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Thanks Sub-Routine, If Smarthome made changes and I have all new equipment, then why the issue do you suspect? Changing the switch sounds easy, but I have to find one that fits the decor, so to be sure this is the problem would help. Was the "flickering" the symptom with these dimmers? This one is about 10+ years old Joe

I had no time to pop the light cover, but I can see this is a Leviton paddle switch dimmer. I has been installed for many years. Is it possible that it is some sort of powerline controlled switch that I never knew about? I did pay a lot for it, but I had to look for a glossy black one to match my decor, so I thought the price was for that, but possibly has some sort of electronic control in it? But why would it flash due to Insteon signals?

yes, correct the other light is non insteon controlled and it is controlled by a phyical dimmer. Symptom: press the KPL key, if other light is on it will flash by a quick dim then back . if the KPL key flashes (like when it has a brief communication issue) the other light if on will flash that same number of times. If the second light is off no flashing of course. Joe

I am so upset. After over $1000 spent on ISy and Insteon, now when I press a scene button on the KPL or an RL that are linked to a scene, the button blinks but so do the lights on an entirely different circuit not even controlled by Insteon. This is crazy! My wife is ready to throw the whole mess out, and I did it so carefully in that I did the install in stages so I would not have this problem. Why would light blink on entirely different circuits not even controlled by Insteon??. My wife is afraid to touch anything as if to get electrocuted and I have spend countless hours installing all of this. So bizarre!

thanks Michael On other question. The KPL is in a tabletop case (forget what they call it) and the wire is about 30 ft long and plugged into a GFI outlet. Se any issue with this? All f the other lights controlled form the KPL work fine, just this one scene has some lights that do not come on consistently Thx Joe

more specific to my problem, I have a garage KP that has a key to control a scene, but it constantly falsl on two of the lights in the scene. Apparently making a new scene with just the KP controller did not help. However, If I write a program to turn on the original scene whne it sees that KP key, it works OK. Seems strange to me. Joe

I have a few scenes with multiple controllers (2 keys from two different KPL and 2 keys form 2 different RLs) a total of 4. It takes a long time to make changes and some errors some times during control. Is it better to make a new scene for each controller or at least maybe break into two scenes with two controllers for each scene?

I have come up the learning curve fast, but still a ways to go... The concept still escapes me a little. Let's say I add a toggle dimmer to the ISY that Controls a "garage lite". When I add it to the ISY it comes up as a controller not a light. Well OK, since I guess it could control more than the local load. Now lets' say that I add that to a scene called "garage scene" and it is the only light in that scene. Now I add other controllers to that scene (no other loads) like a KPL and a couple of RLs. Now I want to control that "garage Lite" with a motion controller, but only when the "garage lite" is not been tuned on by any of the other controllers in the "garage scene". Is the status of the scene the same as the status of the lite? I may not be explaining it very well, but more simply: If the scene only contains one light, is the status of the lite different than the status of the scene? If confusing, sorry Joe

genek May not be the same issue I had, but when exiting the linking mode on the RL, make sure you DO NOT do it by hitting one of the number 1-6 keys, but rather by hitting the Bright key, otherwise I got some really strange results. This issue has been confirmed, hope it helps you (as I was also about to return my RL) Joe

Not a big deal, but is there a way to type in the ramp rate and level vs. the sliders? Joe

Can anyone think of a way that you could program a "wait" period dependent upon how many times a controller's on button is pressed. More specifically, lets say you hit a RL key on and it is set to turn on your pool pump for 15 min, but each time during that 15 mins you hit the on key again 15 mins MORE would be added to the wait period before it shuts off. Not absolutely needed, but for fun I do have an application for it. Thx Joe

does the MS send on commands each time it sees movement i.e would a program as below keep light on as long as movement every 10 seconds or does it just send a "first on" and an "off" after no moment for 1 min, but no other "ons"? If Control '11.A0.A5-Sensor' is switched On And Status 'KPL A' is Off And Status 'RL Backyard #1' is Off And Status 'RL Backyard #5' is Off And Status 'RL Backyard #6' is Off Then Set 'Garage Lite' On Wait 10 seconds Set 'Garage Lite' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

Is this the best way to write a program to turn on and off a motion sensor controlled light but only when that light is not already on via an RL or KPL? is there another way since if I add this light to another scene or add another controller to the scene I need to go back and add them to this program. No other way to write it independent of what is controlling "garage lite" ? If Control '11.A0.A5-Sensor' is switched On And Status 'KPL A' is Off And Status 'RL Backyard #1' is Off And Status 'RL Backyard #5' is Off And Status 'RL Backyard #6' is Off Then Set 'Garage Lite' On Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') off: If Control '11.A0.A5-Sensor' is switched Off And Status 'KPL A' is Off And Status 'RL Backyard #1' is Off And Status 'RL Backyard #5' is Off And Status 'RL Backyard #6' is Off Then Set 'Garage Lite' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

OK, but if trying to unlink a Remotelinc for example, it will ask me to put the remotelinc into linking mode (which of course is impossible if lost or broken) so one would just ignore the request? The remove/unlinking would still occur? Thx Joe

Suppose an Remotelinc or a toggledimmer electrically fail, how do you then "unlink" it from the ISY? Joe

In Playing with the diagnostic tools they all seem to function fine( including scene test) EXCEPT the Show the Device links table, I start it with the defaults and it goes for a while then "fails", but again all of the other test work so I don't think its a connection issue Joe

I have been learning Inseteon and ISY from the great support here and have had many "user error" that the team here has helped me with. But last night I had my first confirmed failure in that a lamplinc that is part of an evening scene scehduled by the ISY did not turn off at the right time last night. All of the rest of the lights in the scene did, and turning on then off the scene via a keypad did indeed turn off that lamplinc, so it was not a setup issue. So while it is "only" one instance so far I have only been using it a couple of weeks so it does beg the question about reliability. Anyone have an anecdotal feel for that ? 99&...98%? Just wondering about user opinions. How about the diagnostic tools which I don't all comprehend yet. Will any of those give us any indications? Joe

Got it! Thx

Never Mind, I now see one of the Scenes is "My Lighting", that would be the "Global" One

Oh, I see, you set a query for a Scene. I though there was a global Query mode

wow, I must be dense, I do not even see that in my action pull down menus (ver 2.7)

I see. But now I cannot even find the pull down menu to write a query program, can you give me specific details? I do nto even see a "set Scene" command. BTW your posting time stamp looks like it did not get the Daylight Savings update Thx Joe

ok I think I found the problem. My "query" program was somehow set to query at 11:18 pm and then "set My Lighting on" Why do I need a query program (purpose) and what is the correct format? Joe

Thanks Michel If you read my original post, I am not sure it was even related to the RL. Just all of the keypad slaves came on, not sure how, but as I was also working with ISL programing at the time, I will attribute it to some user error at this time, not to worry, just wondering if anyone has seen such kind of erratic behavior of KPls. Alos, after power failure do the light default to "on"? Thx Joe

Thanks Michel, This surprises me, but to make sure I understand If I put in same scene KPL key #1 and RL key #1 (both as controllers) with light X", then hit RL "all on", all of the Keypad lights linked to KPL #2-#8 would also come on? I always assumed that "all on" on the RL would turn on all of the lights linked to the RL, not all of the lights that were linked to a controller that was linked to the RL Thx Joe