What am I doing wrong?

[aLf]

I have my ISY setup with a program as follows, "IF" time is between Sunset and 10:30PM, then Insteon "ApplianceLinc" on, else off.

 

I assumed that at anytime outside of that if that particular time, i.e., 2:00PM "ApplianceLinc" was inadvertantly turned on it would immediately turn off. It doesn't! It also doesn't seem to turn on during that spec if I have manually turned it off during "sunset-10:30PM". Am I expecting something that it doesn't do? This would help my "all off" program if it di this. Example. Not home, power outage, ApplianceLinc turns back on with power restore, ISY sees it on and not within Program spec, turns off.

 

Also I have noticed that if I turn off all lights, that ApplianceLinc will turn on after the all off call.

 

I checked the links in ISY and all look good. Sunset data is good.

 

aLf

[Mark Sanctuary]

I know that in the All Lights Program I have exampled here that every time any button in the house is triggered it rechecks the "If" statement for this program.

 

So any time there is something that triggers your program it should update your program results. Maybe you might need a delay to prevent the Insteon network cleanup from reversing what your program is doing.

 

Can you post your programs so it makes it easier to discuss?

[Chris Jahn]

You can write a program to do what you want, but the standard behaviour is to run the 'Then' when the you enter the range (sunset), and run the 'Else' when you leave the range '10:30PM'. Therefore, your program turns on the 'ApplianceLinc' at sunset, and turns it off at 10:30PM.

 

To do what you want, you need two programs:

 

Program 1: Keep the light on

If
       From    Sunset 
       To      10:30:00PM (same day)
   And Status  'ApplianceLinc' is not On

Then
       Set 'ApplianceLinc' On

Else
  - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

 

 

Program 2: Keep the light off

If
       From    10:30:00PM
       To      Sunset  (next day)
   And Status  'ApplianceLinc' is not Off

Then
       Set 'ApplianceLinc' Off

Else
  - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

[Mark Sanctuary]

Ooo good trick there Chris...Thanks!

 

Mind if I add it to the program example area?

[Chris Jahn]

Thanks Mark, I went ahead and added it to the example programs.

[aLf]

Chris, Mark... The mind is the limit with this ISY. If one can dream one can Program. I'm catching on fast and appreciate the continual tutoring. The ISY and this company support is second to none.

[aLf]

Is there a limit within ISY to the amount of Programs? Also, with the "all off" call that I have, currently it runs every hour (24 times a day) when not home. Does it, or would it tax ISY memory to run say every 15 minutes (96 times a day)?

[Michel Kohanim]

Hello aLf,

 

There's no hard limit. The only trouble you may run into is that your logs (default is 3MB) are going to get full, have to be truncated, and start back from the top which is a resource intensive process during which time, in all likelihood, ISY will not allow any other operations to complete.

 

With kind regards,

Michel

 

Is there a limit within ISY to the amount of Programs? Also, with the "all off" call that I have, currently it runs every hour (24 times a day) when not home. Does it, or would it tax ISY memory to run say every 15 minutes (96 times a day)?