Mark H

Michel et al... The ZIP file isn't empty, but it is slightly corrupted. Using both WinZIP and WinRAR to open it after download, produces these errors: Warning: the Zip file is read-only. A file name in the archive is invalid and had to be fixed: "/CONF/NET/RES.CFG". Warning: the Zip file is read-only. A file name in the archive is invalid and had to be fixed: "/CONF/NET/1.RES". Warning: the Zip file is read-only. A file name in the archive is invalid and had to be fixed: "/CONF/NET/2.RES". Warning: the Zip file is read-only. A file name in the archive is invalid and had to be fixed: "/CONF/NET/3.RES". Warning: the Zip file is read-only. A file name in the archive is invalid and had to be fixed: "/CONF/NET/6.RES". Warning: the Zip file is read-only. A file name in the archive is invalid and had to be fixed: "/CONF/NET/7.RES". Warning: the Zip file is read-only. A file name in the archive is invalid and had to be fixed: "/CONF/NET/8.RES". Warning: the Zip file is read-only. A file name in the archive is invalid and had to be fixed: "/CONF/NET/9.RES". Warning: the Zip file is read-only. A file name in the archive is invalid and had to be fixed: "/CONF/NET/16.RES". Warning: the Zip file is read-only. A file name in the archive is invalid and had to be fixed: "/CONF/NET/17.RES". Warning: the Zip file is read-only. A file name in the archive is invalid and had to be fixed: "/CONF/NET/4.RES". Warning: the Zip file is read-only. A file name in the archive is invalid and had to be fixed: "/CONF/NET/5.RES". Warning: the Zip file is read-only. A file name in the archive is invalid and had to be fixed: "/CONF/NET/10.RES". Warning: the Zip file is read-only. A file name in the archive is invalid and had to be fixed: "/CONF/NET/11.RES". Continuing past that does allow the ZIP file to open, and the files within it to be opened, which do look ok. (I opened one with Notepad++ and it appeared to be fine.) Just an FYI.

That depends on the porch light. Does it have any "outputs" or contacts for motion? (Likely not, unless it's a very high end unit.) If this is one of the typical Zenith brand porch lights, which you can "override" with a switch for it indoors, you could replace that internal switch with a SwitchLinc 2477 (On/Off, no Dim). I have one setup that way, though my porch light goes from Bright to Dim one minute after motion ends rather than Bright to Off after 30 seconds (I do have that option though). To force it back to Bright or turn it On, and if it's between Sunset and Sunrise, you turn the switch off for one second and then back on. Repeat the sequence to toggle it back off (or Dim, in my case). One way to do it, anyway.

"You could coat a cheap 1 wire sensor with silicone ( or similar) and drop it in the tank." It's worth noting that if the "wrong" kind of silicone is used, even fully cured, it will kill everything in the tank. Please don't ask me how I know this.

OK... on ONE of the outlets I installed, I had to pull it out of its junction box and let it "hang" there while doing the linking. Not sure why, probably a reception issue, but it did link once I did that. And once it linked properly, I put the outlet back into the junction box, and it works for on/off just fine. Give that a shot maybe?

I added mine by using Link Management -> Start Linking instead, then pressed and held the set button on the outlet until the LED flashed. It showed up immediately in the list-box which came onscreen after the first step above. Give that a try instead, and see if it works?