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Mine work fairly well on Outback Inverters but ther distortion is down about 4-5% IIRC. Frequency is important and if your generator is not a synthesized crystal controlled frequency, the distortion probably won't matter anyway. Usually classified that a square wave, with a gap in the polarity reversal, is called modified sinewave. I doubt Insteon would run on that at all. It lacks a clear zero crossing time. A multi-stepped sqaure wave is called a true synewave. Usually filtering is used to attempt to smooth this out more, and lowers the distortion figures. An electromechanical generator usually produces the best sinewave but the frequency wanders but also some generator cores have slots in the lminations and produce nasty notches in the waveforms.

Good to hear but it sounds like you got my order. Same colour quantities and being shipped to NY state.

Look for the CAO weatherproof Tag also. As a sideline you will get temperature and humidity very accurately. Is the ZWave network your husband's that you allowed him to have so he doesn't feel left out?

I use a program from Alexa, I call sunset liyghts. In this program I set the perimeter lighting all to various shades of orange and red. The main lights in the ceiling are all white only. Over a period of an hour I dim all the white lights. In order to make white lights dim to finish about the same time I use a percentage for each dim period. This works very well. I do play the truncation factor in simple integer arithmetic also. If a bulb starts at 100% is becomes 90% If another bulb is already at 20% it becomes 18% These steps are barely visible to the human eye at any level. The same thing could be applied to the Echo but in larger steps, like log2. Just cut the level in half or double it each step. Stepping 9 or 10% at 100% level is hardly detectable, if at all while 9 or 10% at a 18% level will usually just turn most bulbs off completely.

ISY has made it very simple to factory reset devices when needed.Factory reset, put in linking mode, if battery device, click on restore in admin console....voila!

Sure enough but it gave me time to hide the girly magazines and replace her HeMan magazines, before she got home.

To be truthfull, I have never used one for motion yet. My long distance report is OutOfRange signal from the manager.I have the X, Y , and Z axis positions reporting to my ISY but have never done anything with them. They change when you move them but haven't spent time with them yet, only temps and humidity, so far. You can stick on inside your solid metal refrigerator or freezer and the signal is still strong from the other end of the house. When I first got them, I tried to walk to each end of my street, about 1000' each way and I could not lose signal inside an all brick house. I tried double metal cookie tins but I couldn't shield them enough to test the OutOfRange signal.

Verbal grocery list items. makes a list on both our cell phones. No more forgotten paper lists with ony half the stuff written down, on the fridge, while we are surprise shopping. Living 15 miles from the store in another town, this happens often. Doctor and chiro appointments. Goes directly into your google calendar and displayed on almost any calendar app you want. 6 year old granddaughter loves to have it play popular kids music over and over. Also answers math questions for kids to check their homework. Some geography. Knows what games are playing and the current scores, player stats etc.. It's a vocal dictionary and encyclopedia. Stuns guests when an argument breaks out and I settle it by asking Alexa...what is...?

I hope it works and you are not a lawyer.

Welcome to the forum!! Not that many women are OCD enough to get involved with HA, or not lazy enough? If you have some distance my best guess would be the RF signal is just too far away from the nearest dual-band device that is capable of converting the RF signal to the powerline signal. Another thought is that the MS is behind metal, sheilding it from that device mentioned above when it sends it's detection signal. Another thought to prove this would be to plug in a dual-band device (OnOffLinc or LampLinc) into an extension cord with a rainproof bucket over it, close to the bin pickup location, for trial. Ohh. another thought. CAO Tags are small, send motion, temp, humidity etc.. and aare about 1.25' square by 1/4" thick. I have one that reports in when my wife is within about 1.5 miles away, from the glove compartment. They run 25-40 each and the manager about $60 to handle all units. I have four and everybody here, usuing them is really impressed.

Thanks Stu. Changed program above. The ">=1%" OK now? I haven't ever used this technique myself. I use very few statii.

You could change the LED brightness to match the speed. LEDs take scenes for them though. PITA. I like to operate multi-level devices with variables. 0,1,2,3 = off,low,med,high That way other programs can operate the device also by just storing a number into the variable, no jumping into programs that get modified later and then magically don't work.

