Program 'status' evaluation frequency

[simplextech]

How often are device status evaluated?

I ask because I created a new program based on the status of the garage door sensor and I waited and it showed 'True' for status in the program summary but never ran.  I manually ran the 'if' to see and everything works but just curious about how often the system goes through the programs and checks status of devices for the programs.

[MWareman]

The ISY doesn’t poll - it’s event driven. So, if the IF is a triggering condition it will trigger fairly quickly.


What type of sensor is it? If it’s a zwave one then it may not be one that sends instant status such that a program can trigger.

[simplextech]

1 hour ago, MWareman said:

The ISY doesn’t poll - it’s event driven. So, if the IF is a triggering condition it will trigger fairly quickly.


What type of sensor is it? If it’s a zwave one then it may not be one that sends instant status such that a program can trigger.

This is for the status of an Insteon IOLinc attached sensor in an after the fact manner.  However after posting and thinking on this more I realized the problem was that I had saved the program while the status was Off which was the trigger for the program.  

 

[kclenden]

When a program uses "status" in an IF, it will only trigger on its own when the status changes (i.e. from ON to OFF or from OFF to ON).  This means that if you manually run the IF, the THEN might run even though the program won't trigger by itself until the status cycles.