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Force KPL LED to Blink

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On a 6 Button KPL can I force the ON (main) LED to blink after a period of time, say 10 minutes?  I am using an ISY controller for my system.

Alas, no.

You can do a very slow blink via an ISY program, but that would be on the order of 10 seconds on, 10 seconds off (and even that might be a bit much for Insteon traffic, depending on how many hops and how much noise), but the worst part would be that the load (presumably a ceiling light?) would blink on and off too.

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Thanks for the quick reply.  We constantly leave the garage lights on and I was looking for a way to let me know they were still on.  I can turn on a light on in teh house to indicate that it is on but I don't have a light available that isn't normally on when we are home.

 

5 hours ago, Princerichy said:

Thanks for the quick reply.  We constantly leave the garage lights on and I was looking for a way to let me know they were still on.  I can turn on a light on in teh house to indicate that it is on but I don't have a light available that isn't normally on when we are home.

 

Another option is Beeping the keypad periodically. Its a relatively quiet beep and its a matter of creating at "Repeat every x (minutes or seconds)" statement in an ISY program that draws attention without being annoying. I've found 5 minutes is good

Paul

Edited by paulbates

1 hour ago, Princerichy said:

Thanks for the quick reply.  We constantly leave the garage lights on and I was looking for a way to let me know they were still on.  I can turn on a light on in teh house to indicate that it is on but I don't have a light available that isn't normally on when we are home.

 

You could use a piezo buzzer connected to an Insteon on/off module, then write a simple program to turn on the buzzer after a set period of time if something is left on.

https://www.amazon.com/MULTICOMP-MCKPI-G3721-120V-3992-PIEZO-BUZZER-piece/dp/B00DKC8T0I/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1519573297&sr=8-2&keywords=120+volt+piezo+buzzer

 

 

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Thanks to all of you for the ideas.  They are very helpful and do solve the problem.  I really appreciate your help.

I inserted a red diffuser behind each KPL button that controls a garage door (2). We can eacily spot if the door is open. A much safer idea and one I also use is a camera and a small monitor.

This also worked. I don't know how many repetitions can be handled. Scene 2842 has a KLP button as its only member.

If

   - No Conditions - (To add one, press 'Schedule' or 'Condition')
 
Then
        Repeat 5 times
           Set Scene '2842' On
           Set Scene '2842' Off
 
Else
   - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

You probably have a reason for not doing what I am suggesting, but I would simply write a program that turned the light off after it had been on for 10 minutes. I do that now and it works well for me.

Like smokegrub above , I'd just have a program turn it off after it's been on too long. 

If you absolutely want an indicator instead tho, write a program that sets a timer, if the timer expires have it run another program that turns the kitchen light (for example) off and on every 30 seconds.  Effectively annoying :-D

 

 

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