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Hello All, Forgive me if this has been asked / answered before, I have searched but didn’t find much on the subject. I am relatively new to the ISY-99i, and have learned so much from all of the posts on this forum. I recently became aware of and have been playing with the “Last Run†feature in Scheduling for programs. That is a nice feature. I have used it in more than a few programs. It seems to me that it would be very advantageous to include a “>†or “>=†variable to it. For example Time is Last Run + 4 hours > . This way the event would occur if the conditions were met anytime after the 4 hours since the last run time. The “From Last run To Last run†could be used but in a couple of my programs but the time could be 6 months to a year since the last run time and I don’t think the variable can stretch out that far. It seems to me that this addition could eliminate a quite a few extra support programs. Anyway I thought I would throw that out there and see what comes of it. I am always open to suggestions. Please keep up the good work and Thank You! Tim

Ok, Thank you for clearing that up for me. Tim

I am a little confused with this first post which is dated 2/7/08 for ver. 2.7.4 but yet ver 2.7.3 just became available in April of 2009???? Was 2.7.4 an edited into this first post just recently? Is 2.7.4 Beta available yet? Thanks, Tim

I cleared my Java catche. The Electricity Module is not listed in the ISY html page or "About" in the program gui. Is that option a pay for option, or is it included in 2.7.3? If it is a pay for option which add on module is it? The Brultech Electricity Module or the Open Auto Demand/Response Module? I guess I misunderstood from the first post. It sounded like this option was included in the new update but now it sounds like it may be a pay for option. Thanks, Tim

I just installed 2.7.3 last night, and for the life of me cannot find the Enable Electricity box, or anything with the word Electricity in the Configuration tab screen. I have 2 tabs in the config window, 1 is System and the other is Climate. To the right, at the bottom of the window has "Electricity Pricing (Base/Current): $0.00 / $0.00" (which is on every window not just the config tab). Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Tim

I was under the impression that when Status was called up in a program that the ISY would poll that device. Thank you for clearing that up for me. And I like your example of grouping If Status statements together in one program and using the true/false from those programs in the main programs to simplify. Thanks again, Tim

When "Status" is used in the If line of a program and that program is evaluating, the device is polled. Sometimes a program may have quite a few devices to poll, which slows things down a bit, and increases network traffic. I have 3 programs used to control light output in the Kitchen. All three programs use the status of, in some cases, the same devices with minor differences in the If statement repeatedly. Therefore when all three programs are evaluating the ISY send a status request for each device, so the same device will be polled 3 times. In the interest of keeping network traffic to a minimum and reduce actuation times would it be reasonable to create a program for each device which the status is to be monitored. For instance: Program Kitchen Lite Staus If Status 'Kitchen Lite' is on Then Else etc., etc. for all devices So if the kitchen lite is on this statement would be true. When the light is turned off the status would be false. Now all three programs would be looking for true/false statements and not polling the devices. Would this make sense and would there be any problems this could create? Thanks, Tim

When I was making the decision to purchase the ISY I came across a thread on SH forum. I don’t remember the persons name but he was describing his system and he said once he purchased his ISY, he never looked back. That one statement pretty much sums it up for me as well. UDI's customer support is un-equaled. Add to that all of the information available on this forum, it has made learning/playing with the ISY easy and fun. I cannot even imagine my life now without the ISY! My hat is off to the UDI staff, and all those who have posted their experiences and solutions on this forum. Once I made the decision to purchase the ISY-99i, I Never Looked Back !!!