Creating a virtual three way with Keypadlinc Timer

[racekarl]

In my garage I replaced the overhead light switch at the top of the stairs with a keypadlinc timer (2484D) so that I can push a button to illuminate the stairs, go get in my car and leave and have the lights go out a few minutes later. Previously, the lights were controlled by both the switch at the top of the stairs as well as a switch by the outer garage door. I have replaced this switch with a Switchlinc.

 

I have configured the bottom right button of the kepadlinc timer as an on/off toggle switch.

 

My question is how can I set up these switches in a scene so that they act as a three way switch where if I turn on the switchlinc it turns on the lights with no timer countdown, and if I turn on the lights at the timer, the LED on the switchlinc reflects the current status (that last part is a nice to have, not a must-have)?

 

In the ISY the keypadlinc shows up as devices 1 and B-H, which all show "On" or "Off" together no matter which button was used to turn on the light. If I turn on the kpl via the ISY interface the load light comes on, but none of the buttons on the kpl light up.

[Xathros]

Include both the KPL Timer button and the KPL button that you want to use as controllers of the scene.

 

-Xathros

[racekarl]

The KPL buttons of the timer can only be added as responders to a scene, so I assume you meant to add the KPL and the Switchlinc both as controllers.

 

I did that and got something that sort of works, but not well:

 

If I turn on the lights using any button on the timer, the LED on the Switchlinc reflects the on state correctly. If I then turn the lights off using the On/Off button, the Switchlinc also responds as expected. If I turn the lights on using the timer, I can then turn them off using the Switchlinc; so far so good.

 

The problem is that if the lights are off and I turn them on using the switchlinc, it activates the top left button of the timer, which is the two minute timer. Meaning that if I turn the lights on using the switchlinc they only stay on for two minutes.

 

Is there a way to turn the lights on via the Switchlinc and have them stay on indefinitely while keeping everything else the same?

 

Thanks

[Xathros]

I don't have a KPL Timer and as a result, I don't know much about how it operates. Can you address the timer functionality separately from the On/Off functionality? If so, remove the timer from the scene and replace with the On/Off button.

 

-Xathros

[Michel Kohanim]

Hi racekarl,

 

Is there a way to turn the lights on via the Switchlinc and have them stay on indefinitely while keeping everything else the same?

 

Unfortunately not that I know of.

 

With kind regards,

Michel

[racekarl]

Thanks Michel, that's sort of what I suspected. If I instead created a scene where the switchlinc was the controller and the OnOff button of the keypadlinc timer was the responder, I would get something like this I assume:

 

- Switchlinc LED would *not* reflect the status of the load if it were turned on or off via the keypad

- Switchlink would be able to turn the lights on and off by toggling the state of the OnOff button

 

Does that sound right? I think that would be OK since it gets the functionality I want with the only downside I can see being the cosmetic issue that the LED on the switchlinc would be out of sync with the actual state of the lights. I could mitigate that by just turning the LEDs off completely on the switchlinc.

[Michel Kohanim]

Hi racekarl,

 

Yes, you are correct.

 

But, you can try this:

1. SwitchLinc button Controller, timer button responder

2. KPL load button controller, SwitchLinc button responder

 

With kind regards,

Michel

[racekarl]

Thanks, are those two separate scenes you are describing (1 and 2)?