Really liking my new Insteon conversion from X10 but there is one thing X10 does well that I don't see that Insteon can do. For 40 years I've had 8 or 11 X10 modules all set with the same House Code and Unit Number to turn on/off all the candles and other Christmas lights around the house with a single press of a controller button or timer. How do this with Insteon? All I see is that I need a macro that deals with all 8 or 11 individually addressed Insteon modules as a group. Is there an Insteon built-in grouping mechanism that works similarly as same addressing with X10?
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Originally posted by baudi View Post
What you are looking for is plugins> insteon> configuration> manage groups
But I note that Groups work only with Insteon devices, is there a way to have a similar type group reference that contains Insteon, X10, and Z-Wave devices in HomeSeer? This is the main reason I have always used HS instead of software that only controls one brand of device, I want the flexibility of controlling any brand device but I need device independent references that are controllable as though they were a device. Right now I have several Events that trigger off Mini-Remote button presses and time triggers, but there is no Event reference that can be controlled like a device that I know of. Example, say I have a list of devices in HS consisting of 5 Insteon, 3 X10, and 3 Z-Wave devices and I want to call this Holiday Lights. Then I want to issue a command like "Holiday lights ON" or "Holiday Lights 50%". Is this possible? Can I create a variable name that would trigger an Event?
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Originally posted by allenc3 View Post
That is exactly what I do now and what I am trying to avoid.
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Originally posted by Rupp View PostWhy, this is core HS3 functionality.
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Originally posted by allenc3 View Post
Yes, but I think you missed the point of my question. I don't want to use Events every time I need to control more than one device, I want to set up a named reference for a group of devices and control them as a single device. This is what baudi suggested and is a solution for Insteon devices, the rest of the solution is what I asked regarding a controllable named list of devices of mixed brands and protocols.
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Originally posted by Rupp View Post
And there inlies the issue. You can't use one protocols proprietary grouping commands on another protocol. This is where events shine.
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Originally posted by allenc3 View PostAh HA! Virtual Device sound right. Where is that?
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Originally posted by baudi View Post
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