I use the I/O Link - garage door to control the opening and closing of the garage door.  I have been able to set up a notification of a sms message to my cell phone when the garage door opens,  But I can not seem to set up a program that notifies me when the garage door closes.  Anyone with any thoughts?

 

 

Here is my program for this functionality if that helps

Garage Pushover Status - [ID 004D][Parent 004C]

If
        Status 'Garage / Door Sensor' is On
 
Then
        Resource 'Pushover Garage Door Opened'
 
Else
        Resource 'Pushover Garage Door Closed'
 

You can replace the 'Resource' statements with your sms notification statements.  If this doesn't help, post your programs

 

Paul

Paul

 

thanks for the reply.  I will give it a try.  But just in case, I will post a copy of the program i have.  However, I can't remember how to copy and post.  I searched the forums but can't find the steps.  How did you do it?

When you are in the admin console, 'right click' on the program name on the left side.. then pick the last item on the drop down list, 'copy to clipboard'

 

Paul

Paul, thanks for the refresher --- heres the program I use to notify me when the gargage door goes up

 

If
        Status  'Garage / I/O Linc - Garage-Sensor' is On
    And From     9:00:00AM
        To       5:30:00PM (same day)

Then
        Send Notification to 'James iPhone' content 'Garage Door OPENED'

Else
   - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

I added an ELSE (and changed the From / To times) so that my program now looks like:

 

If
        Status  'Garage / I/O Linc - Garage-Sensor' is On
    And From     9:00:00AM
        To       9:30:00PM (same day)

Then
        Send Notification to 'James iPhone' content 'Garage Door OPENED'

Else
        Send Notification to 'James iPhone' content 'Garage Door CLOSED'

 

 

 

However, I still only get notified when the door goes up.  Any thoughts on where I messed up? 

It may not be the program. Are you sure that the ISY sees the change in state? If you put the door down, does the IO linc show off?

 

Paul

I believe so.  With the door closed; the I/O Linc Relay and Sensor both show the current state as  OFF in the ISY 

Hmmm. Could you temporarily remove the time part of the 'If' and retry?

 

   And From     9:00:00AM
        To       9:30:00PM (same day)

 

Paul

when I took the IF out, then I got no notifications at all.

sorry, I meant make your program look like this

If
        Status  'Garage / I/O Linc - Garage-Sensor' is On

Then
        Send Notification to 'James iPhone' content 'Garage Door OPENED'

Else
        Send Notification to 'James iPhone' content 'Garage Door CLOSED'
 

I changed to the below and still didn't get any notification either open or closed.   Any other thoughts?  BTW, thanks for all your help on this.  I appreciate it.

 

 

 

If
        Status  'Garage / I/O Linc - Garage-Sensor' is On
 
Then
        Send Notification to 'James iPhone' content 'Garage Door OPENED'
 
Else
        Send Notification to 'James iPhone' content 'Garage Door CLOSED'
 

would maybe a separate program for the closed notification be appropriate?

Np, we'll figure it out. For the moment, put the time parameters back in. And one program should work

 

A few more questions since we've touched on the easier stuff. The first two are probably 'yes' but want to make sure

• You're hitting save on the left each time to save program changes? I forget sometimes
• The time on your ISY is correct to your timezone, within a few minutes?
• For the notifications:
  • How did you configure mail eg... Default, or did you set up gmail?
  • If you are sending to gmail (and some others) there needs to be a few words of text in the subject line and body of the messages
  • ... Some email systems ignore messages without a subject line or body content

Paul

I believe so.  With the door closed; the I/O Linc Relay and Sensor both show the current state as  OFF in the ISY 

 

Open the garage. Does the sensor indicate as ON? The relay should show as OFF.

Paul - you hit the nail on the head -- so simple yet so difficult.  I did not have anything in the body of the email for garage door closed.  Once I added a simple line, everything works.  

Thanks for all your help.

Cool! glad its working for you .

 

Paul

See you at 9:30.

See you at 9:30.

 

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