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I'm like 99% sure the ISY can still be selected as a Device on the Harmony Hub (Elite). That said, my ISY is not in the vicinity of the Harmony Hub, so IR isn't practical and more IR is not really of interest to me.

I'm curious if anyone has worked out a way to get a button press or screen press to control the ISY. I'm NOT talking about the Home Control buttons at the bottom of the Elite remote, but rather the AV buttons and the screen. I saw a youtube video tutorial where he was doing it, but man, what a long process. He used: Harmony -> an Android box running "Button Remapper" (never used it myself) -> Tasker (never used it myself) -> Join (never used it myself) -> IFTTT (webhooks to his lighting system) I already know how to go from IFTTT to the ISY, so that part is do-able, but adds a few more steps to this already very long process. Anybody have a shorter solution?

Thanks @io_guy and @paulbates for the help. I did get this all sorted out with your help.

Debian 9

Thanks Paul. This really helped and I have it running now. What I'm still not able to fix (because I know virtually nothing about Linux) is the "startup script" portion of this. I fumbled around and did figure out how to see what was in the /etc directory. There is indeed no rc.local file. Paul, you mentioned "sysctl"... there is a sysctl.conf and a sysctl.d in /etc. I also have Polyglot (and only Polyglot) installed on this same machine and Polyglot does start automatically.

Here is what I'm getting when I run the script in the first post: tim@NodeServer:~$ sudo curl -sSL http://automationshack.com/Files/install.sh | bash [sudo] password for tim: ### Installing dirmngr and updating to offical mono repo dirmngr is already the newest version (2.1.18-8~deb9u4). 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Executing: /tmp/apt-key-gpghome.ZysqtzpMZD/gpg.1.sh --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 3FA7E0328081BFF6A14DA29AA6A19B38D3D831EF gpg: key A6A19B38D3D831EF: 2 signatures not checked due to missing keys gpg: key A6A19B38D3D831EF: "Xamarin Public Jenkins (auto-signing) <releng@xamarin.com>" not changed gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: unchanged: 1 deb http://download.mono-project.com/repo/debian raspbianstretch main ### Updating System - this may take several minutes All packages are up to date. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. ### Installing mono and relevant dependencies - this may take several minutes libmono-system-net-http-formatting4.0-cil is already the newest version (4.6.2.7+dfsg-1). libmono-system-net-http-webrequest4.0-cil is already the newest version (4.6.2.7+dfsg-1). libmono-system-net-http4.0-cil is already the newest version (4.6.2.7+dfsg-1). mono-vbnc is already the newest version (4.0.1-1). 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. ### Creating directory mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/home/pi’: Permission denied bash: line 31: cd: /home/pi/node: No such file or directory ### Downloading NodeLink /home/pi/node/NodeLink.exe: No such file or directory ### Modifying startup script sed: can't read /etc/rc.local: No such file or directory sed: can't read /etc/rc.local: No such file or directory ### Starting NodeLink ### Install complete. Login to NodeLink at http://192.168.1.108:8090 tim@NodeServer:~$ Cannot open assembly '/home/pi/node/NodeLink.exe': No such file or directory.

I guess because I've never had a reason to learn what Docker is or how to use it.

I'm running Polyglot on a Debian Virtual Machine, not on a RPI. Will NodeLink not work in this same environment?

Yeah, "Start / Stop a program" does sound weird, and not really accurate. Really it is just run Then or Else branches of a program. So no, not enable/disable a program. Rather, "on" would run the "then" which would be (for example) a series of NR calls to turn some things on, and "off" would run the "else" which would be a series of NR calls to turn things off. Thanks for all the advice from all. I'm going to group the buttons in a scene and use the Status from one of the buttons and that should work well in my situation.

I want to be able to start and stop a program by pressing any of several insteon keypad buttons around the house. I've read other threads about why it's not allowed to use a scene as a condition in program. Logically this stance makes sense and I agree with it. So what would be the proper way to do this? Obviously (I think) the keypad buttons would be grouped together in a scene so they would turn on and off in unison. Would I just pick one of the buttons (device) and use that in the program condition? I've tried this, and it seems to work in my limited testing so far, but it's not very elegant, IMHO. Maybe I'm overthinking this. I'm on 5.0.14.

