MikeB

Check this article to locate your ISY's MAC address: http://www.universal-devices.com/mwiki/ ... d/Password

No problem! Glad it helped someone. My Thermostat Adapter has been running very reliably in my office. I'm seriously considering installing them throughout my home, but really would prefer a model that: - was one-piece - broadcasted status changes, so I wouldn't have to poll Other than those limitations, I've been happy. Thanks for that info. I don't pay much attention to the humidity functions yet - maybe I should.

IMO I'd like to see something that would pause/temporarily disable all programs within any folder of your choice. This would be more flexible - you could use this function on the "My Programs" folder to disable every program, or use the function on any other folder within your hierarchy if you want a quick way to pause a subset of your programs. Maybe right-click a folder and check off a "PAUSE" option or something similar. I would imagine the folder icon would have an X through it or something similar. But, as stated in the post above, I think it's important that the function does not go and manually disable each program - it should be able to easily revert programs back to their previous states. I think Michel's suggestion is a perfect workaround for now.

Did you add the RemoteLinc to the ISY, and create the links to your devices through the ISY? Or did you link the RemoteLinc to your devices manually using the TAP method? For the ISY to be aware of things, you need to be sure you create your links through the ISY. It's also a faster way to do it, especially as your scenes get more complex.

Unless I'm missing something, I think this is easier than you might think. If you check for a condition, then wait 2 minutes, the program will automatically become false if that condition is no longer true during that 2 minute wait. I do something similar with my office thermostat: If Status 'OfficeThermostat' is Mode Cool And Program 'Office Work Hours' is False And Program 'Office Light Status' is False And Status 'OfficeThermostat' < 85° (Setpoint) Then Wait 2 minutes Set 'OfficeThermostat' 85° (Cool Setpoint) Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Once my IF conditions all become true, the THEN portion of my program runs. During that 2 minute wait, if any of my IF conditions become false, the program aborts and my 2nd THEN statement never runs.

Correct... a 'controller' is actually a 'controller/responder'. A 'responder' is only a 'responder'. Glad you got it working!

Any reason you don't setup the SwitchLinc Relay as a controller?

The 'query all' program is simply a program that queries the scene 'my lighting' (which contains all your devices) every night at 3am. You can recreate it yourself, like this: If Time is 3:00:00AM Then Set Scene 'My Lighting' Query Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

Michel - Latest I have here is a SwitchLinc Relay labeled v2.5. ISY shows it as firmware v.2C. I tried adding it both via "Start Linking" and manually by address, and both methods bring it in correctly as a SwitchLinc Relay. Running ISY firmware v2.6.6. I also have some slightly older SwitchLinc Relays labeled v2.2 that the ISY show as firmware v.28, and those seem fine. Anyone else with a newer SwitchLinc Relay to test?

Hey Michel - That's what I thought too, but after reading this post I double-checked, and this page shows the Icon Dimmer as NOT having an adjustable ramp rate: http://www.smarthome.com/2876db.html Is that page incorrect, or is this maybe something new?

Actually, it's simpler than that. All that the ISY's "enable internet access" does is automatically create port forwards for you in your router, assuming your router supports UPnP. Since IPCOP doesn't support UPnP, you simply have to create a rule on IPCOP to forward port 443 (HTTPS) to your ISY's IP address (which you should make static). If you want/need HTTP access to the ISY as well, you would also forward port 80 - but be aware that HTTP is not encrypted. Once you create the rules in IPCOP, there's nothing further you have to do on the ISY. You don't need to use the "enable internet access" function. You should be able to leave it at those ports, unless you're already forwarding them to somewhere else on your LAN. I was running IPCOP for the longest time here, but don't currently have it running anywhere - so I can't help you with the details, sorry. If you haven't already, check out this forum: http://www.ipcops.com/phpbb3/ The guys there should be able to walk you through creating the needed rules if you're having issues.

I can confirm, unless something has changed in the past 6 months IPCOP doesn't support UPnP. You'll have to create a forward manually.

aanthony - If you had the ISY configured for a fixed IP address, consider changing your PC's IP address temporarily in order to telnet to the ISY. Go into your network properties, and change your PC's IP address to 192.168.0.99 or something similar. Then telnet in and change the ISY. Then change your PC back to a dynamic IP. Good luck!

I don't believe features of the newer KPLs are supported in this release. Please let Darrell or Michel confirm, but I think you'll need to upgrade to the beta firmware.

Sounds like your router might be turning off the UPNP forward to the ISY. You might want to manually create a port forward in your router instead.

I believe a v.2C KPL (as shown in the ISY) is v1.65.

We are happy to announce the availability of version 1.2.1 BETA of our NK8 and NK8-PC software, which is compatible with this firmware release. For more information, please check out our thread here: http://forum.universal-devices.com/viewtopic.php?t=1458

Time looks OK here in EST.

This seems to be fixed in v2.6.6.

As far as the ISY goes, only the SwitchLincs, OutletLincs, and LampLincs should be listed as members of the scene in the ISY. I have experienced odd RemoteLinc flashing issues in the past that I ended up attributing to a newer KPL I had installed. However, I no longer needed a RemoteLinc in that room and was never able to pinpoint the issue 100%. You might want to completely delete the scenes and RemoteLinc from the ISY, re-add it, recreate the scene, and add devices back in 1 at a time to see if you can narrow down what seems to cause the issue.

