jedubin

Sorry to post in a long-dormant forum, but I'm about to attempt the same solution that pintu1228 did (which I read about on other forums). pintu1228 (or anyone else), any pictures/instructions on how you connected the wires from the IOLinc to the liftmaster 883LM remote would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance.

Hi all, Just to close the loop on this. I haven't had any luck with tweaking the settings on the synchrolinc itself. If I set the trigger/delay too short, I get lots of messages; if i set it too long, I miss some notifications if the cycle is very short. But the programs I've used do seem to work. Just for the record here's what seems to be doing the trick: -------------------------------- On program: If Status 'Sump' is On And $Sump is 0 Then Send Notification to 'Default' content 'Sump on' $Sump = 1 Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Off program: If Status 'Sump' is Off And $Sump is 1 Then Wait 5 seconds Send Notification to 'Default' content 'Sump off' $Sump = 0 Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

Thanks oberkc, I feel like there should be a solution that doesn't require me to guess how long the pump takes to empty the pit - part of the motivation of this is that we recently had the pump go nonstop for a day before becoming overwhelmed, and had I gotten a warning that it was running for so long, I could have fixed the problem before it overflowed. I did some reading up on the "wait" command, and I think it can do what I want. According to what I've seen, if the "If" condition triggers while a program is waiting, it will reevaluate the program - so if the condition stops being true while a program is "wait"ing, it will not keep waiting (I think). The goal here is to have the "On" message sent as soon as it goes on, but only have the "Off" message sent when it switches off for 5+ seconds. In my tests, the time between on/off cycles the synchrolinc was picking up was on the order of 1.5 seconds or so, so 5 seconds seems safe. I much prefer guessing this value (since it seems consistent) rather than the time it takes the pump to empty the pit, which can depend on conditions like weather. Here's what I'm trying: -------------------------------- On program: If Status 'Sump' is On And $Sump is 0 Then Send Notification to 'Default' content 'Sump on' $Sump = 1 Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Off program: If Status 'Sump' is Off And $Sump is 1 Then Wait 5 seconds Send Notification to 'Default' content 'Sump on' $Sump = 0 Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') ------------------------- Anyone see a problem with this? I'll test it out next time it rains (and if I remember, I'll post an update).

I'm having the same problem, but this solution didn't work for me. I tried using the Control setting, so my program is: If Control 'Sump' is switched On Then Send Notification to 'Default' content 'Sump on' Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') My "Off" program is the same, but switching the control and message. I get about 5 "On" and 5 "Off" notifications when it is running. I think there's a way to tweak the settings in the Synchrolinc, but my problem is that I want a notification when it first turns on but when it turns off for good. So if I increase the delay (a.k.a. Holdoff) setting, I won't get the notification when it first turns on. Anyone successfully set this up?