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I just got a Rachio V3 Wifi Sprinkler controller. I have Amazon Echo and installed the Rachio skill so I ask Alexa to run a specific zone. I can also ask Alexa to turn on devices through my ISY994i. Can I somehow have a program that triggers based on a motion sensor that runs a zone on my Rachio controller? Trying to deter deer and we hear sprinklers will scare them off. Thanks for any suggestions.

I do use an IOlinc on the garage door for status information. Can someone answer this: When the garage door is opened, the Then clause in my program executes. This notifies me the door is open, turns on the light and starts the 2 minute timer. Here's the question. If the door is closed BEFORE the 2 minutes is up and the Else clause executes, does this stop the 2 minute timer? I assume it does. Correct?

I'm not sure I am totally getting the Status vs Control state checking first of all. Here's what I want: When the garage door is opened, I get a text telling me it's open, the garage lights are turned on for 2 minutes, and then turn the lights out When the garage door closes, get a text telling me the door is closed and turn the lights out My issues with the program below are: It mostly works but I am getting 2 texts telling me the door is closed, not one. No clue why. I'm wondering if these should be split into 2 different programs: 1 for open and 1 for close? By using a Control check on Garage Door-Sensor, this code only executes when the door is physically opened or closed. Sounds funny saying it but if I were checking the Status, the Then or Else clause would always be running depending on the door being up or down I think. So am I right in using Control? When the door is shut, the lights may already be off. Can I somehow check that before I set them to Off or just not care? Thanks for any help/suggestions on making this better.

Well I feel pretty silly. I thought I was setting the wait for 2 minutes and I really set it for 2 seconds! Duh! The Wait for 2 minutes and then turn the scene off works fine. My apologies for dumb questions.

So I just tried only adding the command: Set 'Garage Ceiling Lights' On to the Then clause and it works fine. The lights come on and stay on. Do I have to switch them off after 5 minutes in a separate program?

Wow, this is why this forum is incredibly valuable. Lots of great discussion. In the end, I just left the old switch alone. It wasn't worth the added expense or hassle for the desired end result. Thanks for all the ideas though!

I have a program alerts me when my garage door goes up or down with a text. See attached screenshot. I want to add to the Then clause to turn on the scene for garage ceiling lights. I just replaced the old conventional 3-way switches with INSTEON 2477S switches. I have a scene in called Garage Ceiling Lights and both switches are controllers in the scene. Manually, the scene works fine. I can turn the lights on or off from either switch. I tried adding the commands to turn on this scene at the end of the Then clause, added a Wait 2 minutes followed by a turn the scene off command. When I tested it by opening the garage door, the lights came on momentarily but then turned off. When I looked at the program status, it was not in a wait state. So I clearly don't have this right. How can I implement this desired functionality? Thanks!

I was going to replace an existing switch today with an INSTEON 2477S but when I opened the switch box, I discovered the only wire in the box is a switch leg. I have no common to connect to the INSTEON switch. I assume I'm toast with this and can't use INSTEON here?

Or do I need 1 dual band device in a scene to be a controller?

Somehow one of my Lamplinc's got assigned as a controller for a scene which I do not want. I have 2440 keypad which is the controller. I can't see anyway to remove the controller function from java interface to my ISY. Help?

Thanks.

What's a 4 branch ISY? Are you running Catalina?

I am currently running on Mac OS Mojave 10.14.6. I access my ISY994i through the ISY Launcher from my desktop. I'm not sure if that involves any 32-bit software or not but Mac OS Catalina does not support 32-bit software anymore. Has anyone else using an ISY994i upgraded to Mac OS Catalina yet? Should this be an issue?

Dang. My bad. I didn't press the Set button on the MS. Once I pressed the Set button and tried it again, it added to the ISY. That's the good news. I have the device in my ISY shown in the attached. But I'm not sure what device name I use in my programs. And why are the 2nd 2 devices shown with the INSTEON address rather than the name? I can't tell what device to use to test for motion. The old MS was much simpler. Any help or pointers to documentation would be appreciated. Thanks.

I found the address behind the battery. I went to Link Management/Link to Sensor/Motion Sensor II and put in the address. I then get the attached error shortly there after. Suggestions?

So my old 2420M died and I have to use a new 2844 MS. I am running 5.0.15 in my ISY994i. But I see no INSTEON address on this new MS so I don't know how to add it to my ISY devices. Any help would be appreciated!

I don't know anything about nodeservers but I can tell you my Sense has been running for about a month now. It is still "learning" the electrical devices in my home but I like it. I'm not sure it will save me any money in the long run but it's interesting to see how much electricity is being consumed and when. If you had some old non-energy efficient appliances, it would surely make those obvious. Let me know if you get one and you intergrate with your ISY somehow.

Not sure this is possible but I'll ask for ideas. If my ISY994i is integrated with my Amazon Echos and my Echos are integrated with my Harmony Remotes, can I define a button on RemoteLinc 2440 to run a scene from Harmony? Does that make sense?

Thanks for the details on the upgrade. I assume I should be looking at 5.0.15 since that is now available. I'll post my installation questions on the 5.0.15 thread.

Can I upgrade directly from 4.7.3 to 5.0.15?

I've been hesitant to install a beta firmware. Is there a projected date it will become released?

For some reason, I have it in my head that the newer INSTEON Motion Sensor (2844-222) is not compatible with the ISY994i. Is that right? Or maybe it's not compatible with V4.7.3 that I'm running? Or am I just imagining things.

RainMachine responded and said they're not making the Mini-8 anymore. They are replacing with the Pro-8 which is $10 more.

Oberkc, so I added a state variable for the switch on or off and added it to my Override program. I also added a Stop command for the Body program. It occurred to me that if I had the stop, I probably didn't need the state variable because I didn't use it anywhere and with the Stop command, the program would execute. It all works so here is what I ended up with for anyone else who's interested in doing something similar. CONDITION program OUTLIGHTS.SHEDMOTION.COND - [ID 001C][Parent 0020] If Status 'Outdoors / Shed Motion-Sensor' is On And From Sunset To Sunrise + 10 minutes (next day) Then Run Program 'OUTLIGHTS.SHEDMOTION.BODY' (If) Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') BODY program (which is disabled) OUTLIGHTS.SHEDMOTION.BODY - [ID 001D][Parent 0020][Not Enabled] If Program 'OUTLIGHTS.SHEDMOTION.OVERRIDE' is False And Program 'OUTLIGHTS.SHEDMOTION.COND' is True Then Set 'Outdoors / Shed lights' On Send Notification to 'Kent Txt' content 'Shed Motion Detected' Wait 5 minutes Set 'Outdoors / Shed lights' Off Run Program 'OUTLIGHTS.SHEDMOTION.BODY' (Else Path) Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') OVERRIDE program OUTLIGHTS.SHEDMOTION.OVERRIDE - [ID 0027][Parent 0020] If Control 'Outdoors / Shed lights' is switched On And Control 'Outdoors / Shed lights' is not switched Off Then Stop program 'OUTLIGHTS.SHEDMOTION.BODY' Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Thanks for all the help!

Thanks for the info. Every place I look, the mini-8 is out of stock. Not sure why. I sent RainMachine a presales question.