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cmccartney this is PERFECT and exactly the type of answers I am looking for. Thank you so much for adding that line!!! Anyone else have anything to add? Thanks a million! Robert

I want to start by thanking everybody for the help you have given me on the setup of my new system. You all have been a huge help! I could not have done any of it without your help and support for my Q and A's I think I have a cool advantage over other people with irrigation meaning my other hobby (yes this is just a hobby) is a Davis weather station that sits 33' in the air in my own back yard. That being said I'll throw out a shameless plug of my personal web site that this weather station feeds data too and that site is http://muskogeeweather.com. I do have the irrigation and the climate module on my ISY and I am using the data feed from weatherbug that pulls from my own back yard. Now onto my question, I want to use this data to make my sprinkler system the absolute smartest in the land. Meaning if it is raining I don't want it to water, if it's watering and it starts raining I want it to stop, if it is supposed to rain and DOES not I would like for it to over-water etc... This might be high hopes for this system but i'm confident we can add most if not all of this functionality with YOUR help. So that being said below is my simple program that I'm running right now. Would you all care to assist me in making it rock? Please Thanks in advance for any help you can give me. If Time is Sunrise - 1 hour And Module 'Climate' Irrigation Requirement >= 0.5 inches Then Set 'H2O Controls / Zone 1 Sprinkler' On Wait 15 minutes Set 'H2O Controls / Zone 2 Sprinkler' On Wait 15 minutes Set 'H2O Controls / Zone 3 Sprinkler' On Wait 15 minutes Set 'H2O Controls / Zone 4 Sprinklers' On Wait 10 minutes Set 'H2O Controls / Zone 5 Sprinklers' On Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

I believe that you are correct it is labeled RS-232 but it still uses a plain old Cat-5e cable to transmit that signal over. Anyway thanks for the help, I did extend the cable and now things are working PERFECTLY! Robert

OK, so I want my 994 to be near the TV so I can use the IR features but the only outlet nearby has two battery backups on it with tons of noise. If I had a great quality Cat-6 cable what is the MAX length I can run it to my PLM? Ideally it would be 50' or so for me to go back to my breaker panel outlet. Thoughts?

Alright folks sorry for the delay but I had to wait until this evening due to a busy schedule.... The facts are in and the answer is .... drum roll please. IF I UNSCREW THE LIGHT BULBS FROM THE FIXTURE THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY!!!!!! (See screenshot) Now, I'm confused. These lights are simple plain everyday run of the mill 60Watt old fashioned filament bulbs. How can they cause this much of an issue? Thanks for everyone's help

oberkc, You know that is some good advice of which I will try tonight. I will let you all know the results as soon as I do it. You also bring to mind another good questions regarding the location on the maps and I have since reviewed all of the historical data and my findings are below. 1. The detector is all the way in the peak of the attic approx. 25 horizontal feet and 20 vertical feet away from switches (long ways away) 2. The map rings indicate miles and the red ring (located at 20 miles away) is the "Danger" ring meaning lightning may very well strike INSIDE that ring. This is a warning alarm that sounds during the summer and essentially "closes" my pool from friends and family. (It's close enough to hit you warning) 3. The strikes are being "detected" entirely to the SOUTH and NORTH (detector points to the NORTH so north would be in front of the detector) of the detector 4. This is the EXACT same location each and every night. 5. It is detecting negatively charged intracould strikes only (not ground to cloud) or positive strike (the dangerous ones) which shows on the map to the south 6. The large cluster it is detecting to the north which is right in-line with the detector is NOISE (just good old fashioned AM noise) Hope this helps and it not too confusing. Robert

The bulbs I'm using are standard 60 watt bulbs. Dimmable CFL seem to burn out quickly with Insteon dimmers so I quit using them outside and switched back to good old fashioned light bulbs (This was also to protest the discontinued bulbs as of first of this year). No problem dimming the lights to 90% but any below that and I get this error. Also anything below 25% seems to work just fine too. So my problem area is from 26-89% and 35% is exactly where they need to be to be dim enough to sleep and bright enough for security. My solution for now has been to just turn them off at 10PM but that makes the back side of my house rather dark. What is funny to me is I have SEVERAL other outside lights that dim with no issues but this one is the only one setup as a 3 way.

