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Hi Lee, thanks. But in the My Lighting menu, ALL items are RED, both controller (only a RemoteLinc) and the two LampLincs. Under the Scene menu, the controllers are red, responders blue. There aren't any !'s anywhere. But I swear that all the items under the My Lighting menu used to be be blue, like the one ApplianceLinc. Also the shade of red in the Scene section (for Controllers) is slightly different than the shade of red for controllers under Scenes (the red ones in My Lighting are more pinkish). I'll try to attach a screen grab here. Also, item titles seem to switch between italics and normal text, for no apparent reason (and with no apparent indication of what either means). The only mention of red/blue in the manual is for the Scenes; I can't find any other reference to colors in the left side of the screen.

I'm still just getting started on installing and programming my Insteon devices, but after moving my ISY / PLM to another outlet, suddenly all the devices in the My Lighting listing show RED rather than BLUE (except an ApplianceLink that was recently added). I can't find any reference to what RED vs BLUE means in the manual. I do note that two RED devices aren't reflecting the correct current state of the devices -- two LampLinc modules were turned ON by a program (which worked fine), but their state still shows OFF in the Admin console display.

Terrific, I completely understand. Thanks, Lee. I've got a lot of wiring to do... Eric.

Ah, great, thanks Lee! You added one bit there -- the PLM actually holds the link between the controller(s) and the responders in a scene then? Got it, so the PLM does indeed need to stay up for those links to work. Thanks for the help. I'm sure I'll be back on here after I get a little further into my install... Best, Eric.

Thanks for the swift reply, Lee! I'm still just a bit confused about two things: First, to turn *all* devices off, I still need a Scene with *all* of the devices in it, correct? I mean, there's no general "broadcast" equivalent to "all units off" like x10? Also, when you say: The optional A10/X10 Module is not needed for an ISY Program to control X10 devices. ISY Program Actions can turn On/Off X10 devices with the option Module. The optional module allows X10 devices to the defined in the My Lighting tree as Insteon devices and refer to the symbolically. I think I understand; I can just call the X10 device by name and function (I10 dim, for example) to control X10 with the "stock" 99i, but the add-in module allows me to name them and use them more interchangeably like Insteon devices. Right? Do I also understand correctly that a 99i Scene actually sets up the link tables for the Insteon devices, such that the 99i isn't actually called upon for direct controller->responder actions like turning a "scene" (said group of responders) on and off? Like in your example of a three-way switch? Best, Eric.

Hi all. I'm new to Insteon and the 99i, and I'm trying to figure out the best approach to programming my system (for which I haven't quite acquired all the parts). I've got a pretty modest 16-channel x10 system now that I'm planning on replacing. I've been using a device called WebIO to program the x10 system, in combination with a controller program I wrote myself (in Perl, on a Linux server machine that's up all the time). It has served my needs very well, doing mostly simple time-based events: sunset-30, turn on these, sunset+30, dim these. All Units Off at the bedside is probably the #1 function (no programming required). Nothing very fancy at all. My question is, what's the best/easiest methodology to use to do the same things in the 99i? At the moment I've only got two Insteon lamp modules, a ControlLinc and a RemoteLinc, but I will be replacing all 20 or so modules in due course. It seems like I need a Scene for each group of lights that I want to control, then a program for each event -- which may mean multiple, redundant programs? For example, in my current x10 programming, many lights come on at sunset-30, but then only a few dim at sunset+30. So I gather that I need a Scene for each unique group of lights, and then a sunset+30 program (perhaps only one, with multiple actions in the Then clause?) to adjust them. Does this sound right? Finally, how does one do an All Units Off command? Presumably I need a Scene with all the responders in it, tied to one (or more) controllers? Thanks for any help, I'm looking forward to the increased reliability and flexibility! Okay, wait, one more question: To control my existing x10 switches (it's going to take me weeks to replace all of them as I'll probably need to run some neutral wires to boxes), I just need to upgrade (software) on the 99i to include the x10 module?