EricK

In your program you are using control. What that means is a physical button press of the d button. Maybe you want status, so anything that sets the D button on will trigger the program. You may want to try setting the responder level for the d button scene to 0 although this should not make a difference since you are setting the scene off.

Brian, there are a lot of ways to handle this situation and this is always a debated topic. I would just remove the Kpl home button from the stairs scene. The way I use my home button is this. I get home, I press it, it turns on certain lights (hallway and kitchen), then the button turns off. This way the button is always ready to "turn on" the home scene. The home button is not a responder of the hallway or kitchen scenes. I think the program I have is something like this. Create a scene with the home button as a responder. If control home button is on. Then wait 4 seconds (allows traffic to clear) Set scene home button off. The home button is always unlit. So anytime you press is it triggers responders on. Now if you want the home button on when all responders (stairs, hallway, family room)are on, and to turn off if any one of the responders are off, then you need a monitoring program. If status home button is on And (Status stairs Is off or status hallway is off or status family room is off) Then set scene home button off. You can do the reverse to turn the home button on if all of the responders for the home scene are on. If status stairs is on and status hallway is on and status family room is on Then set scene home button on. I have some buttons that have monitoring programs so I can look and see if the scene is "on". The definition of a scene being on when you are referring to devices that control different lights is where the debate comes in. We have a dining scene button that turns on the kitchen, island, breakfast, under cabinet, and pantry lights., and turns off the family room lights. If the criteria is met where the resonders of the dining scene have been individually controlled to what the dining scene would set them to, then the monitoring program turns on the dining Kpl, and another program does the opposite. The home and away buttons just control their scene then turn off.

I received an open/close sensor yest, will have to check the rev number. The box was sealed but I questioned if this was really a new device. I added it to the isy with add new device. It did add as an open/close sensor. There is not heartbeat node and the closed node never populates a status. Probably should have bought another hidden door sensor but didn't really want to drill the hole in this door frame. Drilling into the door was not an option. However, for me this works fine. If you open the door at night to let the dog out, some spot lights turn on for 15 minutes. I put a real battery in it but will miss the low battery alerts I have received from my hidden door sensors.

First advice is to listen to Lee. There are often several ways to do things so having specific examples of what you want to do is necessary. I would then Google search for the isy tutorial video. This may or may not still be on the isy product page on the smarthome website or on the UD site. It is definitely on YouTube. In order to turn off a kpl button create a scene with just that button as a responder. Then turn off the scene. You cannot directly command a button to turn off.

I think the ton of detail may be needed. You should always use scenes when possible. This will be more simple, more reliable, and eliminate the delay that is causing trouble. It will keep your kpl buttons coordinated without the need for the ISY to run a program. Even more importanly, the result will be a much higher WAF. (wife approval factor) I do use some checker programs that can tell me if a light is on in the basement by lighting up a KPL button in the hallway by the basement door. We have a dining scene in the great room. When you hit one of the dining scene buttons that button remains lit. However, if one of the scene members is turned off or a non-scene member is turned on, a checker program turns off the dining scene button. This way you can walk over to the button and re-activate the scene.

Large home but the issue was that We have electric heat and the emergency heat strips for two heat pumps pull 10kw each, plus a few for the pump. We have two panels with a sub off of one and ended up putting almost all needed circuits on those.

I have had no issues with my generac quiet source 36kw and insteon with my isy. Only issue I have to sort out is figuring out how to run programs that should have triggered while on backup since some of my devices are not on the generator. We don't lose power very often.

Until an expert chimes in ill try to help. If you are using an isy then never do manual links. Meaning don't link switches by pressing the set button. What seems to be happening is the living room sl switch is acting as a responder to the nook switch. Try this. Add the living room sl switch as a responder to the scene controlled by the nook switch. If you do not have a scene for the nook lights, then create one. Add the nook light switch as a controller, then add the living room sl switch as a responder. Then remove the living room sl switch from the nook scene. What happens now? Eric

Lee, I may have to adjust my times a little, but if the fan is turned on in the evening then it likely needs to stay on until the morning. So I am not sure I need the else.

No elk. I had joke that our power would not go out since we had put a generator in. Started getting my money's worth the other night.

Larry, my issue with your method is that I do not turn the fan on by a schedule or program, only off. In the evening if and when the fan is turned on it is by local control. Remarkable how everything in the house somehow can get turned on manually, just not off.

I like the ISY on the UPS because sometimes we get very brief outages for just a few seconds. I think if I set up a 12v relay powered non-backed up outlet and connected it to an io linc it will work. If the power goes out the relay would open and the sensor would turn off. I would probably need to pull the ISY off the back up so it would reboot. The sensor would turn back on when power is restored. I could do something like apostolakisi suggested and when the isy boots up if two devices are not responding to set a variable. Thanks, Eric

Larry, the fan is controlled by a switch linc. Lee and Stu, I did mess up the program when I rewrote it. What i should have posted is this: If Time is 7:29:39AM Or ( From 8:29:50AM To 6:30:10PM (same day) And Status 'Children's Rooms / Asher's Room / Asher's Fan' is On ) Then Wait 1 hour Set Scene 'Children's Rooms / Asher's Room / Asher's Fan' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') This way the fan will be turned off at about 830am, or one hour after it is turned on manually in the time range. I think Lees program does the same thing but is better in that if for some reason the fan is not on at 730am, the program is false and the scene off command is not sent out. Thanks, Eric

