KPL buttons and FanLinc question

[auger66]

 

 

I’m preparing a Keypadlinc (2486D v.40) for a Fanlinc installation. I have an ISY to program, but this installation will be stand-alone in a different location. I’m just trying to get the Keypadlinc buttons working the way I want right now. I’ll manually link the Keypadlinc to the Fanlinc if the new ISY firmware doesn’t come out by the 11th.

 

I would like the light OFF and FAN OFF buttons to not be lit when used; i.e., when the light and fan are off, no buttons on the Keypadlinc are lit. I changed the light on/off button to non-toggle on, and it works like this naturally. The fan buttons–not so much.

 

I changed the A, B, & C buttons to non-toggle on, and the D button to non-toggle OFF. Once I put all four buttons into a mutually-exclusive group, the D button became non-toggle on, or the light stayed on, anyway.

 

So I put the A, B, & C buttons in a group. Now I just needed a scene to turn them off. I made a scene with the D button as the controller and the A, B, & C buttons as responders. That also made the D button stay on as a non-toggle ON. I guess the problem here is I’m trying to start a scene with an OFF command.

 

Is this possible without an ISY program?

 

Thanks.

[LeeG]

"I guess the problem here is I’m trying to start a scene with an OFF command."

 

The only thing an Off command can do is turn the Scene Off (without an ISY).

[fitzpatri8]

I changed the A, B, & C buttons to non-toggle on, and the D button to non-toggle OFF. Once I put all four buttons into a mutually-exclusive group, the D button became non-toggle on, or the light stayed on, anyway.

There's the problem, button D should not be a member of the mutually exclusive group.

 

Button D should be non-toggle off and linked as a controller of the FanLinc (once the ISY is updated to support it) and buttons A, B and C.

[auger66]

I changed the A, B, & C buttons to non-toggle on, and the D button to non-toggle OFF. Once I put all four buttons into a mutually-exclusive group, the D button became non-toggle on, or the light stayed on, anyway.

There's the problem, button D should not be a member of the mutually exclusive group.

 

Button D should be non-toggle off and linked as a controller of the FanLinc (once the ISY is updated to support it) and buttons A, B and C.

 

I tried that, but it doesn't turn off the ABC buttons--unless the button behavior changes after it's linked to the Fanlinc. I don't see how it would, though, since the Fanlinc is a responder only.

 

I think the closest I'm going to be able to get to what I want is to put ABCD in toggle mode in a mutually exclusive group. That way I can turn the fan and button off by pressing the lit button or the D button twice.

[auger66]

And another somewhat related question.

 

I want to set a two second ramp rate on the light. Where's the proper location to set the ramp rate--the Keypadlinc, Fanlinc, or both?

 

I would think the KPL should be set to 0.1 seconds, and the FL to 2 seconds.

[LeeG]

If the light is physically controlled by the FanLinc the FanLinc Responder Ramp Rate for the light is the place to set the 2 second ramp rate. Outside the ISY world the FanLinc Light Ramp Rate is established with the Set button on the FanLinc, locked in and then the FanLinc is linked as a Responder to whatever Controller device is controlling the side of the FanLinc that is controlling the Light. Both the On Level and the Ramp Rate values are stored in the Responder link record in the FanLinc.

[auger66]

There's only one circuit for the fan and light so that is the case.

 

That's what I thought. Give the Fanlinc the fastest ON I can give it with the KPL and let the Fanlinc control the ramp rate.

 

Thanks.