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Since these are obviously not the exact programs, it is hard to tell whether we are dealing with scenes or devices, status or controls. It would be extremely helpful to see both programs in their true syntax. It would also be useful to know the devices in any scene mentioned in the relevant programs. When one have a device or scene which turns off and on and off and on, I tend to suspect that something in the THEN and ELSE paths are changing one of the program conditions, which re-triggers the program. Is it possible that when you turn on and off the Xmas tree (device or scene?) you are causing the spotlight program to change states?

In case it was not clear, controllers in an ISY scene are, by default, also responders. There is no such thing as controller-only, except for when the device, itself, is so limited. So...yes, a KPL button as controller in a scene will respond to other controllers in that scene. The concept of a "scene" has always had a little different meaning, in my mind, when comparing an insteon scene to a scene created in the ISY. Insteon scenes struck me as a link between controller and single responder. In this construct, controllers could control multiple insteon devices, or scenes. With the ISY, the scene is the entire group of devices controlled by a common controller, or multiple common controllers. I found it pretty easy to get used to.

This is, actually, quite simple, requiring no program. You have an ISY scene that includes your dimmer and socket...correct? Simply add to that scene the remotelinc, as controller (only way it lets you, I believe). Be sure to eliminate the programs you created.

I misunderstood. I would not count out this keypad quite yet. I don't believe these problems are related.

Yes, this is the correct access point. Don't forget your filterlinc.

I agree with the assessment regarding the KPL being defective. You can try factory resets, however. Sometimes one can get lucky. Does ANY button work or is it non-responsive to all button presses? Since you use mobilinc connect, you may also try contacting mobilinc to see if they have any suggestions.

BAsed upon what I am thinking from your posts: a) you should filter your computer equipment. The fact that your system worked when you located it away from there suggests that your computer stuff interferes with the ability of insteon to communicate. make sure you have two access points, on opposite legs of your electrical system, in order to communicate between the two legs. You should be able to add your IOLinc continues to suggest marginal communication. If you cannot add your IOLinc via the "start linking" steps used with the appliancelinc suggests upcoming problems when adding manually.

Ok. The next thing I would try is, within mobilinc, to sync with your controller. I believe it is under settings>>>controller (or similar). Syncing with your ISY is necessary any time changes to a program are made. The may also be other times.

I just checked mine, and it DOES allow manually setting ports in the ISY configuration tab. Please note that mine does NOT have automatic DHCP selected. See you when you return from your missions.

But just to be sure... When I choose "start linking", the choice to "remove existing links" is already selected. It is NOT something I have to select afterwards. If your devices continue to flash, I tend to start thinking comm problems. My experience is that being close to the computer is BAD, due to proximity to lots of power supplies, UPS, surge suppressors, etc. I consider it near mandadory to filter these kinds of things. Instead, get an extension cord and plug it into another outlet on another circuit. Plug the PLM into the extension cord. Plug the appliancelinc into the same outlet. Try linking again. Hopefully this will help.

I believe I manually entered these, to match the port-forwarding rules in the router.

I understand that the six- and eight-button keypads are identical except for frame and number of buttons. If you have a six (or, rather, five) button keypad, you can convert it to an eight button configuration with a new frame and button set. So, if have a six-button configuration and want to use for six separate device, convert it to eight, and mirror your two buttons. I don't believe this is true. The load-controlling button of an eight-button is top left.

Sorry. I meant WAN address. The one provided by your ISP. I find this by going to whatismyip.com. Make sure this matches the IP address in your mobilinc.

Check your LAN IP Address. Sometimes these change unless you have established a fixed address through some service.

I believe this is reverse order. Start linking first, then put the others in linking mode, as responders. If the link up, the will give a couple of quick flashes, and go back to normal mode. They might even beep.

I believe I get that 2nd window, followed closely by the ISY admin panel. Are you seeing the admin panel? How are you trying to add the devices? Are you choosing the "start linking" icon from the admin panel?