Hello, Thanks in advance for any help you can give me on this since it technically does not have anything to do with my ISY-994 but i don't know where else to post. I have outfitted my entire home with Insteon products and a new ISY-994 and I love it very much! With help from this forum I can say that I truly have the smartest home on the block and probably the entire city where I live. I have developed one small problem and I have tracked it down to my Insteon/ISY controlled back porch lights. It consists of two Insteon dual band dimmers setup in a three way fashion. This is the ONLY 3 way installation I have however I have 4 more I wish to do in my home. The system works fine turning the lights on 100% at sunset and then dimming to 35% at our bedtime (10PM late i know). They work fine and dandy however this seriously screws with another "hobby" of mine and that is I run a professional weather station with a lightning detector and when the lights dim to 35% (the back porch lights ONLY) the lightning detector which is mounted in my attic starts going completely nuts. It will "detect" up to 3500 "lightning" strikes a second when the lights are dimmed and ONLY when these lights are dimmed. If they are on 100% full it all works just fine. My lightning detector works by "listening" for lightning strikes and "StormTracker detects the low frequency radio signals produced by lightning's electrical discharge. This signal is the crackling you hear on an AM radio when thunderstorms are nearby. These signals travel for hundreds of miles and are detected by StormTracker's antenna." This is a quote from the manufactures web site on how the system works. The manufactures web site is http://www.boltek.com/stormtracker.html which is the exact device I have. Any ideals how I can fix this or what might be causing this would be greatly appreciated as I live in "Tornado Alley" and my system sends alert e-mails to nearby citizens who signup for alerts when my system detects a storm and as of right now it notifies everyone nightly of a HUGE storm. I don't want to be crying wolf all the time if you know what I mean. I'm also attaching a screenshot of the detectors software and have red lines running where the lights are "turned on".

I do understand it now that it has been explained and pointed out. I'm a 16 year I/T (network,server) vet that is new to Insteon and ISY but am quickly learning new stuff each and every day. Clearly I have a lot more to learn but I'll get there and in the meantime thank you all so much for your help.

I do believe that you just nailed it! I have made the change from status to control and all appears to be working perfectly now! YES! I'd give you a big hug if I could! Thanks a million! Robert

I know, I know it's something I'm sure that I'm doing wrong as I am fairly new to ISY. I've had a 99i for several years and never really used it for much but I recently upgraded to 994zs and have gone crazy upgrading the entire house. I have literally changed out every switch in my home with Insteon dimmer or non dimming switches. Both my pool pumps (filter and pool cleaner) run off of 30A 220v Insteon controllers and the entire system with BASIC rules works flawlessly!!! However, I have recently added motion sensors to this setup and all heck has broken lose! I have 5 and can't for the life of me get them to work as I want them to work. To give one example i want the front porch which has two lights on it controlled by a Insteon hardwired dimmer switch ONLY after 10PM and before sunrise to come on to full brightness when motion is detected. Along with it my office bookcase lights, hallway wall light, fireplace light, and two lamps to come on at the same time... stay on for a RANDOM period of time and then turn back off giving the effect that someone is awake inside the home. The good news is this works... well some of the time but most of the time the lights do come on but never ever ever ever go off (but once in a while they do). What am I doing wrong? My wife is about to kill me Below is a copy paste of just this one example If Status 'Front Porch Motion-Sensor' is On And From 10:00:01PM To Sunrise (next day) Then Set 'Front Porch Lights' Fast On Set 'Hallway Wall Light' Fast On Set 'Office Bookcase Lights' Fast On Set 'Fireplace Spotlight' On Send X10 'A1/On (3)' Send X10 'A2/On (3)' Send Notification to 'Default' content 'Front Porch Motion Activated' Wait 3 minutes and 10 seconds (Random) Set 'Front Porch Lights' 35% Set 'Hallway Wall Light' 5% Set 'Office Bookcase Lights' Off Set 'Fireplace Spotlight' Off Send X10 'A1/Off (11)' Send X10 'A2/Off (11)' Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') The others act the same way but are with different lights such as back porch and master bedroom back porch. I will post those below. Back Porch Below If Status 'Back Porth Motion-Sensor' is On And From 10:00:01PM To Sunrise (next day) Then Set 'Back Porch Primary' Fast On Set 'Kitchen Sink Light' Fast On Set 'Dining Room Table' Fast On Set 'Pool House Floodlights' Fast On Set 'Deck Floodlights' Fast On Send Notification to 'Default' content 'Back Porch Motion Activated' Wait 3 minutes (Random) Set 'Back Porch Primary' 35% Set 'Kitchen Sink Light' 30% Set 'Dining Room Table' Off Set 'Pool House Floodlights' Off Set 'Deck Floodlights' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Master Bedroom Back Porch Below If From 10:00:01PM To Sunrise (next day) And Status 'Mstr BR Back Porch Motion-Sen' is On Then Set 'Mstr Br Back Porch' Fast On Set 'Deck Floodlights' Fast On Set 'Pool House Floodlights' Fast On Wait 1 minute and 10 seconds (Random) Set 'Mstr Br Back Porch' 35% Set 'Pool Party Lights' Off Set 'Deck Floodlights' Off Set 'Pool House Floodlights' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') The others are bathroom motion sensors that I am having problems with. I will post them later after you all chime in on this problem because the bathrooms is a whole other can of worms. Thanks in advance for your help!

Ah! That worked, I don't know why I could not think of that. PERFECTION! Thanks a million for the quick reply

I know this has been ask many times but I lack the time to search for it. I have several Insteon motion sensors that I wish to activate lights but ONLY after 10:00PM (bedtime) and I want it (a rule) to NOT RUN between sunrise and 9:59:59. How would I program that under programs.