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EricK, The LED brightness deficiency you are seeing could be caused by a couple of things, a difference in the firmware between the two different models of switches or actual property differences between the two LED’s themselves. My money is on the latter. Back when I was installing all the switches in my house I had the same trouble with some of the switches installed in 2 and 3 gang boxes, some of the LED’s were brighter when dimmed to a lower level. I even had some where there was an actual color difference (very slight but when mounted together it was very obvious). I learned early on to hook up the switches on my bench and test them together when they were to be installed together. I even go so far as to do all the programming before they are even installed now. I know it doesn’t help you in this case but maybe in the future. As far as the brightness being dimmer when set to 255 by the ISY I believe there were a few posts regarding this within the last month or so and if memory serves I think there will be a fix in the next rev., but LeeG or Michel can better answer that question. For now you may be able to manually dim or brighten the LED at the switches themselves to get them to a more equal level. You will have to check the owners manual for the switches. Tim

The ISY does have trigger reverse option for the iolink, however if you have the nightly query program it will change the status of the sensor and may trigger any programs you have for the garage door. I would get the 3 wire door sensor if it were me.

as I recall, someone correct me if wrong, at reboot the ISY will query all devices so it knows what state they are in. Then it checks programs and places them at true or false depending on the If condition. It does not run them unless specifically set to run at startup.

Harold, Is there likewise a button at the top of the admin console for battery powered devices but not for regular devices? Does Help>About report both the GUI and ISY are 4.1.0? And the only other question I can think of to ask is what virus software are you using? Tim

If you are a tinkerer you might also take a look at the CAI WebControl8 board. You would need to add the case, power supply and perhaps relays to complete the project. The Webcontrol board offers 8 outputs as well as 8 inputs and has 1-wire temp capabilities as well and you can also control it via the web or with the ISY via Rest commands. http://www.cainetworks.com/products/webcontrol/webcontrol-changelog.html Tim

apostolakisl, Are you still a fan of using an old ATX power supply instead of all the wall-warts? Have you made any changes or additions since changing over? I am ready to do the same thing and looking for any extra tips or suggestions - along the lines of "I should have...." etc. Thanks, Tim

Yes. Should work fine.

Drew, I think you can cut those 2 down to one without any issue since you only have 1 condition. Unless of course there was another reason.

I noticed when in Programs>Details and you right click on a program or folder there are two new options. Import and Export to clipboard. What editor program is suggested to make viewing easier on the eyes? Thanks,

Yeah that was my thinking as well but every way I tried it didn't work, thats why I asked maddbomber83 for clarification on whether he was talking about using the variable subst. on variables and programs. Still not sure if he is or not.

No, what I am asking is using the variable sub. on state/int variables instead of programs. For instance ${sys.program.1.name} will print the program name in the email, what will do the same for state/int variables? I have tried ${sys.var.1-1.name} and ${sys.variable.1-1.name} etc but cannot seem to find the right command.

Yes, in notification email settings.After hitting add variable this appears in the body ${var.1.91}. How did you modify that line to show the variable Name in the email/text?

Do you mean variable as in integer/state variable? If so can you give 1 examble of the format please? I have tried every way I can think of. Also, what do you mean by "edited it to Enabled? Thanks, Tim

Sorry about that...its been a long time since I have used Start Linking. I am glad you caught that Lee, thanks! Also one last thing to add, it would be a good idea to factory rest each switch before linking to the ISY just to be sure any previous links are gone.

It is easy. Put the switches into linking mode locally and go to the ISY admin console and click on Link Management > Start Linking. Once the ISY is done linking the devices they will show up in the device tree as their respective addresses. As I recall you can put all the devices you need to link in link mode and then hit Start Linking, as long as you can put them all in linking mode before they time out. You may have to find/read the instructions for your specific devices to find out how to link them and what the timeout is. Tim

I stand corrected, thanks IndyMike. Those figures jive with what I have been seeing. Last winter my sprinklers were run about every 4 days to a week depending on weather. But now thinking about it you and UDI had made some positive changes to the calculations as I recall, and it appears they are dead on now. Thank you! Tim

Not to hijack this thread or turn attention away from jmc but I am thinking WB may be having problems or have made some changes. For the last month maybe a little more my sprinklers have not been turning on. ISY Et shows 0.016" for yesterday which is about what it has been running for the last month. At this rate my sprinklers wont fire until xmas. I was on station KBAB but a couple of days ago changed to the same one jmc switched to (KLHM) and the et has been showing about the same. Not sure where to go from here. My settings are: P-M, Interior plains, 70% - Slope, .7, water applied .386" Et seemed fine all summer and I was on 4.0.5 from its release until 4.1.0 was released. If there is anything I can do just let me know. Thanks, Tim

Hi Michel, Thanks. The email subject line just says node(#) and not the name of the variable which ran the program. Tim

If you have a program as such: If $StateVar1 is 1 and $StateVar2 is 1 Then notify Else Can you use the custom email sub. to email you with the name of the variable which caused the program to run true? I know you can for devices using ${sys.node.#.name}. Thanks, Tim

Have you had good luck with the wifi adapter, if so which one are you using?

Yes, here is a statement from LeeG : "Remember that a Query will change the Sensor state because Trigger Reverse is being used. This happens when the I/O Linc comm is working correctly. When Trigger Reverse is being used and Query does not change the Sensor state that indicates a comm problem." from this thread http://forum.universal-devices.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=12162&p=94396&hilit=+trigger+reverse+#p94396 You can also do a search of trigger reverse and will find a bunch of links. I have had great comm. for a couple of years now and I still have the nightly query, I figure whats it hurt! Tim

Welcome to the forum K O, The only program listed which the nightly query might affect would be program 4 with the garage door sensor. I seem to recall some issues with the iolinc sensors and a query, not sure if that might be the case here or not. I believe it had something to do with whether or not "Trigger Reverse" box was checked. If that is not it then I would next look to make sure the ISY does indeed receive the status updates or not from the iolinc. The nightly query is used to make sure the whole system is in sync, that the ISY is aware of all the correct status of all devices. If you have a rock solid installation with no comm. issues you could do without it, its up to you. Tim

Knight, yes WAF is very important. And glad you got it figured out. Oberkc, nice job, I love it when it can be broken down to a couple of programs, kodos!

Now thats home automation at its finest! Thanks for sharing!

If I understand correctly the OP wants a program to run when the CatGenie turns on then another program to run when it has finished. He didn't specify what each program was doing and whether or not it was ok if the programs ran a few times each during the course of the CatGenie doing its thing or if he just wanted each program to run once. Which is why I proposed the programs as I did, and also included the use of the variable in the event he wanted the programs to run only once.