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Hi gang, I had to unplug my PLM. Since I plugged it back in, the ISY doesn't see any events (the event log remains empty when I hit switches, etc). I tried to restore the PLM, with no luck. I tried to restore the ISY and I got an error that the ISY refused the program. Any ideas? Cheers!

Thanks Michel, Must have been some kink of network quirk. From my laptop I could not upgrade the ISY with either Safari or Firefox over WiFi. From my desktop, which is connected to the network by ethernet, the upgrade went without a hitch. Cheers!

Hmmm. Can't upgrade. Pipe and length errors. This time I triple checked that I have the right version of the software. Any ideas? Cheers!

Whoops. That doesn't work If Control dimmer1 is switched ON and Status dimmer1 is not OFF Then ... This will never evaluate to be true. If the light is OFF, then this statement will not be TRUE when dimmer1 is switched ON. What I ended up doing is splitting my program into a couple of smaller ones. The first program runs when I turn dimmer1 ON. It turns on a scene and then runs the THEN path of a flag program to turn it TRUE. The second program only runs when the flag program is TRUE. It consists of a WAIT 2 minutes statement, then it triggers a scene that adjusts the lights in the area. A final program runs when dimmer1's status is OFF. It runs the ELSE path of the flag program. By using this technique, turning off dimmer1 either directly or indirectly as part of a scene will interrupt the WAIT 2 minutes and terminate that program. Cheers!

Hi gang, I have read with interest the many posts on these forums of how people are using their 2420M motion detectors. For me, I would like to do something very simple. If the motion detector detects motion, it should turn on the nearby light. After a minute of no motion, it should turn the light off. I understand that this is how the 2420M works if you program it manually (i.e. without the ISY, which I have never done). How do I take advantage of the built in programming of the 2420M within the ISY environment? Cheers!

I followed this program exactly as you listed and tried it tonight, however it doesn't work properly. I did make some changes and it now seems to work ok. I had to raise the ramp rate to 6.5 because it would go to 50% or so then drop back to 15% causing a flicker effect. Not sure why that's happening but it does. Also dumped the whole scene thing all together. Thanks for the help, I always forget how the 'Else' works and other ways it can be used. If From 10:00PM To Sunrise + 30 minutes (next day) And Control 'MBath - WC' is switched On Then Set 'MBath - WC' 15% Else Set 'MBath - WC' On Hi there, I have a large number of switches in the house that do exactly what you are looking for. During the day, they turn on to 100%, in the evening they turn on to 75%. I have some (for example the Master Bath) that overnight turn on to 50%. In the AM the Master bath turns on to 50% then very slowly fades up to 75%. I control all of this with scenes. I have a different scene for each level of lighting, and I have generated a bunch of programs that are triggered when the switch is turned on, and according to the time, the appropriate scene is turned on. In the list of devices, you have to turn the ramp time to 4.5 seconds or higher. The reason for this is that if your switch has an ON ramp time of 2 seconds and you turn the switch ON, by the time that the ISY receives the ON command, evaluates the programs, and sends out the commands to set the dimmer to the appropriate level based on the scene, the dimmer has already almost fully turned on the light. This causes a strobe effect where the dimmer ramps up, then the scene command arrives and the dimmer has to fade back down. If you extend the ramp time on the dimmer, then it won't have ramped up before the scene command arrives. Of course, as part of this, you have to set the ramp time for the scenes to 2 seconds, so that they are faster than the ramp time of the dimmer. Cheers!

Hi gang, I have a program that I want to run when a dimmer is turned on, but I want the program to terminate if the dimmer is turned off. This particular dimmer can be turned off remotely as part of a scene. I can add logic like this to the condition that determines if the program will run: If Control dimmer1 is switched ON and Control dimmer1 is not switched OFF Then ... However, if I am correct, then this program will continue to run if the dimmer is turned off remotely as part of a scene. Would this be better? If Control dimmer1 is switched ON and Status dimmer1 is not OFF Then ... Cheers!

Hi Michel, Let me know how to proceed so that you can connect to my ISY. Cheers!

Hi there, When this has happened to me in the past, it has been because I downloaded the wrong version of the firmware (26i instead of 99i). Cheers!

Hi Michel, I have a very simple program that I used to test this: If From Sunset To Sunrise (next day) Then (blank) Else (blank) This program evaluates to true. The first click of the button works properly. Subsequent clicks do not. This is true throughout my house. Never had this problem prior to .14. Cheers!

I have a few programs that run based on the press of a KPL secondary, such as: These still seem to be working fine here. Let me know if I can try to duplicate the issue here. Hi Michael and Michel, I don't think the problem is with the KPL buttons. I have other simpler programs like the example Michael listed that are attached to KPL buttons and don't exhibit any problems. I think the problem is with the multipart IF statement. It should be evaluating to true, but it is evaluating as false. There were never any problems prior to this. If it is a problem with the KPL button, then perhaps it is with how the ISY is interpreting the button push. I don't know how to interpret the status code that I posted previously. Cheers!

Just an update. I have a variety of locations in the house where I have programmed a KPL button to "cycle scenes", turning on a bunch of lights in an area to 100% on the first click, 75% on the second click, 50% on the third, and then back up to 100% on the fourth click. My previous post includes an example of one of the programs that controls these actions. I used the example from the wiki: http://www.universal-devices.com/mwiki/ ... ugh_Scenes as my guide for creating these scenes. They all worked perfectly (except for communications issues) prior to .14, now none of them work. Click once and all of the lights in the scene will turn up to 100%. Subsequent clicks do nothing. I think that something has become busted in how the ISY evaluates programs as being true. Cheers!

