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The different countries use different frequencies for the radios so if you loaded the EU firmware it wouldn't be able to see the ISY or any of your other devices.

First thing is to update the firmware. It likely doesn't have the latest firmware. It's possible 30s is too short, I think there's a minimum, I have mine set to 1 min. http://aeotec.com/z-wave-sensor/1270-multisensor-firmware.html (Hope you have a PC and not a MAC). Oh! You want it in Celcius. Did you go to the options page? This thread is extremely useful in setting up the MultiSensor. http://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/13021-aeon-labs-multisensor-testing/

For the MultiSensor, give it power by connecting the USB port to an adapter or computer. This prevents it going to sleep. Select Z-Wave/Add a Device on the ISY. A box should come showing it's listening. Press the black button on the sensor, wait a few seconds, the ISY should add it. If you need to change settings then you must keep USB power to it OR if you press the black button 3 times then the sensor will wake up and stay awake for 10 minutes. The Red LED on the side of the unit is a good indication of whether it is awake or sleeping.

The Venstars have a "Deadband" setting. The default is 2 degrees. What this means is if you have your Cool set to 74 it waits until it is 76 then cools to 74. Likewise with heat, if your heat is set to 76 then it will wait until it's 74, then heat to 76. You can change this setting but there are different opinions on what it should be. With no deadband, cycling AC on and off frequently can reduce the life of the compressor but you have more even temperatures.

This has been a long standing bug somewhere (java?). Change the view mode of Finder back and forth until you see files. Also, if you used Safari to download the update then the file you want is likely in the Trash.

I know with KeypadLincs if you want to light up a button you have to use a scene.

I have an iPhone. If I receive an SMS it shows as coming from "402-7" or something like that. Different number each time. The text of the message is / / . If it's sent as MMS it's like Email, the from Email is looked up in contacts and displays the actual name and the subject is bolded and the message is below that. Much prettier. Easy to see and take notice or ignore at a glance.

Just switched from AT&T to T-Mobile. AT&T had separate Email addresses for SMS or MMS. T-Mobile only has one and will use MMS if the length is over 160 characters. Trying to send a short notification from the ISY but force MMS to be used. A small picture would not be out of the question if there was a way to get ISY to include it. Or are there invisible characters that can be used that will pad the message but not show up in the actual message? What do the HTML and XML options in the custom notifications screen do. If I could code a message in HTML that could easily use up 160 characters?

You have to click on "Save Changes" for deleted programs to go away.

I'm not going to kill myself trying to think something up but the first thing that came to mind is that you can tell if the lights were turned on at the switch vs under program control by using "if Control" vs "if Status". So if you you hit the light switches you could disable the program that turns the lights back on for how ever long it takes you to get in the car and drive away. If you were using MobiLinc on your smartphone you could re-enable the program when your phone left the geo-fenced area.

Well .... they are sort of but not in the sense of scenes we are used to. You can mix Z-Wave and Insteon in the same scene but it looks like the ISY simulates the scene by accessing the devices in the scene directly. There are also some limitations to this in that you can't control the on-level or ramp rate with Z-Wave devices, it's mostly on or off.

Thanks Lee. It occurred to me that may be the case but I wanted to check. Of course my real program was with a 1 second delay so it was hard to determine visually.

Curious about this, if you have a program if status is on then wait 10 minutes set off else I understand that normally if the state of changes the "wait" is interrupted and the "if" is re-evaluated. But does this happen if you are running (if) the program manually and it is disabled?

OMG! LeeG, I had no idea. It is working perfectly now. Thank you for all your participation here.

