MikeB

I don't believe there's any kind of an Insteon 'flash' command, but you could certain have the ISY flicker the lights a few times to warn that they're going off. Or maybe have a KPL secondary button turn on/off to serve as a warning LED. But you will have to send individual on/off commands to simulate a flash. I wouldn't do it too much/too often, otherwise you could have excessive powerline traffic interfere with other things going on at the same time.

Something like this: If Status 'GarageLights' is not Off Then Wait 15 minutes Set 'GarageLights' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

I don't think you'll be able to do a sequence because your sprinklers are running at different days of the week. Why not create 12 separate programs, 1 for each of your sprinklers, as Chris suggested? You can set the schedules so they do not overlap, and you can have a unique schedule for each sprinkler.

It should not matter as long as both ends are wired the same. However, 586B is the standard typically used for data cabling.

That's correct. If it's in 'non-toggle' mode the KPL LED will always be in its 'off' state. When you press it, it will flash on a couple times, but then go back off. Sounds to me like you don't even need to check the KPL button then. Why not just remove that line and simply have your program turn that scene OFF at sunrise? There are UDI and Insteon wikis you could check out: http://www.universal-devices.com/mwiki/ ... =Main_Page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INSTEON Terms like 'non-toggle', etc. are actually Insteon terms. Good luck!

Not sure I fully grasp what you're trying to do, but these conditions could be a problem. This IF statement says to run the THEN only if you press that KPL button off EXACTLY at sunrise. What are you looking to accomplish exactly? Do you want your nighttime scene to turn off at sunrise only if your 'Deck KPL H' button is off? If so, when you create your IF statement, use STATUS instead of CONTROL to check the status of your KPL button.

You can definitely query a device (or all your devices) within a program. So, you can say something like: If Control 'BathroomLight' is switched On Then Set 'BathroomVent' Query Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') I'm not certain, but I don't think this is possible yet. Maybe someone else can chime in. If not now, maybe when we get variables?

Yeah no kidding. My 8 year old loves his bedside keypad for his lamps around his room. I tried 3-button combinations, but ended up feeling like 2-button was more reliable.

Lighting controls are supposed to make life a bit EASIER, but for kids sometimes a bit tougher is more fun. Kids seem to enjoy things that THEY know how to do, but not others. I setup a KeypadLinc that, using my ISY, will turn on different lamps based on the combination of different buttons that are lit. So, turn buttons C and H on, and Lamp1 goes on. Turn one or both buttons off, and Lamp1 turns off. Turn buttons B and G on, and Lamp2 goes on. Turn one or both buttons off, and Lamp2 turns off. Here's a video demonstrating what I did: Maybe not very useful in most areas of the home, but fun for the kids room. There is a second or so delay before the lamps typically react because these are not direct links between the KeypadLinc and lamp modules - there is a program on my ISY that watches for these conditions and turns on/off the lamps. Though this can be done with other automation controllers/software I'm sure, I'm doing it on my ISY. Below are the 2 programs I'm using: LAMP1 If Status 'KeypadC' is On And Status 'KeypadH' is On And Status 'KeypadC' is not Off And Status 'KeypadH' is not Off Then Set 'Lamp1' On Else Set 'Lamp1' Off LAMP2 If Status 'KeypadB' is On And Status 'KeypadG' is On And Status 'KeypadB' is not Off And Status 'KeypadG' is not Off Then Set 'Lamp2' On Else Set 'Lamp2' Off

I'm not certain the behavior, but either way I don't think it's something I would count on for anything important.

Because once the ISY "sees" you press the button, it knows and keeps track of the status. There's just no way for the ISY to poll a KPL secondary and find out what it's current status is. If it somehow changes status without the ISY knowing it (say the button is on, you cut the power on it, power it back up, and now the button is off - the ISY would still think it was ON).

I don't believe there is any way to query the status of a KPL secondary button. The ISY watches and sees its status, as you found it, only when it is pressed.

