RickyK53

Rand .. thank you for the reply ... So you are saying that after a reset, the ISY pretends it is midnight and 1) second by second until the present time, scans each program to see if it should run, or 2) looks at each program and determines if it should have run prior to the current time. Examining the logfile, I believe it must be number 2 because programs seem to run in the order they are listed in the program list. The program illustrated in this message is called "Morning Scene On". I have another program which turns the same devices off named "Morning Scene Off". Morning Scene Off always runs before Morning Scene On according to the log files. In the program list, it Morning Scene Off is listed first. There must be something else going on here, however. After modifying the If clause with the from / to criteria above, I see no evidence in the log file that this program ever ran. If you are 'catching up', since midnight, I would expect it to have run at least once when you 'hit' 6:00:00AM. I think it is important to understand the specifics of the unit starting up here and this is a topic that is not covered in much detail. Any more light you cold shed o this would be greatly appreciated. Rick

I have been loking into to prgram behavior after power failure on the ISY. Take the program: If On Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Time is 6:00:00:00AM Then Set 'Kitchen Sink Lamp' On Set 'Piano Lamp' 50% Else - No Actions It is Monday, 7AM and the power fails and reutrns. Should the above program run? In fact is does run and the lights turn on. Unless the phrase 'Time is 6:00:00AM' really means 'Time is >= 6:00:00AM', I would not expect this program to run. I modified the IF clause to look like: If On Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri From 6:00:00:00AM To Sunrise +5 minutes (same day) This version behaves correctly (and is probably a better version should power fail and return between 6AM and Sunrise +5 min). The program correctly does not run and the lights remain off. So what is going on with the first version? Why does it run after power is restored? Thanks Rick

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Mikael, Consider the foloowing program to control my water heater .... If On Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri From 5:30:00 AM To 8:00:00 AM (same day) Or On Mon, Tue, Wed Thu, Fri From 8:00:00 PM To 12:00:00 AM (next day) Then Set 'Water Heater' On Else Set 'Water Heater' Off Today is Tuesday. At 7:30:00 AM we had a power failure. The power returned at 10:30:00 AM. Investigating the state of my ISY world at this time revealed that the water heater was ON. Inspection of this program summary data revealed nothing (blank) under Last Run Time, nothing under Last Finish Time, and 2009/08/04 08:00:00PM under Next Scheduled Run Time. It appears to me that the else clause was not executed as expected. Instead, when evaluating the condition, it immediately determined it would simply rerun the program at 8pm. I can see how this would be valid and a nice optimization if the ISY knows the current state of the device under control to be correct. However, if the state of the device is indeterminate such as after a power failure, does it not make sense on the first running of the program to execute the appropriate action clause? Currently, I am running 2.7.3 Thanks in advance for your comments, Rick

I spent the weekend installing some new Insteon devices around the house. And, I programmed a bunch of my legacy X-10 devices as well. Everything is working just fine. Programming is interesting on the device. I haven't figured out how to add a statement to follow a repeat sequence yet. For instance, you repeat 8 time a send X10 C1 Dim with a wait 5 seconds in the loop. Then after you have sent the 8 dims with the 8 wait 5 seconds you want to send an off. If I add the off statement, it gets included in the loop. Maybe it is not possible. I worked around it though at a higher level. Rick

I got to thinking about the gray square and realized this was for a Java Applet and there wqas no action there. So, I reinstalled Java from scratch. Now, the applet appears. This solved my problem. Rick

Today I received my new ISY-99Pro. Looks like it will be a fun device. The software revision in the unit as received is 2.6.5. Upon initial installation, everything worked fine. I browsed through all the pages. Then, preparing to upgrade the unit, I realized I was running on JRE 1.5 instead of JRE 1.6. So, I upgraded to JRE 1.6. (This is XP Pro SP3) Since that point in time, I have been unable to receive the prompt for logging in to the admin console. When I select the hyperlink for the administrative console, the page refreshes and completes. But, the lower half of the page is a grey rectangle and there is no prompt for the username and password. I can telnet to the unit just fine. And the links on the opening page for devices, programs, etc. work just fine. So, something is not right. Perhaps someone can help me. Thanks in advance, Rick