation module on the wiki as I knew little about it and think what I would rather is the ability for ISY to get data directly from a PWS rain gauge. Ideally it would have the feel of a subscription service - or maybe something could be done with an Autelis device that listens to the PWS data stream and populates ISY variables - although I realize that's perhaps a bit of a stretch and not under UDI control. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

hmm, not sure. If you mean being able to know how much snow has fallen, yes that would be part of it. While I was more asking to have a way to automatically turn on my roof cable and heated mat, it would also be interesting if there was a way to automatically turn them off when the snow stopped.

danu1964, if I send you a broken one I have, can you fix it, test it, and send it back? I'll let you know whether or not it keeps running "in prod"... I'll pay for parts and shipping.

I've attached an export of my "Car Heater" folder of about a dozen programs I've tweaked over the years in case it gives you some new ideas. Sorry, I don't have time to cut and paste them all out individually for easier readability but here's a summary of what the programs provide: When I press a keypadlinc button near my garage between 5 PM and 5AM, it "arms" the block heater to go on the next morning at 6AM then turns the keypad button OFF If I press the button a second time between 5PM and 5 AM, it turns the block heater on right away. (Could have used fast on - and am now thinking I may add that as an additional option - but I like this approach better for this application because there's no visual cue if the "double click" failed for any reason, which does happen, especially to my wife ) If I press the button before 5 PM, the block heater goes on right away if the temp outside is greater than -6 Celcius and the block heater has been on for 2 hours, the block heater cycles OFF-ON (3 mins / 6 mins) - the outdoorlinc only, not the KPL button if the hydro rate is medium or high (which happens after 7AM weekdays in Ontario) and the block heater has been on for 1 hour the block heater cycles OFF-ON as above (same program) the block heater turns off after 4 hours As an aside I had a automobile customization shop perform the following mod to my van plus run a suitable wire/outlet into the van cabin to plug an inside-the-car (120V) heater. http://www.thedieselstop.com/contents/getitems.php3?Marinco%20Block%20Heater%20Plug%20Mod. Car Heater.v4.2.8__Sat 2014.08.16 09.52.41 AM.isy

I'm interested in this as well to activate a heated mat and roof cable, Ideally it would report a "it's snowing now" state, which admittedly is probably too much to ask for. I was thinking I might need a personal weather station with a rain gauge and heater to melt snow but can that info get back to ISY? How quickly?

I ended up visiting my in-laws in Florida for March break so had the devices shipped there (bought the webswitch in 2013 and the din relay this year). Have not had to deal with company for warranty issues so can't confirm or deny any problems on that front but fwiw I did ask a question once and got the answer in good time. Maybe they only answer the easy 'no skin off their back' questions, which is a bit disappointing to learn. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I have the iOS app and it controls both my webswitch and DIN relay fine. They are great, rock solid devices. App is quite rudimentary. I use it to override some hvac dampers that ISY controls. Avoids having to do all kinds of ISY programming to allow for the overriding. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I had an a-bus amp/volume control in a regular switch outlet until I pulled in out just this weekend in favour of a sonos amp. Check out http://www.hometoys.com/emagazine/2013/ ... trong/2101. It was okay but I much prefer my sonos setup. For one thing I couldn't control my abus from anything other than the physical volume control. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I have a sonos amp running a boston acoustics "rock" stereo speaker. Someday soon I'll re-read the sonos thread on sending commands to sonos from ISY. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

huh? My close to 2 yr old PLMs are v.9B. I keep one as a backup and I've swapped them twice since getting them to spread the load around and (last time) to check that the PLM wasn't causing a problem I was having. Should I be doing something to them? I did have an all on occurrence twice (in ~4 yrs) but both times I had pressed a button (fast on in one case) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I import my iTunes playlists into my sonos system. If you search this forum for sonos you can find posts on making calls to sonos from ISY. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Am new to the climate module and running firmware 4.2.3, which is pointing to the new HamWeather service. I'd like to store some climate data in a variable so I can track changes/max/min and send some of the data by email. I don't see an action that allows me to choose it. I also looked in the "variable" action but didn't see anything there. My search of the wiki didn't provide the answer. I know the data is available through a REST call but don't think I can have ISY make that call to itself and store it in a variable, can I? Is there a way to do this using ISY (without another computer)?

