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OK, my point is that an If-Then-Else branching construct is, IMHO, not the clearest way to allow a user to design a "program", since as you say, the If statement actually causes execution paths to occur differently depending upon the actual condition-types -- not just the pure logic of the expression. I did not fully consider the "programs calling programs" in the "from x to y" you gave for example. It is a good idea. And I think the power of many of these is good, my issue is with the terminology it's presented with for programming. I was just offering my $0.02 on the convention. I'm in no way trying to flame or bash the ISY or the software inside it. And I do find the discussion that has resulted valuable.

When? Technically if you read that statement, if that device is OFF: for every second it is NOT 2:38:00PM, the ELSE statement is TRUE. So is the ISY going to send OFF to X10 device D1 86,399 times per day (and at one second, one time per day it will send D1 All Lights Off)? I highly doubt that it is, but my point is when you read the If-Then-Else explicitly, that's what you would read. (But that depends on whether the language short-circuits the ANDs and ORs, in which case you have to be careful what order you put these statements in too.)

Ok, then it's never really an "else". (I still have not thoroughly investigated other conditions, but I think it still applies) It's more a Start-Condition, statements-to-execute, Exit-Condition, exit-statements. If you omit an exit condition, you will never run any exit statements.

I have a question about when the time-based constructs are executed. Please assume these to be simple programs with ONLY these time-constructs in the IF-Statement... I guess the IF (specific time) is pretty self-explanatory. All good. But when you say FROM - TO. Are we actually writing shorthand for: @ From-Time, run "THEN" @ To-Time, run "ELSE" ??? It's not entirely intuitive to someone who develops software (or possibly many others reading it). I think it's a powerful shorthand, but it's not intuitive to look at and understand/learn. When is the "Else" run if you just use a "IF Time Is" ? I assume you are not running the THEN one second of the day, and continually running the ELSE every other second of the day (which is what the statement literally says). Thanks, AJ

I used the FQDN of the ISY994. I'll investigate further, but to my knowledge the Comodo certs are installed in the laptop that doesn't connect at all. Typically if the certs aren't installed you'll still get to the page, but a big warning will appear (depending on the browser) - this may be what's happening with my phone. When trying from Chrome on my laptop, I get: -AJ

Something appears to be wrong with my install of my Comodo PositiveSSL on my isy994i (Pro). It works/connects fine from my desktop browser on my Win7 PC, my android phone (with Chrome browser) says the site/certificate is not trusted, and my WinXP PC won't connect to the HTTPS at all. I have ruled-out firewall issues on the WinXP PC (I shut it down). I also can say that I installed what Comodo sent me as the "Intermediate Certificate" and the "Root Certificate" in the ISY's "CA" area, but neither show up listed as "Root" after import -- I don't know if that's the problem, but it sure feels like the intermediate and/or root certificate isn't installed correctly. Has anyone else used this kind of SSL Cert or have any advice on how to further troubleshoot? Thanks, AJ

I still get occassional errors popping-up when I try to start-up the dashboard. The title of the error-message-box is: "Java Web Start 10.45.2.18-fcs" and the text is: "Splash: recv failed" in case it helps. Very annoying, and then I have to keep retrying to get into the dashboard.

Those were on my WinXP laptop (old laptop that does have Java 7 I keep in my den for surfing and email). I'll check from my Win7 machines today. Seems like I get that on occasion from that laptop. Happens immediately on launch of the app from my desktop icon. Then the Java splash comes up like normal, but disappears and task manager says no java is running at that point. To this thread's actual topic: I upgraded to Pro, because that looked like it had more of the options I needed (I don't need 1000 programs, nor do I have a lot of devices, so I didn't think I needed Pro when purchasing the unit). I successfully installed an SSL cert purchased from a CA, and it's working well. Is there a way to make the dashboard and/or admin console connect via HTTPS, and can I configure a specific hostname/URL (it appears to use some kind of "ISY Finder" to start each time)? Thanks again, AJ

Good call. I changed the FROM to just be a simple address and it worked. Thanks! -AJ

Thanks, Michel. First time I try that link it always gives me a pop-up "recv failed" (and java is not running). When I tried it a second time this morning it successfully installed. Is there a complete list of java programs I can install? I guess I know about the "Admin Console" and now the "Dashboard". Thanks again, AJ

Thanks for the replies. The Error Code wiki-page I'm bookmarking (though it doesn't help with this particular problem). -AJ

I tried to use the instructions in the PDF, but I don't see any menus like the ones they're referencing. In my Admin Console's System Tab, under Network there is no options for adding or updating the ISY's SSL certificate. Where are these now? Thanks, AJ

Where would I set that up? I'm just trying to setup email, and when I click Test, it says: "Mail Server Failure -- Server not responding" I have to setup a custom email just to test the email server connection? I do see this in the "Error Log" around the time I clicked Test: Sat 2013/11/30 07:22:33 PM System -50001 -6 But that doesn't really tell me too much. Is there a reference manual to look that up in?

Just configuring my ISY 994i. I'm a software dev, and general techie, so I know my way around mail protocols (including SMTP) and firewalls. I've triple checked the settings I tried adding to the ISY, but it always fails saying it can't contact the mail server after I save the settings, then click "Test". I have two different email clients inside my firewall with the same settings (hostname, port, username, password, and SSL/Start TLS - though I think they run pure SSL) and they have no problems. I also tried disabling TLS for a test, and that didn't work either. Is there any detailed logging I can look at? I can't believe everything else is working well except email. I'm using my comcast.net server/account, and it's just not working. Thanks, AJ