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Getting errors trying to upgrade. It fails immediately on multiple computers with the error "Upgrade Failed: Invalid or Incompatible upgrade file" Any ideas? Cheers!

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Thanks Rand, I'm programming a "We're Home" function that doesn't toggle lights, it only turns a set of lights on. I'm teaching the kids to push that button when they arrive home. One option is for that button to light up when we leave home (i.e. hit the lights off button). The other option is to make sure it is lit up all the time. I know how to do the first option, but I did not know how to do the second until you posted your instructions. Thanks! Cheers!

Hi gang, This may be my craziest Newbie question yet ... My ISY 99i Pro is not plugged in to power, only the two ethernet cables, yet it runs. I noticed this today. It seems to run without being hooked to a power supply, but the owner's manual states that it is supposed to be plugged in. My unit came in a tiny box which didn't contain a power supply. However, there is a power in jack on the back of the unit ... Is this thing supposed to be plugged into a power adaptor as well as the ethernet cables to the PLM and to the switch? Cheers!

Hi gang, I want one button's LED on an 8-way pad to always be lit. Can anyone suggest a method to do this? I've discovered you can't check the status of an LED, only of the load that is controlled. In this case, the button does not directly control a load. Cheers!

Hi gang, I seem to be stuck on the whole certificate generation process for remote access. I can access my system remotely, and have forwarded ports ports 443 and 80 to my ISY 99i. It requests that I generate SSL certificates. Another blue window opens up titled ISY Configuration Utility with a SSL Certificate Management menu item. I select Generate and Install Self-Signed Certificate. It asks for my URL, which I input, and then it sits there. Top left says System Busy, but how long does this process take? I've left it for hours without any obvious effect. Any suggestions? Cheers!

Thanks Michel, As mentioned above, I have a bunch of Macs with Apple's Airport wireless basestations providing wireless coverage, connected together on an ethernet backbone. I don't know what Network Magic is. I don't have any special software running to facilitate networking. My network is complicated, but a simplified version for this discussion is as follows: {Laptop} --WiFi n--> {Time Capsule Wireless Router} --ethernet--> {gigabit switch} --ethernet--> {gigabit switch} --ethernet--> ISY 99i For the desktop the diagram is similar, except there is no wireless component, the desktop is plugged into the first gigabit switch. Cheers! P.S. I wanted to take a moment to thank you for your quick responses. I've never seen tech support like this in many years of technogeekery. Well done!

Thanks for the quick reply, Michel. After a series of reboots of computers and PLM and ISY I was able to get the update to work. It almost seemed like a time issue. From my laptops, the errors would arise at inconsistent intervals (sometimes 8%, 34%, 42%, etc). These were connected to the network by WiFi. My desktop is directly connected to my ethernet network. It also failed several times, but seemed to make it further before failing. Ultimately it was the desktop that was able to complete the update. Cheers!

Hi gang, I have to admit, I'm getting a bit frustrated. Inability to upgrade my ISY is the latest issue. My various computers can all see the ISY, and run the Admin Console. None can upgrade the unit. I get "ISY refused update" errors, "pipe too short" (or something like that) errors, etc. It doesn't seem to matter if I reboot, try a different computer, etc. There is no firewall to disable (all of the computers I have tried have their firewall disabled, and they are on a network run by Time Capsules and Airport Extremes, none of which have a firewall option that I can find). I have a variety of Macs running OS 10.5.5, all fully updated. Any ideas? Thanks

Hi Ulrick65, Actually, using the info posted earlier, I figured out my premise for the program was wrong. I keep thinking I have to tell the system to check for status changes, but I am trying to remind myself that the programs will run by themselves when status changes. I've discovered a new problem, which I will search for some answers for next. One of my switches doesn't report status changes most of the time. Since this was one of the switches I used most often when learning to use the 99i, you can imagine that this led to much confusion! Cheers!

One problem that I am having relates to timing when the 99i assessing the condition. For example, if a switch triggers a fade to off, and also triggers a program, a status check of that light will not reveal it to be off if it is still fading. There doesn't seem to be a way to delay the assessment of the light status (for example, if Ceiling Light is switched off, wait 2.5 seconds, check status of Ceiling Light). This came up in a program which checks if all of the lights are off in a room if any of the light switches in the room turn off or fade down their light. Cheers!

Thanks for the quick replies, everyone. It has helped out of looping program hell. Now I need to spend more time figuring out the logic for some of my programs with this new knowledge in mind. Extremely helpful posts! Thanks!

Hi gang, I am having difficulty understanding how programs are triggered in the 99i. 1) If I put no conditions in a program, does it only run when called programatically (i.e. as an action in another program)? 2) If I put a condition in to check the status of a switch, does this program only run and check the switch's status when called programatically, or does it also run when the status of one of the elements of the condition statement change. For example, if I have a condition which is true if all of three different switches are off, will this program only run when one of the devices are switched on or off? 3) Do programs run concurrently, or one after another? How is the order of events determined? For example, if a program has multiple actions, the first of which changes the status of a switch, does that action trigger any programs which are monitoring the status of that switch before moving on to the next action in the original program, or does the original program finish, and then any programs whose condition statement referenced that switch run? I ask because I have a series of nested programs, which if enabled seem to set of a storm of running programs. They keep looping one after another without end. I've checked the program logic, and this shouldn't be happening, so it makes me think that I don't understand how programs get triggered to run. Cheers!

Spoke too soon. How do I set the schedule so that it runs every 5 minutes? If I put in the condition line a condition that checks if the time is between 12 AM and 11:59:59 PM then the ISY99 doesn't schedule the next run of the program until 11:59. Hmmm. Any ideas? How do I set the schedule condition so that it is always true? Cheers!

Thanks Michel for the quick and helpful reply. I hadn't thought of putting a schedule call into the condition line. Will try it now, but I'm sure that will do it. Cheers!

Hi gang, I think this thread relates to one of the difficulties that I have been having. I would like to run programs on a schedule. For example, programs that run every 5 minutes. This technique is clever, using WAIT commands to delay the setting of the values of "dummy variables", and then using these variables to determine how much time has elapsed. However, this seems unnecessarily cumbersome. Is there no timer function in the current programming language for the ISY 99i? Cheers!