In all the years I've been using Insteon I've never played with scenes and on-levels until now. Everything has been strictly on & off. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or there's a bug in the ISY. First, I'm on 4.2.2, both f/w & UI. I have a light as a load to a KPL v.39. I have it as part of a scene, shown below. Node: Scene: What I expect to happen is when I press the button on the KPL the light comes on to 100%, no/little ramp and when I turn the scene on the light comes on to 20% along with the other lamps at 50%. What actually happens is, if I turn the scene on everything is as expected. Turn the scene off and push the button on the KPL the light comes on to 20% instead of 100%. It's looks like when the scene is turned on the KPL remembers the last ON level and ignores the local level. If I do a FAST ON to the KPL by a double press the light comes on 100%. Subsequent button pushes turns the light on to 100% but as soon as I turn the scene on then button presses revert to turning on to 20%. I have worked around this by writing a small program to turn the light on to 100% when the button is pushed but I don't think this should be necessary, right? Am I missing something or doing something wrong? direct.tiff scene.tiff

I reduced the durations and watched the behavior. Turns out the Repeat time starts after the light has been turned off. So the program would really look like: If - No Conditions - (To add one, press 'Schedule' or 'Condition') Then Repeat { Set 'DEVICES / OUTLETS / LR (Table Lamp 1)' On Wait 3 minutes (Random) Set 'DEVICES / OUTLETS / LR (Table Lamp 1)' Off } Every 5 minutes Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') I guess it was easier to represent the UI as it is.

I am trying to simulate an "At Home" program for a vacation mode. If - No Conditions - (To add one, press 'Schedule' or 'Condition') Then Repeat Every 20 minutes Set 'DEVICES / OUTLETS / DR (Table Lamp)' On Wait 15 minutes (Random) Set 'DEVICES / OUTLETS / DR (Table Lamp)' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') 1. DR (Table Lamp) turns on at time 0 2. DR (Table Lamp) turns off between 1 and 15 minutes 3. DR (Table Lamp) turns on again when? (a) After 20 mins? ( After (20 mins) - (time the lamp was previously on)?

I'm running 4.2.2. Firmware & UI. For me it's a display issue. My programs and scenes use the Heat & Cool nodes which don't seem to be affected, but then I'm not running the heating anymore.

Add me to list of folks who's ISY is reporting Heat On after the AC is turned off.

So the Wait is 30 mins. The "if" contains a test for 7:00 and a test for 7:30. So when the time hits 7:30 it will interrupt the wait (albeit by a hair).

I have two Venstar thermostats which change modes daily. They perform perfectly. I had tried the SH Insteon thermostats and had nothing but problems. Sent them back.

Except for the first time when it will take 10 secs. Although you did say 'between' so technically you're correct.

I have a program that is not doing exactly what I want. If - No Conditions - (To add one, press 'Schedule' or 'Condition') Then Repeat Every 16 minutes Set 'DEVICES / OUTLETS / DR (Table Lamp)' On Wait 15 minutes (Random) Set 'DEVICES / OUTLETS / DR (Table Lamp)' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') My question is does the 16 minute counter start at the beginning of the repeat loop or after the last line is executed. The light turns on and off OK but the total length of time between turning it on, turning it off and turning it on again seems way longer than 16 minutes. Edit: My testing would seem to indicate that the 16 minutes starts after the last instruction in the repeat loop is executed.

I think there are better ways to do this, I'm sure others have alternate ideas. What happens on Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun? Currently the TS gets left at 82/70. If someone changed the mode to OFF at the local panel it stays off because you don't change the mode. The way I do it is to drag the thermostat main node into a scene. Then you can adjust all the values for the thermostat in the scene properties (Heat/Cool/Mode etc). Set mode to AUTO. Create different scenes for the different settings you want. Then you just send an ON to the scene with the settings you want and all settings are adjusted. You can have different programs to change the settings based on whatever conditions you want. Yes, probably cleaner to have separate programs for different days/times. If On Mon, Tue, Wed Time is 6:15:00AM Then Set Scene 'Morning' ON If On Mon, Tue, Wed Time is 7:30:00AM Then Set Scene 'Work' ON If On Mon, Tue, Wed Time is 4:30:00PM Then Set Scene 'Return' ON If you return from work early you can manually send an ON to the scene 'Return' to adjust the settings early. No programs to stop running and separate setpoints to adjust.

Don't keep repeatedly trying to sync. It will eventually fail. The time servers only expect infrequent accesses.