Brighten then go back

[MIlton]

Hey all,

 

My ISY994 has been rock solid for a few years now.

I have about 30 insteon devices around the house.

 

Trying to tighten up home security a bit but struggling.

I have several motion sensors around the property.

 

When one triggers its set to turn a scene on that includes security lights.

Unfortunately when the motion sensor turns off,  it also turns off all the lights in the scene.

This is really a pain when the whole house lighting is set nicely and then a bunch of lights turn off for good.

 

Is there a way to create a program that will trigger on motion, check the level of each device, brighten everything for a time, then set everything back to where it was?

 

I have some neat programs but this is one thing I just could not figure out.

I cant find a way to set a variable to the current level of a device =-(

 

Any advice or ideas here would be awesome!

 

Thanks,

Milt

 

[Michel Kohanim]

Hi Milt,

 

Yes:

 

If

Control 'Motion Sensor' is Switched On

Then

whatever you want goes here

 

With kind regards,

Michel

[TrojanHorse]

My understanding is this is possible in v5? If running v4 (I am) then I believe it’s too cumbersome since you would need to check every lights status from 0 to 100% and then stuff that into a variable. I tried to do the same thing here so if I’m wrong someone please chime in!

 

 

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[stusviews]

I'm under the same impression, namely, that v5+ is needed to store the On-Level for each device. But, if the OP has a usual On-Level (I do), then only that level needs to be reset. So for example, our living room is normally at 20% and the kitchen at 50%, then I need only restore those levels. The same goes for other lights that are normally on during the late evening and early night.

[MIlton]

Thanks everyone for the responses!  So it seems that unless I go with the Alpha software 5+ there is no easy way to do this now with 4.6.2?

 

It seems like it should be so easy to set a variable to a devices current state or level.

I must really be missing something here I suppose, and someone must have found a way to get around the motion sensors turning off all the lights after motion is detected.

 

ANy other thoughts or help would be most appreciated!-Milt

[stusviews]

It seems like it should be so easy to set a variable to a devices current state or level.

 

Have you ever coded? If so, then what's the easy solution. BTW, an actual solution was posted; See post #3. See, it really is easy, but a bit tedious