TrojanHorse

Um, you're hardly worth responding to, but help me understand what I claimed that isn't true?

I don’t use iolinc but don’t you have turn it off? I only see your program turning it on? I compiled a set of programs to do something similar with my elk and a relay. I posted about it years ago and will see if I can dig up a link. But before we go that route, what happens if you add a “wait 1 second” “set garage relay OFF” to your program? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nice. I like that better. Maybe I have a reason to get zwave now... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The Elk 9200 could fit the bill. https://www.elkproducts.com/product-catalog/elk-9200-heavy-duty-relay-contactor Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’ll start another thread. Not much to add yet except that setup worked much better for me with the hikvision app not the uniden app. There are a couple other apps that work too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Wait. What is Alias? Looks intriguing for those that valuable privacy. Anyone tried it? The skeptic in me says amazon and google can strip the constant white noise though if they want to. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I bought and tested but haven’t fully installed a Uniden U-bell. Looked good in testing though. It’s a hikvision rebrand and can record to most DVRs using onvif. Bought 2 pretty cheap at brand smart. Will install soon. You can use the hikvision app which is better than the uniden app... I’d suggest looking into it Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’m in MN as well and agree with Mwester that this isn’t something you want a home brew solution to mess up your house. Are you sure the Aprilaire controller isn’t measuring the humidity of air in the return air duct? That’s how mine work. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Does your controller measure outside temperatures? Mine does and it’s important so that you don’t pump too much humidity into your house when it’s really cold outside. I’d suggest replacing the Aprilaire controller and making sure it’s measuring outside temperature as well. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I hear you. Years ago I ran an extension cable to get IR to my ISY. As Roomie turned to Simple Control (subscription service) and the old app hasn’t kept up, I found myself going back to the old IR with Harmony today. IR leaves a lot to be desired but there’s something nice about direct input to ISY vs using other web services. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Paul, Can you please suggest a whole house power conditioner model and/or specs to look for? I have a nice surge protector but would be interested in the conditioner. Thanks Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I know the older harmony remotes have 40 IR codes that you can load into your remote that an ISY could see if it had the IR module. I actually just dusted mine off today (harmony 900 with RF to IR blaster). They could be called as part of an activity and I believe you could also associate them with hard and soft buttons. Do you know if that’s the case with the Elite? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I never considered that. I suppose if you are concerned about this you could limit the Init to lines to only run for 120 and 0 (maybe 60 as well) and not everything in between. Maybe an additional program that does only this. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Larry, Thanks for posting this as I’m sure many will find it useful. I didn’t study in detail, but I’m curious why you decided not to include an Init command for the variables for a restart? Perhaps worst case the ISY will only think the house is occupied for a bit longer than may actually be the case? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I don’t know but did you ask at IPcamtalk forum? They might know. I avoided the Ring for privacy concerns but was intrigued by the concept. Just bought and tested today a Uniden U-Bell that is a Hikvision OEM and I can record locally with an ONVIF stream for free. Now $40 at Brandsmart. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Good advice above. Without knowing if your ISY is on a UPS and how that would impact your program (paste the code for additional thoughts if needed), I’d also suggest looking into setting the program to “run at startup”. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Note, pages 23-24 of the manual describe a “button lock” feature that disables front button presses. Maybe that’s the simplest option. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sounds too easy [emoji1] shouldn’t we first try foam insulation in front of the thermostat attached to a temperature-controlled-actuator? [emoji851] J/K Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I like Paul’s approach and may do something similar when I switch to v5 where I believe the set point can be stuffed into a variable. In my garage sometimes I need it warm (e.g drying paint) and other times I set it lower to save energy. So I use a more brute force approach. If thermostat is calling for nothing (triggered when set point is reached) Then wait 1 minute Set thermostat main mode off Wait 20 minutes Set thermostat main mode heat With this my set point is preserved and I prevent short cycling on and off. I use the wait 1 minute in case I cranked up the heat and am still in the garage and want to lower the set point. It’s fewer button presses to change the set point when it’s still in heat mode. I also have a program to turn the main mode off if the heat has been running for 60 minutes and then turn back to main mode heat after 20 minutes. This is a left over from when I had a flaky control board (didn’t know it so at first I blamed the insteon thermostat). The thermostat thought it was heating when in fact (I believe) the heater had locked out. This forced a retry to start it up. My main HVAC in the house are not controlled by insteon thermostats since I don’t trust them enough. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Looking closer, I believe you have the right setting. Can you describe the problem a bit more? What is not running? I'm not sure why opening mobilinc or logging into the ISY would cause the program to run spontaneously. Perhaps that causes the thermostat to be queried? Is there a possible communication problem with the thermostat? The thermostat is RF communication only. How close is the nearest dual band device to the thermostat? A suggestion could be to have another "watchdog" / query program that runs IF on your posted program every x minutes or hours as needed. That way if the signal doesn't get through when the temp set point is changed you will hopefully get the right status the next time this other program forces the query of the thermostat. It also appears that your program will never get to the 4th line since the 3rd line will make the condition false.

I’m not at my PC, but In your first IF clause I believe there is a different option you want in 4.x that says “main mode” is heat, not just “mode”. There are two “nodes” / drop down boxes and I believe you are using the wrong one there. Also, you may want to consider in your second IF handling a situation where the set point is lower than 72. Can probably use “is not” here or add another clause if necessary. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I believe those were outlawed years ago. Maybe some of the old timers here have experience with a California 3-way. Larry can maybe chime in [emoji12] I unfortunately have never even seen one, nor had the pleasure of hooking one up. What happens when you turn on both at the same time? Wish I could help... I couldn’t help myself... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks. So then I figure I’d have the Elk zone in the first program and have the then section call the IF of the 2nd (disabled) program that would have the time condition? I can probably handle that [emoji851] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not trying to hijack the thread, but wondering Larry if you or someone else knows if there’s a similarly elegant way to do this if using Elk zones as triggers? I have a similar problem that I haven’t tackled (nor attempted in earnest) since I assumed it would require extra programs and what I have works and is complicated enough for now. As I understand the Elk zones essentially are evaluated as Insteon “status” rather than “control” Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You have an Elk panel? There’s an event that can be tracked - AC power loss in Elk rules. You can have that toggle a phantom output and the ISY can see that output in a program and take action. I recently started doing that here and it works well. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk