walkman9999

Hi all, I am playing with my new Motion Sensor, and have run across a puzzle. Hope I can get some suggestions. I'd like the sensor to trigger a scene that blinks one or two lights in the house when it is triggered (using it as a "doorbell"). I can write a program that flashes the lights (turns a scene on/off in succession), but once the program is run the light will either be left ON or OFF regardless of its status before the scene was triggered. It would be nice if I could somehow return the lights that were blinking to their previous state when the program was completed. Like maybe query the device for the on state and use that variable to return the devices when the program is done. Any suggestions are appreciated! Thanks. :Mike Walker (walkman9999)

Moving it to the top level was the trick, thanks all.

Thanks for reply. If I right-click on the device, I do not seem to have a "Replace with...." option. (see attached)

I'm replacing hardware (switchlinc for switchlinc) and would like to pull the old switchlinc and have its link database copied onto the brand new replacement. I am experimenting with the "restore device" option, but I think it will be looking for the old Insteon ID. Is there a way to copy the old link database to the new device or do I have to add the new one and manually re-create the links? I have a feeling the answer is obvious, but I cannot find. Thanks any/all.

Thanks Bill, I like the paradigm of simplifying things rather than using the complex solution I was getting myself into. Seems like keeping it as simple as possible leaves more avenues open as the requirements change. Appreciate the input, I'm considering this problem solved! :Mike

That seems to work wonderfully. However, while testing I realized that I use the formerly separate scenes when adjusting lighting via mobilelinc. I suppose I could just have the former "High Hang" and "Low Hang" scenes still exist and not associated with the keypadlinc buttons anymore so that they were accessible through mobilelinc. Would this be the most "graceful" way to accomplish this? Or is there a better solution? (As an aside, I find this forum to be invaluable, and appreciate the great advice!!) :Mike EDIT: The only problem I see with the above solution is that when a scene is activated via mobilelinc, there is no keypad indication that the scene is "on". So someone local to house would not have an accurate status of the scenes. (Admittedly, this is a bit pedantic!) EDIT #2: I think I figured it out! If I add "B" and "D" as responders to both "High Hang" and "Low Hang", they will reflect the status of the scene even if it is triggered via mobilelinc. And, those same buttons can still be controllers of my new scene that has various light levels. Would still like confirmation as to whether this is the best way to accomplish my goal if anyone cares to comment. Thanks all!

Good day all, I have two mutually exclusive scenes that should never be on at the same time. One is the lower light version of the other. Each scene has a keypadlinc button assigned as a controller. Lower light scene ("Low Hang") uses button "B", the higher light level ("High Hang") uses button "C" across all my keypads. Is it possible to have scene "B" turn scene "C" off when it is activated, and to have scene "C" turn off scene "B"? Thank you for any input. :Mike

That was it. Switched to 8 minutes and all is well. Great forum, very helpful answers in here. Thank you.

