andrew77

Hey Guys. I need a little help here. I've just redone my system and don't have a backup of a favourite program of mine. Here's what it did. I would push a KPL G button (in a toggle off mode to keep the LED off) and it would shut off all the lights, wait five seconds, then turn on the night scene. I've tried to reporduce it but for some reason it won't trigger again. I know I have some small thing wrong that makes it just sit there and do nothing but I can't figure it out. I'm at work right now so I can't post what I have, sorry. Let me know if anyone knows how to do this, again. Drew

I have the KPL H button that controls the Lamplinc as a responder. I don't see it in the Main window on the right as far as being able to control it's ramp rate and on level. Should I see KPL secondary buttons there? It's listed up top where the serial numbers are etc... but not down where the sliders are. I asked that same question before on a forum but didn't get a clear answer (not for the fault of others). Drew

Hi Guys; when I put a KPL H button into a scene, it disappears. It says it's already a member of the scene but I can't control it or see the button present. It controls a Lamplinc. I'm also having trouble getting the state of the KPL LEDS to match the actual state of the lights. Example, when scenes turn on (sometimes with a timer), the lights are on but the KPL button that controls them isn't. And sometimes when I shut off the scene in a room the secondary KPL light is still on. Any solutions? Am i programming scenes or timers wrong? Drew

Done and done. Thanks David. I just opened up the touch control box on the back, cut it out, spliced the wires, solder, shrinkwrap, put back in the box without the controller and good to go. I was making life more difficult for myself as usual. Drew

I have a hutch that has a few lights in it. You touch a hinge on one of the doors and the lights go on (touch once, dim, touch twice, brighter, touch a third time, full bright). I tried to hook it up with a lamplinc but it doesn't work. Has anyone ever tried this? Is there a work around? I'd love to add it to a few scenes. Drew

Hi Guys; I have a scene that has three controllers in it. Barn 1 Barn 2 and KPL B. When I press any one of these the KPL B led lights up. (now that I think of it I'm not sure the LED lights up when I press either barn SWL, I'll check that tonight) I have this scene on a timer. when it turns on it doesn't light the KPL B led. I'm not sure what I did wrong. Again, all devices are entered into the scene as controllers so I can shut off or turn on all the lights from any place. Drew

thanks guys. I thought it had something to do with LEDs. I'll plug in a cell charger to fix it. Drew

Hi Guys; I just bought two lamplinc and hooked one up to shut off the LED lights on the Christmas tree. But I just noticed that the LEDS don`t quite shut off 100% Is this a problem with the Lamplinc or is it because LEDS are being controlled Drew

Hi Rand; I'm not sure from your post if I should see the status of the B to H buttons (I seem to think I did at one point but can't now). I'm also missing a SWL from the ISY. Should I just air gap it? What's the procedure for re-discovering a SWL? One more thing, my programs or timers don't seem to work. They are listed in the GUI but when I double tap a SWL to trigger a scene, the scene doesn't happen. I'm not sure what I should do to get everything up and running again. Everything was great, flawless for months but now I'm a little stumped again. Any help whould be great. Drew

First off thanks for the speedy reply. I thought I'd hear something by Monday but maybe I can get to the solution tonight. First off, I'm not crazy (small cheer) Secondly, do I push the KPLs (I'm assuming the b to h buttons, not the reset button) while the GUI is up and running? Or do I run around and push all the buttons that don't show up and then boot up the ISY GUI? Drew

...so no laughing. I too had a power failure but everything seemed to reboot fine (the outage happened when I was away). But when I go through the GUI(by highlighting the item on the left( SWLs, KPLs, etc...) I see the ONSTATE, ON LEVEL, RAMP RATE, and PROPERTIES boxes on everything butnothing for the B to H kpl buttons and nothing on the remotelinc at all. I upgraded to the latest ISY version but that didn't seem to help. Should I not see the state of each button on the KPLs? I could swear they were there before but if Michel says I'm crazy I'll accept that too. HAHAHA Drew

Irecently went on vacation and thought I'd make a program that would make the house look lived in, and it didn't work. I had friends checking on the house and they saw no lights. I also had a notification to send to my cell and that didn't work either. But when I came home many LEDS on my KPLs were lit.(?) Something must have happened. If Status 'Deck KPL E' is On And Time is Sunset + 45 minutes Then Set Scene 'Cooking' On Wait 30 minutes Set Scene 'Cooking' Off Set Scene 'Entertaining' On Wait 15 minutes Set Scene 'Entertaining' Off Set Scene 'All Dim' On Set 'Deck KPL A Decklight' 50% Set Scene 'All Off' On Send Notification to All Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') As you can tell I want to just push a button when I leave and have the program run. Any ideas? Drew

