jpoje Posted December 13, 2011 Posted December 13, 2011 Good morning: I have spent the last two days installing and programming the Insteon Garage Door Kit. My garage door opener is an "Overhead Door" SilentMax 4040 with a standard indoor mounted wall remote, outdoor keypad remote and handheld car remotes. After testing every possible scenario and combination of options, below is how I have it set up that work best for me, until realizing this morning that my outdoor keypad and the remote in the car will only open the garage door 2 inches from ground then stops! I had tested everything with the indoor garage wall mounted remote and knew it did the same thing, BUT, I could hold down the button an extra second and it would actually open the door just fine, (I can live with that). It never occurred to me that the outdoor keypad and car remotes would work differently from the wall remote and never tested them in any of my scenarios. Bottom line is, the outdoor keypad remote and car remote WILL NOT open garage door no matter how long I hold down the button, essentially making it impossible to enter my home from the outside! Has anyone else experienced this issue and how was it corrected? Connections: Black to GND and Red to Sensor connections from magnetic contact to I/O Linc. N/O and Com on I/O Linc connected to garage motor. Options: Momentary C and Relay follows input Scenes: Relay Scene with KPL button as controller and Sensor Scene with KPL button as responder I appreciate all input and suggestions. Thank you.
LeeG Posted December 13, 2011 Posted December 13, 2011 Turn Off Relay follows Input. When the door starts to open the magnetic switch closes which turns on the I/O Linc Sensor which turns On the Relay (Relay follows input) which stops the door movement. Part of the door safety features.
jpoje Posted December 13, 2011 Author Posted December 13, 2011 Thank you! I can't remember now why I set that as an option, but that did the trick. Thanks so much. Would you be so kind to provide a simple "program" to "close" the garage door at sunset (if it is left open)? My objective is to try to use one KPL button to show the status of the door (lit or "on" for door being open/off for closed) and also use that same kpl button to close and open the door if necessary. It seems that two kpl buttons would work better, but I'm trying to use just one. I have two scenes set up, one relay & kpl as controller and the other with sensor & same kpl as responder. Thanks again for any suggestions.
LeeG Posted December 13, 2011 Posted December 13, 2011 I have not tested this but it should work. This assumes the I/O Linc Sensor is On when the door is Open which it should be using the wire combinations in the first post. You can confirm that by looking at the Green LED at the I/O Linc wire connections. The Green LED is On when the Sensor is On. If Time is Sunset And Status 'IO Linc1-Sensor' is On Then Set 'IO Linc1-Relay' On Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') There are examples on the Wiki that implement the single KPL button technique. I don't like idea so I don't jump into those questions.
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