Hi all, Standard disclaimer, I'm still learning the ISY-99i, and the Insteon system, but I've looked around the forum and not found an answer other than that my devices may be too old to work with the ramp rate feature. Any help/suggestions would be appreciated, and happy to run more tests. Thanks in advance. :Mike I have the same problem with all the scenes, but a typical scenario is below. I have a scene that includes 7 Switchlinc devices. They are: 2 x 2476D Switchlinc Dimmer W/Beeper v.40 2 x 2477D Dual-band Switchlinc Dimmer v.40 2486D Dual-band Keypadlinc 8 button v.40 2 x 2477D Dual-band Switchlinc Dimmer v.41 If I adjust the local ramp rate, the ramp rate works as expected when I use the physical switch. But when I create a scene including these devices and it seems to ignore the ramp rate specified in the scene and use whatever the local ramp rate is set to. I'd like to use the 9m ramp rate to have lights come on very slowly. As it is, even with the scene ramp rate set to 9m, the lights come on with 4.5 second ramp rate, which is what the local rate is set to. One other thing, the scene doesn't use a switch for a controller, the devices are all responders and I use a simple ISY-99 program as the controller for this scene (If time is 9pm, then set scene ON). I get the same results when I trigger the scene from MobileLinc PRO. I wasn't sure if the problem was related to having a scene with no device as controller, so as a test I made one of the switches a controller for the scene and I had same results. I run diagnostics on the scene and it shows no obvious errors (pasted below). And I don't seem to have any other communication problems in this network that includes about 15 devices. Diagnostic Output Sun 12/22/2013 09:08:46 : [GRP-RX ] 02 61 1A 13 00 06 Sun 12/22/2013 09:08:47 : [iNST-SRX ] 02 50 1A.5E.D6 28.CB.F2 61 13 1A LTOFFRR(1A) Sun 12/22/2013 09:08:47 : [std-Cleanup Ack] 1A.5E.D6-->ISY/PLM Group=0, Max Hops=1, Hops Left=0 Sun 12/22/2013 09:08:47 : [iNST-SRX ] 02 50 1B.5C.DA 28.CB.F2 61 13 1A LTOFFRR(1A) Sun 12/22/2013 09:08:47 : [std-Cleanup Ack] 1B.5C.DA-->ISY/PLM Group=0, Max Hops=1, Hops Left=0 Sun 12/22/2013 09:08:47 : [iNST-SRX ] 02 50 1A.61.8D 28.CB.F2 61 13 1A LTOFFRR(1A) Sun 12/22/2013 09:08:47 : [std-Cleanup Ack] 1A.61.8D-->ISY/PLM Group=0, Max Hops=1, Hops Left=0 Sun 12/22/2013 09:08:48 : [iNST-SRX ] 02 50 1A.B3.C1 28.CB.F2 61 13 1A LTOFFRR(1A) Sun 12/22/2013 09:08:48 : [std-Cleanup Ack] 1A.B3.C1-->ISY/PLM Group=0, Max Hops=1, Hops Left=0 Sun 12/22/2013 09:08:48 : [iNST-SRX ] 02 50 1B.B0.CC 28.CB.F2 61 13 1A LTOFFRR(1A) Sun 12/22/2013 09:08:48 : [std-Cleanup Ack] 1B.B0.CC-->ISY/PLM Group=0, Max Hops=1, Hops Left=0 Sun 12/22/2013 09:08:48 : [iNST-SRX ] 02 50 24.86.67 28.CB.F2 61 13 1A LTOFFRR(1A) Sun 12/22/2013 09:08:48 : [std-Cleanup Ack] 24.86.67-->ISY/PLM Group=0, Max Hops=1, Hops Left=0 Sun 12/22/2013 09:08:48 : [CLEAN-UP-RPT] 02 58 06 Sun 12/22/2013 09:08:48 : [iNST-SRX ] 02 50 24.86.67 28.CB.F2 61 13 1A LTOFFRR(1A) Sun 12/22/2013 09:08:48 : [std-Cleanup Ack] 24.86.67-->ISY/PLM Group=0, Max Hops=1, Hops Left=0 Sun 12/22/2013 09:08:48 : [iNST-SRX ] 02 50 24.9F.EA 28.CB.F2 61 13 1A LTOFFRR(1A) Sun 12/22/2013 09:08:48 : [std-Cleanup Ack] 24.9F.EA-->ISY/PLM Group=0, Max Hops=1, Hops Left=0 ----- Sunset FADE UP Test Results ----- [succeeded] North Lights (1A 61 8D 1) [succeeded] South Lights (1A B3 C1 1) [succeeded] Back Door KeypadA (1B 5C DA 1) [succeeded] Front Porch Shed (24 9F EA 1) [succeeded] Kitchen Accents (1A 5E D6 1) [succeeded] West Lights (1B B0 CC 1) [succeeded] Back Porch Shed (24 86 67 1) ----- Sunset FADE UP Test Results ----- Sun 12/22/2013 09:08:55 : [iNST-TX-I1 ] 02 62 00 00 1A CF 13 00 Sun 12/22/2013 09:08:55 : [iNST-ACK ] 02 62 00.00.1A CF 13 00 06 LTOFFRR(00)