Program 6 Button Switch (Solved)

[trevorst]

I have one of the 4 buttons on a 6 pad switch programmed to change the value of a status variable, this is working fine.

Now I also change the status of this variable from an iTouch running Demopad remote software (great Product).

What I would like to happen is when the variable is changed on theiTouch then the Button on the 6 Button Switch would either show on or off depending on the value.

 

I can accomplish this using a regular switch as a test i.e. the light will switch on or off as I toggle the value of the variable on the iTouch, but the 6 button switch does not.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

[oberkc]

The options might, in part, be based on the type of variable, integer or state?

 

Mostly, I suspect you are having difficulty due to the fact that there is no way to send direct commands to keypad secondary buttons. Create a scene with the proper button (if necessary, a single-device scene), then use a program based upon the variable to adjust the newly-created scene.

[trevorst]

The options might, in part, be based on the type of variable, integer or state?

 

Mostly, I suspect you are having difficulty due to the fact that there is no way to send direct commands to keypad secondary buttons. Create a scene with the proper button (if necessary, a single-device scene), then use a program based upon the variable to adjust the newly-created scene.

 

Thanks the scene requirement was the issue, I just found a post where that was described.

So I created a scene with just that button as a responder and called the scene from the program.

Works great now, seems silly to have to create a scene but no big deal.

[oberkc]

Works great now, seems silly to have to create a scene but no big deal.

 

Yes, unfortunate. I understand this to be a limitation of the keypad, itself.

[Xathros]

Works great now, seems silly to have to create a scene but no big deal.

 

Yes, unfortunate. I understand this to be a limitation of the keypad, itself.

 

Actually, I believe this is a limitation of the Insteon protocol and not the device specifically. LeeG has explained the reason somewhere on this forum in the past.

 

-Xathros

[LeeG]

The Insteon Direct On/Off commands do not have a placeholder to identify which KPL button should react. Sending an Direct On/Off command to a KPL turns the load control button and load On/Off.