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Hi Lee, Sorry, I do not follow. The program is not being reevaluated when the value of the variable changes. The program will only turn true when the status of the device is On and turn false when the status of the device is Off. Tim

Hi Andy, Yes you could. But I found the variable increments +1 immediately each time the program turns true, then it starts the 1 minute repeat routine. Since the OP is trying to track operation time I thought the premature increment by 1 might throw his stats off. However if there are times when the status of his device will be turned on for less than 1 minute at a time then the program I listed will not track those moments in which case the OP might prefer to delete the wait as you suggested. Tim

Hi jpoje, The hihats will always turn on since they are the load connected to the Icon switch. You could do a program such as: If Control 'Icon Switch' is Switched Fast Off Then Wait 2 seconds Set Appliancelinc On Else You will have to put a wait in before turning on the appliancelinc since the device is linked to the Icon and in effect when you Fast Off the switch you are turning the appliancelinc off as well, so the wait will have to be long enough for the comm. to stop from the Off command. Tim

Hello telljcl, This may do what you are looking for. Set up a variable and include it in the program below. Every 1 minute the device is On the variable will increase by 1. If Status 'Your Device' is On Then Repeat Every 0 seconds Wait 1 minute $Your var. name += 1 Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Tim

That is strange...after factory resetting the SL did you run a restore in the ISY for that device? Do you have two access points set up on opposite legs(I know you must have at least 1 or a dual band plm in order for the MS signals to be received)? I personally believe (based on my observations in my home) that a phase coupler mounted at the service panel is a great idea. But there are many here who do not have one and have great success without one. Tim

oberkc, Sorry you beat me to it.... Tim

Hello poormonkey, I assume from your post and program example that the ms is not directly linked to the kitchen lights. I am also assuming the kitchen light or lights are powered by a Switchlinc or similar Insteon switching device. One way to disable the ms program you have listed is to create a new program which looks for the kitchen lights being turned of locally such as: Kitchen Lights Manual Off: If Control 'Kitchen Lights' is Switched Off Then Wait 5 minutes Run Program 'Kitchen Lights Manual Off' Else Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') So when you manually turn off the kitchen lights then program Kitchen Lights Manual Off turns true for 5 minutes then turns false. Next, in your example program add: If Control 'Motion Sensor-Sensor' is switched On And Status 'Kitchen' is Off And Program 'Kitchen Lights Manual Off' is False Then Set 'Kitchen' On Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Now when you locally turn off the kitchen lights the first program turns true for 5 minutes which will prevent the second program from running as you pass by the ms on your way to bed. After 5 minutes the first program turns false which will allow the second program to run true when it is triggered by the ms. Tim

Yeah, I am sure you could use a cap. I remember seeing those sold on eBay. I used the x10 pro coupler http://www.ebay.com/itm/X10-PRO-Signal-Bridge-Passive-Phase-Coupler-XPCP-/380345447874?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item588e5af5c2, I had a couple from back when you could get them for 5 or 10 bucks a piece on eBay. I just mounted it in a single gang box. Cut a couple of extension cord plugs off and wired the plugs to the coupler. It worked sweet for a long time. Then cai came along and didn't need it or the SL on the ups any more.

I did run a couple of SL relays (non dual band) on a ups with a passive coupler coupling the battery back up side of the ups and the wall outlet where the ups was plugged in for about a year with no comm. failures. I don't remember trying the plm on the ups however. Tim

Hello remedy1234, The easiest way, and cheapest is as andyf0 suggested. Create a program such as: Reboot Email: If - No Conditions - (To add one, press 'Schedule' or 'Condition') Then Set Program 'Reboot Email' To Run At Startup Wait 1 minute Send Notification to 'remedy1234' Run Program 'Reboot Email' (Else Path) Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Manually run this program once, it will automatically set itself to run each time at startup. This program will not alert you when the power fails but it will email you when power is restored and the ISY reboots. In order for the ISY to alert you to a power failure it needs some extra support equipment. Getting an alert when power fails is a bit more tricky, and expensive but sure it can be done. I am using CAI's WebControl board (http://www.cainetworks.com/products/webcontrol/webcontrol-faq.html) and io_guy's WCLink program (http://forum.universal-devices.com/viewtopic.php?f=77&t=6612) and a wall-wart to monitor the line voltage. I get an email if the voltage is too high or too low. In my case I use the too high (over 130 volts) and too low (which is less than 100 volts) as trip points to alert me as well has shut off voltage sensitive equipment. You could have it just email when the voltage was 0 if you wanted. In order for this to work the ISY, network router, internet modem and the WebControl board need to be on a power backup supply (UPS). It could also be accomplished probably a dozen other ways too. One idea would be using an I/O Linc (http://www.smarthome.com/2450/IOLinc-INSTEON-Low-Voltage-Contact-Closure-Interface-1-In-1-Out-/p.aspx) and 120v relay and a passive coupler (http://www.smarthome.com/4815X/X10-XPCP-X10-Passive-Signal-Coupler/p.aspx) and also a UPS. The ISY and I/O Linc and one side of the passive coupler would be on the UPS. The relay coil and the other side of the passive coupler would be wired to another (non UPS) 120v tap. One set of the relay contacts would wire to the I/O Linc. I would think, next to the reboot email program route that this might be the next simplest but probably not the cheapest route. Tim

