oberkc

Yes. I have a couple of empty programs I use as a binary state indicator

??? Run a program step that calls the binary status program "then" or "else" action. Did I miss the intent of this quoted statement?

In different words, since your main basement lights are physically powered by the six-button keypad, and time that you turn on the keypad main (on/off) button, the connected load will also turn on. I was wrong to suggest that it could the on button could be lit without the main basement lights being on.

You may be right. I forgot that this is the button to which the load is connected.

I don't think it would be that hard.... if laundry room light is not off or hallway light is not off then turn on keypad main button this is not even close to being a hole yet, compared to some of the stuff you guys do

Good that is is working. Now...the question becomes whether you want the keypad button to be an indicator that at least one of you basement/laundry room lights are on? Are you satisfied that a laundry room or hallway light can be on, but the keypad button stays off?

Please make sure that this is the case. My program was more logic oriented and syntax was approximate, at best. Make sure that your condition is a “control” rather than “status”. If you want us to check your program, feel free to post it here.

I am not convinced that this is true. On my six-button keypads, if the main button is OFF, and I press the OFF button, it will send another OFF signal. (This is also true on toggle and rocker switches.). Given this, you would not have to turn ON the main button before turning it off.

Technically, both ON and OFF buttons are linked (part of a scene) to your two basement lights. If you want only the OFF button to turn other off, a program would work. I would put all the other (besides the two that are linked) lights you want to turn off into a new scene. Then, create a program: if six button switch is switched off then turn off new scene

Good catch snd should be heeded.

One can set up an ISY program as a device for Alexa to turn on or off. When doing so, commanding Alexa to turn off the device (the program, in this case) the program will execute the "ELSE" path of the program. When commanding Alexa to turn on the device, the program will execute the "THEN" path. Given this, my initial reaction would be to create three programs. Logically, they could look something like: Program 1 (the program Alexa would turn on and off): if nothing then run program 2 (if path) else run program 3 (if path) Program 2: if from sunset to sunrise then turn on inside lights turn on outside lights else turn on inside lights Program 3 if from sunset to sunrise turn off inside lights else turn off inside lights turn off outside lights

A scene relationship will not work for this case. I believe a program is the solution you will need for this. Assuming that you also want the opposite (button off when sensor on), such a program could look something like: if sensor is on then turn off button scene* else turn on button scene* *Most keypad buttons cannot be directly turned on or off. Most likely you will need to put the button into a scene and have the program control the scene.

I have not used a z-wave companion switch before. Insteon did not have companion switches. If I were wiring this, I would use two full-feature z-wave switches and link the two switches via zwave communication. At the top of the stairs, connect line to both the switch (line) and to the black wire of the 3-conductor (red, white, black) cable. Connect the neutral wire to the neutral connection on the switch and to the white wire of the 3-conductor cable. Cap off the red wire of the 3-conductor cable (you won't need it). At the bottom of the stairs, black is now line, and white is now neutral. Cap off the red wire. Connect black to switch line. Connect white wire to switch neutral and to load white wire. Connect load black wire to load connection on switch. In all cases and locations connect grounds (bare copper) to switches and to each other. To get your three-way to work you will now have to link the two switches. If using an ISY, create a scene and add both switches, both as controllers. Hopefully, this will work for you.

I would probably be interested in a couple of the IOLincs

same response regarding android...disable the notifications for a given app. In this case, UDMobile.

Accessing the ISY may depend on version of software the ISY is running. It may also require downloading Java on your computer. As MrBill suggests, log onto your router and find your list of connected devices. One of those should be your ISY. That list should also include the IP address (the IP address is probably not something that is printed on some label that is worn). You could also take a shot in the dark and hope that it is a relatively recent software version on the ISY. If so, you could try the ISY launcher. See step 2 of: https://wiki.universal-devices.com/index.php?title=Main_Page#Installing_the_Admin_Console_Icon_on_Your_Desktop Put the launcher on your desktop and open it. It may find your ISY. I don't think there is any harm in trying this.

Either, but can run ISY software internally. Only if you want to include Insteon devices, and only if you want to run ISY software internally. I don't know, at this point. Originally, I recall that the pro included a few extra features, but I understand that this may have evolved. https://polyglot.universal-devices.com I don't see Trane on the list

When I attempted to install ISY on Polisy, I also tried to research the various topics and wiki. After the research and guidance provided by many here, I attempted to install it. I spent a lot of hours trying, again and again, to get this to work, without success. I eventually wrote a ticket with Universal Devices, who ended up taking control of my computer (while I watched) and attempting to install ISY. After doing the same things I had already attempted, then going much further, they discovered what they describe as a "bug" in some file somewhere. They fixed it on site, and got mine working. Why do I bring this up? To point out that one can follow directions and things still might not work. A little grace can be a good thing sometimes.

For me, the potential benefit is end-of-day shutdown. I had noticed that my "whole house" scene takes much longer to turn off, and I believe this to be the result of an increasing number of z-wave devices within that scene. My hope was to put all z-wave devices into an association and shut them all off at once, avoiding the time it takes when they are part of an ISY scene. But...I am reaching the conclusion that this is not likely to happen any time soon.

I have a "test" scene with a z-wave motion sensor and a z-wave switch. To that scene I have also added a basic node to that switch and also included this node into the scene. The link type for the two switch nodes are "z-wave association" but the switch does NOT respond to a motion sensor trigger. I wonder if the"action" column in the scene table is an indication of the problem. The action says "no parameters".

I must admit that I did not try any motion sensors in my experiments. Because of your experience, I tried linking one of my motion sensors to one of my switches (both z-wave). Amazingly, I now had the "z-wave association" as an option for link type. I selected this link type and updated. Wow! As a further test, I triggered the motion sensor to see if the switch would respond. Nope. Baby steps, I suppose.

I definitely want to explore the z-wave scene thing, but I am a little surprised (if not even disappointed) that the association ability does not seem to apply to the ISY (zwave board, or dongle, I guess). My end-of-day shutdown has grown increasingly long, and this is due (best I can tell) from having to turn off increasingly large number of zwave devices. I assume these must be done with individual device commands rather than by some group command.

I guess I will have to try a couple of homeseer switches.

I am guessing that your keypad button is one other than the primary, correct? It is my experience so far that mixed scenes having secondary keypad buttons do not work for the keypad buttons I think it has something to do with the fact that keypad buttons work only in scenes. Unfortunately, a mixed scene does not appear to satisfy this requirement.

There are screenshots in the wiki or user manual so I am not sure I need to see those. I am not sure whether the screenshots in the wiki are simulated or whether they were with actual zwave devices (if so, it would be nice to know which devices, yes) For me it is mostly a case that I have seen no one around here claim to have successfully done this. In fact, one or more have even claimed that the ISY does not support associations.