BitSmith Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 I’ve seen several posts wanting to set a timer. Here’s a setup that will allow you to turn on and off your device normally, as well as use an adjustable timer – all from a keypad or switch. I have a house fan that I want to set for short times or up to a few hours at bed time. Requirement: Minimum two devices, one to actually control the fan (ApplianceLinc) and one to be the controller. In my case I have an 8-button KeyPadLinc (KPL) at the top of the stairs and another downstairs. Note that the ApplianceLinc controls the fan and the switch has no load connected. User instructions: To turn the fan on or off, simply press the button on the KPL. On turns the fan on, Off turns the fan off. When you double click the button from either off or on position, the value of Fan_Increment will be added to the variable Fan_Remaining_Minutes. Each successive double click will add that many more minutes to the limit of the variable. The LED on the KPL will blink to let you know the command has been received. That allows up to FFFF FFFF hex or 4,294,967,295 dec minutes, or 8171 years. Of course that would take 143,165,576 double clicks, and all that clicking would take you a very long time to do. Variable Initial Value Current Value Usage Fan_Remaining_Minutes 0 0 Describes how long to stay on. Fan_Increment 30 30 Specifies your desired increment. Scene: House Fan Fan (Responder) Upstairs Button H (Responder) Downstairs Button H (Responder) Scene: House Fan LEDs Only Upstairs Button H (Responder) Downstairs Button H (Responder) Programs: Normal On: If Control ‘Upstairs Button H’ is switched On Or Control ‘Downstairs Button H’ is switched On Then Set Scene ‘House Fan’ On $Fan_Remaining_Minutes = 0 Else No Actions Normal Off: If Control ‘Upstairs Button H’ is switched Off Or Control ‘Downstairs Button H’ is switched Off Then Set Scene ‘House Fan’ Off $ Fan_Remaining_Minutes = 0 Stop program ‘Decrement’ Else No Actions Increment: If Control ‘Upstairs Button H’ is switched Fast On Or Control ‘Upstairs Button H’ is switched Fast Off Or Control ‘Downstairs Button H’ is switched Fast On Or Control ‘Downstairs Button H’ is switched Fast Off Then Set Scene ‘House Fan’ On Set Scene ‘House Fan LEDs Only’ Off Set Scene ‘House Fan LEDs Only’ On $Fan_Remaining_Minutes += $Fan_Increment Run Program ‘Decrement’ (If) Else No actions Decrement: If $Fan_Remaining_Minutes > 0 Then Wait 1 minute $Fan_Remaining_Minutes -= 1 Run Program ‘Decrement’ (If) Else Set Scene ‘House Fan’ Off If you're using MobiLinc, you can watch the variable Fan_Remaining_Minutes change on your mobile device immediately! Cheers, AL. Link to comment
larryllix Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 NIce! Did you know you can right click on each program icon and select "copy to clipboard", then paste into your post? It may have been less work for you than all that html, and avoids copy over errors. Link to comment
BitSmith Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 Thanks, larryllix for the suggestion. This is my first post (in several years). I was searching for a way, but at that time of night didn’t get there. I didn’t have to work for the HTML, I wrote in MsWord, where making the tables is super easy, then pasted that. Next, I will post how to adjust this so it can have a both a delay-on as well as the delay-off.. Link to comment
larryllix Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Welcome back!! With your ingenuity, you belong here! Link to comment
poetaaron Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Hi! Thank you (BitSmith and Larryllix) for offering up some of your experience an knowledge to us newbies. I haven't used an isy994i in a long time, and the last time it was using Indigo on a macbook about 6 years ago. I have very little experience writing programs but am very familiar with Insteon devices. I have a specific problem I'm trying to solve. If you can help me with this I would be so grateful. Controller: 8-button KeypadLinc (7) Responder: SwitchLinc Dimmer Switch (14) I want to use each column of buttons on the keypads as a timer control for a single LED light, controlled by a SwitchLinc Dimmer. I set the toggle on the KeypadLincs to ON only so that each press should start a timer, as follows: Left side of KeypadLinc 1 controls LED 1 A= 30 mins C= 60 mins E= 90 mins G= 120 mins Right side of KeypadLinc 1 controls LED 2 B= 30 mins D= 60 mins F= 90 mins H= 120 mins etc... Any suggestions? Thanks in advance! Link to comment
larryllix Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 @poetaaron created own thread with duplicate post. Response deleted Link to comment
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