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Great thanks so much, I knew it was something simple

I had an IF statement saying if the time is from 12am to 11:59pm, but wasn't sure if that did anything as under "next run time" it would show 11:59pm. Here's the program right now: https://imgur.com/a/FEtWO

I haven't used my ISY in awhile and now my mind is blank on how to do this. I have a program that says under "Then" to query all z-Wave devices, then ends with "Repeat every 1 minute." I used to have this working before I erased all my programs but confused now. I have it set to run at start up but it doesn't seem like it actually is looping as it just shows last run time being when the ISY rebooted. Do I need something in the IF? I know I'm missing something obvious as this was easy in the past. Thanks!!

I have a few scenes with multiple lights, that all have a KPL button as the controller. These scenes also include Hue lights, so using a Network Resource I have a program that says "if KPL A is pressed on, then run this network resource" and so on. The problem is when I use Alexa to run scenes, the Hue lights of course don't come on since the KPL didn't trigger it. All the other lights do work, but just wondering how I can have this work. Was thinking I guess make a program with the same name as the scene, then add the program to Alexa, with "Then" running the Insteon scene and doing the Hue stuff, but wanted to see first if I can trigger if from Alexa running the scene. Thanks.

Have you checked your device link tables and compared them to your ISY link tables? - No that's what I was posting here, I don't know how to check that. My system was set up from scratch yesterday morning, everything is new. Have you tried a factory reset on your devices and then restored them from ISY? - I really don't think I should have to do that? I just bought all of this yesterday and set everything up. If the system is so buggy that devices will fail and require they all be factory reset less than 24 hours after being set up, then I feel like this might be going back in the box as I don't have that much time available to reset all the devices. Either way it is working now, as mentioned you can't just select with the slider 100% for on level, or 0.2 for ramp rate, you have to click over and over and let it slowly change it. Still not clear why it keeps changing though. The kitchen lights still don't work, the ISY I will press Off, it says they are off, but they aren't. You query them and it shows 80%, query it a few seconds later and it says 70%, so it's slowly dimming off, even though the ISY says the ramp rate is 0.2.

One quick update, it seems to be working. I'm still not clear why the ramp rate changed in the first place though, but the problem is you can't just drag the slider to 100% to set it there, that doesn't work. You basically have to keep clicking in the upper area of the slider, to slowly increase it, so that it goes 20%, 40%, 60% etc. When dragging direct to 100% the ISY does absolutely nothing, but if you click in between the 0% and 100% multiple times, the ISY responds and shows "writing updates to device" over and over and then it sticks.

I'm also trying to set the on level to 100% on the Switchlinc itself since the ISY just keeps ignoring whatever I tell it to set it at but the instructions in the Switchlinc manual don't even work. They say: 1) Press and hold SwitchLinc Set button until it beeps SwitchLinc status LED will blink green 2) Press and hold SwitchLinc Set button until it beeps again SwitchLinc status LED will blink red 3) Press and hold SwitchLinc Set button until it beeps a third time SwitchLinc status LED will blink green 4) Press and hold SwitchLinc Set button until That doesn't even happen. You hold set once, it flashes green, hold it a second time it flashes red, but on step 3 where it says hold it a 3rd time, it doesn't turn green it just beeps and turns off. Then when you press and hold it a 4th time it just beeps twice and turns off.

Controlling the lights from the ISY is the same thing, like the kitchen light shows 0.2 as ramp rate, but it takes about 10 seconds to turn on. And by 10 seconds I don't mean delay, I mean it gradually dims until off over a 10 second period, same with on. If I use the admin console to turn them on and off it's the same thing, although it actually seems worse. For example all the lights show 9 minute ramp rate, and on level (applied locally) as 0. Turning on and off from the admin console just doesn't work anymore, only fast on and fast off. If I set the on level to 100%, it still doesn't work. I go try another device, come back and it shows 0 for on level and 9 minutes for ramp rate. As soon as I change to any other device it resets to 0 on level, 9 minute ramp. Every single light, and it never did this until I added the ISY portal with Alexa. The on level seems to stick a bit more, but the ramp rate always changes to 9 minutes. Again I'm not setting anything to 9 minutes, I'm setting it to 0.1 or 0.2, but as soon as you switch to another device and come back, or quit the admin portal and go back, it's right back to 9 minute ramp rate. Just one thing to add, on the cabinet lights for example I have ramp rate at 0.2 and on level at 100%. When I press ON in the admin console, it says "On" for device status, but the light is NOT actually on. After 10 seconds or so though you see it start to come on, as it's doing the super long ramp rate. So basically the admin console isn't actually doing anything I'm telling it to. I set the on level to 100% and ramp rate to 0.1, switch to another device, go back, and the ISY shows it as on level 0% and ramp rate 9 minutes.

