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Stu: I played with this and got it to work. What I've got now is LED's that go to 1% during the night. I'm sure someone else has done this before. Now If I can figure out how to get any SWL's to go to 100% backlight during those hours if they are on, then return to 1% when turned back off??? aLf

I searched the forum and there are 100's of returns. Can someone quickly suggest a good Schlage deadbolt that has a keypad and Insteon compatible? Thanks, aLf

When I try to make the (IF); sunset to sunrise, it does not work. If I make it (sunset to sunrise and status is off) then it works. Any suggestions to that? If we use just one program there would be no way to look at the status of each switch.

I guess I'm not clear in my question... I'm trying to dim the backlight(s) of several SWL at once. I tried a test of one swich, basically saying that if the time were such and the switch status was off, dim the backlight. That works, but I have dozens of switches which I'd like all to do. Do I have to have a program for each or can I get them all to do the same under one command.

Thanks. here is my response to help you understand. 1) That would work. I can just use the current program (trigger) within the folder to make it work. So I'm guessing that the folder would only run between sunset and 10PM, then each scene (say lanterns on at sunset, off at 10) within the folder? Then why not just run the scene by itself without the folder? 2) My wife (and I agree) hate the LED's so bright. I wrote a program to dim one switch as a test. At sunset the LED's go to 1% only if the switch is off. I was hoping to have the LED's regardless of switch position go dim. 3) The button is indeed on/off with the scene, but the light does not penetrate the button. (Brown KPL). aLf

1) how can I best get multiple units to respond at the same time, i.e., 7 different switches on at sunset, off at 10PM? I tried a folder with the time as the criteria, but the trigger did not happen. 2) how to dim multiple LED's in the SWL's at the same time, i.e., sunset to sunrise regardless of switch status or position? 3) have a brown 8 button KPL that is not illuminating when the associated scene or unit is on. I'm sure the light is on behind the button(s), but the brown paper and plastic seems to be hindering illumination? aLf

I too was an early (too early) user. I (wasted) a months pay money on Smarthome X-10. If you wanted to see random turn on issues, it didn't even need the all too regular power outages of my area to turn on - power-line noise was enough. I too bought Insteon immediately upon their release. My random ON's became less, but the eventual power outage proved to be a surprise switch or two ON every time I came back to my vacation home. I can still remember running across the ISY-26. I also remember my first of many conversations with Michel. He told me what the little box would do. I really doubted his salesmanship. I bought one anyway and it has evolved into my current 994. Through those years (I'm old now), I have used it as more of an insurance policy than for its robust features. I ALWAYS looked at Insteon exactly like a previous posted noted. You have to think of ALL the stuff that can go wrong. The first thing I knew about Insteon was that it had its own mind. I wrote a program that based on home/away would look at status of every switch in my house every hour (you could write it for 5 minutes). That program would note any switch that was on when I wasn't home. If one (or many) were on, it would then send an "ALL OFF" to every switch. In addition, it would email me with the rogue switch and also a backup email when it returned to its proper state "OFF". I can't remember what I paid for my first 26, but it paid for itself in the first month. I can't tell you how many times my neighbor would tell me lights were on for days before. The scarf is another issue... I'm building a new house and have chosen Insteon to be present in some, but not all locations. I find the benefits FAR outweigh the problems. What I've seen of the recent versions is a product that is much more reliable. As with everything the Pioneers get shot, those coming along later reap the benefits. It is a shame that SH does not have a flash update for these, but then the only company that I've ever run across that continually updates their firmware - thus making it "state of the art" is Universal Devices. That said, I've never seen the (genuine) support by management as UD either. This forum is a wealth of knowledge. Don't dis the folks helping you. I feel like I may use 1% of capabilities of my ISY and Insteon. But then I probably only use 1% of my brain too.

New MacBook. I run Bootcamp. I just now got the Java app to work (Thanks Michel). Now that I can use the interface, it runs full-screen, but is so small you can hardly read it. This problem isn't solely within the ISY interface, it is with many Windows products - running in a basically Apple world. Has anyone found a way to get the UI to run full size? If there is, I'm sure that the rest of the Windows items will follow suit...

I think this is simple. As stated above. The program turns 4 items on during sunset to 10:30 PM. In the past if my wife happened to turn off one of the items locally, it would automatically turn back on. I can replicate it by turning an item off in ISY, and it will turn right back on. But if I locally turn it off at the switch, it stays off.

No, 4.3.26

I'm really not a "programmer" and your link took me to more variables than anything. I really want to just fix a simple "if" program. aLf

So if there have been changes in programming, where can I read up on it?

