jca001 Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 I have a 6 button KeypadLinc dimmer. I wanted to group 3 of the buttons to be mutually exclusive. It seem you can only select all, at least A - D. Then KeypadLinc is named (Living Room Light) and the buttons are (Living Room Key A) through D. These are all listed as individual items under My Lighting. If I select any one of the Key names and right click, and then select Group devices, it groups all 4 of them and makes them sub trees under Living Room Light. I can ungroup them and they become individual items under My Lighting again. If they are grouped or not, if I select one of them and then select Mutual Exclusive Button at the bottom of the screen I get a list that contains Living Room Light and the Living Room Key A through D, plus 2 scene item I do not have defined (Mutually Exclusive Buttons 1 and 2). The options to select then are OK, Cancel and Reset. I can not figure out what selecting Reset does or what else can be done with the list. Also if the buttons are grouped and show as sub trees, I can right click on one of them and it has the option to Group Devices. I tried it and it appears to not really do anything. I would think Group Device should not be listed or if it is and you select it, it should give and warning error.
Sub-Routine Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 Hi JCA, Please see this Wiki article concerning Mutually Exclusive buttons: ISY-99i/ISY-26_INSTEON:Linking_a_KeypadLinc#What_are_Mutually_Exclusive_Buttons. In short, drag the 3 buttons you want as MutEx into one of the scenes in the window. Reset removes all MutEx settings. Rand I have a 6 button KeypadLinc dimmer. I wanted to group 3 of the buttons to be mutually exclusive. It seem you can only select all, at least A - D. Then KeypadLinc is named (Living Room Light) and the buttons are (Living Room Key A) through D. These are all listed as individual items under My Lighting. If I select any one of the Key names and right click, and then select Group devices, it groups all 4 of them and makes them sub trees under Living Room Light. I can ungroup them and they become individual items under My Lighting again. If they are grouped or not, if I select one of them and then select Mutual Exclusive Button at the bottom of the screen I get a list that contains Living Room Light and the Living Room Key A through D, plus 2 scene item I do not have defined (Mutually Exclusive Buttons 1 and 2). The options to select then are OK, Cancel and Reset. I can not figure out what selecting Reset does or what else can be done with the list. Ah, a bug for sure. Thank you. Rand Also if the buttons are grouped and show as sub trees, I can right click on one of them and it has the option to Group Devices. I tried it and it appears to not really do anything. I would think Group Device should not be listed or if it is and you select it, it should give and warning error.
jca001 Posted September 15, 2009 Author Posted September 15, 2009 Rand: Thanks for the quick reply. I will have to try it when I get home. So exactly what is Grouping Devices used for?
Sub-Routine Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 Hello Jack, Grouping Devices allows you to collapse multi-button controllers on the tree.
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