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I currently have a scene with a light and door sensor. The light turns on and off instantaneously when the door is opened and closed. I want to adjust this logic so the light will remains on for 5 minutes after the door closes. The only way I can figure to do this is to remove the light and door sensor from the scene and create program that when the door is open turn on the light then another for when the door is closed, wait 5 minutes then turn off the light. What is fear is that the program will delay the how quickly the light turns on. I really cannot have a delay to the on function. Is there some other way to achieve this?

Yes, this is what I experienced using a scene. To achieve the desired functionality a program will be best.

Not a problem at all. Was just curios. When possible, I prefer to have the devices talk to each other than rely on ISY.

We have a room switch and closet switch: If the room switch and closet switches are both on and the room switch is turned off, we want the closet light to also turn off. We want no other interplay. I did it via program but there is a delay and would prefer to do this via a scene if possible. Making a scene with the closet light set to 0% does not seem to do the trick. As there is unwanted consequence where if the room is off and the closet is on, turning the room on shuts off the closet

We have these two outdoor plugs. One has a switch controlling it for the Polaris pool jet booster cleaner. The other has a mechanical timer for the pool circulator system. Will there be any Insteon or other hardware with which I can control these very large appliances.? Additionally there is an oil heater that has a knob to turn it on to a variable level and off. Not sure what I could do there.

After trying all sorts of bulbs, I stuck to incandescent in our bedside lamps for this very reason. It’s so much nicer and more subtle when we turn them on in the middle of the night. So, I’m excited to give these Phillips a go.

Phillips warm glow it is! Wish I had asked sooner. Spent lots of time buying and returning bulbs.

It seems like most of these options (other than Phillips warm glow....thank you for the bulb tip!!!) would be leaving Insteon. I was going to install insteon dimmers but can’t see the point if I’m going to remove the existing led recessed lights and move to a hue system. Wouldn’t I want a different dimmer switch. Not sure how the two marry together.

Can anyone suggest a great brand of top hat lights that dim nicely with Insteon. I find the ramp rate on the ones we have now frustrating. There is a delay then a slight slight flicker then they ramp. I am looking for an experience closer to incandescent. Also, a suggestion on bulbs would be great. (Do WiFi bulbs have a better ramp rate when controlled by their own controller ie Phillips hue?)

Is there any way to grammatically get a 2474DWH to act as an On Off Switch so that it can control and exhaust fan?

For those of us migrating from an existing Polygot, would you suggest doing a backup of the existing first. Removing from the network. Then installing Polysis then restore?

I had the same thing. I guess the shipping notification emails are not setup to include the tracking number. Go on to to the universal devices website and log in to your account. Click on 'my orders' then the 'eye' icon next to your order that inlcudes the POLISY. You should see an popup with you order info including a tracking number.

This is the method I used with the switches linked via ISY. It seemed confusing at first but the logic holds. The switching is no slower (to the human perception) than a regular 3-way switch. As others have stated, keep everything in your ISY. ISY writes the links to each device for you. You could program through your ISY then remove it and the link will still work. You may want to read up on this:

So many glorious data points!

I had a feeling this would be the case. Will review their form but probably get lazy and just go the nodeserver route!

Please elaborate on the options for integration. I see a Polyglot Node Server in the Node Server Store. Might that be a good option? Just ordered the hub and some sensors. They look excellent.

Does this help you? or do you need something more step-by-step? I can try to write it up after my experience. Also see the Backup section of polyglot gitHub page https://github.com/UniversalDevicesInc/polyglot-v2/blob/master/README.md

Why not program a timer for each closet light? My thinking as follows: Someone turns on a closet light, start the timer for 15 min. Turn off the light when the time expires.

Ok, so basically, I had not used my ISY in a long time and forgot to set the levels at each controller in a scene. I thought the scenes levels defined each controller in the scene's levels (very silly mistake). Also, I didn't logically appreciate this idea. This means, I had multiple scenes for things that should have been in a single scene. ie. ceiling light on/off fucntion being controlled by a remotelinc in non-toggle 8 button mode. One button for on one & button for off. = one scene for on & one scene for off. This logic is bad. I have since adjusted to One scene with both buttons and their responded levels being set inside the scene.

Yes! My RemoteLinc is in 8-scene non-toggle mode. I've had the RemoteLinc for years with all the scenes setup as follows. Button A will control a scene that turns lights on Button B will control a scene to turn the lights off. Same for for C/D. But, E and F control scenes that used to use the IRLinc to blast commands to my in-windows Air conditioner telling it to turn the AC temp down (button E) or AC temp up (button F). For whatever reason, at the time, this made a lot of sense. Then G is a scene that locks the doors and turns off all the lights. H is a scene that just unlocks the front door and turns on the foyer lights.

@oberkc I know the feeling. I am quite tired as well. My remotelinc is eight scene. I have one button set to control a scene that turns the light (A) on and another set to control a scene that turns the light (A) off. I wish there were some clear examples somewhere that would help me understand how to setup more complex cases.

I am having trouble configuring a KPL in toggle mode the following scenario with one ceiling light and two other devices that are meant to control it. - (A) SwitchLinc on wall direct wired to light - (B) RemoteLinc - two buttons ~ one set make (A) go on through a scene "ON (A)" and the other set to make (A) go off through a scene "OFF (A)" - (C) KPL - one button in toggle mode needing to control on/off of (A) The KPL is a controller and responded of "ON (A)". and a responder to "OFF (A)" Setting it up like these seemed to fix some sync issues I had when using the remotelinc then the KPL. But when I use the SwitchLinc, it feels like the KPL is out of sync. Sometimes it take multiple presses to get the desired action. I've added a new scene called "(A) HELPER FOR TOGGLE" and added (A) and the KPL to it. These seems to have fixed the issue. Is this all I needed to do to fix it? If so, can someone please explain why it works?

Read and followed all the steps. All upgraded successfully! Thanks @paulbates and @hart2hart

Adding the Z-wave module appears to be more involved than I would have thought. I am currently on firmware v4.7.3. The newer z-wave modules require v5.0.13 or higher. So, I feel i should upgrade to the latest v5.0.15A. Please help me to clarify the process. I only have insteon devices and the netwerok modules driving a GC100-06 A) Can i upgrade directly to 5.0.15A or do i need to install another 5.0.x release first? B) I see many people suggesting I disable all wireless battery devices and programs first before upgrade / save all text from programs to a word doc. Sorry to ask so much but here are the steps I was planning to take please let me know if i should remove or add any open current admin console backup current isy disable all wireless battery devices disable and backup all programs download 5.0.15a Help > manually upgrade ISY Select 5.0.15a files Thanks!

If ISY is not ported to Polisys then its like having an iPhone that does not make phone calls. no? also, we are so way way off topic. You all are the best, so very happy to be on or off topic./