How do I add IR Linc buttons into Admin Console?

[delston]

I just picked up a Universal Remote Control MX-980, have an ISY 99i on version 2.7.8 and an IR Linc Receiver/Remote. I have gotten the MX-980 to learn the buttons on the IRLinc Remote, but I'm not really sure how to make the buttons show up in the ISY Admin Console.

 

Can someone explain to me how to go about making the ISY recognize the various buttons on the IRLinc?

 

thanks!

 

PS. My plan is to link the IR Linc remote's A, B, C.... buttons to my 1,2,3... buttons on the remote. After this I plan to write individual programs in the ISY to "code" different lights i.e. i'll have remote macros output "1,1,1,enter" and the ISY program will recognize "1,1,1,enter" and turn on a specific light or scene. Anyone have any better ideas how to link more than the 12 buttons the IR Linc remote is capable of?

[MarkJames]

I've only done a bit with my universal remote through ISY but I didn't see any way to add the remote buttons to the Admin console.

 

I found them all available in the programming section, though.

 

It'd be cool if you could access them from admin, mind you.

 

mark

[delston]

Maybe that's just it. I've gotten the IRLinc to show up in the ISY admin console, but no buttons...do the buttons even need to be added? Or do i just write ISY programs to react to the signals received from my universal remote?

[MarkJames]

I'm not fluent with the IR section yet - it's on my todo list. But all I did was created a folder in the program section called IR commands and then created a series of programs that respond to the button presses.

 

If irbutton_fireplace_on pressed

then turn scene fireplace on

 

Like that.

 

It actually happens remarkably quickly. The IR programs work very well. I notice no lag at all.

 

mark

[Sub-Routine]

To add already learned buttons to the ISY you need to add the IRLinc using Link Management | New Insteon Device and select option 3 to keep existing links. This should create the buttons and a scene for each button.

 

After that you can use Link Management | Add Button to IRLinc Receiver to teach the commands to the IRLinc and add the buttons to the ISY.

 

You do not need to use programs.

 

Link_Management_Menu#Add_Button_to_IRLinc_Receiver

 

Rand

[MarkJames]

Sorry....

 

I don't use an IRlinc so I didn't know. I feed my IR signals directly from an IR panel into the ISY.

[Sub-Routine]

Sorry....

 

I don't use an IRlinc so I didn't know. I feed my IR signals directly from an IR panel into the ISY.

 

I don't have an IRLinc either. I'm hoping delston can tell us how this works

[delston]

Last night here's what I did:

 

I busted out the little credit card remote and had my URC MX980 remote learn the CC remote's buttons, assigning them sequentially to my URC remote's 0-9, +10 and 'Enter' buttons, 12 in total. In the ISY's Admin Console I went to "Link Management" and "Add button to IR Linc Receiver". I pushed the set button and was able to get my URC remote to talk to the IR Linc Receiver by pressing the URC's "1" button. When I clicked okay on the dialog box in the Admin Console, the button was added as a new device as expected.

 

However, when I added the button to a simple scene to test, and pressed "1" on the URC remote nothing happened. I DID see the IR Linc's (ridiculously bright) blue LED flash indicating the signal was received.

 

What I'm not sure about is why the ISY didn't pass the signal to actually turn on the light. The signal got lost between the "IR Linc ---> ISY ---> Light" transition. Any ideas?

[oberkc]

I would watch the event viewer while you press your remote buttons to make sure that the event is recieved and is consistent with the "if" condition of your program.

[gfridland]

Delston...

 

I am running an IRlinc receiver with the ISY and an MX900 form universal remotes...I initially had communication issues with the IRLinc-->ISY due to location...

 

In my case, the IR linc is located in a logical place...my AV closet. I have a whole lot of components/ups/noisy equipment that interfered with the signal back from the IRLinc.

 

I also was able to program it without problem, but when i went to use it, it would not transmit.

 

The IRLinc...depending on how you program it will toggle the input. So you can test it right from the Java console. After linking, you may want to unplug/plug in the IRlinc. Not sure if it was relevant, but I may have also done that at some point.

 

I put a filterlinc in the AV closet and Isolated the noise and all works great.

 

Good luck!

[Sub-Routine]

If the button is in a scene with at least one responder the ISY writes the links to the IRLinc and the responder(s). After that the ISY is out of the picture, the IRLinc should tell the responders to react. The ISY is a responder only so it can keep track of the device states.

 

Does the ISY think the responders should have turned on?

 

Rand

[delston]

I didn't change anything but realized last night that the scene configuration i referred to in my last post actually does work, except that it only works as an non-toggle "ON" command, thus I cannot turn the light off. This weekend I'd like to teach my URC remote different IR codes (perhaps the one's the ISY uses) to see if it's the IR code from the IRLinc's CC remote that is causing this non-toggle issue.

 

I'll post again when I'm finished.