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I certainly don't understand it, but that seems to have fixed the issue! Thank you!

Howdy All, I have a 99i and a 2441V thermostat. They played nicely together in the past, but stopped working at some unknown point in the last few months. I finally tracked down that the 99i wasn't controlling the thermostat while investigating unusually high electric bills... found the culprit! In trying to solve the problem, I've upgraded the 99i to 3.3.10. After that, I removed the thermostat from the 99i, then set the thermostat to "off" per the instructions, then added it back to the 99i. I can query the thermostat and it correctly shows the current settings, but if I try to change any settings or temperatures, the 99i shows that the change has been made, but the thermostat does not. If I query the thermostat, the 99i shows the actual settings again. For what it's worth, the 2441V is version 2.5. I know that Smarthome sent me this new device to replace an old one they had recalled, but I can't say for sure that that is when the problem started. Thanks for any tips!

I'll do some testing tonight. Thanks so much guys! I'm sure I'll be back with more questions soon.

Wow, thanks for the quick replies, guys! I'm a little confused, though, but maybe that just means I need to do some testing tonight... oberkc: I understand the concept of using folders to add limitations, but I'm not sure why you have a separate "timer" program. Why couldn't this be part of the program in the folder? If I'm reading that correctly, it seems to me that a simple (single) program will do what I want... other than the fact that it would turn off immediately at sunrise rather than waiting up to 5 minutes after motion. Is that right? For example: Program FrontMotion If Control M1 is switched on OR Control M2 is switched on Turn FrontLight On Wait 5 Minutes Turn FrontLight Off So, if I understand correctly, if M1 sees motion and then turns on the light and then M2 sees motion during the 5 minute wait, it will reset the program and thus the timer? (With the disadvantage of sending unnecessary On signals...) If that's the case, could I do: Program FrontMotion If (Control M1 is switched on OR Control M2 is switched on) AND (FrontLight is Off) AND (Dusk til Dawn) Turn FrontLight On Wait 5 Minutes Turn FrontLight Off And that would take care of everything? (Also, I'm not sure if I can do AND/ORs in that sort of combination.)

I've been reading some of the programming examples, but I'm not sure I've found the best solution for my situation. I've got one light I'd like to control with two motions sensors. I'd like it to activate only at night (easy to do based on sunrise/sunset). When either motion sensor triggers, I'd like the lights to turn on. When no sensor has seen motion for 5 minutes, I'd like the lights to turn off. If I set it up as a simple rule with If Sensor1 OR Sensor2 it would work, but I think it would then turn off the lights 5 minutes after the first sensor detecting motion... I hope that makes sense!