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How does the ApplianceLinc open and close the curtain?

So you'd create a scene with the remote button 6 as controller and the curtain module and the lights both as responders. Click on the scene and change the On level of the lamps to 0.

So which controller button are you using to close the curtain, the same RemoteLinc scene On button?

What controller or interface button are you pressing to close the window and start the projector?

Variable-length beeps are available on the IRLincs, SynchroLincs and iMeter Solo devices, but only single-length beeps are available on switches and keypads.

Beep duration isn't actually supported on SwitchLincs. HouseLinc accomplishes different beep durations by sending a stream of beeps rather than adjusting the length of a single sound.

You can use an x10 command to trigger an ISY program without having to purchase any modules. However, because the x10 signal is one-way and doesn't get repeated or coupled the same way as an Insteon signal, the signal may be less reliable than an all-Insteon solution.

I have alarm clock presets set up on a PC running HAL. I can pick up a phone and 'schedule' an alarm to sound with voice commands, then at that time HAL can read out the time, the day's weather forecast, then trigger music via an IR signal. With just the ISY, you can set up a remote or keypad to trigger one of several 'presets'--either have dedicated buttons to activate different alarm programs, or use variables to count button presses and activate the right preset. For instance, you could have a Wakeup button on your nightstand controller, then code ISY programs so if you press the Alarm button once it sets it to 5:30, twice for 6, three times for 6:30, or four for 7. You can then have the ISY send a beep to another Insteon device in the room several times to confirm alarm time. When it is time for the alarm to sound, you could turn on room lamps, send an IR signal to turn on your bedroom TV to your favorite morning news, or turn on a powered speaker for your iPod set to Pandora before you went to bed.

Sure, simply create a scene with the RL button as controller and the thermostat adapter as responder. On will trigger the scene, bright will adjust the temp up a degree and dim will adjust down.

Any time the ISY comes to a Repeat or Wait statement in a program, it checks to see if the trigger conditions have changed before continuing. So each time the sweeper makes a pass the program runs, but it gets aborted when the SynchroLinc signals that the load has turned back off. The solution is to have the original program call a different program, then that will continue to execute and won't be affected. Try this: Program 1: CatGenie Activated If Control CatGenie Sensor switched on then Set CatGenie Fan On Send Notification to 'email' content 'catgenie running' Run Program 'CatGenie Timer' (Then Path) Program 2: CatGenie Timer If - No Conditions - (To add one, press 'Schedule' or 'Condition') Then Disable Program 'CatGenie Activated' Wait 40 minutes Set 'CatGenie Fan' Off Enable Program 'CatGenie Activated' Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

You may want to adjust the local ramp rate to longer and dimmer settings, allow the ISY to write the change, then put them back to the current settings to rewrite the local settings.

It can appear as though the device isn't responding if you have programmed the device with a long ramp rate. When you select the device, what does it report as the current local rate?

Expectation is that a "standard"-looking electric outlet supplies 120 volts & won't cause your vacuum or TV to overheat and start a fire. They figure people are at least smart enough to recognize 'something different' about a module plugged into an outlet.

Smarthome has a 30 day no-hassle return policy, if you bought them there. The National Electric Code isn't always as convenient as we might want, but following it does help people avoid unintentionally burning their houses down or electrocuting themselves.

If the Morning Industries deadbolt cannot extend or retract in response to a signal, it will emit a fast, multi-beep error tone, but as mentioned previously that requires that you be somewhere where you can hear it--it wouldn't help if you were locking the front door from the back of the house or from work unless you were listening to the confirmation tones over an intercom or phone interface. Rather than having a door lock reporting feature where people are *sure* to misinterpret extended bolt for meaning secure door, I'm still thinking the best option is to have some sort of positive confirmation that the bolt is extended into the door frame. A mechanical plunger IOLinc kit would even let you get accurate status with the less-sophisticated SmartLinc and absent an Elk or other remotely-accessible security system.

In my home, the beeps from the lock can be heard faintly from the master bedroom, so we've got an audible confirmation that the bolt is in the secure position before we go to sleep. When we leave the house, the lock offers both audible and visual confirmation as the Away program runs and secures the front entry. But right now, if you command the door from beyond visual and audible range, just a MorningLinc and and Morning Industries remote lock won't give you any useful confirmation. Ideally, for remote use we would get feedback that the door has truly been secured. To accomplish that now, you need to install an IOLinc or a TriggerLinc attached to a plunger switch in the door frame. That kind of setup is more expensive and requires a bit of additional mechanical aptitude to get everything aligned just right. Perhaps they could offer the package of components as an additional IOLinc kit.

FWIW, I haven't found a repeatable set of events that causes it, but I'm still finding some new programs come up as disabled when first created with beta 3.1.0.

The MorningLinc has a single transmitter device id, so while you can link multiple locks to it they would all respond (lock or unlock) to its signal. So far as I know, you *can* use multiple MorningLincs in the same installation for discreet control of multiple door locks. Michel, is there any prohibition against using multiple MorningLincs on the same ISY?

I'm thinking it might be a good time to remove the 9 minute setting from the ISY altogether. The maximum ramp rate has been 8 minutes for a while (since we started being able to tap-link devices as off, IIRC) and the 8 and 9 minute rates are practically indiscernible anyway.

The 9 minute ramp rate is for legacy devices only. Current-vintage gear can ramp as long as 8 minutes, but using the 9 minute setting is equivalent to setting a 0.1 ramp rate, IIRC.

No big deal, you just didn't mention anything about different behaviors based on time in your original question. Additional Program 1: If On Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Time is 2:59:00AM Then In Scene 'Master Bath Can Lights' Set 'Guest Room Ceiling' 35% (On Level) Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Additional Program 2: If On Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Time is 5:40:00AM Then In Scene 'Master Bath Can Lights' Set 'Guest Room Ceiling' 100% (On Level) Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

On level (applied locally) is the setting used when you walk up to the switch and tap the On button. The current setting is whatever level the dimmer is currently at. There isn't a way to program a minimum level into a local dimmer. You could install an InLineLinc and use programs to limit which commands were passed along from the wall switch, but that would introduce a delay in commands. Your best bet would be to create a program that triggered any time the dimmer level went below your minimum set point and automatically adjusted it back to your desired minimum.

In that case, you would want a program that used the Adjust Scene action to change the on level and ramp rate twice a day.

That's correct, the light would turn on at On Level (applied locally) and Ramp Rate (applied locally). If you wanted to introduce another behavior, you'd need to create another program.

The switch wasn't designed to operate that way, but you can do it with the ISY by combining local settings, a scene and two programs. Bring up the switch and set the On Level (Applied Locally) to 45% and the Ramp Rate (Applied Locally) to 0.1s. Create a new scene containing that switch and set the scene On Level to 75% and a Ramp Rate of 4 minutes. Create one program that says: If Control 'Your SwitchLinc' is not switched Off And Status 'Your SwitchLinc' is 45% Then Set Scene 'Your Scene' On Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Then create a second program: If Control 'SwitchLinc' is switched Off Then Set Scene 'Your Scene' Fast Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')