Keypad Scenes & Harmony Hub

[Bgsstine]

Does anyone know if it's possible for the Insteon Keypads to initiate Harmony hub IR commands? The closest I've been able to get is with using the Insteon hub and a mobile app called Yonomi. The problem is Yonomi can only trigger events (like scenes or Harmony commands) by way of the on/off keypad button, effectively ignoring the other 7 buttons. I realize the other 7 buttons are actually scenes but it seems like if an on/off button can control non insteon devices, why can't the scene buttons. This is maybe just a limitation on the Yonomi app so doesn't anyone know of another option for the keypad scene buttons to control non-insteon devices?

The keypads are great but it's a big limitation if they can only control lighting

[lilyoyo1]

Not with the hub. Using a more advanced controller like the isy makes it possible

[SeanM]

The issue lies in the Insteon API. It does not currently support anything but the main On/Off buttons for Keypads so there would be no way for Harmony to link to a specific button other than On/Off.

Controllers like the ISY-994i/IR give you the option to create conditions/links between IR codes and Insteon commands as lilyoyo1 described.

You could try putting just the button into a scene on the Hub and see if Yonomi can see/control that. It is a work around for controlling devices that Yonomi doesn't know about.

[jec6613]

I do this with an ISY994iZW Pro, Polyglot (come October, a Polisy) and a Harmony Hub. I push the music button, it turns on the room to music, movies to movies, etc. And it's two way: if you use the remote, keyboard, or app to turn on music mode, it also lights the keypad button.