In our home, we have a large great room above our garage (our 'theater' room) where we typically entertain and watch movies/sports. The room has a large opening with a flight of stairs that lead down into our kitchen. We wanted to have an easy way to turn our main kitchen lights on or off from the great room. So, I setup one of our great room KPL's secondary buttons to control our main kitchen lights (I made it a controller in my KitchenMain scene). This worked great, but we often found times when we left a light on in the kitchen OTHER than the main lights, say the table or bar light, but wanted the ability to turn it off from the great room. The KPL secondary button is called 'TheaterControls1B'. I made it a responder in a 'status' scene called 'KitchenTheaterStatus'. Also, as I mentioned above, it is a controller of our 'KitchenMain' scene. I created the following programs to add the desired functionality: If Status 'TheaterControls1B' is Off And ( Status 'KitchenBar1' is not Off Or Status 'KitchenMain1' is not Off Or Status 'KitchenSink1' is not Off Or Status 'KitchenTable1' is not Off ) Then Wait 2 seconds Set Scene 'KitchenTheaterStatus' On Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') The above program checks to see if any of my kitchen lights are on. If they are on, it turns my great room's KPL secondary 'kitchen' button ON. If Status 'TheaterControls1B' is not Off And ( Status 'KitchenBar1' is Off And Status 'KitchenMain1' is Off And Status 'KitchenSink1' is Off And Status 'KitchenTable1' is Off ) Then Wait 2 seconds Set Scene 'KitchenTheaterStatus' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') The above program checks to see if all of my kitchen lights are off. If they are off, it turns my great room's KPL secondary 'kitchen' button OFF. If Control 'TheaterControls1B' is switched Off And ( Status 'KitchenBar1' is not Off Or Status 'KitchenSink1' is not Off Or Status 'KitchenTable1' is not Off ) Then Set Scene 'KitchenAll' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') The above program triggers when I press our KPL secondary 'Kitchen' button off. It checks to see if any of my secondary kitchen lights are on, and if they are it turns them all off. So, my final functionality is this: - my KPL secondary button is lit if ANY of my kitchen lights are left on - my KPL secondary button automatically turns off if ALL of my kitchen lights are off - if ALL kitchen lights are off, and I press the button, it turns my main kitchen lights ON - if ANY kitchen lights are on, and I press the button, it turns them all OFF Hope this helps someone who might be looking to do something similar.

If you get the 'Please keep this window open' message from a remote location, the port forward is working. Are you trying to open the Administrative Console? Do you have the latest Java loaded on your remote PC?

Hey Kevin - Good to see you on the forums!

Glad to hear! Definitely an odd one...

Could you post the program you are using?

Maybe someone else with more experience can chime in, but my understanding is that the clean up traffic will abort if another device sends out a command. The issue I was trying to avoid by adding my wait commands is that the KPL LED would flash, indicating a response was not received (probably because the clean up was aborted due to my 'status' program) - BUT the scene actually worked fine. Though everything actually worked OK, I just found the flashing annoying. Adding the wait command eliminated the flashing for me.

After activating a scene with a lot of responders, there will be some traffic on the line (clean up). This shouldn't stop the scene from running, however - I have a scene controlling 70+ devices and they all respond immediately. BUT, if you have any programs that will run immediately AFTER the scene is triggered, they could run into all that clean up traffic and not run properly. For example, I have a Kitchen Breakfast scene that has 8 responders. When I activate this scene with a KPL secondary, I have a few programs that run to check the status of my lights & KPL, and update the KPL button accordingly. If I have that program run and update the KPL IMMEDIATELY after the status change, it sometimes runs into the cleanup traffic. I simply add a second or 2 delay to my status update program so it doesn't run into the clean up. Here's an example program: If Status 'KitchenControls1H' is not Off And ( Status 'KitchenBar1' is not Off Or Status 'KitchenMain1' is not 50% Or Status 'KitchenTable1' is not 60% ) Then Wait 2 seconds Set Scene 'KitchenDinnerStatus' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') BUT I don't think this is the case with your issue, because - unless I'm misunderstanding - your scene doesn't work at all and goes into some kind of on/off loop. That's why I thought maybe it was some program that runs AFTER you activate the scene that might be throwing the ISY into some kind of loop. Or, like Michel suggested, maybe the Elk is doing something. Good luck.

Not sure I follow. So, you have a scene containing your 6 or 7 devices, with the KPL button as a controller. So, when you push that KPL it triggers the scene. How will adding a program create a delay for you? So, when you push this KPL, what goes wrong? The lights start flashing on/off?

If it's a single scene you're executing with the ISY, where would you add the pause? Sounds like it's caught in some sort of loop. Do you have a program somewhere that triggers this scene?

Absolutely just add a 2nd controller to your scene - saves time and links. So, you have a scene containing 2476D dimmers and a RemoteLinc as a controller, but hitting the RemoteLinc button ON does not turn on the 2476Ds? That should work. In the scene, click on the RemoteLinc controller button and make sure the on levels are set correctly.

I haven't used the ToggleLincs, but even with SwitchLincs it takes some practice to get the timing right. You need to be about as quick as a standard mouse double-click.

Sounds like you just need to create a scene, with both the KPL secondary and InlineLinc as responders. Unless I'm misunderstanding, in your scenario there are no true controllers - the ISY is the only controller. When the ISY turns on the scene, the KPL lights up and the InlineLinc goes on. When the ISY turns off the scene, both go off. You could also create a program on the ISY that checks the status of the KPL secondary and turns it back off if someone accidentally presses it.

Yes - the ISY-99's current beta firmware (2.6.3) has an HTML interface.