Uploading Actions to the Interface

Indigo can upload Time/Date and Trigger Actions to the PowerLinc 2414U and 1132CU interfaces, allowing you to have basic home control even when your Mac is not turned on. This is ideal for users that cannot leave their computer on 24/7 or are going out-of-town and want minimal control without a computer.

Indigo has powerful and extensible home control logic and scheduling capabilities. Not all of Indigo's control logic and schedule settings (Trigger Actions and Time/Date) are capable of being run by a standalone interface, such as the PowerLinc. As detailed below, Indigo will describe in the Upload Settings dialog what logic and schedules are compatible to be uploaded to the active interface.

Uploading Time/Date and Trigger Actions

Define the actions that describe the home control schedules and logic you want to upload to the Interface.
Choose Upload Settings... from the Interface menu. If the menu item is not enabled, then make sure that you have the correct Interface type selected and enabled in the preferences dialog.
Select the Upload checkboxes for all the actions you want uploaded to the Interface.

Note to the right of the Upload checkbox column there is the Compatibility column. Actions labeled as:

good are fully supported by the interface.
okay will translate and upload, but the interface does not fully support some of the action’s settings. For example, the PowerLinc 1132CU interface only supports Time/Date actions with sunset and sunrise offsets of +/- 60 minutes. Therefore, any amounts larger (or smaller) than this will be capped to the range the PowerLinc understands. See the Compatibility Details column for detailed information about how each trigger, condition, or action will be translated.
poor will not translate at all and will not be uploaded to the interface regardless of the Upload checkbox setting. For example, a Trigger Action that sends an email cannot work at all from within an interface. See the Compatibility Details column for detailed information about why the trigger, condition, or action cannot be uploaded.

Press the Upload Actions button to save your changes and immediately upload the actions.

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Press the Save Changes button to exit the dialog and upload your actions the next time you quit the Indigo Client.

Indigo will keep the interface synchronized with your changes by automatically uploading actions whenever you quit the Indigo Client. If you press the Upload Actions button to immediately upload the actions, then Indigo will connect to the interface, upload the compiled actions, and disconnect. Tip: The USB cable must be connected to the Mac and the PowerLinc for this procedure to work correctly.

If you are already connected to the interface, then the Indigo Server itself (not the interface) will continue to control your home automation logic and schedules. Whenever Indigo Server is stopped or told to disconnect from the interface, it will automatically activate the PowerLinc's standalone mode so that your uploaded logic is internally handled by the PowerLinc itself.

Tip: If you want the PowerLinc to operate in standalone mode, you should never disconnect the USB cable from your Mac before the Indigo Server (not the client) shuts down (or disconnects from the interface) - doing so will not allow Indigo to instruct the PowerLinc to begin functioning in standalone mode and none of your schedules or triggers will work correctly.