I don't have eventghost but FWIW my homeseer plugin timeouts every now and again; and almost always when I'm making heavy use of the admin console. Fortunately it has a watchdog timer that most of the time fixes the problem but sometimes the watchdog timer is running every 30 mins or so long after I'm done fiddling with the admin console. I have to stop and start the plugin or homeseer to fix when it gets into that loop. I'm hoping to be able to get rid of HS soon. I think it's too demanding for the ISY processing power. DSCLink also sometimes can't update a variable. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I just checked and the online "brochure" says lamplincs still have local sense functionality. http://www.smarthome.com/2457D2/LampLin ... Pin/p.aspx I hope so and might get one in case they stop supporting it because I need (...well, my wife needs, therefore I need) to be able to turn the light on manually. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

For only an handful of relays an IOLinc works pretty well except for: 1) the weaknesses of insteon (YMMV) and 2) this issue for me viewtopic.php?f=25&t=10356 that I haven't seen anyone else report that happened again as recently as a few months ago and has not been resolved. I had many issues when using 11 IOLincs for a bunch of HVAC things (here was my now outdated setup viewtopic.php?f=48&t=10174) but I think it's because I needed to query them regularly (due to issue #1) to ensure reliability. An IOLinc query returns two answers: one for the relay and one for the sensor. My network and ISY would get overwhelmed and countless issues arose, including, I believe, this completely unrelated and otherwise unresolved one viewtopic.php?f=27&t=11873 that has not re-occurred since I reduced my IO Lincs to 4. Here's a list of other relevant posts: viewtopic.php?f=27&t=5116 viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7768 (that turned out to be partly - but not entirely, IMO, problems related to querying my IOLincs) viewtopic.php?f=27&t=10499 (this one was fixed if you have a 994i, i.e in 4.x) viewtopic.php?f=27&t=11907 At first I tried an EZIO8SA to reduce the IOLincs down to 4 but I do not recommend it. It is poorly documented for a product that's been around so long and has a number of significant bugs that should at least be documented given that Smartenit is not planning to fix them. They include this one viewtopic.php?f=27&t=13528&start=30#p109383 that took me countless hours over 2 months before I learned what the problem was. Read the whole post if you want to know what can happen. There are a number of other qwerks. I plan to update the post soon based on whether or not I get my money back from Smartenit, as they promised I would but haven't done yet about a month after I returned it. My suggestion is to consider this http://digital-loggers.com/din.html (thanks to Xathros for suggesting it to me). It's been rock solid (like the http://digital-loggers.com/lpc.html, which I also own). It does, however, need the network module and you can't query it - at least not yet; I've heard a two way network module is in the works but not sure if/how it would work with this. I keep track of relay status (for program triggers) using variables or X10 devices (I have the X10 module too) to track states.

I think you meant to say : It was me that spent two months and countless hours trying to make the EZIO8SA work only to find out scenes don't work and had been the reason for all the grief I was getting. The thread I posted earlier has all the gory details of what can happen if anyone is interested. FWIW, I ended up shipping the EZIO8SA back and am using this http://digital-loggers.com/din.html (thanks to Xathros for the suggestion). I'm planning to update the other thread with more info once I get my refund from Smartenit (the check's in the mail, apparently - a delay, I'm told, because I was past the 15 day return period. Am waiting to see if they're going to make good on their commitment before posting about my experience)

Sorry, it looks like my attempt to point to the one post I wanted to (from Tapatalk) didn't work. Try this. viewtopic.php?f=27&t=13528&start=30#p109383 it's a post from Michel saying putting multiple ezio relays in a scene doesn't work. I mean you can do it (add them to the scene), but it won't do what you expect the scene to do.

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You can't put more than one relay per scene. An undocumented feature I learned the hard way. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk