trevorst Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 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 Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 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 Posted April 21, 2014 Author Posted April 21, 2014 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 Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 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 Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 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 Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 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.
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