Backup up your own ISY Delete everything. (factory reset and reset a few parameters?) Install and link all your remote location devices. Backup your ISY to the carry-with-you backup file Restore your original file Take the carry-with-you file to the new location with all your linked devices. Restore at the remote site.

I don't know about normal behaviour as I never have used a three-way action with a scene. However you could use a follow up program something like this. If ... control nonLoadSwitch is switched 'On' AND ... status of LoadSwitch >= 1% Then ... set nonLoadSwitch to 100% <----you could create another scene for these two with 100% levels, if desired ... set loadSwitch to 100% Else ... -- EDIT:Minor change to level after Stu's sharp eyes pointing out 0% doesn't work.

In the admin console, access the device's page and set your brightness level to about 30% and the ramp rate to 2.0 seconds.

These programs do not modify scenes. Insteon scenes are between devices and ISY has management tools to modify them. Scenes in your case can be used to group devices into looking like one device to ISY but you have no controllers in your scenes to operate outside of ISY.

That is pretty difficult, using the same SwitchLinc dimmer paddle and the dimmer circuit. hey are connected inside and the dimmer will turn on to whatever level it is set to when the paddle is clicked at the top. This will result in initially turning your light on to whatever the local level is, and then make a program or scene take over and may result in annoying flashes at 100%. However I have done it by setting a slow ramp into the Switchlinc dimmer...say 2.0 seconds and then beating the ramp response with an ISY program. You need to access the admin console devices page and set the ramp speed to about 2.0 seconds. If ... control Switchlinc is switched 'ON' Then ... run program2 (If) Else ... --- Program2 (disabled) <--- we don't want these times triggering this by itself If .... from 8:00 AM ... to 8:00 PM Then ... set Switchlinc 100% Else ... set Switchlinc 20% Get rid of the scenes in the devices as they will confuse the response and the owner. OR You can keep the scenes without a controller item installed and use the above programs to run you scenes instead of just one SwitchLinc. You will have to program the scenes to preset your bulbs to levels desired first.

Use two programs Program1 If ... triggering units send Then ...call Program2 (if) Else -- Program2 If -- Then ...Disable Program1 ...Do something ...Wait a few seconds ...Enable Program1 Else -- BTW; Your Wait waits for nothing that follows. and Right click on your program in the program tree and select "copy to clipboard"

No. Two different devices. One contrller, like an MotionSensor or a SwitchLinc, and one responder, like a LampLinc or SwitchLinc light controller. Note that a switchLinc is really two devices, a paddle controller, and a dimmer, responder.

Yes. but you have to have a scene with a controller and a responder. http://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/17495-how-to-use-a-ms-with-lights/

In your scene adjustment you need to scroll the scene pull down list to the other end, and select the controller units, that are not really scenes.

Stu is correct. This takes two programs to isolate the negative trigger from the sequence.

Twin Light Dim - [ID 0016][Parent 0019] If Status 'Twins Room Light' is Off And Control 'Twins Room Light' is switched Off Then Set 'Twins Room Light' 35% Wait 6 seconds Set Scene 'Twins Room Light - Very Slow' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

OK then the logic I gave you is close except for the mobilinc input. Some things. Scenes cannot be detected. They have no status. Devices can be detected and have statuses. I am wondering why you want to use mobilinc to turn on the scene for the night lights when there are many ways to do it easier or automatically? How many MS units are involved and should all lights referred to be involved with the response or just hall lights for wanderes at initial bedtime runs?

I really don't completely understand what you want but from my best guess, here is the logic. To turn on your night lights If ...MS.motion is switched ON <-----use the motion sensing node, not dark node ...And from sunset +/- X minutes ..........to sunrise +/- Y minutes <--- this triggers Else section Then ...set some lights to 25% ...Wait 12 hours <---just in case ...run This program (else) <----turn them off in morning Else ...set the same lights Off For the extra lights If MS.motion is switched On <---use the same trigger as many times as you like Then ...turn on other lights ...Wait 1 minute 30 seconds ...turn off other lights Else ---- Make sense? Need more help just keep asking.