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You are right ... I had the same problem with the garage door I have. I wanted to do so many things that at the end I was getting into a conflict ... I will do the simple and I will be playing on my spare time on the "crazy version" I will keep everybody posted as this could be something useful for everybody !

Hey Xathros. Thanks for all the help in this project !!!!! What I want to do is If im going down, when I hit the top sensor all the lights will go ON When I reach the bottom sensor all the lights will go off ... Of course when this program is running, most of the times it wont be a "crazy traffic" on the stairs, meaning most of the times would be only one person activating the program, otherwise we would have lights on in the house, but some bugs can occur: If I start going down and in the middle of the way, somebody is coming up, they will trigger the "OFF" sensor = Both of us in the dark ... Or If Im going down and right after somebody comes behind me and I reach the bottom sensor before that second person, all the lights will go off when the second person is still on the way ... So I thought of a kind of a trigger like using VARs: I wont write the codes but I will write the logic and I will write only the "Going DOWN" program Every time the TOP sensor is triggered "var.top" += 1 wait 1 sec If "var.top" is >1 (it means it was triggered first so the program will run is going down) (and BOTTOM sensor is triggered) then "var.top" -=1 If "var.top" is = 0 OR "var.bottom" is = 0 then run "Lights OFF Program" (that could be the one you mentioned from "mid to out" And having another program that makes the lights go OFF it they are still ON for more than 30 secs (This is just to be sure it will turn OFF if for some reasons the "var" counts dont match) So whats gonna happen is, while the "var.top" is being trigger it's counting how many people is going down The 1 sec wait is to avoid being triggered by both legs ... I know Im going crazy with this, but I could either go simple or go All the Way ! lol This is all its going on in my head right now ... As soon as I receive my lights (Which are in canada already) I will start going nuts with it !! Lets keep this Post UP !!!! Thank you very much again !

Hey there ! Well I already purchased all the devices I need for this project, maybe for the future I can take a look at those ... One thing I would like to do is being able to run the programa only if it's night and the lights upstairs are off ... Thanks for the tip !

Well I cant wait to try this ... Im looking for a "breaker / circuit box for me to organize all the modules, ISY, PCM and IO Lincs inside with a glass cover, do you have any idea of what I could use ?! Thanks again !

Xathros !!!! Man thats a lot of thinking ! The house where im going to install this will be ready only in october ... But, I have to get the solution testing and running 100% before I install it in the house ! Do you think as soon as it passes the 1% it will start the next program or it will have to reach the 40% for the next program to run ? I like the idea of the lights going off from the mid, It will look even nicer ... As soon as I receive the lights, I will get the inline modules and I will do a test in my house ! For sure I will do a video and post here ! If something crosses your mind, another idea or solution, please let me know !!! Thanks a lot !

Hi LeeG I thought so about the % ... I've been thinking about lots of things, even adding a "few lines" before the command to turn on, a cheating kind of thing... Something like change "vars" to 0 , to 1, to 0, to 1 just to make the little extra delay... lol That might be a solution out there ... Cheers !

Hey Xathros ! Thanks for the reply ! I thought of that too, getting "secctions" of steps and call them together, but the way I am, I really want to get that working one by one ... lol ... I was thinking of something like this, I want to start trying for real as soon as my lights and my InLine Modules arrive... If Status 'Light1' is 40% Then Set 'Light2' on If Status 'Light2' is 40% Then Set 'Light3' on I dont know if that would trigger the next light ... I will try that anyways... The $/step I havent figured that out yet but I would say roughly $65.00 for each step $55.00 for each Inline Dimmer (one per step) If I go sessions of 2 or 3 steps at a time, I would need only one Module for each 2 or 3 sets of lights ... Im using this Lights : http://www.ebay.com/itm/230956499979?var=530133170295&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 Which is $9.50 for each meter (I was planning to use 2 ft for each step) Wires ... I havent Figured out how much that could cost ... Lets keep on trying things and let each other know ... Take Care

Hey there guys. I have this idea of having my staircase to light up (in a nice pattern) every time I trigger the sensor on the top or bottom step. Here is the sensor Im using : http://www.aartech.ca/spy4-visonic-spy- ... rtain.html One in each ending of the stair. So What I was planning is to light up one by one in a nice smooth way, I tried just using a plain command like : If sensor detects the movement Then turn light 1 ON turn light 2 ON turn light 3 ON ... and so on ... but there is a little bit of delay in between them, so the light 2 wont start until the light 1 is not completely ON. So I thought of something like this: If sensor detected motion, set "var" = 1 And then a program for each light: If "var" = 1 Then turn ON But in this case all of them would go ON at the same time and if I add Wait command, I can only get minimum of 1 sec , I dont know if that is enough for the timing, but I would like them to wait less, lets say 0.5 sec in between each one. Light 1: If var=1 Then Turn ON Light 2 If var=1 Wait "0.5 sec" Turn ON Light 3 If var=1 Wait "1 sec" Turn ON Light 4 If var=1 Wait "1.5 sec" Turn ON ... Adn so on... Does anybody know any solution for this? I even thought of using the % as a trigger for the next light ... but I dont know if that could work... Hope we can get fancy things working here ! Thanks a lot guys !

Thanks Michael. I got it!!!! I will share the program i did to make it work... If you have any suggestion i will be happy to take it. Thanks a lot

Michael, thanks for the reply! Just one question, why did you use both options for the sensor: And also i noticed you used "control" and not "status" would that change anything ? I will try it again and I will let you know. Thanks a lot

Hi, I'm working on a Garage Program where : If the Sensor is "On" (Meaning the garage is Open) and the Motion Sensor is Off (No movement) for more than 2 mins so Start the next Program: Next Program is : * Send a message to my cellphone saying the garage is open and it will close automatically (Which i got that working already through Growl) * Close the garage * When it closes, send another message saying the garage is Safely Closed * If it doesnt close for some reason, send me another message saying that "for some reason the garage didnt close, Go Check" and then after 20 seconds, repeat the "Close the garage command" again and keep on trying until the door is closed and I get the message that the door is Safely Closed. The problems Im going through is : If the garage is in the middle of the "Then Path" and the Condition "If" changes, the program stops in the middle and sometimes I get the message that it will close and never closes because the If is "False" now ... If I have a program that runs only the "then path", because there is no If, It triggers right away ... I was trying to find a way of Even if the Condition Changes, Make sure the program runs the "then" all the way to the end ... I hope I can get a solution for this. Thanks a lot !