ISY Reponding to Manual Changes

[FredT]

I would think that the ISY status would respond to manual lighting changes, but I don't see that happening.

 

For example I have a INSTEON wall switch controlling a light. When I use either the web interface or the Admin Console to change turn the switch on or off, the status of the change is reflected in the displayed state.

 

However, if I manual push the wall switch, neither ISY program shows a status change. I must query the device through either program for it to show this status change.

 

I see no status update messages in the event viewer when I manually press switches. Do I need to cross-link the switch back to the PLM?

 

...Fred

[apostolakisl]

Yes, your PLM somehow does not have the switch linked. The PLM is kind of the ISY "device". Every switch that is installed via ISY gets the PLM included in the "scene" (not actually a scene, but same concept). Once the PLM is in the "scene", ISY then becomes aware of everything that happens to that switch because the PLM gets updated.

 

Is this the only switch that is doing this? Did the switch ever report in the ISY gui? You may need to uninstall the switch and then reinstall it so that ISY writes the links to the PLM. If all of your switches are having trouble then you may need to restore the PLM or maybe you need a new one.

[FredT]

Thanks. That did the trick. I think the problem crept into my sytem when I swamped PLMs to troubleshoot a communication problem.

 

...Fred