Adding a light to AutoDR

[50-50]

I have my ISY polling (and successfully retrieving) OpenADR event notifications.  How do it make it act on an Asset?  In this case an Insteon Dimmer Switch.  I can't find any instructions online.

I added a single switch as a responder to the Auto DR Scene in the Admin Console.  

I set the OpenADR settings to Normal/Moderate/High/Special "Load Adj%" percentages to different values, less than 100%.

I manually turned the light full on (100%).  Receive the event.  Event executes.  Nothing happens.  Light stays at 100%.

How do I make this link?

Thanks!

[Michel Kohanim]

@50-50,

1. Yes, the device MUST be in the OpenADR scene
2. Although ISY tries to figure out what type of a device it is, sometimes in may fail. So, assign a device class and make sure you include wattage (Dashboard | Properties)
3. Make sure the event is actually active and has those modes. Use the event viewer to make sure nothing else is going on

More information can be found here: https://wiki.universal-devices.com/index.php?title=Main_Page#OpenADR 

With kind regards,
Michel

[50-50]

Hi Michel - thanks.  I am convinced everything is configured right.  I get the event.  It just never executes on the assets.  

I simplified.  Used a binary switch, no dimmer.  Set type to simple load (on/off).  720 watts.

Issue Event.  No obvious combination of event signal name/type makes it work.  I can turn on/off the Auto DR "scene" from the dashboard.  Just not via event.  Is there some mapping available of types/names in the dashboard to OpenADR signal type/names?

The link helped me setup the VEN.  It has no advice for adding loads to be controlled, unless I missed it somehow?

thanks!

50-50

[Michel Kohanim]

@50-50,

Binary Switch cannot be dimmed (it can be duty cycled). Please use interior lighting. Also, please make sure the evaluation interval is 5 seconds (under OpenADR Settings).

 

With kind regards,

Michel

[50-50]

Success!

Standard Insteon Switch, non dimming setup as @Michel Kohanim suggested as Interior Lighting, watts set to non-zero value, duty cycle period (on the switch) set to 2 minutes.  Ran a 6 minute event from a Certified VTN.  ISY did not abide by OpenADR settings page duty cycle percent (== 25%), as I would have expected the switch to be on for approx 1.5 to 2 minutes of the 6 minute event, but it did control the switch off and then return it to prior state (pre-event) at the event expiration.

VTN Event signal was SIMPLE/X_LOAD_CONTROL_SETPOINT

I did set the eval freq down to 5 seconds (from 60) as Michel suggested.

Thanks for you help and hope this helps someone else down the road.  Tomorrow I'll play with dimming again.

50-50

[asbril]

What is in fact AutoDR ?

[Michel Kohanim]

@50-50,

ISY only applies price and mode signals (SIMPLE/level and SIMPLE/price). So, unless there was a miracle, I don't know how it worked. 

As mentioned, YOU MUST set the evaluation interval to 5 seconds if you want granular time based control. And, I don't think you understood Duty Cycle period. So 25% duty cycle of a 2 minutes period is 30 seconds on and 90 seconds off. But, regardless, with the signal you sent nothing should have worked. 

@asbril, OpenADR is a standard for the communications between the utilities and buildings. 

 

With kind regards,

Michel

[asbril]

6 hours ago, Michel Kohanim said:

OpenADR is a standard for the communications between the utilities and buildings.

Thanks Michel

[SCP]

@50-50 Can I ask what certified VTN server/service you are using? Thanks!