I formerly used a double tap Off, on the SwitchLinc while already Off. The usage for that is multifold, and combos of 2,3,4 or more keypresses are possible, but I have a noisy environment at that end of my house, being over top of two PV inverters, so I wouldn't recommend more than a 4 keypress combination. The combination KPL is also used to clear well pump and washing machine lockouts, with different combinations. Usually a second try at code entry does it though. This does fail occasionally and has low WAF. That is posted in a thread back a year ago. I use a KPL to activate and deactivate the system with a four key press code. Light sequences can also be set up to appear like somebody walking though the house in the middle of the night. Second MS within a set time causes alarms and lights. First one I get a notification and then lockout for some time to avoid nuisance flooding while you are away. I have resolved that by allowing one but not two different MSes to detect motion before taking more drastic action. The biggest problem that I have run into is false MS alarms. I use it for water leaks in four places as well as motion in ten places, heating failure and a few other things. I do the same using my ISY as a home security system to report intruders when I am not home. I am doing a bunch of stuff with wifi cameras also that behave differently if the system is armed or disarmed but basically I think it can be done but will require a lot more planning and thought around how to make it fool proof This gives him 30 seconds to exit the garage and close the door before the system arms. When he leaves the garage he turnes the fluorescent lights off which then starts to arm the system. When the system is disarmed he is notified by the fluorescent lights being turned on. I actually disable the alarm on 3 off presses but I told him 5 because sometimes insteon drops commands. This is done by pressing a certain insteon switch in the garage off 5 times. When he enters the garage he has 15 seconds to disable the alarm. I have a friend/tenant that sometimes needs to enter the garage when I am not home and the system is armed. I have a detached garage that is also under the same protection via a camera inside and sensors on the doors. I have an automatic door lock in my house that is controlled from my isy and its lock status is what controls the arming and disarming of the alarm. I have been working on a similiar system using just insteon, isy and wifi camera's I think you will get a lot of comments that will discourage this idea as people feel there are a lot better solutions out there that integrate well with the ISY and insteon (elk for example) but I on the other hand will tell you that IT can be done but will require a significant amount of programs in the ISY to make it reliable. On the other hand would also want to have an ability to arm the alarm with the device at home.Īlso it would be nice to have a keypad to arm and disarm the alarm using a key code. Ideally it would be some devices(cell phone) or some tiny beacons on a keyring that the system can sense its presence and automatically disable the alarm. I want this to be easy to use, and at the same time to be a little bit secure (i mean would not want to have 1 button on a keypad to turn off the alarm ) The only challenge is the way to arm the alarm or how to disarm it. Specifically was thinking about getting door/window open/close sensors and using simple on/off switch turn on or off a siren. So far had been using those for home automation purposes. I'm thinking about building a custom home automation using ISY i994 and Insteon products that I am already using.
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