Joe, the X10 Actions problem you identified is fixed in 02.00.53. I tested the scenario with 2 Actions and both were triggered from the same G02 ON. It will probably be a few days before this image is posted for general availability. Thanks for documenting the problem.

Joe, some bad news. The X10 two action trigger fix has been removed because it caused another problem. The 02.00.55 image that will be posted soon does not have the fix for your problem. Until the problem is resolved one thing you can do now is create a Scene with EZSrve as the controller and the three devices you are turning off as responders. Then turn the Scene Off as Effect 4 with the other Scene. You should disable the Action that is currently turning off those three devices if you decide to go that way so there is only 1 Action with the X10G02 Condition. Simplehome mentioned that the Flex client, the Flash based client, has the ability to define 6 Effects so you could move the 3 Off Effects to the other Action when the Flex client is released. This is a few days away so it depends on how soon you want your scenario to work.

Please look at the appendices on the Operating Guide. It has values for various devices including the thermostat.
The thermostat has to be commanded as a responder in a scene. Although we’ve heard there is now a way to send direct commands to it, we don’t have any details from SmartLabs

In 1.xx, macros you could send an Insteon command to a dimmer (i.e. Bright / Dim) in response to an event. In 2.xx actions, the only option available for dimmers appears to be setting the “status” attribute. Is there a way to send a bright or dim command via an action?

@grif091 wrote:

I could not find a way to send a specific Bright or Dim command. You can set the Value to something between 00-FF to get the device to a desired Bright/Dim level but I could find no way to actually issue those specific commands.

Thanks for trying. What is the best way to get that on the SimpleHomeNet feature request list?

The Effect is defined to turn On (Status FF) devices so the Action will not turn Off devices. The SunsetTo Sunrise time option makes more sense when used as a Condition for something like a Motion Sensor event where you only want the Motion Sensor On command to have an Effect during Sunset to Sunrise. A single Action allows the Motion Sensor to turn On devices only between Sunset and Sunrise.

For a specific time based event, I think you will need one Action with an Effect to turn On the devices at Sunset and a second Action with an Effect to turn Off the devices at Sunrise. Actions would need something like an Effect with If Then Else for a device On with the If and device Off with the Else and that capability does not exist.

You can use something like Effect 1 of an Action to turn On the devices at Sunset and then after a delay of some number of hours/minutes have Effect 2 turn Off the devices. Not as accurate as a second Action Effect turning Off the devices at Sunrise but it would be a single Action.

Continuing with my trouble with timers… I want to set up my sprinkler timers again, using my ezflora. I just want to be able to run program 1 a couple times a week.

According to the ezserve doc, I need to send LD2:00, LD3:08 to enable program 1.
Also according to the doc:

To enter a custom command, first select the
first entry in the menu (“Enter Command”), then press the delete key in your keyboard.

I don’t see anything saying “Enter Command”. When I select the ezflora device, my only two attribute options are “status” and “config”. The value field will only let me type 2 digits, no matter how I’ve tried hitting delete. I’ve tried just entering “08” in the value for both config and status, but neither enable the ezflora. I forgot to have the SHN utility running to see what commands it actually sent (if the beta will do that).

So, am I missing something obvious? This sounds like about the simplest thing to do, but it’s totally escaping me.

Thanks again guys,
-Dave