Todd, Ah yes, the more you explain the more it jars my memories of a couple of years ago going thru similar issues with the motion sensors. I tried similar avenues, variables weren’t available back then, with some success, but spotty. I unfortunately don’t have any answers for you. Hopefully UDI can help you out. Sorry I couldn’t. Tim

Lee, good point. I had forgotten that when the motion sent the Off it would turn the lights back off...but in my situation I wanted that anyway. But I thought the OP stated the motions send only ON commands so his timer programs will turn off the responders anyway.

Hi Todd, Thanks for clarifying. I had wanted the same thing at one point but it is not possible currently to. Michel I am sure could explain the reasons why. You are probably aware but just in case, you can use the Adjust Scene in a program to set the responders to 0 Level so that when the motion trips the lights do not turn on. That is what I did/still do with some devices. At dusk the lights will turn on to 60% with motion, at dawn they turn on to 0% with motion Tim

Hmm, I have numerous Network Resources and am able to both export them as well as do do ISY backup. I am also on 3.1.16 Did you have just one resource or a number of them? Also, your gui is 3.1.16? tim

Hello Todd, Sorry, I followed your post pretty well but am a bit confused. Is your MS linked to the responders and you are using the "Adjust Scene" action in your time based programs as well as using programs to turn the lights on to preset levels? Or are you just using programs triggered by your MS to trigger your lights to preset levels and the MS is not linked to anything but the ISY? Thanks, Tim

OmegaQuest, What ISY version?

Is Bath Master part of the sf Bath Master scene? If so then the If is re-evaluating when the scene is turned on. Any change to Bath Master (since you are using the Status of that device) will cause the program to re-evaluate during the wait and run the program False.

I am having an intermittent network problem. I relocated the ISY and plm to the garage. Ran new cat5e. No troubles for a couple of hours then the ISY would report -100 loss of network. According to the error log it would loose network then reconnect sometimes rapidly. I thought maybe I had a bad port on the switch. Changed ports a couple of times, no help. Then I plugged the ISY directly into the router, no help. I ran another cat5, no help. I noticed that when the red light does flash on the ISY the 2 green lights on the rear for the network cable are still lit and the one is flashing occasionally while the red light flashes. I bought a network cable tester and both new cables tested good. It also seems that way more errors are produced when it is cold. I brought the unit back into the house and ran it for over an hour with no errors. Put it back in the garage and it ran for 30 minutes then produced the network error.The ISY has lived in the house for the last couple of years and that room stays between 75 and 80 degrees year round. At this point I don't know if it is the length of the cat5 (<80ft) or what. I was carefull not to route the cable near any power wires. I am normally a very good troubleshooter but I am stumped at this point. I am looking for suggestions. Thanks, Tim

What ISY version are you on and what version is the KPL? Does the ISY control the LED brightness of any other of your devices? Tim

Others have also used an old discarded wall-wart as a load to drain down the trickle voltage. Tim

Hello neupane00, If you have 99i Pro you can turn off the RF devices update button at the top of the console. You can drop the RL button into the scene with the other devices, after they all are linked then put the RL in linking mode and press the RF button again to write the links to the RL. If you do not have the pro version you can add all of the devices to the scene, once they are all written to, put the RL into linking mode then add the RL to the scene. You could add the RL at the same time with all the other devices into the scene without putting the RL into link mode but the ISY will attempt to link to the RL which will then make the process longer and in the end the RL button will have the green flag next to it. At that time you could put the RL into linking mode then right click on the node and select "write updates." Tim

Hello GreyFox, What rev. of the ISY are you running? Tim

Hi Wayne, Are you on 3.1.16? There was some sort of work done on both state and integer variables in this new beta release. There was also some work done regarding ACK's in less than ideal comm. situations. Also, just a question. Why is the first program looking for the status of Off for the humidifier-Relay but in the second program it is looking for the variable value of the humidifier? Was this changed in an attempt to get to the root of the problem? I was just curious. Thanks, Tim

Brian H, I wonder if it may depend on screen size. Mine show the same thing but if you widen the column PM appears. It may have something to do with letter spacing. In other words all of the PM next scheduled runtimes for me occur on this evening Thu.... where as the AM next scheduled are for Fri.... The F is closer to the left column line than the T is. garybixler, Have you tried re-downloading the update from UDI site?

Ditto. Thanks UDI, Tim