I had a program to turn the ceiling fans off in my children's rooms at about 830am daily. However, my son is turning his fan on during the day so I want a timer to turn it off after one hour. Should I have separate programs for this or one program: If Time is 7:29:39AM And ( From 8:29:50AM To 6:30:00PM (same day) And Status 'Children's Rooms / Asher's Room / Asher's Fan' is On ) Then Wait 1 hour Set Scene 'Children's Rooms / Asher's Room / Asher's Fan' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Thanks, Eric

We lost power at about 830 last night and our generac generator kicked in. I don't have the entire house on, but pretty much all of tMy insteon gear is and functioned flawlessly. Programs triggered as expected. Isy is on a ups, plm is not. When power was restored the chandelier for the stair which is not on back up came on at 90%, the prior state. I have 3 scenes for this light with different on levels that are triggered by programs throughout the day. I do not have this set up with adjust scene. When power was restored at 330am I would have wanted the on level to be 30%, not 90%. Is there a way to set something up with is/ is not responding to get the isy to know that we are on back up. Then when we go back to utility power I can have a program run to make sure devices that are run on timers are in their correct state. There have been posts in the past about monitoring power status. I know someone had installed an insteon device to run off the generator only in their transfer panel. I have outlets in my utility room on and off backup and have considered using an io linc and a relay to determine power state. Thanks Eric

Sometimes you need to add a wait into programs, maybe 2 seconds as the first then line. Although I am not sure this will help. Here is another thought. If pressing the all on turns on D, and D turning on triggers your program, then can you just make the all on button a trigger for your program. I hope you get things working like you want. E

Jeff, I don't have a fan linc so I am not sure how to set this up. Can you create a separate scene for each fan speed, you don't need a controller. In roomie create a button for each fan speed, the action should be to set the corresponding fan speed scene you made on. Depending upon where you are putting the buttons on the custom remote you may consider using 2 toggle buttons instead. Eric

Paul, can you give me a specific example of what you do. Does roomie need to be open to run the trigger. I have been using roomie for almost 2 years and have not upgraded to the roomie service yet so I do not have acces to triggers. I added the network module and have some kpl buttons set to control a TV, wdtv live, and an hdmi switch. A timer also makes sure the playroom tv is off every night. Eric

Yes, create a scene for all device groups that you want to respond together. On levels and ramp rates can be set for each scene controller. If you want to turn on a specific device then you can turn on that device directly from the admin console. If you want to turn on a group of devices then turn on the scene this can be done from the admin console as well. For the bathroom fan create a scene called bathroom fan and make the switch and kpl button controllers. If you physicAlly press the kpl button or switch this will turn on both devices since they are both controllers and therefore responders of the scene. If you turn on the switch from the admin console then only the switch will turn on, not the scene. This is why the kpl button was not turning on. Before you move on to the z wave device make sure you have this concept down. Eric

Sort of. If you want the Kpl to turn on along with the device, then just turn the scene on, not the device. You can do that from the admin console. No need for a program. Unless your Kpl button was not turning on when you set the scene on. This is why stu asked about the Kpl button. The reason your program didn't work is that you used control for the second switch. That means you physically pressed the switch paddle. If you use status instead then the program with run as you want. When using status for a program trigger, this can be from local control, remote control from the Kpl button in the scene, or from the admin console. Anything that changes the status of the device. Eric

If you send a command to turn on a device, only that device will turn on. If you want to turn on a group of devices then turn on the scene. This can be a confusing concept for new users. Regarding your program in your first post, I think you can shorten the IF section to: IF Status 'Basement Bathroom / Base Bath Fan - 21.09.97.1' is On And Status 'Basement Bathroom / Base Bath Lgt - 20.85.C8.1' is Off You do not need the portion of the IF with the Kpl buttons, since they are just reflecting the status of the fan and light load devices. I changed the second line to status in case you were to turn the light off using the Kpl button. E

Are you on the latest version of roomie. In the past I would not get the list of devices or scenes like I do now. You can get a scene number or device address from the admin console. If you do this is roomie controlling your devices/scenes.

Blackbird, I don't have acces to my admin console right now to post actual programs, but you are missing something. The then statement should be: set scene "Kpl parking pad button" on You should not be selecting adjust scene or in scene. This is provided you have created the scene with just the Kpl button as a responder. Also take a look at a thread like this one: http://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/12824-how-to-program-an-insteon-motion-sensor/ You should consider setting the motion sensor to on only mode and make the on a controller of the "parking stall light" scene. The lights will respond more quickly to a scene rather than a program. Setting it up this way will make the lights and the Kpl button turn on in response to motion. You can then use a program to turn the lights off after a certain amount of time. You can continue to use the program to send notifications See part C, number 6:http://adamsj.com/isy/programming.htm E

Jeff, I do not think there is a tutorial. I add rocker buttons to some of my remotes for on and off. With roomie advances now you really just need a button and use the light status to send either on or off. I created a separate lights remote trying to copy a remote someone had posted a pic of on the avsforum. I used a button and slider like there is for the lights in the right pic above. I am having trouble with feedback for one of my lights that I have not figured put. You have to use scene numbers you pull from the admin console. I am also able to run programs from a button press. Comes in handy for the movie room, an all off button turns off my gear and then the lights on a delay. Really just need trial and error to make a remote that looks good and is easy to use. Eric