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@jec6613Thanks. I have ordered the Z-wave add-on for my ISY and a Zwave outdoor motion sensor. I guess now I'll have to look into Zwave extenders. Any suggestions?

@larryllix From the 1st gen motion sensor manual, it says it was indoor/outdoor which is why I asked the original question. @jec6613 The HomeSeer and Zooz option you mention are Zwave devices correct? I don't have Zwave. Not sure how big a deal it is to add to my ISY/INSTEON environment. Thanks for the replies though both of you. I appreciate the information I get here.

It appears that the 2nd generation INSTEON Motion Sensor II is indoors only? What do we do for outdoors now?

@Teken are you saying if I bought a Polisy now, it could be upgraded to a Polisy Pro later?

Thanks!!

This might be the wrong forum but is the only difference between Polisy and Polisy Pro that the Pro has wifi capability? If I have an Ethernet switch I can plug a Polisy into, I don't need the Pro version - correct? Thanks.

What about Polyglot Cloud? Is that an alternative to Polisy?

I posted a question in the thread you mention @MrBill. I don't see a nodeserver listed in the Polyglot Cloud store. Not sure what to do now as I'm a NodeServer newbie.

Not really sure what a NodeServer is.

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!