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I just experiment with various levels and set them as a local control or in programs so I know they are as low as they will go without dropping out or not illuminating in the first place. I have one ensuite bathroom SwicthLinc that I wrote a short program to intercept the dimming signal and force the lowest level I have predetermined to be stay on. I find the dimming rate too aggressive at the bottom end, with LEDs not being visually linear for dimming. They do very little at at the 100% down to about 40%, and then take off exponentially negative. This makes them harder to control at human desirable/useful dim levels.

As you stated....a scene is a group of predefined levels. You can create as many scenes as you would like with your devices. if you want to dim something, dim any device. Alexa. turn on chair lights to 15 percent. works just fine.

Nice! Thanks I don't know anything about the RPi header pins. So you basically just. Create an RC charge circuit using the photocell and small cap. Turn the pin into an output Short the cap to ground Turn the pin into an input Time the charging until the digital input flips high. Massage the count (if desired) Report the result to ISY

Nice!Can you list the hardware required to do this?

To elaborate more on Teken ' s comment, it is only an online software switch that UDI enables in your ISY. You pay and it just happens and you won't see any change unless you know what features you are looking for. sent from a really small mobile keyboard, so may be a short response.

I use FileZilla to copy files back and forth between Windows and RPi very easily. No SD card removal. sent from a really small mobile keyboard, so may be a short response.

That's what I did on the last sale. Now I have a used spare.

Will HAL run on a small RPi that you could dedicate to your ISY expansion?

Sounds like you may have lost a link for a node.Right click on the device in the device tree in admin console and select restore. Try again.

Let say for demo purposes. -Your ISP IP address issued to you is 123.4.5.6 (issued to your router by your ISP DHCP server) -Your ISY address is perma1nently set to 92.168.0.99 (by router DHCP or staticly set in ISY) -Your ISP port is set to 443 (secure and now you must use https...note "s") (you set in in ISY) You set up your port forward in your router to convert incoming data on port 443 to outgoing on your LAN to your ISY to 192.168.0.99:443 Note all data coming in to your router from the Internet will be on the IP address your ISP issued to your router so port numbers are used to identify sources and destinations. Outside app attempting to connect would then use https://123.4.5.6:443 to get forwarded through to your ISY. Again, note the "s" in https for secure, required for higher port numbers.

That is what I would try and if it fixes it and later starts again, get rid of it. I assume you have tried the PLM reboot and then an ISY reboot after technique?

LMAO..OK That works better!It always took me to a 404 page on tapatalk despite permanent login. Thanks!

I did the search and only find this thread with mention of it. Am I missing something here? Why would I go to tapatalk and view the same thread and forum as I am already viewing?

There is no security with any cloud based service, only trust.

If nearMS is switched ON Then turn on lights, Wait 30 seconds, enable program farMSstop, Wait 20 minutes, turn off lights. If farMS is switched On Then turn on lights, Wait 30 seconds, enable program nearMSstop, Wait 20 minutes, turn off lights. Program farMSstop (disabled) If farMS is switched On Then Wait 1 minutes, turn lights Off, disable program self Program nearMSstop (disabled) If nearMS is switched On Then Wait 1 minutes, turn lights Off, disable program self There is some logical problems like two people entering the zone from each end or people changing their minds and turning around or MS motion missed but the 20 minutes Waits should handle those just-in-case elements.

Like Stu said. 9 minutes has been outlawed and usage may result in investigation.

Don't give them any ideas about pay per usage LED bulbs, guaranteed forever as long as you pay the ransom. Incandescent bulbs were lasting many years, originally, until a lightbulb marketing board formed, and they all started making bulbs that would only last a year. Look it up!

For door locks the open/close is not good syntax either. Alexa. Open/Close the door lock doesn't work for me at all since locks are not opened or closed. However, for a work around. Alexa. Turn On/OIf the door lock might not be too bad. For doors, windows, blinds, Open/Close would be the best for sure but for locks, lock/unlock may be a special wording needed.

When bad people are in your house, with voice access to your Echo / Dot you don't want them to be able to hack your doors and get outside. Don't mount an Echo on your street light post to unlock your doors or connect it to the wires above to run it.

That was the page I assumed we were going to. That page is out of date and a horrible way to operate a garage door. We have ISYs to do this in a much more controlled and east to troubleshoot way now. The IOLinc trigger reverse has given so many people a headache after the IOLink reports the garage door open every night when the 3:00 AM query runs on ISY. I would keep the scene to light up the KPL LED (only way) but write programs to intercept the signals, do some logic, and operate the scenes form that. Then you vocals can operate those programs. Many have done this for GDO that could possibly post their programs if you are ISY programming shy yet.

I always found Alexa Turn on upstairs lights. to be most successful and less asking "what device?" or "I found several devices with that name" Alexa. Turn upstairs lights on. is harder to parse with a split verb. I am sure "turn" is a useless word that is just tossed so Gary's method may improve that syntax some too. We just find it unnatural to use but you can get familiar with anything, after some practice.

Your link leads to a blank page. Maybe you can post your programs. I don't link my vocals to scenes, only programs and devices but I tend to avoid scenes for things like that. After you set up your vocal did you tell Alexa to Discover again?

I use a Venstar T7900 and access it via NodeLink running on a RPi computer. Nest will take a side computer also to interface with and then it will be through a cloud service. I feel this is getting out of hand with too many dependent devices increasing the possibility of failure. Also, I do not attempt to change the schedule on my stat with ISY programming. I let the stat's built in four segment of the day programming do it for simplicity and for security of my temperatures (not messing up). However I do compensate my setpoint up by 0.5C degrees when the house effect windchill outside is below certain factors. This is created by combining outside temperature and the wind speed. I use many safeguards in ISY v5.x to ensure the temperature can never go too far out of bounds. Did you know you can drop programs into a folder and give the folder conditions that will only allow the programs to run if true? eg. 'Heating on schedule' folder Stat.heat = on AND stat.schedule = On This can help simplify your programming logic and eliminate many programs having the same repetitive logic in every one. " I guess because the ISY is always looking to set the temp during that given time period." This is incorrect. ISY programs only run when a statement in the If section contains a factor that changes. eg. If ...from 6:30 PM ....to 10:30 PM only runs the Then section at 6:30 PM and the Else section at 10:30. If you have another trigger factor line that will cause a trigger then a time frame can also act as a time frame filter. eg. If ....stat.temp < 9999 AND ....from 6:30 PM ....to 10:30 PM at 6:30 PM will run the Then section if and only if the temperature is below 9999 degrees (always will) at 10:30 will run the Else section always. when the temperature changes will run the Then section between 6:#0 PM to 10:30 PM and run the Else section any other time. when another program calls the If section of the program Then section will run if the time frame is correct AND the temperature is below 9999. If any of it is False then the Else section will run. IOW: only changes in the listed values used in your IF section can cause ISY programs to run, unless another program calls them. ISY programs don't watch for anything unless you program them with those values to be watched.

Ouch! There has been a new java release basically every week for the last 6 months. I would uninstall it, then delete the folders that contain the mass of dirt, it leaves behind, get a fresh up-tp-date java install, and then try again. You will also need to allow your ISY IP address through your windows firewall and your java firewall.

Sorry... Just a joke inferrence that, you sit up late at nights, translating the vocals into text by hand on your computer. Reading the joke, I figured you might choke, laughing, somewhat! :) I hope it wasn't too close to reality, and I "let the cat out of the bag". All the best!