aLf

Right here... Start admin console, open the configuration tab | Networking | Network resources" , I'm guessing that t his area is only available through the web interface (which I don't have, but could get). Then I'd like to know more about the possibilities. My main "wish list" for the Panasonic cam's has been a way to turn triggers on and off all at once. I use motion detect triggers when away and it is very time consuming to go into each cam and activate the triggers. May your ide possibly work here? I do like the idea you have as well. Guess for me it would allow remotely going into ISY turning on a light and getting a picture e-mailed. Let me know the possibilities. Thanks, aLf

Man, you had me and the you lost me! I was there up to, "Start admin console, open the configuration tab | Networking | Network resources" I have several of these cams and wish I understood better what it is you are doing. Thanks, aLf

Is it possible to do an "or" on the APL as well? Would it be a status or control? Was the remainder of my script OK? Tim

Hi Rand: Here is my plan. Tell me if I'm on track. 1) Use my current "ALL OFF" scene, adding the buttons and APL that are in the following scene. 2) Create a "HOMEAWAY"scene with the 2 KPL buttons and the APL in it. 3) Create a program like this. - No Conditions - (To add one, press 'Schedule' or 'Condition') Then Wait 1 minute Set Scene 'HOMEAWAY' Off Set Scene 'ALL OFF' Off Repeat Every 1 hour Set Scene 'ALL OFF' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') 4) Create a program like this, If Status 'HOMEAWAY' is On Then Stop program 'All Off' Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') 5) Create another program like this, If Status 'HOMEAWAY' is Off Then Run program 'All Off' (Then Path) Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') 6) Set program in line 3 to run at startup. 7) When I come home and push either KPL button, ISY will stop the program, when I push it upon leaving it will run.

Rand: I assume that the "Buttons Off" scene should be the 2 KPL's and the APL only. Set that up and then just call it on or off. Is that right? aLf

Rand: Thanks. I'll try it. What should be run at startup? aLf

************ Rand: I finally got a free minute to try the above. If I include the KPL and APL in the "ALL OFF" scene, I agree that the KPL and APL will stay off. My problem in the past has been that after a power outage, sometimes the KPL button will errantly turn on. If that happens, ISY will see it on and then run the program as though I'm home (no ALL OFF). In the old 26 days, the ALL OFF would just run at reboot and regardless of its original status, it would do what I designed it to. The only hassle was if I was home, I'd have to re-engage it to at home status. What you proposed will work until a power outage turns on a KPL or the APL then ISY will think I'm home and not run the "ALL OFF". Can you think about this and let me know a fail safe work around that will run at startup? Thanks, aLf

Rand: No, nothing else is dependant on it. What I written above is it. That said, could you write an example of what you mean. Keep in mind that when I'm home the KPL's and the APL are "ON" and if the power went out and ISY rebooted, I'd like to see them go to "OFF" and act just as they would if I was "AWAY". The key to the success of this program has been that with my frequent power outages the KPL"s & APL sometimes would not come back on to their old status. Hence the reason why I have three items in the mix. If there is a way (in your mind) to make this fail-safe, I'd appreciate the input Again Thank you. aLf

Rand: I'm not sure. If it runs the "IF" then it should automatically swith the items in IF to those above. I have had the system set for "AT HOME", i.e., KPL's & APL are on, then re-booted ISY 99 and they did not change status, therefore, I'd answer your question as no it is not better for me. What I want is a fail-safe way for ISY to always reboot to this program having the KPL's & APL off and then run the "THEN" feature. If you can think of a better way to do this, I'd appreciate it. For now I think I lost my insurance policy with this program. Thanks, aLf

Just out of curiosity, give an example of how you are denoting the ntp server in ISY. I use the same one for ISY and many cameras and have never had a problem. It may simply be the address. aLf

I recently upgraded from a 26 to a 99. In 26 (old firmware), I had the following program "run at reboot". If ( Status 'GAR KPL H' is Off Or Status 'MBR KPL H' is Off Or Status 'Occupied On/OFF APL' is Off ) Then Repeat Every 1 hour Set Scene 'All OFF' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Regardless of the status of the "IF" items, when you reboot the 26, it wouold go into "All OFF" mode. My new 99 has "run at startup" which I have noted in the program list. When I reboot the 99, it does not go into "All OFF" mode. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, aLf

Rand: Thanks. I intended to do the factory reset on the APL. But beings as though the KPL was still in the scene when I deleted the scene, is it safe that there are no bad links in the KPL button? Actually by the time I got the errant "Sytem Busy" to stop, I was able to re-plug in the APL and then do the proper APL dlete, then scene delete. I'm thinking the final scene delete got both in the scene, and certainly the APL delete shows it gone now. Oh by the way. Is ther a correct way to stop the "Sytem Busy" when and if it ever happens again? What was the true cause of this? Was it the fact that the APL was not plugged in anymore, and I should have nailed the APL before the scene? Thanks, aLf

Rand: I'm glad that no major issues could happen! That said, I wonder if the problem was because one item (the APL) had been unplugged and I tried to remove the scene. In retrospect, I guess I should have plugged the APL in, removed the scene, then removed the APL and then unplugged the APL. The only other item that is still in the system is the KPL button, which I did check afterward and found no links (in ISY). Agian, I learned something here. I think! aLf

