EagleAye

Not dead, just hitting a brick wall...

That is the problem (on my end). I have not taken the time to figure out the REST interface and how to work it with Home Assistant. I am still trying to figure out just HA at this point, and get squirreled on other things in HA when playing around. Kinda an uphill battle to figure out both, and starting dry is daunting. I poke a bit here and there and find other neat things to change in HA, and let my ISY still control Autelis through REST. I gotta get on this. Seems easy once understood, just need to do the dive.

That is what I kinda figured. I thought I would check and see if Insteon had some special way to do it at the switch. You can dim the indicator backlight, change ramp rates, on levels, and even beeps. I was hoping someone may have some wazoo way to accomplish without relying on ISY programs. Just a check.

Here is the background. I am STILL using some x-10 devices in my home. When I swapped lights to LED, the bleed thru current would make the lights glow at about 5% level when off. My kids liked the 'night lights' in the 2 hallways, so I have kept the x-10's in there. I have searched for a way to gain that same 'bleed thru' unintended effect with Insteon. I even tried Insteon 2474d which is a 2 wire with current bleed thru like the old x10's. They just are not quite the same. So...my question is this. Is there a way to program Insteon to ramp to 5-10 percent on when commanded off? And what about when the toggle is turned off? I would guess that if there is not an 'easy' way to keep the lights on slightly when off, then it would probably involve programming ISY to watch for all 'off' commands from any programming and toggle switch and then run a ramp sequence to turn it 'on' slightly. Any other ideas? Thanks again!

Been looking at integrating my Pentair Suntouch with Autelis directly into Home Assistant. Finding Autelis info is kinda sparse. Has anyone tried and been successful with ANY Autelis product? Even if Autelis is long gone, I like the simplicity and there should be a fairly easy way to integrate to HA. Right now, I depend on ISY/Autelis interface and forward the info I need to HA. Anyone?

That works. I needed to swap a couple of things to show a positive instead of a negative variable, but I have the basic idea of how it is working. You just opened up a whole new can of worms to play with. Once you see the basics working real-time, then the examples and cookbook become dangerous! Thanks again for the quick reply, and probably NOT the last time I will need a (simple) question answered!

Thank You, Thank You. I will play with this shortly. Is there a good primer that I could refer to in order to increase my ignorance on this instead of shooting in the dark blindly? I have looked, but found nothing definitive as of yet. The way I get by is seeing what other people happen to post, and gathering bits and pieces to attempt something workable. It is tough when starting out. Rather steep learning curve when fumbling around with no guidance.

Here is the situation. I have a Autelis Pool Control that inputs State Variables to ISY. I was trying to figure out a way to create a differential temp value variable from 2 temp inputs in State tab. I am able to easily have the 2 State variables update 2 Interger variables I created (and don't even know if this is needed, but playing). Basically, I am trying to set up a differential variable from 2 temp readings. If the differential variable is greater than 3 or 4 (degrees) then I would trigger a program to run (increase flow with pump, which currently works as programmed). Is there an easy way to take 2 Interger or State variables and subtract the two to create a differential variable, and then program that variable to start a program when the total is 3 or 4 (or x) differential? All I am seeing is +-< etc. If I can get this simple one going, it will open up huge amounts of things I could implement with everything else (solar, power, weather, Lux, etc). What am I missing? And Thanks for ANY input!

I have tried adding users, and even got the 'admin' to change to a different name with 6 or more letters, but cannot add a user. What is the trick, or can it NOT be done? There are spaces for MANY users...how to fill them, and why can i NOT pick a 5 letter name to replace 'admin'? Seems to me admin has 5 letters.