That does seem like a good solution. The complaint I expect to hear is about the delays associated with a program compared to scenes, but this surely sounds preferable to having to reprogram IOLincs every time there is a power outage.

Configuring the ISY is something that I struggled through for a bit, but eventually got to work. I have not dealt with this for a while, but I will try to remember what I did. First, I did NOT enable internet access through the admin panel. I forget exactly why, but I went the route of manually changing the ports, addresses, and forwarding. I chose to change the HTTP and HTTPS ports to something other than the default. I was running into conflicts with other devices, so I needed to move the ISY to somewhere else. In the ISY admin panel, I changed it from 80 and 443 to something different. I did not change the IP address. In the router, I reserved the address currently occupied by the ISY (in my case, it was 192.168.0.33). I then configured port forwarding rules. As I look at my rules, I see that I only forwarded the secure port. In my router (DLink-825) port forwarding page, I have: name: ISY-994 (don't remember whether I populate this or done automatically) application name: nothing TCP: secure port number IP address: LAN address for ISY (192.168.0.33 in my case) computer name: nothing UDP: secure port number, same as TCP No schedule or rules. I access the ISY via mobilinc, or through web page. Good Luck

To continue with the ping pong table example... Just to be clear, you need an ISY scene that includes the "scene" KPL button as controller and any of the "second" KPL buttons that are part of the scene as responder AND any of the ping pong table light switches as responder. This is in addition to the scenes you created where the second KPL buttons are controller and the switches are responders. If, in fact, this is what you have, from the listing of devices and scenes, click on the first KPL button that is under the scene (as controller) and make sure all of the responder ON levels are something other than zero.

A device behaves as a controller only when activated directly. Wehn that same device (for example, a keypad button from the second keypad) is activated as a result of being a respoder (from the scenes keypad) it does not act as a controller. The solution is to include the ping pong table lights as a reponder to your scene button.

Like any other computer, the ISY will do (and tell you) only that which you program it to. Yes, you could log in periodically to check the status of a particular motion sensor node but, as LeeG points out, this status may be lost during a power surge or similar. Yes, you need to program this. Something like: if status motion sensor battery node is on then send notification to... else

The way "status" conditions work is that they trigger on any CHANGE in status. In other words, this would trigger from off-to-on and from on-to-off. Once triggered, the evaluation would be true (run then) when on-to-off, and false (run else) when off-to-on. Since there is nothing in the ELSE clause, nothing will happen when change status to ON. I believe this will do what you asked for.

Warning...I don't have a synchrolinc, so I am making educated guesses here. I assume that the synchrolinc can act as a controller in a scene, so this suggests that you could use a "control" or "status" condition. If you want to send a text when the synchrolinc changes from ON to OFF, try: if status synchrolinc is off then send notification to 'xxxx" content 'yyyyy' else

I understand. I am still this way, and I would like to think I am beyond a novice. Only the ISY, for the purposes of controlling your system from a network device, such as a smartphone. No...not if you plan to configure these manually. Enabling this may work in some cases, but I understand you are better off doing this manually, through your router settings. Now I am more confused. Octet? What URL? Do you know your own IP address? The answer to that may depend on the frequency which your ISP changes your address. Any ideas? I do not have a static IP, but my address stays pretty constant, changing pretty infrequently (such as during long power outages). If your changes often, a static IP address would eliminate the need to enter the new address every time yours changes. The IP address is different than the reservation on the router. I think of this in terms of the LAN (local area network, or on the same network) or WAN (Wide Area Network, from outside your router/wifi network). The IP address is the address one uses to get to your local network, through the router. You can find your IP address within your router settings, or at whatismyip.com. Your reservation is the address within your local network, and probably looks something like 192.168.0.XX. For setup of your ISY for remote access, you should check out: viewtopic.php?f=26&t=635

I have a relatively new ISY and PLM (less than a year, I estimate) and my oldest insteon devices go back to about 2007. All work well together.