Princerichy Posted February 25, 2018 Posted February 25, 2018 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.
mwester Posted February 25, 2018 Posted February 25, 2018 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.
Princerichy Posted February 25, 2018 Author Posted February 25, 2018 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.
paulbates Posted February 25, 2018 Posted February 25, 2018 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
Techman Posted February 25, 2018 Posted February 25, 2018 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
Princerichy Posted February 25, 2018 Author Posted February 25, 2018 Thanks to all of you for the ideas. They are very helpful and do solve the problem. I really appreciate your help.
stusviews Posted February 26, 2018 Posted February 26, 2018 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')
smokegrub Posted February 26, 2018 Posted February 26, 2018 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.
MrBill Posted February 26, 2018 Posted February 26, 2018 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
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