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Thanks OberKc.. I also added a If sensor is off then notify ... so now I get a text when garage is opened and when closed .... The goal (revised) would be If you open garage, walk into house, and close garage within 5 minutes ... I do not want a notice as that is normal arriving or leaving behavior.. But.. If you open garage and it stays open for longer than 5 minutes ... then notify "garage open" Now when it closes after the being open longer than 5 minutes .. notify "garage closed" So you come home open garage and 5 minutes later I get a notify, then you close garage later in the day, I also get a notify it has been closed... Also just noticed a variables sub forum so apologies there ...

Hi and thanks for any assistance. I currently have a program that states: If Garage Door Sensor is On Then notify me So I get a text everytime the garage door opens .. Which after 2 days is alot .. So I would like to modify this but can not figure it out ... I want to say something like: If Garage door sensor is on Wait 5 minutes If garage door sensor is still on Notify the goal is that if I come home/or leave, open garage, and then close garage when I get into house or car ... I do not get notified.. but If am leaving .. open garage .. leave it open for more than 5 minutes .. I get a notification ... I hope that makes sense? Was hoping i could add nested if statements but do not see how ... Or will this take 2 programs to accomplish this? Thanks and if there are any questions let me know.

Thanks Oberkc for the info.. In mobilinc, My Lighting is downloaded and visible as scene so in theory, you could open that scene, hit on and open the garage door as well as turn all lights on .. The scenes are listed a to z which is why I renamed my lighting so it is at the bottom of all the lists, making it a little tougher to accidently have someone open.. That being said, I jsut learned that creating a scene with the words "hide me" will make it invisible in mobil linc which is what I was looking for...

Will do ! Thanks Lee Without starting a new topic, Is "My Lighting" really just a place to get a systemwide overview of all devices? I am trying to isolate it on Mobilinc because if you (or your spouse) accidentley hit it all the lights, garage door, etc will turn on, open, etc. I renamed it zzLightingzz so it is always at the bottom of the lists but can not figure out a way to hide it on Mobil Linc without just deleting it.. Besides the overview and status of all .. is there anther reason you use it?

Thanks to all again for the feedback .. Last question on this topic and I know it was covered a bit earlier but still a bit unclear.. I am going to go ahead and couple the phases as so many have metnioned.. With that in mind, I currently have 1 dual band device ... the PLM for my ISY setup ... So do I need: A. one other dual band device on the opposite phase of the PLM B. one other access point to pair with the PLM or C. something else ? (ie 2 new access points, etc. Sorry for all of the questions and again, appreciate the feedback!

Just an update for anyone interested: Today we reset the PLM and ISY and relinked all the devices .. So far it has worked perfect. Not sure what the previous issues were but the message from Smarthome was that if I had it working as desired with the Smartlinc, I should be able to have it working with the PLM .. they had told me that based on it working correctly in the past, I do not need to purchase any AP's or additional dual band products. We shall see ...

Spoke w Smarthome today and now even more confused. As mentioned I was running a smartlinc and the mobilinc app w no problems. The problems listed in this thread were regarding the PLM and ISY installation. Smarthome mentioned if the smartlinc worked the PLM should work even better without the need for AP's, etc. .. which I have never had. I think I am going to do a hard reset on the unit and reinstall before purchasing a the new AP's. etc.

Thanks again for the help / advice .. So here is my final question .. I have part of the house controlled by the main breaker And then part of the house controlled by a sub panel in the laundry room.. I am assuming that when placing dual band, AP's etc .. you are talking about the 2 legs on each side of a panel (ie finding an installation that covers both side of the laundry room).. ? Or are you talking about the main breaker circuits as one side and the laundry room circuits as the other .. Check is in the mail ..

OK. I ran an extension cord from our bedroom to the PLM and was able to connect to the "lost" switches... Does that mean: 1. I need access points - I do not have any as I have never had the need for them with the 2412 and the smarthome app on my iphone .) or 2. I need an additional dual band product to compliment the 2413 Dual band I got when I purchased the ISY.. I was under the impression dual band products act as access points ... Thanks again for all of the help ..

THanks for all the help here .. sorry to bother but this is def a new world with ISY. I am going to try the troubleshooting steps mentioned here ... What I meant about Linking in the earlier post was that Since the keypads and switches all work fine without ISY, there is an option to link and keep all existing links found ... I did this and and it all came over normal except the switches it could not talk to .. I will get some filters and ap's on Monday from the store and see if that helps things out. The wierd thing is I was able to link all of this the first time I set up but started running into trouble so I erased everything and started over ... THanks again.

The PLM is plugged into an outlet in my office which obviously has my computer, printer etc. in the room but not on the same plug.. I will test it out in other areas ... If I have 2 keypads that work perfect ... I can link them and include their links as well ... correct? As opposed to doing a fresh install... N

THanks. Follow up .. How come I can link a keypad to a switch manually (wlak back and forth) but am not able to link to the ISY99 in linking mode? With the 2412 I had everything running perfect .. ISY is not able to link 2 or 3 switches ... I am having to link the keypads to ISY then manually add the switches to the keypads so everything updates properly. Thanks again for any help.

Hi and thanks in advance .. Finally upgraded from the 2412 to ISY99 and its sort of like going from basic math to chemistry although I am sure I will get the hang of it. I have all my devices linked into the sytem but can not for the life of me make my simple setup work. If someone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it. All I want to do is link keypads with switchlinc's Scenario: I have 2 keypads that are labled .. lets say I want to make the living room light go on either by the keypad or the switch and have all updated: I have Create scene called Living Room and add the switch as the controller and the keypad buttons (button c on both keypad's) the responder? When I hit button c the lights go on and it updates .. but if I hit the switch itself nothing happends Do I now need to add the keypads as controllers and the switch as a responder? If someone could detail this basic setup that would be great as it is most of my scenarios and I am sure other newbies as well. I have read about the controller responder relationship but still can not figure it out.