alanbrothers Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 When ISY reboots, I have several programs which "run at startup" and look for "Current State" of Insteon wireless devices which are blank, not populated, because a state change has not yet occurred. As a result, I get, in error, alert notifications from these programs which incorporate "Current State' field. Is there a solution or do I need to wait until the change of state occurs and populates "Current State" field? Link to comment
Teken Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 If this item is a hardwired device you could perform a query to obtain the current state. Link to comment
alanbrothers Posted May 18, 2016 Author Share Posted May 18, 2016 Teken- Thank you for your reply. Yes, I noticed a query will update a hardwired device. Are you confirming that the only solution for wireless is to wait for a change of state to occur? Link to comment
LeeG Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 What are you checking, If Control or If Status of battery device? Normally you can adjust the Program to accept a blank state, or perhaps trigger the Program with If Control so some message must be received from device before Program runs. Link to comment
Teken Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Teken- Thank you for your reply. Yes, I noticed a query will update a hardwired device. Are you confirming that the only solution for wireless is to wait for a change of state to occur? Yes, for a battery operated device you would need that hardware to change state. Now, since various battery operated devices have different options they could be used to update the status in a round about way. Keeping in mind some of them are obviously not very practical but do offer possible uses. 1. Low Battery: This wouldn't be used at all in this situation because it could take months for this node to ever appear. 2. Dusk / Dawn: This has a window of opportunity but it depends upon environmentals and installation position. 3. Heart Beat: This feature is only available on the Open-Close, Hidden Door, Leak Sensor and only happens every 24 hours. The Hidden Door Sensor can be adjusted to check in sooner along with voltage levels. 4. Status / Control: Of course this would require the device to be activated either open/closed, walking past the FOV of the MS, or a leak detection etc. Link to comment
alanbrothers Posted May 18, 2016 Author Share Posted May 18, 2016 I understand-Thank You Link to comment
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