I'll replace the bulbs with 100W ones and see if that's the solution. Drew

Hi Guys; I have two electrical services on my property. The house is one and the outbuildings are the other. A can control insteon stuff in the outbuildings from the house (which is great) but I noticed that the SWL was really hot after it was on for a while. There are 3 big old clear bulbs that are on the SWL and I can't see the wattage of them as it's worn off. I assume they are 100 watts each. (has anyone ever heard of 150 W or 200W bulbs?) Being that, the SWL is rated for 600W. I haven't had time to troubleshoot by putting new bulbs in the sockets and seeing if that solves the issue. I'll try that tomorrow. Has anyone ever had SWL heat up and if so, why? Drew

I only have the one controller to the scene and the levels are correct. Sometimes I try to log into the ISY and it says I'm logged in but I can't see the network. Other times I try to adjust a level and the percentage box doesn't appear (not when I'm sliding it or when it's the system busy box). But I can move the fader around. I'm noticing my ISY MEM and ERROR red lights are blinking on and off very slowly (about three seconds on, three second off). I had to reset the PLM and ISY by unplugging them a while ago because I had to GUI control and the programs wouldn't work. The Programs work but the GUI is on again off again. Michel hinted that I may have a crashing PLM. Where can I go from here? Drew

I have a night scene where everything shuts off except two lights at 20% Everything else is at zero. If the wall sconces (which should be at zero when the scene is pushed) are on before I push the scene KPL, they fade to a % (they should be at 0) If they are off before I trigger the scene, they stay off. They used to work properly in the scene. The wall sconces are on the load of a different KPL then the one that has the button for this particular scene. Any ideas why this happens, and maybe a fix? Drew

Thank you IndyMike I've never had a PLM lock up. What makes it do that? Surge? Is there any way I can get it to not do it in the future? No big worry as it seems like a simple fix to power down. Thanks again. Drew

Obviously there's something in my system or house that doesn't want me to have the ISY run smooth. I log in today and all my devices are set at a ramp of 9 min and a local load of 0. So.. how do i reboot the ISY and start discovering devices so i can start again. The GUI won't open my backups for my programs or timers or my backup. Still not losing patience (maybe my mind, though) Drew

Hi Vortec4800 I believe to link the SWL you click the start linking inthe drop down menu on the ISY GUI then press the SET button on the bottom of the SWL (a little tab under the rocker portion of the switch. Brobin and BrianH are also correct that punching in the 6 digit code is good as well (make sure you write them all down first beofre putting the switch covers back on) Another way to keep a list of all your 6 digit codes is to generate a topography from the ISY GUI when you have all your switches up and running. Drew

When you say this do you mean you are linking to the ISY by Clicking "START LINKING" on the ISY GUI and then pressing the SET button below the rocker switch, or are you holding the rocker switch of a SWL? Drew

Anybody know what this is for and how to use it? I've noticed that none of the programs that people post here use this section of the If THEN ELSE program. Maybe it's something I should stay away from until i know better. Drew

I know this is an old thread but I've just gotten around to this idea again. What I want is this. If we're not home then this program will run. I'm assuming that if the Big Room, or the Hall, or the Kitchen is off then we're not home as these lights are in all scenes. Here's my program If Time is Sunset + 30 minutes And Status 'Hall KPL A Hall Light' is Off And Status 'Big Room' is Off And Status 'Kitchen' is Off Then Set Scene 'All Dim' On Set 'Deck KPL A Decklight' 65% Send Notification to All Set 'Barn' 70% Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Does anyone see a problem here? Is there an easier way to do this? And what is the ELSE section for? Now that the forum has been reorganized, I can't follow those links found above anymore. Drew

I don't think I was clear on this topic. My fault entirely. Let's say I have four lights in a room and they're on wherever they are as far as % of light (not necessarily the local level) I have a scene that's triggered when I double tap a SWL and it turns the lights to a different scene. What I would like to know is this. Is there a way to get back to the lighting that was existing previously? No matter what the what the lights were set to? Drew

Like A Charm!!! (of course the first night it didn't work because I programmed it to shut off the wrong scene, nice, I smetimes wonder how i remember to breathe) Thanks, guys. On to more programming (and inevitably more questions) Drew

Hi Mike; The KPL H button is set for non toggle off ( I believe that means that when I press it it always sends an off signal, please correct me if I'm wrong) I press it when we're going to bed and it shuts off all the lights but runs a scene with two lights on for night lights. At sunrise I'd like the lights to automatically shut off. I think the tip you've given me is the answer. I'll try it tonight and see. Do you know of a glossary to check this stuff out (non toggle on VS non toggle off, etc...) so I can understand a bit more of what I'm doing or understand fully what the ISY can do? Drew