I'm beginning to setup my ISY Dashboard and I noticed I cannot control my Fanlincs or any of my keypads. See screenshot: http://screencast.com/t/YDiujdETPr

 

Is there not a way to have an ON / OFF button next to each of these items on the dashboard?

Secondary keypad buttons cannot be controlled directly. That's why there are no buttons. You need to put them into an scene and then control the scene.

 

Don't know about the fanlinc though.

Thanks MWareman!

Same thing applies to the FanLinc Fan node.   It has to be controlled with Scenes as well.

But with a scene, on the ISY dashboard, there would be know way for me to see which scene is on. For example, I have a scene for Fan High, Medium, Low, and Off. The scene controls the keypad fan buttons and the fanlinc. If I turn the scene for Fan HIGH, there is no way to tell that scene is ON.

 

I'd have to create a folder with the 4 scenes, as well as the keypad links to display on the dashboard, but then I'd have duplicates displayed in the portlet. 

 

Why can't we control a keypad button from the dashboard and have the ISY act exactly the same way as if the keypad button was being physically pressed? (all the appropriate scenes and responders would be controlled)