Rand: Yes I finally did get it to stop. I was afraid to do anything as the notes say to not change anything while it is working. What I finally did (10 minutes later) was to select a different Insteon light and turn it on and off from the GUI. That stopped the "System Busy". I then went in and removed the APL first, then removed what was left of the scene. It seemed OK when I finished. I'm running 2.7 on a 99i. What does this tell you? What is the risk of stopping the "System Busy" the way I had to? Thanks, aLf

I had a lamplinc that I removed from my system. To clean up ISY, I right moused the scene which contained the LL and a KPL button. I selected remove scene. My system then showed "Request Failed" and the "System Busy" progress bar continues to scroll. I exited ISY and re-entered and the "System Busy" continues. What is happeneing and how do I stop it? All I wanted to do was remove the scene and the Appliancelinc... aLf

Been logging into ISY 99, 2.7, remotely. Today I've gotten a pop-up message that says "Event Recieved for a different Subscription;Restart!" What does that mean? aLf

Just a simple "hows it work" question... I have several fairly elaborate computer programs that arrive at (their) times for sunrise and sunset for an exact Lat/Long, (aviation thing). Each one comes up with a time within 3-4 minutes of each other. ISY included. None of them agree. When you guys programmed ISY, how did you come to the figures that ISY spits out per my Lat/Long? It really doesn't make a hill of beans when you are within a few minutes, I just wonder why a computer algorithm would vary so much from one vendor to the next. Oh and by the way, I have taken my hours and minutes of degrees down to five decimal points. Example, N 42.32.28, W087.51.22 equals, N 42.53800 W087.85367 Again, only an inquiring mind. aLf

Michel: Thanks for your insight again! I kinda figured that the run times were just messed up due to the change. As far as your comment re: "in memory display bug". Do you mean that this is a bug being worked on, just discovered, or don't let it bother you Tim? I did manually go in and re-checked the box and it now show "run at start up again". Thanks, aLf

Mike(s): Thanks. I'm now re-living the whole reason why I converted the bigger home over to Insteon! The X-10 stuff is really old. At the time they were all we had, but today, I guess I'll just have to help stimulate the economy, eventually. I appreciate your inputs and will indeed go slow. Good news is that the condo does not need near the technology that the lake home does with all its landscape and decorative lighting there. I guess all told I'll need 8-10 SL's and a couple KPL's, AP's and I'll be up. Regards, aLf

Michel: Posted this earlier on another thread and never got a response. I've since corrected the time issues by "forcing" them through toggling Home & Away. None are a big deal, but wondered if there is a simple answer to why it happened. The Run at Startup is the most troubling. To fix that I physically had to go in (remotely) and re-add the run at startup call to that particular program. I assume that at DST the time moved and therefore the last runs and next runs couldn't keep up? Just wanted you to have a picture of what I saw. aLf

No Access Points now. But If I even add (1) Insteon it will be needed? No signal bridge now. Always been iffy, but then it's X10! aLf

I've been operating the 26 for a couple years with Insteon only. I recently upgraded that home to a 99 (best investment since buying the 26). The 99 home is strictly Insteon and I have a great grasp on its use. The old 26 will become the master of my second home, which is currently 100% X-10 (SH 2300 series switches). Not having done any X10 with the ISY. What do I need to get the "rotten" signals to be seen on ISY? I eventually I will add (or maybe replace) to all Insteon, but in the meantime I'd like to get the X10 stuff on board and get rid of the 2414U. Do I need Accesspoints? How about a signal bridge across the two phases? Any other "repeater" type modules? Any info would be appreciated. I know that I should just part with the $ and go over to Insteon, but I'd rather preserve the $ right now. Thanks, aLf

Michel: Thanks. I thought that that is what you explained the other day. Today was my first chance to try it remotely. Funny thing is that I didn't get that screen on site! Maybe because there, I'm on the 192 network? Thanks again for explaining one more time. aLf

I get this: There is a problem with this website's security certificate. The security certificate presented by this website was not issued by a trusted certificate authority. The security certificate presented by this website was issued for a different website's address. Security certificate problems may indicate an attempt to fool you or intercept any data you send to the server. We recommend that you close this webpage and do not continue to this website. Click here to close this webpage. Continue to this website (not recommended). More information If you arrived at this page by clicking a link, check the website address in the address bar to be sure that it is the address you were expecting. When going to a website with an address such as https://example.com, try adding the 'www' to the address, https://www.example.com. If you choose to ignore this error and continue, do not enter private information into the website. For more information, see "Certificate Errors" in Internet Explorer Help. Now when I log into my new 99 remotely. Is it normal or somehow do I need to make it legitimate? I just click on the disregard and it goes in. Just doesn't make sense to have to do this every time... Thanks aLf

Just a note of question! I just upgraded to a 99 (from a 26), at the same time I installed 2.7. Last night as well passed through DST, I noted all my "Last Run", Last Finish", and "Next Scheduled" boxes became empty? Also I have one program that "Runs at Start-up". The program no longer showed that it should run at start-up. I (remotely) re-set the run at startup. I'm concerned how this happened and wheter there are any other un-seen things lurking! aLf