rominejc

Thanks folks. Yes, I meant an X-10 switch. It's not "lost" to the ISY, just slow to respond. So, I'll upgrade the lighting switches to Insteon. On the matter of the program, the solution suggested by Oberkc is exactly the program I'm using. The problem is that if the door is left open at the top of the stairs, then the program cycles between on --> delay --> off --> and back on again etc. Obviously,this is because the open/close sensor remains open (and therefore on). I'm trying to think of a cleave way to trigger the on/off cycle once and then, if the door is left open, stop the program. Any thoughts will be appreciated

I'm new to the forum and new to ISY programming. I could use some suggestions on getting started with my home automation project using my ISY994i and Insteon/X10 devices. I've started with what I considered a simple task. I want to automatically turn on the lights in my basement stairwell when going up or down the stairs, and then have them turn off when no one's using the stairs. I put an Insteon Open/Close sensor on the door at the top of the stairs and an Insteon wireless motion sensor at the bottom of the stairs (no door there). I've been able to program the "lights on" functionality such that opening the door at the top or starting up the stairs at the bottom will turn on the lights. But it is harder to figure out how to turn them off, and I could use some programming logic suggestions. One other point is that I'm using an old X10 controller on the lights. It was installed long ago. The ISY program allows for turning X10 on and off, but I've noticed that the lag time between sensor activation and the lights coming on is very long. In fact, if the lights have not been on and, for instance, I open the stairway door, I could be half way down the stairs before the lights come on. Interestingly, if I turn the lights off and then reactivate the sensor right away, there's no lag time. It's as if the ISY unit temporarily found the X10 controller. Any thoughts on this circumstance? I'm likely to replace the X10 controller with Insteon switches, but I'm wondering if that will solve the lag time problem. Thanks for any suggestions and help.