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I gave in and performed a factory reset. It's working now. Although, I could definitely use some tips on troubleshooting why the PLM's LED is so busy. Is something on my Insteon network acting up?

Hi folks, Current situation: I can't access my ISY99i Pro unless I disconnect the Dual-Band #2413S PLM and let it boot into safe mode. With the PLM plugged into the 99i on boot, the Power, TX & RX lights all stay on solid and the admin console never prompts for/doesn't let me login. I've also noticed the LED on the side of the PLM, which I believe is an activity LED, is constantly blinking. Several times per second and it never stops. How I got here: One of my keypads stopped working today, so I hopped onto the 99i, right-clicked the keypad and hit "Restore Device." The "System Busy" bar came up, eventually got to 100%, then restarted back at 0%. It stayed caught in this loop for several hours before I gave up and closed the admin console. Attempting to re-open the console failed, so I power cycled both the 99i and the PLM and now we're here. Any ideas? I've pulled the little switch at the bottom of the keypad in question to turn it off, but it doesn't seem to have changed the situation at all.

Awesome! Thank you again!

Question: If a program executes and begins a "wait", and the original conditions that executed the program become true again before the wait elapses, what happens? Does the ISY99i spawn a second copy of the program, terminate the original and start over, or does the original have to finish before we can re-execute? If the original program is not terminated and restarted, then how do we build timers that can be terminated or reset before completing? Practical example: I want to brighten the outside lights when motion is detected, then dim them back down after a minute without motion. I'm using a Dakota EZSnsRF motion sensor which briefly turns on every time motion is detected. Program should be simple enough, if (status of EZSnsRF motion sensor = on) then (brighten, wait 1 minute, dim). What happens if, 40 seconds into the wait, the motion sensor is triggered again? Does the initial execution of the program continue and execute the dim function after the remaining 20 seconds have lapsed? If so, have we now spawned multiple copies of the same program, each with their own wait running? Or is that initial execution terminated and restarted, effectively resetting the 1 minute timer? I'm hoping for the latter, of course; if that is not the case, how do I handle this? Thank you!

Perfect, thank you for the link to that forum, Lee. That's exactly what I needed. Appreciate your time.

Hi folks, Is there a tutorial somewhere on setting up & using variables? I desire a simple "Goodnight" program. I figured I'd use a variable to track whether the house is in "Goodnight" status so devices/programs can change their behavior accordingly. I am unsure whether to use an Integer or State variable (I assume State variables are boolean and that's what I'd want?). I'm not sure what I'm supposed to put in the Init and Value fields, if anything. I'm assuming Init is the variable's desired initial state when the controller boots? But should that be "On/Off", "True/False", "0/1", or what? Also, assuming Value just displays the current value and I shouldn't put anything there? Is that right? Any assistance would be appreciated. Thank you!

Thanks Lee! That was it - turning the Avast firewall off did the trick.

Hi folks, I just bought my first few Insteon devices and an ISY 99i Pro with dual band PowerLinc Modem #2413S. Unfortunately, things are not working. I can login to the admin console, but when I click the Start Linking button, I get strange behavior. Most of the time nothing happens. Sometimes it says "Error: Discovering Nodes; Retry!". Once a progress bar came up, but never finished - it would get to 100% and then start right back at 0%. I let it run for a good half hour before giving up. The "Linking In Progress" dialog box shown on the quick setup guide that came with it never actually comes up. A couple of times the unit beeped, so it seems to be doing something, but there is no feedback as to what. Firmware version is 3.1.17. It's plugged into the PowerLinc Modem via cat-5 cable on Port A. The only Insteon device I have hooked up is a single dual band lamp module in the next room over. I have six dual band dimmers that I'll wire up next week. My workstation is running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP-1 and is up to date on all Microsoft patches. I am new to Insteon, but not to home automation. I have experience installing & programming AMX Netlinx equipment and had an extensive X-10 installation run by a JDS Timecommander controller over 10 years ago. Thank you for any help or advice you can provide.