I've had no issues with anything turning on or off properly until today. I bought the ISY portal and then added Alexa. I added some lights and scenes and it all worked fine, I'd say Alexa turn on the kitchen light and she would etc. I then just added my ISY account to my Google Home, but as soon as I said turn the kitchen light off, it seemed like it wasn't working but then I realized it was actually doing it slowly over about a 10 second period. When I'd try with the Alexa she was the same. In the ISY admin console it shows all lights have a 9 minute ramp rate now. So I changed them all back to 0.1, but when I'd say Alexa or Google turn on the kitchen light, it would again be 10 seconds or so, and the admin console would show every single light back at 9 minutes for ramp rate. I don't get it, as 1) it says 9 minutes but is more like 10 seconds, 2) I keep setting it to 0.1 or 0.2 seconds but it keeps reverting, 3) I don't even see how you can set ramp rate from Google or Alexa. Is there a log or some way to see what keeps changing the ramp rate? I just started using the ISY yesterday so I literally have no programs or anything that could be adjusting the ramp rate on its own. Second issue, if I have the kitchen light on at 20%, and I turn it off, if I tell Alexa to turn the kitchen light on, it goes back to 20%, and I have to say "turn it on to 100%." Is it not possible to have "turn on" mean to 100%?

Just wondering is the single button remote a rocker, like an actual switch? Or is it just a large button? Curious if it feels like a normal light switch or if it feels cheaper? Also how do people mount these or other Remotelinc's in an existing wall box? I'm ditching Lutron Caseta but have a ton of Pico remotes mounted over actual wall boxes that aren't in use (we have tons that are connected to wall outlets that I've permanently wired on, but put a Pico over top for 3 way and so on.) I used Insteon years ago but I seem to remember the wall mounting kit being just to mount on a wall not a light box (and it wasn't very good quality either compared to the Lutron ones). Or do most people just use a SwitchLinc wired to no load as an expensive 3 way switch? Thanks! Quick edit, by cheaper above I mean compared to the Pico remotes I always found the 4 button Remotelinc to feel cheaper, like it's hollow or lesser quality, where the Pico when mounted on the wall feels exactly like a Caseta dimmer to the point you forget which is the actual wired in switch.

Not looking to get this at all but was reading about Crestron and saw a lot of DIN rails in the configs then saw Insteon has them also. I've read the descriptions from Insteon for it but still can't wrap my head around what it does or why you would use it. If every light switch in my home right now is either a SwitchLinc or KeyPadLinc, what does the DIN add as value and why would someone use one?

Downstairs is where the power is. Trust me there were no tags on anything, the "black" wires were practically white from when they come in and basically spray paint the whole place when they build a new house. It's like they did the electrical first and then the painters came in after, so all the wires in the boxes are covered in white spray primer. I gave up and just installed a Lutron Caseta switch with Pico remote and it's working perfectly now.

Actually that is how it is right now, all whites are bundled together, but when you go upstairs that white does not act as a neutral. As soon as you unbundle the white from the black upstairs the light turns off. The white and black upstairs need to be connected otherwise light is dead. I think I might call it on this one and just go back to using a normal 3-way as it's getting that if I ever want to put this back I'll have no idea what I did should I not want to keep using Insteon. Or might just swap it for a Lutron Caseta which I have a spare one for, as they don't require a neutral.

K I'll try that now, why doesn't the 2-wire switchlinc work though, it doesn't require a neutral but doesn't work at all.

Well apostolakisl's post above says white must always be neutral otherwise it's a code violation so that's where the 1% of uncertainty comes from lol.