I/O Linc and garage door

[raydoc]

I have now changed over from X10 to Inseton. I used to have a Powerflash and Universal module set up in the garage to monitor the door state (up/down) and trigger the door closer (and beep when it did). Now with Insteon I have the I/O link and switch from Smarthome. All is hooked up and what functionality I'd love would be to have the ISY know if the door is up or down and if it is up at a certain time, put it down. What I noticed was that the I/O link didn't have a momentary closed relay like the X10 setup so you have to tell it to turn 'on' and then 'off' again in order to be able to trigger the door again.

 

So, how do I do this via the ISY? I have figured out that there is no module that sounds a beep like the old universal module did so I'll have to come up with some other noise maker to warn that the door is closing.

 

So recap, at a given time I need to know if the door is up or down and if it is up I need to trigger the door closer to close.

[Brian H]

Page 11 of the Full Users Manual.

How to set the relay to momentary closure.

Can also be done through the ISY interface.

http://www.smarthome.com/manuals/2450.pdf

 

Smarthome also has a garage door kit that uses the I/OLinc.

There is a link on the sales page to how it is hooked up. That may give you some ideas.

http://www.smarthome.com/74551/I-O-Linc ... Kit/p.aspx

http://www.smarthome.com/manuals/74551qs.pdf

[raydoc]

Page 11 of the Full Users Manual.

How to set the relay to momentary closure.

Can also be done through the ISY interface.

http://www.smarthome.com/manuals/2450.pdf

 

Smarthome also has a garage door kit that uses the I/OLinc.

There is a link on the sales page to how it is hooked up. That may give you some ideas.

http://www.smarthome.com/74551/I-O-Linc ... Kit/p.aspx

http://www.smarthome.com/manuals/74551qs.pdf

 

 

Bought the kit from them. They don't tell you how to make it work with the ISY. I used to have HomeSeer running my X10 system and at 11PM it would check the status of the door and if it is was up, it would trigger the door to come down. That is the function that I 'm looking for. I'll check out the manual to set the I/O linc to momentary trigger.

[Brian H]

There are others here that have the Garage Door Kit. I am sure they will have good tips for you.

 

I believe you can set the relay's properties in ISY and not have to do the button sequences mentioned in the manual.

[oberkc]

All is hooked up and what functionality I'd love would be to have the ISY know if the door is up or down and if it is up at a certain time, put it down.

Did you get the whole garage door kit or just the IOLinc? For you to accomplish your goals, you will also need a sensor to know the status of your garage door.

 

Have you added the IOLinc to the ISY yet? When you add the IOLinc to the ISY, you should get two devices in your "my lighting" tree: the relay and sensor. The sensor tells you the status of the door. The relay cannot tell you status, but controls your opener. The first can be a controller in a scene. The second cannot.

 

Assuming you have a sensor and the relay and sensor are in your ISY "my lighting" device tree listing, I think it would be relatively simple to create a program to close your door at a certain time. I believe something like this would work:

 

if
time is 1100p
and
status garage door sensor is on
then
set control garage door relay off
else

 

Please bear in mind that the relay can be set to respond to ON commands, OFF commands, or both. It can also be set to respond to either, based on sensor status. The sensor can also be wired such that a closed garage door can turn it ON or OFF. Your program will have to properly reflect how you set up your IOLinc. You can find all these settings by selecting the IOLinc at the ISY admin panel, where you will find a button to configure it.

 

What I noticed was that the I/O link didn't have a momentary closed relay like the X10 setup so you have to tell it to turn 'on' and then 'off' again in order to be able to trigger the door again.

I don't believe that this is true. One of the configuration settings is momentary open or closed. This is also available through the ISY admin panel and configuration settings.

 

Check out the wiki at universal devices. Search for Garage Door. Search also for IOLinc. You will find much useful here.

 

http://www.universal-devices.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Main_Page