Typically flashing after a command is sent indicates that one or more devices did not respond to the command. I'm not aware of anything that defines specific errors based on # of flashes. One question for you - are any of the members of these scenes KeypadLincs? If so, what firmware version are they? Thanks

Thanks... I had a feeling that might be the case.

No problem. Please post back your experience!

I have a question. If the following program was running because, say, the thermostat had a temperature of 80 degrees: If Status 'Thermostat' > 78° (Temperature) Then Wait 5 minutes Set 'Thermostat' 75° (Cool Setpoint) Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') And 2 minutes into the WAIT command the temperature went up to 81 degrees, would the program restart itself and the 5 minute wait period? Or would it continue to run through the original 5 minute WAIT? Thanks!

Below are some programs I'm using to automate my office thermostat - I thought others might benefit. Please keep in mind that the current Insteon thermostat does not automatically inform the ISY of it's current status. For the ISY to have a reasonable idea of the thermostat's current temp, setpoint, mode, etc. it will need to be polled periodically. Below is my poll program, which runs all day (and the ISY is set to 'RUN AT STARTUP'): OFFICE THERMOSTAT QUERY If From 12:00:00AM For 24 hours Then Repeat Every 15 minutes Set 'OfficeThermostat' Query Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') To start, I wrote a few programs to get the overall status of my office. The first simply checks to see if the current day/time is within my normal work schedule. If it is, the program is true: OFFICE WORK HOURS If On Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri From 9:00:00AM To 5:00:00PM (same day) Then - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Unfortunately, I often need to put in late nights. To account for times I might be in the office outside of normal work hours, I also added this program to check the status of lights. If any of the lights in my office are on, this program is true: OFFICE LIGHT STATUS If Status 'OfficeLight1' is not Off Or Status 'OfficeLight2' is not Off Or Status 'OfficeLight3' is not Off Then - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Finally, I wrote a notification program to let me know if there are any extreme temperature situations that might indicate a heating/AC equipment failure. This will both email me and send a text message to my phone if either of the conditions is true. OFFICE SAFETY CHECK If Status 'OfficeThermostat' > 90° (Temperature) Or Status 'OfficeThermostat' < 60° (Temperature) Then Send Notification to All Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') I'm up here in New England, so my thermostat controls both a furnace (for the cooler moths) and a wholehouse AC (for the warmer months). My ideal goal is to simply leave the thermostat in COOL mode in the summer, and manually switch it to HEAT mode when I want to start using the heater, then manually back to COOL mode when I want to start using the AC again. I prefer to make that switch manually, but would like to automate the rest as much as possible. All programs check to see if the thermostat is in COOL or HEAT mode, so if I'd like I can switch the thermostat to OFF or one of the PROGRAM modes to avoid the automation I've setup on the ISY. The next program checks to see if the office lights are off and if the thermostat is in COOL mode. If they are, and it's outside of normal work hours, the program will increase the setpoint of the thermostat to save energy. I don't base vacancy only on status of lights, because there are times during the day that we might run out for a quick bite to eat or simply not need the lights on. But if the lights are ON, even after hours, I don't adjust the setpoint because we're clearly in the office working. I also include a 2 minute wait before adjusting the thermostat in case I'm working late and simply turned off the lights briefly for some reason. OFFICE COOL VACANT If Status 'OfficeThermostat' is Mode Cool And Program 'Office Work Hours' is False And Program 'Office Light Status' is False And Status 'OfficeThermostat' < 85° (Setpoint) Then Wait 2 minutes Set 'OfficeThermostat' 85° (Cool Setpoint) Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') For the cooler months when the thermostat is in HEAT mode, I have the following program: OFFICE HEAT VACANT If Status 'OfficeThermostat' is Mode Heat And Program 'Office Work Hours' is False And Program 'Office Light Status' is False And Status 'OfficeThermostat' > 65° (Setpoint) Then Wait 2 minutes Set 'OfficeThermostat' 65° (Heat Setpoint) Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') For times I am IN the office, I want to make it a bit more comfortable. Notice that I'm only checking to see if the setpoint is at LEAST a certain value, so that in the winter I can manually set it a bit warmer if I want and in the summer maybe set it a bit cooler. But, these programs ensure that the temperature is at least reasonable: OFFICE COOL OCCUPIED If Status 'OfficeThermostat' is Mode Cool And ( Program 'Office Work Hours' is True Or Program 'Office Light Status' is True ) And Status 'OfficeThermostat' > 76° (Temperature) And Status 'OfficeThermostat' > 76° (Setpoint) Then Wait 2 minutes Set 'OfficeThermostat' 76° (Cool Setpoint) Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Here is the HEAT version for cooler months: OFFICE HEAT OCCUPIED If Status 'OfficeThermostat' is Mode Heat And ( Program 'Office Work Hours' is True Or Program 'Office Light Status' is True ) And Status 'OfficeThermostat' < 68° (Temperature) And Status 'OfficeThermostat' < 68° (Setpoint) Then Wait 2 minutes Set 'OfficeThermostat' 68° (Heat Setpoint) Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') I'd love to hear what others are doing with their thermostats!