A Scene in "ALL OFF"?

[aLf]

Question One... Can a scene, i.e., (two KPL Buttons & an APL) be included somehow in an "ALL OFF" program? Currnetly I have all Insteon Sw's turn off every hour in an ALL OFF scene when away. I have the APL included, but the two KPL Buttons stay on (if they were on). How can I include them for turn off in that scene?

 

Second question... If the ALL OFF scene is on (everything off), then I come home and tell ISY I'm home. I have a couple scenes which run when I'm home that do not run if after the scheduled time. Example, gate outlets should be ON @ 0700 if HOME. Lets say I get home at 0830 and tell ISY I'm home. The gate outlets stay off until the next day at 0700. How do I work around this?

 

aLf

[oberkc]

I see no reason why one cannot put KPLs in a scene. However, the secondary KPLs may not respond directly. Create a new scene with your seconday KPL buttons included as responders. I understand that by turning that scene off, you will turn off the KPL buttons.

 

Regarding the second question, it depends on how you currently disable your program. If you use a KPL button to activate the "not home" condition, then would this work?:

 

if 

(
control KPL button not on
and 
time is 0700p
)

control KPL button switched off

then 

set scene on

[Goose66]

As to your second question, I use a status program (i.e. a substitute for a boolean variable) that indicates if I am home or away along with a range of time. For instance, I may want to turn my hall lights on from 6:00 PM to midnight, but only if I am at home:

If
       Program 'Vacation State' is False
   And From Sunset  - 30 minutes
      To 11:59 PM (same day)

Then
       Set Scene 'Main Floor / Hall Lights' On
       Set Scene 'Main Floor / Foiyer Light 3-way' On

Else
       Set Scene 'Main Floor / Hall Lights' Off
       Set Scene 'Main Floor / Foiyer Light 3-way' Off

Using the range, the program will run at the on time and off time to turn the hall lights on and off. The program will also run when the Vacation State program changes, i.e. when I turn off Vacation State after arriving home (or from my phone on the way there). If the current time is within the range, the lights turn on, and then turn off at the right time. Note the beauty of this is that the Off will happen regardless of whether Vacation State is true or false, so there is no clean-up needed.