someguy

My wife is actually against most automation ideas. She doesn't really see much use for it and seems to think that I'm wasting my time on it. I see it as a hobby. If the drapes are open or closed when they "shouldn't be", she probably wouldn't even notice it.

yes, I agree that a hard-wired sensor would be more reliable and that this would make sense for a garage door. It wouldn't really do any harm for my living room drapes to get out of sync, though.

I used these programs to run the 8 exterior lights and two sets of landscaping lights for my house. I modified them to use the light data cut-off point at 6 instead of 65. I chose this number by looked out my front door and deciding when I thought it was dark enough that it was worth lighting up the outside of my house. It has worked great so far. I find this stuff really interesting and fun to work on. Thanks alot, fellows. Also: I would just like to comment that the way that doing this is challenging and fun makes me return to smarthome's website on a regular basis, buying more switches, sensors, thermostats, and other things to further automate my house using the ISY. I hope that the people at smarthome realize that they should support Universal Devices wholeheartedly.

with these programs, I can call either "drapes open drapes" to open them or "drapes close drapes" to close them. If they are already closed and I call the program "drapes close drapes", nothing happens. I use this to open the drapes (only if they are closed) in the morning and vice-versa in the evening. also: I have these two programs set up to toggle the ISY to the other setting when I manually open or close the drapes: If Program 'Drapes are open' is False And ( Control 'Remotelinc 3 - drapes' is switched On Or Control 'Remotelinc 3 - drapes' is switched Fast On Or Control 'Remotelinc 3 - drapes' is switched Fast Off Or Control 'Remotelinc 3 - drapes' is switched Off Or Control 'Hearth-2-Controls Drapes' is switched On Or Control 'Hearth-2-Controls Drapes' is switched Off Or Control 'Hearth-3-West Light, by TV' is switched Fast On Or Control 'Hearth-3-West Light, by TV' is switched Fast Off ) Then Run Program 'Drapes are open' (Then Path) Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') If Program 'Drapes are open' is True And ( Control 'Remotelinc 3 - drapes' is switched On Or Control 'Remotelinc 3 - drapes' is switched Fast On Or Control 'Remotelinc 3 - drapes' is switched Fast Off Or Control 'Remotelinc 3 - drapes' is switched Off Or Control 'Hearth-2-Controls Drapes' is switched On Or Control 'Hearth-2-Controls Drapes' is switched Off Or Control 'Hearth-3-West Light, by TV' is switched Fast On Or Control 'Hearth-3-West Light, by TV' is switched Fast Off ) Then Run Program 'Drapes are open' (Else Path) Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

okay, I think I figured it out and it seems to work. I am using three programs. they are: the first one is called "Drapes are open": If - No Conditions - (To add one, press 'Schedule' or 'Condition') Then Set 'Hearth-6-Drapes I/OLinc' On Else Set 'Hearth-6-Drapes I/OLinc' On the next one is called "Drapes Open Drapes": If Program 'Drapes are open' is True Then Run Program 'Drapes are open' (Else Path) Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') the next one is called "Drapes Closed Drapes": If Program 'Drapes are open' is False Then Run Program 'Drapes are open' (Then Path) Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') I cannot take much credit for this line of logic. I nearly plagiarized it from "Sub-Routine" from this thread: http://forum.universal-devices.com/view ... highlight=

That sounds like the hard way. I was hoping one of you guys could come up with an idea of a program that toggles on and off that could somehow indicate whether the drapes are open or closed.

here is my set-up: I have a Somfy drape controller that is connected to an IOLinc. I have the IOLinc connected to a nearby Icon switch that I can use to open and close the switch. The system is like a garage door. Each press of the button either closes or opens the drapes completely (unless you press the button while it is moving and in that case, it stops the drapes). Let's assume that I never stop the drapes from moving while they are running. Is there a way to make a program or a setting that will allow my ISY to know if the drapes are open or closed so that when I want them to open in the morning and close in the evening, the opposite thing won't happen? thanks, someguy

I have a similar question: what should we set the "darkness sensitivity" to to make it not send commands as often? 0 or 255?

I currently have a dozen or so programs that run my thermostats. I suppose that I could turn the folder that the programs are in to "run never", and then walk over to the thermostat and turn it to a cold setting (in the winter), then get on the plane... but I'm hoping that there is an easier way to do it. I have seen other posts where people have the "vacation button", but I don't have a KPL to turn on for this and I'm reading posts where the KPL's have problems. Also: is there an easy way to have the thermostat switch from the winter heat settings to the summer cooling settings? (instead of "run never"ing the heat settings folder and removing "run never" from the cooling settings folder.) edit: I have a weatherbug module, so could I use the outside temp to help make the changes?

quick question, that tells you how much I really understand this: are all 3 of these programs "enabled" or should I disable the "wait to change" program.

allright! I've got my ISY set to the second and the sunset/sunrise to the second for my house. Great stuff, guys! thanks.