My PLM died this week also. Something in the air? I simply disconnected the old one, install the new, and then Restored PLM. All seemed well until I set my Christmas program to Enable. It is simple... For simplicity I'll just quote. I have the front door light to go on from sunset to 10:30 PM. And in another program to be off from 10:30:05 to sunset -;05 the following day. That said, lets use the off program. During that ime before the PLM failure, I could go and turn the light on at the switch and the program would immediately turn it back off - just as it should. Now, the light will stay on. Interestingly, I can swith the light on from ISY UI and it will turn it immediately off as it should. Same problem on the on side program, obviously turning it off, etc. Did I miss something in the PLM transfer? Why does it not work right locally? Regards, aLf

Lee: The 25 I see in the ISY window is (10% of 255) which is the max brightness of the SWL? (I have 10% set during the day & 1% at night)." What ISY window are you referring to that contains 25? Can you post an screen clip? 10% is certainly not the max, 100% would be max. My question is wheter ISY takes control of the "LED BRIGHTNESS" setting in the device, i.e. 10% would set it to 25? "My KPL's are set to 0 off (nothing) and 7 on at night (12 Day), what are those numbers?" If the KPL firmware is expecting an Off/On number that is the relative Off/On level of the LEDs. The device maintains a differential of 8 between the values regardless of the individual numbers so that Off and On are always visually distinguishable. What is the 7 and 12 in my case reference to? What ISY firmware? device firmware? device type (relay/dimmer)? The reason I ask is that by 4.0.5 I thought the references had been changed to either a number from 1-255 or a %. "The older models of SWL's & KPL's in the other house---do they not have any adjustment of the LED or buttons, even though there is an option within ISY? Depends on the device firmware in each device? Not all old devices can be set programmatically. There is a "LED BRIGHTNESS" setting in the GUI window even on the old SWL's, question is whether that is a usable feature? "Can you adjust the brightness outside of ISY?" Probably. Refer to the User Guide that applies to that specific device type at its firmware level. I don't have specific information as to what firmware level the various combinations of Switchlinc Dimmer/ Switchlinc Relay/KPL Dimmer/KPL Relay firmware was updated with that capability. SmartLabs/Smarthome does not provide a list of device type/firmware levels where each feature was added. Too old to find any leaflets on them, they are original equipment when Insteon came out. "I have one SWL I changed out last year (v27) that the LED when off many times is Off completely and sometimes on??? Is it a faulty SWL or is there a program setting the level I don't know about?" I have no way of knowing without some trace information when the change happens. The Find facility may help in locating Programs which affect the device. Where is the trace utility?

So? The 25 I see in the ISY window is (10% of 255) which is the max brightness of the SWL? (I have 10% set during the day & 1% at night). My KPL's are set to 0 off (nothing) and 7 on at night (12 Day), what are those numbers? The older models of SWL's & KPL's in the other house---do they not have any adjustment of the LED or buttons, even though there is an option within ISY? Can you adjust the brightness outside of ISY? I have one SWL I changed out last year (v27) that the LED when off many times is Off completely and sometimes on??? Is it a faulty SWL or is there a program setting the level I don't know about? Thanks.

I have some older SWL's. v38 and v27. In ISY there is an option to set LED brightness. Can I do so or is the hardware too old? Older ISY99i, running 3.3. Also second residence with 994 running 4.5. I have a program to dim the LED's at 1030PM, I also see that in the actual SWL, there is and LED brightness that shows 25 and the SWL looks bright even though I have the off level (in ISY) much lower. Thanks, aLf

Thanks, I got it to finally link. The problem was not using the Link pull down. Now another question (kind of off topic)... I made a scene, two lights in the scene along with a KPL button and a RL button. I went into the scene and set the "ON" levels and ramp rates. When I touch either the RL or KPL buttons, the scene turns the two lights on instantly and 100%? How do I set the scene attributes? aLf

Does the old "Silver" RemoteLinc not work with a 994 running the latest FW? I tried the above directions and I get a failure saying "can not determine Insteon Engine". Thanks aLf

