Remotelinc multi use button

[andrew77]

Hi Guys;

 

I had a pdf from a user that said it could make a button multi-use.

(i.e. when i push the B button, the scene is triggered, when I push the same B button it brightens, pressing it a third time brightens again.)

 

It never did work.

 

Is there a way that this is possible?

 

Drew

[LeeG]

andrew77

 

Any Controller button will do the following ....

 

Press the On button turns the Scene On. Assuming the Scene results in the Responder turning On to 40% for example, if the On button is pressed again and held, the Responder will Brighten until the On button is released. Pressing the On button again and holding it will again Brighten the Responder until On button released or device reaches full Bright. This happens without any ISY Program intervention. Standard Insteon Responder stuff not unique to the Remotelinc.

 

Another approach is for the On button to invoke an ISY Program. The ISY Program is implemented so the result in the same behavior. In this case the On button does not directly control the Responder.

 

Lee

[andrew77]

Thanks for the speedy reply.

 

I know about the press and hold but what I was hoping for was the ability to do this scenario.

 

I press B on the remotelinc to set the movie scene.

I press it again to make it brighten to a set amount (or even just trigger another scene with everything exactly the same except a bit brighter) because I pressed pause on the movie.

Then I press it again to dim it back to the movie scene.

 

Is this possible?

 

Drew

[LeeG]

andrew77

 

This can be done with an ISY Program. The ISY Program is triggered by button B On. Through the use of ISY variables, the Program will know when it is the first button B On and Set Scene A On. This will establish the responders to whatever level is desired. When button B On triggers the Program again the variable will have been set to a value which indicates Scene A was last turned On. Thus this button B On press will Set Scene B On which will establish the responders to a different On Level. Each button B On press will cause the Program to look at the current variable value to determine what action should be taken. The variable will be set to some new value representing the action by the current button B On press. This approach allows several variants to be executed in sequence, for each button B On press. The button B Off could be incorporated into the sequence for additional variations. Each button B On could turn the responders On to ever increasing On Levels. The button B Off could turn the responders On to ever decreasing On Levels. Again, the RemoteLinc button would not directly control any Scene. Which Scene is used is all determined by ISY Program logic.

 

Lee