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Thanks for the tips folks. I will try opening the console with the shortcut from now on. Can I navigate to this thread and download that shortcut to all of my client's computers? (there are 4 here now and I think she is traveling with another ) That's one of the reasons I figured the isy was going to be so good for her. This thing not only lets you turn a light off, it also lets you know if you left it on. Tim, thanks again, the two scenes are now doing their else and shutting off. Now another question: When I discovered all of the devices, I did some one by one so I could rename them based on what they did. Several of those were existing virtual 3ways and I selected keeping the current links. Should I remove the scenes that created and redo them through the isy? This seems to be the preferred method and this is why I think: That makes the isy keep all controllers in the scene updated and that makes all the ramp rates and manual on presets the same? Should I just factory reset all those Switchlinc dimmers and have the isy discover them anew? Then set up scenes for each group? I have a feeling I am going to run up against the link limits of the plain ISY I have installed here. Please say there is an easy way to upgrade to the Pro. I will do some reading here. I bet it's come up.

The admin control panel does not update, but it does function. I can turn a device on and off, but the current status does not show. If I close it and resign on, it works again for awhile. I guess it is the Airport? I will have to wait to see if anyone with Mac & Airport experience chimes in.

Thanks! You would think that after reading 20-30 pages of threads, the wiki, and the user guide that would be obvious. But I have read threads specifically addressing Sunset/Sunrise programs and none of them had an "else" line in them. It makes sense, if the conditions for on are not met, a command for off needs to be sent. Thank you again!

Yes it would! duh I have a ISY-99i the simplest one. It's running 2.8.16 I access using wifi on the local network. It is connected to Airport Extreme that gave it this address: 10.0.1.2/ I have not had any difficulty connecting to it. I do not have internet access enabled, my friend is out of town and I don't have the password to her router configuration. Well, I did find it, but it's not that readable) so that will have to wait. As will loading the MobilLinc onto her iphone. In the suggestion column: A simple control panel needs to be developed that can run on computers all over the house. One to control the lights and activate scenes, but not allow changes and programming. It should also show current status. Having the actual administrative panel open, or opening it with double sign ins just to control a couple of lights is too much. I notice that when I leave it open, it soon fails to update device status. And also the problem I just experienced, new scenes did not show up in the device tree.

Ok, an update. I did the obvious thing, close the control panel, reboot my macbook and then relaunch the administrative control and now the new scene(s) show up. I was able to delete the extra and add devices to the new scene. Here is what my program looks like: If: From Sunset To Sunrise (next day) Then: Set scene 'outside lights' On Else: No Actions. I will report if they are off when I get up. If any of you see anything wrong with this program, let me know. Thanks

First off, I'll get to my questions. I am just starting and went to make a scene. I click the new scene button, name it, and then nothing. It should open a new box to allow me to add devices but no. So to open that box I just select that scene from the tree, right? Well it does not appear in the tree. It does show on MobilLinc on my iphone. I also ended up with two scenes named the same, but they are not on the administrative control panel. How can I delete the extra one? How do I populate a new scene? The how to manual for this thing is horrible. I understand that it is oriented to those with programming backgrounds, but a consumer friendly UI would be helpful. It's pretty bad when the MobileLinc is easier to use than the original program. The examples are complex when most new users want to do simple things at first. The search of this board is no help. And finally, the 57 page users manual I printed out has no page numbers and the screen shots are unreadable. I would suggest someone at Universal Devices or a WiKi volunteer make a few Youtube videos like the MobilLinc guy has that show how to do some really simple things, like have the porch light come on a dusk and go off at dawn. At the very least, this forum should have some newbie stickies. Can you tell I'm frustrated? I know I will figure this out eventually, but I am trying to set up the ISY99i for a friend/customer before she returns from vacation. My programs are turning on but not off. I thought I would put the group of devices into a scene and program that. But I can't seem to even do that. Help