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I thought i update you guys

ok made  "test 1" program (pic9) and right kick and disabled it.

Made "test" program and included test 1 withe the other switches and wolla it works.

 

 

Thank you everyone good strong community here *thumbs up* 

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Well done.  Your persistence pays off, and will continue to do so.

9 hours ago, Andi-Ina said:

I thought i update you guys

ok made  "test 1" program (pic9) and right kick and disabled it.

Made "test" program and included test 1 withe the other switches and wolla it works.

 

 

Thank you everyone good strong community here *thumbs up* 

 

 

FYI: You can right click on programs in the program tree and select "Copy to clipboard" and then paste you program here without the screen shots.

On 4/28/2019 at 11:03 AM, larryllix said:

Scenes can do all that, setting can vary for each device, but they will also control the off and dimming for the other switches also.

Unless I need the response speed or the easy control of a huge quantity of devices, I avoid use of scenes.

Interesting. I've been using ISYs for years, but I'm still a novice. My preference of automation goes from:

  1. Controlling the load with the switch/dimmer
  2. A scene
  3. A program
  4. Anything that requires the internet

My thought was always to go from least complicated to most complicated. Or most reliable to least. If I lose the internet, down one level. Lose the ISY, down another, etc. That way I retain the most functionality when things start going wrong. Plus, there's the speed issue you mentioned. 

I guess my philosophy is different. I just did three new setups (one very large) so I hope I don't have a fundamental misunderstanding about scenes. I don't see the disadvantage of using them.

No.  I suspect you are view is pretty common.

32 minutes ago, auger66 said:

Interesting. I've been using ISYs for years, but I'm still a novice. My preference of automation goes from:

  1. Controlling the load with the switch/dimmer
  2. A scene
  3. A program
  4. Anything that requires the internet

My thought was always to go from least complicated to most complicated. Or most reliable to least. If I lose the internet, down one level. Lose the ISY, down another, etc. That way I retain the most functionality when things start going wrong. Plus, there's the speed issue you mentioned. 

I guess my philosophy is different. I just did three new setups (one very large) so I hope I don't have a fundamental misunderstanding about scenes. I don't see the disadvantage of using them.

There's really no right or wrong way to do things. My philosophy is similar to yours. I use scenes for everything and let programs add additional functionality to them. It's not just the speed that scenes execute but the way devices respond in sync.

I prefer the security of devices given retries and reporting status changes upon comm problems. I could have stuck with X10 otherwise and assumed success.

 

I like the control of being able to see what controls what easily, and make changes that ISY program control offers.

 

I like the ability to use conditional logic to change the brightness level and controlling the time off based on other conditions.

 

I like to use HA, as well as RC so I got an ISY.

 

I certainly use Insteon scenes, but then I have to block MS off commands and find ways to block switches from operating linked devices in ways I don't want them to.

 

I have very few Insteon devices directly operating other Insteon devices and the list grows by using other technologies.

 

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18 minutes ago, larryllix said:

I prefer the security of devices given retries and reporting status changes upon comm problems. I could have stuck with X10 otherwise and assumed success.

 

I like the control of being able to see what controls what easily, and make changes that ISY program control offers.

 

I like the ability to use conditional logic to change the brightness level and controlling the time off based on other conditions.

 

I like to use HA, as well as RC so I got an ISY.

 

I certainly use Insteon scenes, but then I have to block MS off commands and find ways to block switches from operating linked devices in ways I don't want them to.

 

I have very few Insteon devices directly operating other Insteon devices and the list grows by using other technologies.

 

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I do the same with wireless devices. I've always kept sensors separate as I like the amount of options I have with them by using programs. Remotes I always used programs so I wouldn't have to put it in linking mode. That's mitigated now with the ISYs ability to write updates after using it but since I only have 1 now it's become a moot point.

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