Thank you for the explanation. I see it now! This should really help.

I have no idea what that means. Sorry.

I thought I remember reading way back that version 5 would include greatly improved calendar/scheduling processing capabilities. I'm on 5.0.14 and just looked and I don't see anything improved in this respect.

Hoping someone here has the knowledge I need! I've been playing around the last couple days with Postman and the ISY's Network Resources to try and do some controlling of my Sony UBP-X800 DVD player. What I can find from Sony on the interwebs is really only applicable to receivers and soundbars (or so they say). Sony API Reference But I know the X800 is capable of at least some (if not a lot) of control via APIs and I ran "getSupportedApiInfo" and got that list. I've managed to turn the X800 off and on, but I'm stuck beyond that. Ultimately, what I'm wanting to do is start the Pandora app, but for this discussion it could be any downloaded app that I have on the X800. That is to say, I'm not trying to play or control a DVD, at least not at this time. If I could directly start an app, that would be great. I can also start an app using cursor controls if I have to, as this is what I'm currently doing via my Harmony Elite and Hub. I ran "http://192.168.1.xxx:50202/appslist" and I see Pandora in this list, if that is of any help. <app> <id>com.sony.iptv.5836</id> <- This seems like it might be something helpful <name>Pandora ®</name> <supportAction> <action>start</action> </supportAction> <icon_url> http://static.internet.sony.tv/bivl-ww/static/service/icons/service_396/x133.png </icon_url> </app> The 2 APIs that I got from "getSupportedApiInfo" that look promising are "setPlayContent" and maybe "presetBroadcastStation". The X800 says it supports them, but I can't figure out the exact syntax to run them (in Postman) without getting an error. My best guess is that I need to use the "uri:" parameter, but I can't find any examples of what to use for the X800.

Yes, there is a lag because of the IFTTT component. Typically 1-2 seconds for me. For what do with it, it is acceptable to me. I'm going Harmony Hub -> SmartThings Hub (virtual switch) -> IFTTT -> ISY Portal -> ISY. The other way, to keep things synced, it goes ISY (network resources) -> IFTTT -> SmartThings Hub -> Harmony Hub. I have no doubt that IFTTT could be eliminated, but I'm not smart enough to figure it out. On the plus side, there is no IR involved. It's all over the network. This works for me, but it's not perfect, at least my setup isn't. I only have on/off control of lights from the Harmony, no dimming. I also have some looping issues because of the IFTTT delay if I toggle a physical light switch on and off too fast. 

It CAN be done with the Harmony Elite. I do it. But not directly. I have to use a SmartThings hub and some IFTTT as go-betweens, but my setup does work.

Finally! Thank you.

I see this from time to time. Usually a query will fix it. Seriously, if you haven't already tried this, right click the device and hit Query. It may work! It usually does for me.

Interesting discussion and thank you to all. Honestly, when I made the original post, I just expected someone who was still on V4 would tell me if it was there or not. I thought I remembered being able to see what the backlight level was set to, but I'm probably remembering wrong.

No, not trying to set the backlight. I know how to do that. The question was about seeing what the current backlight level is.

Seriously?

Is there a way to see what the current backlight level is set to? I recently went from V4 to V5. I may be remembering wrong, but I thought I could see the current backlight level in V4. I'm not seeing it in V5.

As a Realtor and an ISY enthusiast, I would agree that this is right on the mark. I would never, EVER, agree to leave behind my home brewed home automation.

There are instructions somewhere in the Autelis Wiki that explains how to set up variables on the ISY and how to check a box on the Autelis to propagate those variables. This is how the Autelis controller talks to the ISY. In order to for the ISY to talk to the Autelis, you use Network Resouces. I think this is covered in the ISY Wiki... or else the Autelis Wiki... I forget which.

I've been through this a couple of times. I take out ALL the HA light switches and such before putting the house on the market. When I buy a house I install systems that CAN be automated, but will also function on their own and as people expect. For instance, Ecobee thermostats, RainMachine sprinkler controller, Pentair pool controller, Vista 20P alarm... All these can be integrated into HA, but work great without HA too.