CoolToys Posted December 15, 2023 Posted December 15, 2023 Anyone have any luck with Polisy or eisy 5.7.0 or newer controlling the order and timing for a long program? I have a "Bedtime" program (yes the same one I want a mini remote to run and can't figure that out either), that basically shuts down the house and changes the thermostats to a cooler temperature. I learned this trick when I ran an integration business and Lutron had a "learning mode". The idea is if your house is being watched, it looks like someone is really there not just "poof" and the lights go off. Right now it is automatic at 10ish with no one home (sOccupied=0) and manual when I press "Off" on a Insteon Keypad 8. With the ISY and the USB modem, it ran pretty much in order. So it looks like someone walking through the house shutting it down. I now have the Eisy and the serial modem and it goes in random order each time. To slow it down and let the program run, every third command I inserted wait commands and it still doesn't help. It almost appears to run in reverse order. The master bed and closet usually turn off first. The automatic version is the same in the Then statement. I realize it can now be a parenthetic or, but that is how long I have had an ISY running my house. BedTime - [ID 0016][Parent 0001] If $sEdit_Guest is 0 And ( 'MasterBed Keypad.On' is switched Off Or '54.B6.E6 - A Down' is switched On //this line doesn't work ) Then $iInterior_Motion = 0 $sSnack_Walk = 0 $sAlarm = 0 $sKitchen_Motion = 0 $sBedtime = 1 Set 'House Front' Off Wait 4 seconds Set 'Temp Home Night' On Wait 4 seconds Set 'Garage Lights' Off Set 'Garage Front Porch Lite' Off Wait 4 seconds Set 'Holiday Lights' Off Set 'Back Patio' Off Wait 4 seconds Set 'FamRm Dining' Off Set 'Dining' Off Wait 4 seconds Set 'Scott Office Lamp Outlet' Off Set 'LR Pool Table' Off Wait 4 seconds Set 'HallwayOutletCurio' Off Set 'LR Center Outlet Top' Fast Off Set 'LR Center Outlet Bot' Fast Off Wait 4 seconds Set 'LR Lamp Scene' Off Set 'Entry Art Niche' Off Set 'Stairwell 3 Way' Off Wait 3 seconds Set 'Upstairs Hallway 3 Way' Off Set 'Kelly Office Lamp Scene' Off Wait 8 seconds Set 'Studio Fan' Off Set 'Studio Button Light' Off Set 'Studio A' Off Set 'Studio B' Off Set 'Studio C' Off Wait 4 seconds Set 'Studio Closet' Off Set 'MB Closet Hers' Fast Off Set 'MB Closet' Fast Off Wait 4 seconds Set 'Master Bed Cabinets' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')
paulbates Posted December 15, 2023 Posted December 15, 2023 (edited) At first look you could do most if not all of this with one command using one scene with all devices in that scene: -Set the variables - add all devices to one scene, including the devices that are in other scenes - set specific behaviors for the devices in that scene - remove all of the 'set <device> off' commands with one for that new scene No more 'popcorn' lights, they all go of together Edited December 15, 2023 by paulbates
CoolToys Posted December 15, 2023 Author Posted December 15, 2023 @paulbates, the point is exactly that they don't all go off together. It should look like I am following my normal routine walking through the house shutting it down. For years with the ISY it worked 99% of the time just fine. Since going to the eisy, it goes in seeming random order. The whole idea is to make the house look lived in, not like it is on an automatic timer or the power just failed.
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