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Thanks Dennis. --------------------------------------------- Here is the Hot Water Heater program: Hot Water Sink Kitchen - [ID 0012][Parent 0008] If 'Hot Water Sink / Hot Water Sink' Status is Off Then Set 'Hot Water Sink / Hot Water Sink' On Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') ---------------------------------------------------- Here is the Vacation Folder: Vacation - [ID 000B][Parent 0001] Folder Conditions for 'Vacation' If From 6:27:00AM on 2023/02/26 To 9:30:00PM on 2023/03/19 Then Allow the programs in this folder to run. ------------------------------------------------------ Here is the program within the Vacation Folder: Hot Water Sink Off - [ID 001F][Parent 000B] If - No Conditions - (To add one, press 'Schedule' or 'Condition') Then Set 'Hot Water Sink / Hot Water Sink' Off Else Set 'Hot Water Sink / Hot Water Sink' Off ------------------------------------------------------- Basically, I want the hot water to be on all of the time, but not when the vacation folder is active. Thanks, Mitchell

I have a kitchen sink hot water heater. I have a plug that instructs that if the plug is OFF, then turn it ON. I have this in case someone inadvertently turns it OFF. I want it to always be ON unless the folder I call "Vacation" is running. In other words, I have a If Date/Time X-->Y, then run the programs in the folder. If I have a program in the Vacation folder that says to turn off the Sink Hot Water, then there will be a program turning it ON at the same time as one saying to turn it OFF. For the Sink Heater Program, is there a way to say that if the Vacation folder programs are not running, then turn the Plug ON? Thanks.

This is a lot of great advice. I will read it all and come back to you. Thanks!

I would like to set some devices differently when I am on vacation. Is there a way to say, "if Vacation = Yes", then...change a device? If yes, can you assign this to a whole program folder? What is the simplest way to proceed? Thanks.

Thanks. However, what do you mean by "any zwave device setup for that command". Would that be the same for just "on"?

For the Plug-In Smart Switch, the On and Off have options for "All On" and "All Off". Is it that "All On" is the same as "On" but at 100%, or some other function? Also, in another post ("Z-Wave Leviton On-Off Module Status Not Updating"), I noted that the Leviton plug-in module did not update and I needed to use the Hail function. The Honeywell does not have a Hail status option. Is this because the Honeywell automatically updates? Thanks!

I currently have an ISY with the Z-Wave chip and am generally happy. My children use devices with HomeKit but don't live with me. My wife can't do any programming but is an end-user. I see that ISY is migrating to Polisy. With all of this in mind, my goal is to not replace all my Insteon (~35 light switches and plug-in modules) and Z-Wave Devices (just 3 plug-in modules), but would like to add Apple Home capability. What do people recommend for this step? Also, how does this fit into the future of ISY with Polisy? How would you work through this? Thanks, Mitchell

I have a new Leviton Z-Wave on/off module and the ISY does not update the status. In other words, if I turn it on manually, the ISY does not detect it. Any recommendations? Thanks!

I have a new Dome Leak sensor. It has variables called: Notify Sensor, Basic Control 2, Water Alarm 1, Leak Detected Alarm, Water Detected 1. Does anyone know what these mean, and the simplest way to program these? Thanks, Mitchell

I have an old ISY 994i purchased in about 2013. When I do the "about", the ISY is "ISY 994i (1120)" and "OpenADR (21010)" Before I do the upgrade to Firmware 5, can you tell me the following: 1) are all ISYs upgradeable to Firmware 5.x? I want to add Z-Wave functionality. 2) where can I find the default password to my ISY in case my current password settings are set back to the default. Thank you very much.

Thanks Larry...it looks like this will not work with the ISY, and I probably should find another wired solution, unless there are any other ideas. Best, Mitchell

I thought I would chime in. For the past 2 years, I have tried to get the Insteon wired thermostat to work with the wireless version. All the programs work fine, but sometime, and too frequently, the wireless one does not trigger the wired one to change the temperature. I have had help from several people, including programming in Queries, putting in range extenders, etc, and I still have problems. It is rather uncomfortable to wake up at 3am in the winter with the temperature too high, or the summer with the temp too low. I have this set up because we keep the temperature appropriate for our master bedroom when the children are not at home. However, over holidays and some weeks of the summer when one or 2 children are at home, I put the wireless one in their room. I concur that the Insteon thermostats are unstable. Is there any hope for this technology? Or, should I just bite the bullet and add another zone into my home? Thanks, Mitchell

Thanks. Will this also turn the lights on when you enter the room?

I have an Insteon motion sensor linked to a light switch. Even though I am in the room, the light goes off at the appropriate time, and I have to wave my hands to turn the light on. If set properly, should the sensor detect my presence and reset the timeout counter? If yes, then I suspect i need to increase the sensitivity of the sensor...is that right? Thanks.

Upstairs, out thermostat is in the hallway and I want it to be responsive to the temperature in my daughter's room. I replaced my Nest with an Insteon thermostat and Insteon wireless. 3 questions: 1) is that the best choice, and are there other options? 2) I have made the wireless the Master and the wired one the receiver using the buttons on the thermostat. However, they swapped by themselves for some reason yesterday. I can't figure out how to create a Scene in the ISY that makes the controller/responder link for me. I can drag the thermostat into a scene, but not the wireless. Has anyone done this before? Is there a tutorial somewhere? 3) any other suggestions? Thanks.

Great advice from you all. Thank you very much. Is there somewhere to get advice on how to set up home irrigation? I have a 17 zone system with a manual controller. I would be interested in something that either interfaces with the ISY, or has its own interface. I am looking for something very easy that my gardener can use, so having its own interface would be preferred. Thanks.

Thanks. On the iPad app, I could not find a place to force a re-sync. Is there one?

Ah...brilliant! Thanks. Here is another question: I am using the Mobilinc App with Mobilinc Connect. One of my other lights appropriately turned on this AM. Then I manually turned off the Insteon device. Then I checked the Mobilinc App on my ipad and it still said On. Is this normal, in that there is no feedback on the status of the device? Thanks, Mitchell

I am new to the ISY programming, but an old time Fortran programmer. I have a very simple program as follows: If From Sunset To Sunrise (same day) Then Set 'Outside Front Balcony' On Else Set 'Outside Front Balcony' Off The status of this is always False. It is Enabled, Run at Startup, Activity Idle, Status False. However, it does not execute at sunset. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Mitchell