resume lighting

[andrew77]

Hi Guys;

As usual, I think I found this topic somewhere but I can't find it again.

 

Is there a way to do this:

 

I have a kitchen light on a SWL and if i press it on just the light comes on.

When I double click it, a scene is triggered. Is there a way to resume the lighting that I had? In other words, go back to the lighting that I had before I triggered the scene?

 

Drew

[upstatemike]

What if you create a scene that duplicates the manual setting and have it triggered by by pressing the switch once? In normal operation the switch would get set twice (once manually and once by the scene being triggered) but you would not see any difference. When the switch is set to any other scene setting, a single press would bring it back to normal.

[Algorithm]

Andrew,

 

Are you using a program to catch the double-tap and turn on a scene? Try placing the SwitchLinc as a responder in the scene that is triggered by the double-tap, set at the level you want.

[andrew77]

What if you create a scene that duplicates the manual setting and have it triggered by by pressing the switch once? In normal operation the switch would get set twice (once manually and once by the scene being triggered) but you would not see any difference. When the switch is set to any other scene setting, a single press would bring it back to normal.

 

Would i do this by saying if kitchen scene is true and control kitchen is pressed on, then go to 80% (or whatever the usual single tap setting is?)

 

Drew

[upstatemike]

If

 

Control 'kitchen Light' is switched On

 

Then

 

Set Scene 'Kitchen light' On

 

Else

 

-No Actions-

 

Create a scene called "Kitchen light" and put the Kitchen Light switch into it as a responder. Make the ramp and level for the scene the same as the local settings for the Kitchen light switch.

 

When the switch is off and you turn it on the local settings will apply. The scene setting will be applied immediately after but you won't see anything because the scene setting is the same as the already active local setting.

 

When the switch is On at a different level due to the double tap scene a single tap will again initiate the Kitchen light scene and restore things to normal.

[andrew77]

I don't think I was clear on this topic. My fault entirely.

 

Let's say I have four lights in a room and they're on wherever they are as far as % of light (not necessarily the local level)

I have a scene that's triggered when I double tap a SWL and it turns the lights to a different scene.

 

What I would like to know is this. Is there a way to get back to the lighting that was existing previously? No matter what the what the lights were set to?

 

Drew

[Algorithm]

Hello Andrew,

 

Your request is not unreasonable, and would be a desirable capability. Unfortunately, there is presently no way to save and restore the state of a scene, or group. The best you could do, short of manually adjusting the lights, is to have one (or several) scenes with preset levels that the group could be returned to.

[speacock]

It appears that is something that is possible with UPB. So the UPB version of the ISY could possibly offer that feature.

 

Sean

[Sub-Routine]

It is also possible with Insteon. However the time used to read the current levels before the change can leave the button pusher wondering why the lights did not react for several seconds.

 

Rand