Dimarc67

Thanks, LeeG. Very good explanation. Controlling the scene from Mobilinc seems to work correctly. However, we now have a new curious behavior on the KPL button. When closing the door with the KPL button, the button light correctly stays lit until the door sensor magnet is nearest the sensor, meaning the button light correctly stays lit until the door is fully closed. When closing the door by activating the scene through Mobilinc, however, the KPL button light turns off immediately -- before the sensor magnet is anywhere near the sensor -- instead of waiting for the door to finish closing. My concern is that the button light ALWAYS be correct under any circumstances since this is intended to be the primary method of confirming the door status. Any further insights? Thanks. Dimarc67 Frederick, MD

Hmmm... I think I follow what you're describing here... or perhaps I'm completely lost. Ultimately, this may actually be a question about Mobilinc rather than the IOlinc. I have the KPL button configured for "Non-Toggle-ON", which definitely works nicely for this purpose. My question, and perhaps this is what you were both trying to describe for me, is about configuring the IOlinc for what Oberkc described as "momentary, responding to ON commands". In the ISY Options screen for the IOlinc, this is a radio button labeled "Momentary A: Triggered by either On or Off". (Once that option is selected, configuring the ON choice is done by linking the IOlinc while it is switched ON.) Having first neglected this setting when I configured the scene, the IOlinc was set to its default "Momentary B: Triggered by both On and Off", and everything seemed to operate as desired. So, I'm hoping to understand what scenarios are not covered by configuring the IOlinc to respond to both on and off commands. (Apologies if you've already tried to explain this.) With the IOlinc configured for responding to ON commands only, I find that Mobilinc doesn't seem to be aware of this, and changes the IOlinc's ON/OFF status with every action. This means that to open/close the garage door, you need to hit it twice in Mobilinc--once to turn it "On", and then again to turn it "Off". (For lack of a better dscription, perhaps Mobilinc lacks the ability to also be configured to Non-Toggle-ON like the KPL?) And, one additional challenge is that I'm having difficulty testing the two different configurations (triggered by ON and OFF vs. triggered by ON only) because the IOlinc won't change back to "triggered by ON and OFF", despite making the change in my ISY, and despite unlinking/relinking it. Guessing I'll have to try to do a full reset on it, which is a major PITA since it's plugged into the 10'-high ceiling outlet above the GDO. Hoping to be set straight so I can stop pestering everyone. Thanks. Dimarc67 Frederick, MD

Just finished the setup you provided on both of our garage doors. Operation looks pretty good, but I have some minor question marks, mainly to do with activating the doors outside of the Insteon system (e.g., with the door opener's original remote control), and with using Mobilinc with this configuration. You mentioned to "have the relay configured for momentary, responding to ON commands". Can you say what scenario this setting covers? When I first set it up as you described, I inadvertently neglected this step, leaving the relay set to respond to both ON and OFF commands, and everything seemed to work well. I understand the setting difference, but I'm not certain what the purpose of choosing that setting might be. Separately, can you say what would be the best method of controlling the doors in Mobilinc such that the door status and door control indicators are always synced and correct? Thanks for any further help you provide! Dimarc67 Frederick, MD

Thanks much! This sounds exactly like what I was looking for. Let you know if anything goes awry. Dimarc67 Frederick, MD

So, I've installed my I/OLinc 2450 and garage door sensor, and the garage door can now be opened/closed, along with a door status indicator showing open or closed. I've created two scenes on my ISY994i, respectively setting buttons G and H of a KeyPadLinc 8-button panel to be the open/close actuator (button G), and the open/close indicator (button H). The result of this is that button G is lit when the garage door is closed, and button H is lit when it's open. (I've colored button G green and button H red for clarity and distance visibility.) However, this configuration can be thrown out of whack if someone happens to press either button at the wrong time. Press the G button to open/close the door, and then press it again before the door finishes opening/closing will reverse the door, and reverse the light indicator. Even worse, pressing the H button at any time reverses its light indicator, making the open/close status of the garage door unknown without actually looking in the garage. Is there a better or more straightforward solution for this scenario? Is there any ability to control a button light independently of pressing the button? In a perfect world, this would be done with a single button light to indicate the door/open status, and pressing the same button to open or close the door. What have others done? Thanks. Dimarc67 Frederick, MD

Thanks for the thought, KMan. You're right about the scenario, and the logic you provided looks right, but it doesn't work when testing it. Since the SwitchLinc is already on, I think flipping it on again doesn't seem to be a detectable event for the system, so the timer program doesn't sense it and halt. Let me know if you think I'm missing something here, or if there might be another way to address my original scenario solution, or the adjustment you're proposing. Thanks. Dimarc67 Frederick, MD

NICE!! Thanks much! Needed one adjustment, but works perfectly. Counter-intuitively, the I/OLinc sensor is "off" when the door is open, and "on" when the door is closed. So the second condition of Program1 needs to be: And Control 'IO Linc-Sensor' is switched Off With that adjustment, it's flawless. Just for further edification, what are one or two other approaches for this scenario? Dimarc67 Frederick, MD

Fellow automators, I'm guessing this has been covered and solved here already, but a keyword search just didn't find it for me. I have the ISY994i, the I/OLinc 2450 for the garage door, and Insteon switches for the garage lights. Programming the controller to turn on the garage lights when the door opens was no problem. Now I'm trying to program the lights to turn on when the garage door opens, and then automatically turn off after 10 minutes--except if the garage lights weren't already on when the door opened. If the garage lights were already on, then I want them to stay on until they're manually turned off. I've tried to find a logic flow for programming this, but haven't been able to nail it down. Any suggestions on this? Thanks much! Dimarc67 Frederick, MD