KeypadLinc button turning off by itself

[AutomationNut]

Hello, hoping someone can explain or help me out with a keypadlinc problem.  The keypadlinc is a 2486D 8 button v.40

There are 8 buttons A-H ---I'm using button F to initiate a 24 hour watering delay for my sprinklers, basically I have the watering program check to see if button F is active and if it is then the watering program will not start.  Then I have another program that turns off button F after 24 hours so that watering resumes at the next scheduled cycle, this program will also stop the watering if the sprinklers are currently running.

This is the first year using EZRain/EzFlora v.28 to control my sprinklers and it has been pretty wet here in Colorado so I have been needing to delay watering a lot --giving me some good experience with this issue.  When the button F is "active" or "on" it is lit, a lit button indicates that watering will be skipped.  I notices a few days ago that the button was not lit but the prescribed 24 hours had not passed yet... I blamed my wife for pressing the button and turning it off, although she denied pressing the button.  I just assumed it was probably a mistake and dismissed it.  But to capture future similar mistakes I wrote a program to send an email if the button is "on" and pressed to turn it "off" here it is:

"Sprinkler Rain Cancel notification"

If
        Status  'Family Room Keypad.F' is Off
Then
        Send Notification to 'Me' content 'Sprinkler Set to ON'
Else
   - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')
 

Last night I received this email at midnight (and read it when I awoke) I know the wife was not near the button at midnight-- the sprinkler program calls to water on Sunday unless Button F is on, so when I arose this morning they were running.  I looked in the log and see several events around midnight---including "Button F"

 

 

IRLinc Button A Status 0% Sun 2015/05/03 12:00:36 AM System Log

AV Closet Fan Status 0% Sun 2015/05/03 12:00:36 AM System Log

Family Room Subwoofer Status 0% Sun 2015/05/03 12:00:36 AM System Log

Family Room Keypad.F Status 0% Sun 2015/05/03 12:00:58 AM System Log

Family Room Sconces Status 0% Sun 2015/05/03 12:00:59 AM System Log

Fam Floor Light Status 0% Sun 2015/05/03 12:00:59 AM System Log

Family Room Keypad.B Status 0% Sun 2015/05/03 12:00:59 AM System Log

 

Here is the program to run sprinklers "Sprinkler Program"

If
        On Sun, Tue, Fri
        Time is  5:00:00AM
    And Status  'Family Room Keypad.F' is Off
 
Then
        Set 'Sprinkler Zone.01' On
        Wait  30 minutes
        Set 'Sprinkler Zone.02' On
        Wait  30 minutes
        Set 'Sprinkler Zone.03' On
        Wait  30 minutes
        Set 'Sprinkler Zone.04' On
        Wait  30 minutes
        Set 'Sprinkler Zone.05' On
        Wait  30 minutes
        Set 'Sprinkler Zone.06' On
        Wait  30 minutes
        Set 'Sprinkler Zone.07' On
        Wait  30 minutes
        Set 'Sprinkler Zone.07' Off
 
Else
   - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')
 

And here is the program to delay the sprinklers for 24 hours "Sprinkler Rain Delay"

If
        Control 'Family Room Keypad.F' is switched On
 
Then
        Stop program 'Sprinkler Program'
        Set 'Sprinkler Zone.01' Off
        Set 'Sprinkler Zone.02' Off
        Set 'Sprinkler Zone.03' Off
        Set 'Sprinkler Zone.04' Off
        Set 'Sprinkler Zone.05' Off
        Set 'Sprinkler Zone.06' Off
        Set 'Sprinkler Zone.07' Off
        Send Notification to 'Me' content 'Sprinkler Set to Off'
        Wait  24 hours
        Set Scene 'Sprinkler Rain Delay' Off
        Send Notification to 'Me' content 'Sprinkler Set to ON'
 
Else
   - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')
 

 

Any assistance to help me understand why Button F on the keypadlinc turned itself off at 12 midnight would be helpful.

By the way query all is running at 3:00 am

 

Many thanks

Edited May 3, 2015 by AutomationNut

[paulbates]

Hi

 

Any chance that this key or keypadlinc had another purpose in the past, and that key is part of a scene, like with that any of the devices on the list in the log? The timing of those log entries and the email seems more than coincidental..

 

I repurposed a switch recently that I had disabled, uninstalled and stored, but forgot to remove from a scene. I reinstalled it for a different purpose, and lights on the other side of the house went on and off when I tested it, lights that were part of its old scene.

 

Paul

Edited May 3, 2015 by paulbates

[AutomationNut]

^{Paul, thanks for the reply.  I solved this issue ---after spending considerable time looking for a solution.  Turns out my daughter got up for a drink late at night and noticed the Keypadlinc button lit she was not accustom to seeing that lit and pressed it...thanks again for your reply!}

Edited May 9, 2015 by AutomationNut

[paulbates]

^{Paul, thanks for the reply.  I solved this issue ---after spending considerable time looking for a solution.  Turns out my daughter got up for a drink late at night and noticed the Keypadlinc button lit she was not accustom to seeing that lit and pressed it...thanks again for your reply!}

 

NP, glad you figured it out. I had thoughts about a manual key for skipping, but no one else would think about pressing it to skip and I travel.

 

I use the hydreon rain sensor (~$60), an IOlinc and a couple of programs to skip days based on how much it tells me it did rain on my property. Its all automatic at this point, which is good as I travel. Our water is getting crazy expensive, and its payed a good chunk of itself and the iolinc off last fall.

 

Paul