Toggling Keypad LED's

[bbuchanan99]

Good evening everyone.  So I have a few questions and seek some seasoned guidance.  Now that I have my ISY and Elk back talking to each other, its time to make some upgrades.  Here is my goal.  I have multiple 6 button keypads throughout the home.  The D button on each keypad sends a double F1 command to my elk keypad and initiates an alarm with siren.  It is a sudo panic alarm.  The program also sends me a email notifying me of the alarmed condition.   I have also added to the keypad key d a red plastic insert that colors the key red when illuminated.  I would like to have all the keypads have that button illuminated at say 5 when off and go to 15 or blink when activated. My rational of having it illuminated when off is so that in panic it is a memory jogger on what key to hit to activate the alarm.

 

To date I have added the keypad buttons to a scene called emergency button.  I have added the scene to my program, but I am unsure how to trigger the on off function.  Is this possible?  Thanks in advance.  The power of the isy and elk when integrated is incredible.

[oberkc]

By having them in a scene, pressing one should cause all to go on/off. 

 

Setting the backlight levels to 15/5 can be done via the ISY admin console, choosing the device>settings.

 

Blinking is not an inherent function of insteon and would require a program to accomplish.  Is this important?

 

but I am unsure how to trigger the on off function.

Unfortunately, I cannot help with the Elk integration and things like "double F1" commands.  Please clarify your question...are you wanting to create a program which triggers an elk action when any one of the multiple D buttons is toggled ON, and trigger a different elk action when toggled OFF?  Is that your question?

[stusviews]

Click on the device, select LED Brightness (bottom, right).

[bbuchanan99]

Here is my program

 

Alarm Emergency - [iD 0024][Parent 002B]

 

If

        Control 'Keypad6-Button D-Emergency' is switched On

     Or Control 'Masterbath / MasterbathD' is switched On

     Or Control 'Bar / Bar Keypad-Emergency' is switched On

 

Then

        Set Elk Keypad 'Front Hallway' Press F2

        Wait  1 second

        Set Elk Keypad 'Front Hallway' Press F2

        Send Notification to 'XXX' content 'Emergency'

        Set Scene 'Emergency Buttons' On

 

Else

        Set Scene 'Emergency Buttons' Off

 

Emergency buttons are the buttons.  If I go into device settings the whole keypad lights up not the individual button.  The double f2 command just triggers an alarm condition on the elk.  I want key (in this case key D) on multiple keypads, to be illuminated red when no alarm condition is present, and when pushed go to an illumination level of 15 to show the button and program has been activated.

[stusviews]

The brightness cannot be set for individual buttons, only for all buttons on the same keypad. You can, however, set a single button to be always lit (non-Toggle On) and use programs to turn the button on or off by placing the button in a scene.

[bbuchanan99]

stusview....I think that will work.  By (non-toggle-on), the button is lit and achieves the goal of providing visual cue for what button to hit to activate the alarm.

[oberkc]

Bbuchanan99,

 

The ELSE path in your program (turning off your keypad scene) will never run. Your condition wil always evaluate TRUE whn triggered. At what point do you want it to turn FALSE?