I have an "off" command, ISY (or subsquent call to an INL) just misses stuff occasionally. It did the other night. ISY said it was off, they were on. I can then either go in and turn them off in ISY, go to the KPL button (that controls the INL), or as I found query (right click in ISY)---then ISY senses it's report as "on"---and immediately turns it off. What I thought was as a bckup was to 15 minutes after the program calls for them off, just do a query of the INL, that would accomplish the same thing a a right mouse click. I just wanted to know if my "QUERY" program was written correct. Here is the original program to run them. If From 10:35:03PM To Sunset - 3 seconds (next day) And Status 'Gate Outlet' is On Then Set Scene 'Gate Outlet' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') I then wrote this as the "QUERY" If Time is 11:00:00PM Then Set 'Gate Outlet' Query Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Do the guru's think that I did this the best way possible? Tim

I have a basic Christmas Light program. Last night the lights did not turn off at 10:30 as supposed to. The program is written so that to turn off if I question the status. I have had no "QUERY" in any of the programs. I wrote the following as a backup. Will this take care of my issue? If Time is 11:00:00PM Then Set 'Gate Outlet' Query Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') All I need is to have the 'Gate Outlet' checked and if not off, it will trigger the entire "SCENE" off? Thanks, Tim

Hey Michel: I thought I'd write this to the Forum. I have an "AWAY" program which runs obviously when I'm AWAY. It was set (to AWAY) a week ago (before the time change). It was running a program (under summary) for me which has been flawless for a long time. That program essentially turns every switch OFF when I'm away every hour. That program ALWAYS shows in my programs as "Running "Then". Tonight I went into ISY to look around (remotely) and noticed that the program although showed TRUE, was indeed running IDLE. To force it, I went into Main and ran a HOME callout via ISY, ISY then showed "HOME". I waited several minutes and went back to tell ISY I was AWAY (2-KPL's, and an APL in a Scene). My Programs Summary then showed the ALL OFF as Running "Then" as it usaullay does. As a subnote, I checked my LOG in EXCEL and the last time it ran as it should was at 1:30 AM Saturday morning, essentially a half hour before the time change. Coincidence? A Bug? I don't know. Just thought I'd point it out. Regards, Tim

Thanks again Lee. Just so I'm straight. The IO Linc would really not interact with the Dakota. It simply would be hooked to very basic window sensors and would activate when the prox showed open/closed. Then vis the Insteon network (and ISY) would trigger whatever I wanted, i.e. an email or turn on a light? How waterproof/moisture proof do you think the IO would be? The moisture, i.e. humidty is always high in the north woods. Does Dakota make any kind of prox that could be mounted on the gate and send a signal to the Dakota base? Regards, Tim

Lee: Thanks. I allready use the Dakota driveway alarm. I have a buried metal sensor near the road which will pick up any car, and as a backup I have motion sensors around the yard, including one nearer the house on the drive to sense someone (or animal) (or someone who is an animal) that gets by the metal sensor. They work great as intended, when they work. I have had MORE than my share of reliability issues with both the probe and the motion sensors. Maybe the bitter cold and moisture of Northern Wisconsin. That said, Is there a way to tie into the Dakota? As far as I know they dont have a prox sensor that would transmit to the Dakota base-do they? I presently don't use the base wit and IO linc, but could easily do that. I also could rig up some sort of NEMA box in a nearby woodshed to house an AP which could recieve the Insteon window prox? Would one AP be enough? And would the AP recieve it OK and then transmit back into the house (same circuit)? As stated earlier, I am open to ANY design ideas here. Using the Dakota would be nice if there was a way. On an unrelated subjetct. My PLM is ancient. One of the original Insteon releases. Would it be good insurance to replace it with a new and if so what model? I alos have two KPL's which are original and would it be as simple as new ones-replace and re-program ISY to be able to dim the bright buttons? Thanks, Tim

I have a driveway gate which would be nice to monitor and maybe switch lights on/off. It unfortunately is 400' from the house. It does have 110, but is switched from the house (Insteon and ISY) for lights and outlets. I'd like to see when the gate is open or closed. Any ideas without major re-engineering? I think the big issue is having an access point to recieve a simple window/door sensor, but the lack of unswitched power for the AP and trying to keep the AP dry would be a problem. I appreciate the design options you all will come up with.

Teken: I gave serious thought to selling it. In the end, I could not sell something to you or anyone that I know could cause the kind of trouble this thing could. Granted, someone will get this "like new" generator installed at their dream home by the dealer, but I can look my maker in the eye knowing I didn't sell it to them! If the manufacturer felt there was a compelling issue (which I don't believe they do), they would have insisted on pulling it from circulation. My morals and ethics are worth more to me than a few extra bucks. I truly believe had I not been home and this thing had run at the voltages it did, my home would have been seriously injured. I hope that anyone with this vintage of generator educate themselves as to what they have and at very least get the new style Voltage Regulator. aLf