During our annual Halloween Party, I have a strict no white light rule. In the past, I would use painters tape to tape the light switches down. is it possible to use Isy to disable the light switches when Date is 10/25 and a State variable is 1 (set by a spare switch on a keypad)

 

What would that program look like? The only way I can think to do it is to use a program to turn them off as soon as it sees one is turned on, but I want it to stay off.

 

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

As a side not, my system is set up to "know" the date is 10/25 already

There is no way to prevent a wired load from responding to a manual On (or Off). But you could set the default On-level to 0%. That can only be done with a dimmer. And it won't stop a fast on from turning the load on.

 

The only solution may be to disconnect and/or remove the loads. Or replace them with non-white bulbs

Edited October 3, 201411 yr by stusviews

You can pull the set button to air gap the switches, just be careful when you push them back in so you don't reset them. I would go with the tape idea.

Playing around, I found I can create a program to turn off the back light on the actual switches, then i can set the dimmers to 0 and if s.halloween variable is 1 and switch control is on and not turned off, then turn off said light. Then they will turn on then back off and if we really need a light, then I can fast on them