I actually don't want to use outside light, but the actual amount of light in the room. I'd like the room lights to go on when there is motion in the room, but only when the room isn't lit well from light coming in the windows. here is the program that I'm using to turn on the light: If Control 'Hearth-7-MS-NotBeta' is switched On And Status 'Hearth-5-Lamplinc' is Off Then Set Scene 'Hearth Room Light Scene' On Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') How could I modify this program to use the ISY's dusk/dawn? Can I just add "and status "hearth-7-Dusk/Dawn" is ON"

yes, the reason is very simple. I don't know what an NTP server is and don't know what time it would set my ISY to.

Here is how it is set up:

I can click "Synchronize the clock with computer's time" and it occurs, but within a day or so, the time goes back to about 3 minutes ahead of my computer's time. Why does this occur? any solution for this?

I'd like to use the dusk/dawn part of the 2420 to only turn on the lights in our living room when it is dark enough. I see that I can adust the sensitivity of the dusk/dawn sensor using the ISY. I'd like to know how this can be used. I'd suspect that I'd use it as ON means it is dark and OFF means it is light and adjust the sensitivity appropriately, but when I click on the dusk/dawn in the MAIN tab of the administrative console, there is no "status" for the device. Anyone know how to accomplish what I am asking?

Rand: I'll give your program a try. pls explain the logic of the IF part of the statement and how it works. I don't get the "switched on" and "not switched off" part. does the "not switched off" part stop the program from running once it is already running?

does anyone have details as to how to design a program to bail out this problem? Here is what I mean: If I put the motion sensor in "on only" mode, then what should my programs say to make the motion sensor work like it has a thirty minute off-timer?

Man, that is really short. I was going to set it to 30 minutes. I guess I'll have to think of some way to get the isy to bail me out of this one.

I am trying to get my ISY to modify the Off timer for my 2420M and I am able to get it to tweak the numbers, but it will only let me extend the off timer to 8.5 minutes. Could this be a bug in the ISY or the sensor? anyone else have this problem?

I'd like to get some advice / thoughts here. 1) It seems like it might be easier to NOT program the 2420 to a certain set of lightswitches, but to use the ISY to associate it, so I won't have to keep pressing and holding the programming button to make changes. Is there any problem with using the ISY this way? will there be a greater lag from when I walk in the room if the ISY is handling the light? 2) what is the best way to handle getting the light off? using the timer in the motion sensor or using the ISY? My understanding is that this motion sensor only send one ON command, so how do we make a program that handles the off? if we just wait 5 minutes from the on, then someone will could still be in the room. Does this mean that it is better to directly associate the light with the motion sensor? 3) I've noticed that when you do associate the sensor with a light switch, and you allow it the timer to run out and send an off command.. then if you move very quickly, the motion sensor turns the light back on (as it should) but the ISY doesn't get the correct staus update. This only seems to happen when you move within a few seconds of the off command. Anyone else have this problem?

I have a metlund s70T and it works great. I use the simple doorbell type press button to activate it. We just press the button prior to taking a shower. We have two sinks in our master bathroom and I don't use hot water at my sink. My wife's sink has a 2.5 Gal tank under the sink to keep some water ready, therefore the metlund is only for the shower. Yes, I could put an IOlinc or an EZIO2X4 on it and use automation, but the metlund offers their own motion sensors that could be installed near each sink, if necessary. Here is a note: the unit is pretty quiet, but it actually is louder in the room right behind the sink where I have it installed than it is in the room where the sink is... probably due to the fact that there is only a couple of sheets of drywall between it and that other room, but there is wood (a sink cabinet) between it and the room where the sink is...

I can't seem to get my old scenes deleted from my controlLinc and they keep happening. I've tried a factory reset of it and the switches that it controls and they continue to work despite this. Here is the biggest problem: if I hit #4, it turns on four lights in a scene which is enough to blow the breaker and I have to go down to the basement to reset the breaker. frustrating. Is there any way to get the isy to look for broken links and remove them in both the controllinc and in the switches that the controllinc controls?

I can tell you ONE way of doing it: if you want a folder to run, put no conditions. If you don't want it to run, do this: -click on the folder -click "schedule" -uncheck "days" -click "add to if" -save changes this will tell the folder to run "never".

One time in the recent past, I hooked up an insteon switch to the the wrong neutral in a double gang box by mistake and every time that I turned on the circuit breaker, it would blow. I'm no electrician, but I'd say you could try it, but it may not work, based on my experience. Any other takers?