smarthome_newbie Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 I control my garage door with a KPL. How can I set the KPL light to on if the door is open? Thanks. Link to comment
larryllix Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 39 minutes ago, smarthome_newbie said: I control my garage door with a KPL. How can I set the KPL light to on if the door is open? Thanks. What do you use to detect the position of your garage door? Link to comment
smarthome_newbie Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 1 minute ago, larryllix said: What do you use to detect the position of your garage door? MyQ on Polisy. Link to comment
larryllix Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 1 minute ago, smarthome_newbie said: MyQ on Polisy. For KPL LEDs you must create a scene with the ones you want and off included. Then a program can operate the LED pattern in the scene. The brghtness levels can be directly controlled as a common level to all buttons. Link to comment
Goose66 Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Garage Bay Key Status - [ID 0023][Parent 0020] If 'Main Floor / House MyQ Gateway / Tesla Garage Bay' Door State is not Closed Then Set 'Main Floor / Garage Bay Key Status Light' On Else Set 'Main Floor / Garage Bay Key Status Light' Off "Garage Bay Key Status Light" is a scene with just one device: Side-entry Keypad - Garage Bay Note that this setup doesn't allow the keypad key to control the door - just indicate the status. Link to comment
smarthome_newbie Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 18 hours ago, Goose66 said: Garage Bay Key Status - [ID 0023][Parent 0020] If 'Main Floor / House MyQ Gateway / Tesla Garage Bay' Door State is not Closed Then Set 'Main Floor / Garage Bay Key Status Light' On Else Set 'Main Floor / Garage Bay Key Status Light' Off "Garage Bay Key Status Light" is a scene with just one device: Side-entry Keypad - Garage Bay Note that this setup doesn't allow the keypad key to control the door - just indicate the status. Is there a way for it control and show status? Link to comment
gzahar Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 If you have control now, just add the status part. They should work together just fine. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment
Goose66 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Two more programs: Garage Bay Open If 'Main Floor / Side-entry Keypad - Garage Bay' is switched On Or 'Main Floor / Side-entry Keypad - Garage Bay' is switched Fast On Then Set 'Main Floor / House MyQ Gateway / Tesla Garage Bay' Open Else and Garage Bay Close If 'Main Floor / Side-entry Keypad - Garage Bay' is switched Off Or 'Main Floor / Side-entry Keypad - Garage Bay' is switched Fast Off Then Set 'Main Floor / House MyQ Gateway / Tesla Garage Bay' Close Else As @gzahar said, all of these programs work fine together. You will get some button flash though on the close - just pressing it when lit will not only run the close program, but turn off the light. However, the status of the bay door will change to "Closing," which will cause the key to light back up. Once the door is fully closed (and the MyQ Service is polled), the light will turn back off. The light program is written such that any status change other than a positive closed status turns the key light on, so at least you will go check it. This assumes that your KPL button is set to Toggle mode. These control programs ignore bright and dims (press and hold) from the KPL button. You can add these into the If statement, respectively, if you want. Otherwise, you will have the possibility the light and the status (along with the action of the button on tap) may get out of synch. But things can start to get weird when you are handling brights and dims, so test thoroughly. Also note that the control programs don't use the Else branch. This has long been a topic of discussion on these forums so I won't go into here. Suffice to say if you use Else path for control you will eventually run into weird anomalies. Link to comment
smarthome_newbie Posted August 14, 2020 Author Share Posted August 14, 2020 12 hours ago, Goose66 said: Two more programs: Garage Bay Open If 'Main Floor / Side-entry Keypad - Garage Bay' is switched On Or 'Main Floor / Side-entry Keypad - Garage Bay' is switched Fast On Then Set 'Main Floor / House MyQ Gateway / Tesla Garage Bay' Open Else and Garage Bay Close If 'Main Floor / Side-entry Keypad - Garage Bay' is switched Off Or 'Main Floor / Side-entry Keypad - Garage Bay' is switched Fast Off Then Set 'Main Floor / House MyQ Gateway / Tesla Garage Bay' Close Else As @gzahar said, all of these programs work fine together. You will get some button flash though on the close - just pressing it when lit will not only run the close program, but turn off the light. However, the status of the bay door will change to "Closing," which will cause the key to light back up. Once the door is fully closed (and the MyQ Service is polled), the light will turn back off. The light program is written such that any status change other than a positive closed status turns the key light on, so at least you will go check it. This assumes that your KPL button is set to Toggle mode. These control programs ignore bright and dims (press and hold) from the KPL button. You can add these into the If statement, respectively, if you want. Otherwise, you will have the possibility the light and the status (along with the action of the button on tap) may get out of synch. But things can start to get weird when you are handling brights and dims, so test thoroughly. Also note that the control programs don't use the Else branch. This has long been a topic of discussion on these forums so I won't go into here. Suffice to say if you use Else path for control you will eventually run into weird anomalies. Thanks for all of the information. I have a question. When setting the status program, I don't see set status light on or off option. See below. What am I missing? Link to comment
gzahar Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 5 minutes ago, smarthome_newbie said: Thanks for all of the information. I have a question. When setting the status program, I don't see set status light on or off option. See below. What am I missing? Put the keypad key of interest in a scene by itself as a responder. Then turn that scene on/off. Link to comment
smarthome_newbie Posted August 14, 2020 Author Share Posted August 14, 2020 Put the keypad key of interest in a scene by itself as a responder. Then turn that scene on/off. Sorry not following. I’m trying to make my KPL status light be on when my garage door is open. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment
gzahar Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 If 'Main Floor / House MyQ Gateway / Tesla Garage Bay' Door State is not Closed Then Set 'Main Floor / Garage Bay Key Status Light' On Else Set 'Main Floor / Garage Bay Key Status Light' Off As Goose66 mentioned in the program above, "Garage Bay Key Status Light" is a scene. Create a scene of any name you choose, then substitute that scene name in the program above. The scene you create, should have the button that you want to turn on as a responder in that scene (and nothing else). I know, it is not intuitive, but just try it. PS The button can/should be the same button you use to control the garage door. Link to comment
larryllix Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 6 minutes ago, smarthome_newbie said: Sorry not following. I’m trying to make my KPL status light be on when my garage door is open. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Your program line is setting the backlight level that is common to every LED behind the buttons. You need to create a scene for each LED and turn the scene on and off. Look at the bottom of the device tree in the admin console. You may have to click on the funny icon at the top to create a new scene. Then drag'n drop a button into the scene. Specify it as controlled device. Name it something meaningful. That's it. Do the rest also. Link to comment
smarthome_newbie Posted August 14, 2020 Author Share Posted August 14, 2020 Thank you all. I'll give this a try. Link to comment
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