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@jec6613 I looked on Aeotec's website and they pointed me to Amazon to buy their products. Amazon says the 700 series repeaters are out of stock and they have no idea if and when they'll be back in stock. But they did have the 600 series. What did you think of those?

Very helpful. Thanks.

@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.