My lights don't turn on all of a sudden

[chris932]

I have a program setup on the ISY that at sunset turns on some scenes and devices. For the past few days it has not been working. I login to the ISY and trigger the scene directly and that works fine. I can also connect with the Admin Console and trigger the program to turn on the lights.

How can I get the scheduled program working again? The programs to turn off the lights don't seem to be having issues. I do notice one of the devices in the program intermittently says not responding in the Admin Console, but I don't think that should be blocking the other items.

[TrojanHorse]

I have a program setup on the ISY that at sunset turns on some scenes and devices. For the past few days it has not been working. I login to the ISY and trigger the scene directly and that works fine. I can also connect with the Admin Console and trigger the program to turn on the lights.
How can I get the scheduled program working again? The programs to turn off the lights don't seem to be having issues. I do notice one of the devices in the program intermittently says not responding in the Admin Console, but I don't think that should be blocking the other items.

Post the full program


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[oberkc]

Unless the program has changed, and assuming that it worked before, the only things I can imagine are:

- time (or sunset location) on ISY has gotten out of sync

- device failure

- something unique to sunset that is now causing communication problems

Yes, please post the program.  Also, check the program status to see when it has last run, and whether it ran TRUE or FALSE.  Was the last run time the most recent sunset?  

No, I would not expect comms problems to a single device to affect all other devices.

[MrBill]

As has been noted you need to post the program.  The easy way to do that is right click the program in the program tree and select Copy to Clipboard, then you can simply paste it into a reply.

[chris932]

This is the program. Most nights it does work some it does not (such as yesterday)

Status = True

Last Run time = Sun 2020/11/15 05:32

Timer: New Outside Lights On - [ID 0032][Parent 0002]

If
        Time is Sunset
 
Then
        Set 'Outside Lights / Scenes / Pool Light' On
        Set 'Outside Lights Bright' On
        Set '54.FB.27.1' On
        Set 'Inside Lights / FLOOR OUTLET' On
        Set 'Outside Lights / Scenes / Pool Light' On
 
Else
   - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

And the scene:

 

[oberkc]

So...it looks like it last ran today, and ran TRUE, as expected.  Given this, I expect that it runs consistently every day at sunset.  I would focus on comm problems.  Do all the lights come on when it works?  Do all the lights not come on when it does "not work", such as yesterday?

Your PLM....is it located on a circuit with lots of other electronic devices?  Computers?   Printers?  Routers?  Chargers?  Power supplies?  UPS?

[chris932]

I think the only electronic device on that circuit is a wifi... washing machine. Certainly no UPS or things of that nature.

[larryllix]

2 hours ago, chris932 said:

I think the only electronic device on that circuit is a wifi... washing machine. Certainly no UPS or things of that nature.

To follow oberkc's thinking, try a wait 2 seconds between a few lines to see if it makes a difference when you test run "Then".

You should have posted your program via copy to clipboard so people can see if it is enabled and other details.

Edited November 19, 2020 by larryllix

[oberkc]

9 hours ago, chris932 said:

I think the only electronic device on that circuit is a wifi... washing machine. Certainly no UPS or things of that nature.

Can you see any relationship between when you program does not work and when the washing machine is running?  Given the critical nature of the PLM, I tend to like having it on its own circuit or having anything else on that circuit filtered.  Regardless, it sounds as if you are having intermittent communication problems and you need to identify the source.