I have struggled for a while to get a consistent 'all off' button to work and an 'all on' and also to lit appropriately. I have a KPL in the bedroom and near the garage entry door. In the bedroom, I wanted to be able to turn all the lights off in the house when we go to bed, or turn on all lights when needed in an emergency. I also wanted the KPL to tell me there is a light on somewhere both in the bedroom and at the garage door.

To make all this work, I have 2 scenes:

-All On

Bedroom light - responder

Kitchen light - responder

Garage entry light - responder

Bedroom KPL-C - controller

Bedroom KPL-D - controller

Garage KPL-C - controller

 

-Any Light On

Bedroom KPL-C - responder

Garage KPL-C - responder

 

The KPL-C are my 'all off' switches. The KPL-D is the 'all on/panic' switch. Initially, I had all kinds of trouble keeping them sync'd. The trick was to confige the KPL-D as non-toggle/On and the KPL-C buttons as non-toggle/Off. This way, the KPL-C buttons can only send a 'Off' command.

 

The second scene is for notification if a light is on. I have a 2 programs running:

"Any light on program"

If

Status 'Kitchen UnderLight' is not Off

Or Status 'Master Bedroom Light' is not Off

Or Status 'Garage_entry_light_KPL' is not Off

Then

$light_any_on = 1

Else

$light_any_on = 0

 

"light up KPL-C"

If

$light_any_on is 1

Then

Set Scene 'Keypad scenes / Any Light on' On

Else

Set Scene 'Keypad scenes / Any Light on' Off

So, if any of the Insteon lights is on in the house, then it turns the KPL-C buttons On and the LEDs are lit.

 

Hope this helps!!!

Hi danielt,

 

What seems to be the problem? Can you please elaborate?

 

From my experience, any time you want to turn backlights on/off, it's best to add a delay especially if the status is based on the load on the same KPL.

 

With kind regards,

Michel

Michael,

I'm sorry I wasn't clear. It is working great! I was just posting for others what worked for me.

 

Thanks for the follow up!

Daniel

Hi Daniel, so very sorry ... thanks SO very much for your contribution.

 

With kind regards,

Michel