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Oh thanks for that! I love the underbed lights!! Great idea! The guests wont be able to find the off switch, shouldn't bother the eyes, and won't interfere with some XXX-in_law that always wants to lay in bed and read with a personal bedside table lamp that keeps timing off. You can't predict what side they will sleep on. I typically do one automatic and one manual. I have lots of RGBWW strips and controller left over.

Thanks. I did delete and start from scratch a few times. I just can't figure out why one works the next one refuses to work, and then the third one works fine, all using vocal triggers to run a vocal response. I finally gave up. Another try at it. The ones I have working are entertaining. ISY Portal variable triggers have never worked for me yet. The status shows up in the Alexa app fine. It just won't trigger anything.

I have tried this with no success. I can see the variabe change states in the Alexa app but the routine never responds/triggers. I have found this same problem with other Alexa routines using a vocal trigger (no outside factors at all). Some routines work every time and others just refuse to work. I figured it must be something I said.

In the last ten years since mine and the neighbour's house was built, I have seen their garage door crumpled three times now. Large kids toys were reported twice. I didn't ask about the third time. It's very interesting to see a non-insulated door crumple like it was tinfoil. It costs lots of money to have them replaced! To further mwester's point, I now have a hatchback style tailgate on a Honda CR-V that opens up. The sensors will not see that. While it could possibly push the tailgate door shut the hinge mechanisms would rip the paint and maybe metal, windshield wiper arm, and/or windshield glass, and cost me big bucks. It doesn't take much to cost $3-4000 for these mishaps.

Some of the newer GDOs have automatic closing built in to the units but they issue some warning sounds before closing. I am not sure that would make any difference to some toddler going back for his push car, though.

UDI has followed the spec. provided, but most Insteon devices do not change length of beep with the parameter. Personally, I find the beeps useless, unless I am located within arms length of the devices anyway. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk

Yes correct. Unless the 10 pm is causing the evaluation it is not true itself.

If gets evaluated at both times..10 and/or the garage door status changes. If the whole If section is True then the Then section gets executed. If False then the Else section gets executed. When the garage door status changes the if section can never be true and else will always run.

Try a custom GPS location. IIRC there were some locations that didn't work properly. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk

Most of my visitors have some voice remote control but not really any home automation despite all being very technically oriented. Any system that they would need to operate is available on a normal light switch. Any home automation in those bedrooms is found unplugged when they leave each time. This amounts to an MS over their beds to turn on a very low lux (during sleeping hours) lamp so they don't trip and fall on night time bathroom runs and to allow them to get into bed after turning off the rooms lights. My grandchildren all have their own Alexa Dots along with a smart bulb or receptacle to allow voice control of their own bedroom lamps (I made sure of that ) so they are familiar with arguing over Alexa's intercom system and creating sleep noises on sleep timers. The rest of the people, I doubt I would tell them anything about it. If they don;t already know they are likely not going to take it well. I have already been asked if the MSes were video cams watching them undress. I am going to gift my close neighbour with an Alexa Dot for his birthday this summer so I am sure there will be some poking and prodding there for training. That will likely end up behind a cabinet somewhere as each time I demo in my home somebody wants to talk over top of my instructions and then the demo flops. For switchLincs my basic instructions to all is, if you don't get enough light tap it on the top again, or double tap it on the top to get more lights. I try to keep a consistent theme throughout my HA installs. Yes, it can be a problem but I am not sure a training video will be worth YOUR time for the non-interested parties to talk over top of it. I bought my last Dots for about $20 CAD and if anybody else was interested they would have done the same. One son gave me his GH that they won at some party as they don't want any electronic eavesdropping in their home, especially from Google. **SIGH**

I have a corner lamp flash red every 5 to 8 seconds while any garage door is open. If the gathering room lights are turned off and the MBR lights are turned on, that lamp begins to flash brightly then.

What a bunch of "bools"!

ISY CPU hung ....divide by Zero error ****************

Unless you have the PV cells outside in direct sunlight you won;t get more than about 5-10% of their rating from indoor lighting. The panel size may become unwieldy for looks indoors.

I avoid usage of 13s for .....never mind. Wife, two S-I-Ls, and M-I-L were all born on the 13th.

I guess it saved one piece of 14/3cable and was similar to the normal light switch wiring. :(

Yup. You got me on that one. I have never seen that format of wiring a 3 way. That wouldn't be legal wiring now. Thanks.

There has to be a three wire cable to any 3-way switch no matter what configuration it was wired. 14/3 cables come with black, white, and red standard. This may take modifying wire connection in two boxes so the best may be to get an electrician with a visual. A two wire Insteon switch could work with a dummy load device in the box. I posted a link to one of those about a month ago. They are used to correct dimmer drop-out flickers with LED bulbs.

If the switches were three way hardware wired before, there will always be enough wiring to get a neutral to the second switch.

Fourty if you round it off.

Apple..... right?

Wow! Four years ago! That be her. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk

I posted a thread a year back or so with programs doing all that. I am on mobile so not likely easily found. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk

With v5 the real time click can be used to keep track of total usage in seconds...no time loops required. I use this technique to monitor and report HVAC run time, HRV runtime, and cold cellar exhaust fan runtime. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk

I don't have or use any. If the sensors came with a LiON battery the NiMH may not ever work due to lower voltage.