Hmmm. Communication reliability seems better, but the logic assessment for some of my programs seems busted. For example: If Control 'Living Room - Button C' is switched On And 'Living Room Flag 1' is False And 'Living Room Flag 2' is True And From Sunset To Sunrise (Next Day) Then ... In this case, Flag 1 is listed as False, Flag 2 as True, it is after sunset (a small program to have the ISY check the time indicates that the ISY thinks that it is between sunset and sunrise). Click Living Room - Button C and nothing happens. The ISY Event Viewer reports: 2009/01/26 18:17:13 : [iNST-SRX ] 02 50 0F.1A.28 00.00.05 CB 11 00 LTONRR (00) The program should evaluate to True, but it does not. Any ideas? Cheers!

Hi Michel, Your description of the communications issues exactly describes my issues. My installation: 4 access points PLM firmware E.DC.9 v72 PLM has 840 links. I have four Filterlinks for lamps/etc where I was worried about noise The Switchlinks are v.35, Keypad links are v.2D, lamplinks are v.33 I don't know the count of my devices, many dozen. All of the equipment was purchased recently. Cheers!

Hiya, Use Firefox. Safari automatically unzips files, Firefox does not. Cheers!

Thanks Rand, We have a lot of pot lights. After dark, it is unnecessarily bright in the room if the lights are at 100%. Fading to 75% seems to be a more appropriate level. The difficulty with using scenes with multiple lights for this task is that if the light were not already on, it would fade up to 75%, which is not really what I was looking for. Cheers!

Hi gang, Here is a tough one. After sundown I would like to slowly fade down any light that is on to 75% brightness. I could do this by creating a bunch of scenes, each with one light in it, and a bunch of programs that check the time and control these scenes. However, that would be a tremendous amount of work, and is only practical for a small number of lights. Is there a way to send a message at sundown to any light that is on to slowly fade down? Cheers!

Whoops. This is not how you do it. You can't put the AND Sunset to Sunrise into the program. Any check of time has to be entered as the condition of a folder, then place the lights off check program into that folder. Cheers!

Whoops, forgot one other thing. I didn't want the area by the front or back door to be plunged into darkness, so I removed those lights from the All Lights scene. They are set to OFF individually after a 15 second delay. Ex. THEN Set Scene All Lights Off Wait 15 seconds Set Mudroom Light Off Set Front Door Pots Off This gives people 15 seconds to find their keys, get on their jacket etc and get out the door before those lights go out. Cheers!

Hi Al, I didn't program anything too fancy. I have three scenes that I use to turn off all the lights. One contains all of my lights, one all but the basement (I don't want to turn off the basement lights when I have guests over), and one that has all but the outside lights. I have set a button on a few of my 8-button KPLs to control the All Lights Off event. I was afraid of inadvertent clicks (or intentionally - we have small kids over from time to time), so I programmed it to respond to double clicks (Fast On/Off). The single click ON/OFF event does nothing. Depending on the time of day, the Fast On/Off will set either the All Lights scene to OFF (daytime), or the All Lights Except For Basement and Outside scene to OFF (nighttime). Push and hold (which triggers Brighten/Dim/Fade) sets the All Lights scene to OFF (this allows me the option to turn absolutely everything off). I also have a scene populated by the buttons themselves, which allows me to turn on and off the LEDs for these buttons. I have it set up so that if all the lights in the house are off, then the LEDs are off. If any light in the house is on, the LED is on. The programming is straightforward (this is by memory so the syntax may not be correct): (If Kitchen Button H is set Fast ON or if Kitchen Button H is set Fast OFF or if Front Door Button H is set Fast ON or if Front Door Button H is set Fast OFF) AND between sunrise and sunset (same day) THEN Set Scene All Lights OFF ELSE (blank) Checking the status is a pain. If Light 1 is OFF AND light 2 is OFF AND light 3 is OFF etc etc etc AND light 100000 is OFF THEN Set scene All lights off LEDs OFF ELSE Set scene All lights off LEDs ON Cheers!

I finally got my notifications to work! I have an address on Apple's .mac service (now .me). I wanted to use this email address for notifications, as it has push service similar to how a Blackberry works. I had to set the port to 587 and check on the TLS box, but once I figured that out it all works exactly as advertised. Total time from when I trigger an alert until the message is in my Inbox on my laptop and on my iPhone is a consistent 7 seconds. Great stuff! Cheers!

Problem solved. I left it plugged in for a while, and didn't try to access it. Then I tried to access using the http://www.universal-devices.com/99i/ method, and there it was. Subsequently I could access the 99i directly by typing its IP into the web browser, or by telnet. I have no idea what happened, but it seems to be fixed. Cheers!

Thanks Dave, It has a static IP on my network, and doesn't respond to telnet. Cheers! Hi Michel, Power light is on. Rx flashing, less frequent flashes from the TX. Occasional flash of the Mem light. The Error light is off. The activity lights for both the ethernet connectors on the 99i and on my switch are blinking, indicating network traffic. Cheers!

Thanks, Mine is a 99i Pro. There are two ethernet ports, one to the PLM and one to the network. There is no serial port. Plugging in the ethernet cable that usually leads to the PLM into my laptop did not work (the 99i does not even turn on in that case). Cheers!

Thanks Dave, It has a static IP on my network, and doesn't respond to telnet. Cheers!