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trying to write a simple scene adjust program, as never did this before. I have a motion sensor and garage light in a scene so garage light is turned on with motion then I have a program to turn off the scene after certain time. however if the light is turned on by a keypad button "A" the program will not turn off the light, all is working great. However, I also have a "mood" button that tuns on this light at a low level, but every time I go by the motion sensor it turns it on to the brighter level of the scene, so I was trying to control with a program like this but does not seem to work (note, the "D" button is the mood lower level of 31%) test - [iD 001F][Parent 0001] If Control 'KPL Kitchen.D' is switched On Then In Scene 'Garage Motion' Set 'Garage Back Lite' 31% (On Level) Else In Scene 'Garage Motion' Set 'Garage Back Lite' 61% (On Level)

Thanks to all. I do have internet at the vacation home 24/7 and the cloud is alway available, as I have two camera set up to view with a dynamic DNS account. Also, my requirements are quite modest I.e. Some light on via a schedule etc. having said that the responses are so overwhelmingly in favor of the isy I may have to reconsider

Sorry looks like I double posted and don't know how to delete one of them. Sorry

I have an isy994 and am very happy. However for my vacation home I do not need such sophistication and was looking at the insteon hub. First off any opinions? Second, before I bring the hub to my vacation home can I test it out at home, meaning will an isy and a hub coexist on the same home HA network without any conflict or problems? Thx much Joe

I have an isy994 and am very happy. However for my vacation home I do not need such sophistication and was looking at the insteon hub. First off any opinions? Second, before I bring the hub to my vacation home can I test it out at home, meaning will an isy and a hub coexist on the same home HA network without any conflict or problems? Thx much Joe

perfect, thanks

I think I found an error, I will check tonight, thanks for all the help...will let you know if it was the stupid thing I think

test - [iD 0042][Parent 0001] If Control '31.8F.F5-Sensor' is switched On And Status 'KPL Kitchen.1' is Off And Status 'KPL Kitchen.D' is Off Then Wait 40 seconds Set Scene 'Garage Back Lite scene' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

The program is very simple, but the issue may be the motion sensor , so I have: All switches off except #5 for software control on in the motion sensor I have software programmed , on only commands, timer .5 minutes ( although is timer disabled with on only commands?), motion sensor tos send regardless of timer, nite only I think I am missing something basic, but I will try tonight when it gets dark ( btw I have always used dusk dawn from the isy to set command, but now with now only on the motion sensor will the light form the garage lite make the nit only now see day?)

I have been ISY 994i, is this upgrade to Zwave and if so are their any unique advantage like more device than insteon?

Need a little advice. For years I have been using motion sensor to run a program to turn on "garage lite", but it is kind of slow that way. The reason I was using the program is because if the garage lite was turned on by a different controller on a keypad I did not want the motion senor timer to turn off the light so I had a separate program to turn off when received "off" command AND KPL switch was not on. This works OK but kind of slow to turn on. Today I made a new scene and put the sensor in the scene along with the garage lite and set the motion sensor to send only on command. This made the lite come on much faster, great! Then I used a program to turn off the Garage lite after so many second after the motion sensor was "on" AND the KPL switch is not on. Seems to work erratically, but I cannot get consistent results. So rather than trying to debug "my way" perhaps there is some other way to make this work? Thanks much Joe

Ok thanks working now, so cross fingers

Okay,, I finally replaced the keypad,but I had the same problem that is pad number A would not work but the rest would. So in desperation I deleted the scen and started from scratch and now it works ok with the new keypad of cours. As the scene worked flawlessly for many years I can only assume it got corrupted. Has anyone seen this?

yes, sometime that is the symptom (turns on but not off), but mostly just does not work on or off. No load on the KPL, just controls a remote scene. why, what were you thinking?

OK I did as you said. seems again all of the other buttons when added to their scenes seem to work OK, but pad a after added to its scene sometimes works and most time not. the event viewer showed a lot of traffic (not totally understandable to me) on both turn on and turn off presses.

OK, will try

I have a 8 button KPL, and button A controls a scene, but has stopped working. I have restored the device, pulled button A from the scene and reinserted , but is does not work. All the changes were recorded OK in the program, and all of the other buttons perform correctly. The A button will light as a responder if other controllers in the scene turn on that scene, but button A will not control anything. It has worked for years with no recent changes, and all of the functions seem to be OK, just the Button A. Happy to replace, but not sure if a KPL would fail in this way. any guidance, it is appreciated. should I just replace it?

"- Your second program is curious to me...What happens if the sensor OFF command comes after dawn? Does the light stay on indefinitely? - are you concerned with denying yourself the ability to manually turn off the light if it were triggered on by the motion sensor. Given the approach you take, I assume you would have to first turn on one of your KPL buttons, then turn it off." yes, you are correct on the off command, I really do not need the dawn/dusk criteria, has not been a problem, but could be in a very narrow window yes, if the light is on from the sensor I can wait until time off or hit the kpl on then off, or hit off on a remote, works fine, no problem

Techman thanks for the response. I do have an access point quite close to the Motion sensor, but thought maybe a range extender would be better so ordered a couple. Oberkc for the program, I only want the motion sensor timer off to turn the light of IF it has not been turned on by an KPL switch that turned on that light. so the program on/off comand is something like: IF receive motion on comand And time is between dusk and dawn the next day And the KPL A is off (a switch for a scene that has that light in it) AND kpl D is off (a switch for another scene that has that light in it) Then turn light on IF receive motion off command And time is between dusk and dawn the next day And the KPL A is off (a switch for a scene that has that light in it) AND kpl D is off (a switch for another scene that has that light in it) Then turn light off

I have always had a little problem understanding the difference between "is on" status VS "turns on" control. For Example, I have a program that turns on a garage light for motion sensor, and it stays on until the motion sensor times out. There are a couple of conditions in the program: Is is between dusk and dawn, and if a KPL switch is off meaning I have not already tuned the same light via the KPL switch. This program has worked well for years with the condition "turns on", but recently was intermittent. so I replaced the motion sensor. Works half the time, so may be a communication issue, but I wanted to make sure I had the conditions correct. Should the program be for the light turn on be "if the motion sensor is on" or "when the motion sensor is turned on", like I said, I always had a bit of confusion in this area Thanks Joe

I have an ISY 994i pro, and it says it is field upgradeable to IR input, could someone tell me how I do this? Thx Joe

OK, maybe now I generated a new cert by following the instructions again, but how do I tell? all seems to work OK before and after the cert creation

OK I got the dashboard to work, but still confused how to get a new certificate

i just upgraded from 99i to 994i and all went well. However, I apparently am supposed to upgrade or reinstall my security certificate (don't know much about that) so following the instruction is says to go to the dashboard and make some networks changes that I guess cannot be made from the normal interface. When I follow the link it want to download a file with a .jpnl extension to open the dashboard, however for some reason my Java program is not associated with JPNL extensions, and I cannot seem to figure out how. The normal interface works fine

I have an ISY 99 Pro and I want to upgrade to 994 pro. How do I do this, and what process do I go through once I get the new unit meaning do i have to do anything with the PLM or the programming. What are the exact steps to get up and running with the new device. Also, do I have to return the old device