Trouble with a KPL6

[djones1415]

I am successfully using several KPL8's, but having trouble with my first KPL6, and I suspect it's me rather than a faulty switch.

 

1) I've set all buttons to toggle mode. The top (labelled "ON") button turns on the load and turns off the load, as expected. What does the bottom (labelled "OFF") do? It doesn't control the load, one way or the other. I was going to write a program to see if the ISY was picking up when it was pressed, but there is no listing for that button. The 1, A, B, C, and D buttons are listed, but no entry for the bottom "OFF" button. Q: How do I define what the bottom OFF button should do?

 

2) The top ("ON") button does not control the load if I touch the right side of the button. I hear a slight beep, so I know the (underlying KPL8's) right hand top button is being pressed, but apparently only the left hand top button is controlling the load. It's as if the switch is behaving as KPL8 with a cover across the top two buttons, but pressing that top cover doesn't really work..you have to be sure to press the left hand button. Q: Is this behavior normal for a KPL6?

 

3) What's up with the little beeps? None of my KPL8's beep upon button presses. I can't find anywhere to change a beep setting.

 

4) When I first installed the KPL6, the buttons were lit when off. I changed that to have level 0 for off, 15 for on. Now when I change the backlight level for off back to 7, they stay off. I can't get them back on.

 

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Something tells me I'm going to need to remove the switch completely from the ISY and put it back in. I just thought I'd try to understand what normal behavior is of these 6's.

[bsobel]

The switch is somehow in 8 button mode not 6 button mode. The docs show how to switch it off. The top bottom will then turn the load on and the bottom off.

 

Bill

[LeeG]

There are definitely issues with this KeypadLinc starting with the fact that the ON button should never turn the load Off. It sounds the KeypadLinc is in 8 button mode with a 6 button frame installed. However, if it were that simple the ISY should have detected it as an 8 button KPL and defined 8 nodes rather than 5 node.

 

I recommend Deleting the KPL from the ISY. Factory Reset the KPL, they add it back with Device Type set at default Auto Discover.

 

EDIT: the OFF button will not have a unique node. The 1 button reflects the ON and OFF buttons. Press ON turns the load and 1 button On, pressing the OFF button turns the load and 1 button Off.

[djones1415]

I recommend Deleting the KPL from the ISY. Factory Reset the KPL, they add it back with Device Type set at default Auto Discover.

 

Yup. Took it out and put it back, and that fixed things. Not sure how, but it was all screwed up. Having read the manual, I suspect at some point I pressed two (or more) buttons at the same time - that explains how the beeps got going.

 

Anyway, all fixed now. Thanks.