BillFuchs

Thanks everyone. The Event log shows now activity despite the red led flashing showing motion sensed. I replaced the battery (though quite new). I did a factory reset to the motion sensor. I am able to successfully operate a light from the motion sensor. I then was able to successfully operate the fountain by making it a controller to that scene. All through this testing I've been observing the Event Viewer #3. With each sensing of motion, the Event log showed "activity". I then removed the motion sensor from the scene as a controller, and added it to a simple program that upon sensing motion it should turn on the fountain. Success, it both turns on the fountain, and I see the Event Log shows "activity". I then added the Sunrise to Sunset condition and it still works. Yeah! I guess the factory reset was the solution to the problem? Anyway, thanks, everyone for the suggestions, and I learned a few new things such as the Event Viewer which surely will be helpful in the future.

Thanks LeeG. It shows it was last run: Last run time blank, last finish time blank, next scheduled run today at sunset (the time shown is correct). It's possible the first two fields are blank because I had disabled the program yesterday. Here's the program: If Control 'Motion 2-Office' is switched On And From Sunrise To Sunset (same day) Then Set Scene 'Courtyard Fountain' On Wait 1 hour Set Scene 'Courtyard Fountain' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

Answered one of my own questions... the program shows as enabled with status false. As you're probably guessing, programing is not my forte, so what do I do with the new found information?

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Where do I look to see if the Program is a folder with a false state as Lee G suggests? Where do I look to see if the program status turns true as oberkc suggests? Yes, I am using sunset same day. How do I copy the program as text to paste into this forum reply? (Ctl+A and Ctl+C doesn't do it). Thanks again!

The pseudo-programming effectively states, if it's daytime, and a motion sensor is on, allow the courtyard fountain to run, else, don't waste the electricity because either it's dark outside or no one is around to enjoy seeing it. This has worked well for a year. Now, it has stopped. To test the problem, I created a new program, simply stating if it's Sunrise to Sunset, to turn on a light, and that doesn't work either. The time shown on ISY is correct as are the sunsrise / sunset times at the top of the screen. The first question is, has something expired (some software that must be purchased)? Second question is, any ideas? Thank you everyone.

Thanks everyone. Your suggestions are probably a bit beyond my Unix Shell programming courses of 30 years ago, but I'll roll up my sleeves and see what trouble I can create. Thanks again.

Any tips on how to approach this would be appreciated. I want to text myself a reminder daily if the program that runs my lawn sprinklers has been disabled. I don't see how make program B (the notification program), which would be the assessment of whether program A (the sprinkler program) is disabled, assess whether program A is indeed disabled. I'm trying to approach this as two different programs, but as so often happens with programming, there's often a better way, so I'm stepping back from this and hoping someone can suggest how to do this... Thanks everyone. Bill