Indigo "Turn on to 0"%" in response to "Turn On" Action CMD

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Fri Dec 11, 2020 3:20 pm
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Indigo "Turn on to 0"%" in response to "Turn On" Action CMD

Not sure what is going on here but it's very duplicable...

I have a script "Turn on Other Basement Lights" that gets executed in response to pressing a keypad switch button.
"Turn on Other Basement Lights" turns on, individually, multiple basement lights (switchlink dimmers) via a series of "Turn On (Light Appliance Controls)" commands directed at various basement switches (6 of them), The fifth command is "Turn On Basement Playroom".

When I execute the script in series, the first time Indigo properly sends out "Basement Playroom" on to 100". But when I do it again within 20 seconds or so, Indigo sends "Basement Playroom" on to 0. If I do run the script a third time, Indigo goes back to 100%, then to 0%, etc.

I have no idea why this command is effectively a toggle. And ideas or suggestions?

Here is the log:
Dec 11, 2020 at 4:08:12 PM
Action Group All Other Basement Lights On
Sent INSTEON "Basement Exercise Room Back" on to 100
Sent INSTEON "Basement Exercise Room1" on to 100
Sent INSTEON "Basement Exercise Room2" on to 100
Sent INSTEON "Basement Lower Stairs" on to 100
Sent INSTEON "Basement Playroom" on to 100
Sent INSTEON "Basement Playroom Back " on to 100
Action Group All Other Basement Lights On
Sent INSTEON "Basement Exercise Room Back" on to 100
Sent INSTEON "Basement Exercise Room1" on to 100
Sent INSTEON "Basement Exercise Room2" on to 100
Sent INSTEON "Basement Lower Stairs" on to 100
Sent INSTEON "Basement Playroom" on to 0
Sent INSTEON "Basement Playroom Back " on to 100
Action Group All Other Basement Lights On
Sent INSTEON "Basement Exercise Room Back" on to 100
Sent INSTEON "Basement Exercise Room1" on to 100
Sent INSTEON "Basement Exercise Room2" on to 100
Sent INSTEON "Basement Lower Stairs" on to 100
Sent INSTEON "Basement Playroom" on to 100
Sent INSTEON "Basement Playroom Back " on to 100
Action Group All Other Basement Lights On
Sent INSTEON "Basement Exercise Room Back" on to 100
Sent INSTEON "Basement Exercise Room1" on to 100
Sent INSTEON "Basement Exercise Room2" on to 100
Sent INSTEON "Basement Lower Stairs" on to 100
Sent INSTEON "Basement Playroom" on to 0
Sent INSTEON "Basement Playroom Back " on to 100

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Fri Dec 11, 2020 4:00 pm
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Re: Indigo "Turn on to 0"%" in response to "Turn On" Action

Bizarre. Can you post the script? Also curious what would happen if you changed it from turning on the devices to setting the brightness to 100%. I suspect that would work, but I'd still like to get to the bottom of what is occurring.

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Mon Dec 14, 2020 1:00 pm
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Thanks for the suggestion Matt. I had tried that right after I posted and sure enough, "brighten to 100%" did the trick. But I have no idea why it was toggling before - started in the last few months - used to work for over a decade.

Posted script as a screen shot - not sure if there is a better way

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Mon Dec 14, 2020 1:59 pm
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Re: Indigo "Turn on to 0"%" in response to "Turn On" Action

It could be that the dimmer is starting to fail.

The interesting idea is that sending an ON to an insteon dimmer that's already ON will cause it to brighten to 100%, and another will dim it back to it's previous level. I wonder if it thought that it's brightness level was 0 so turning it on turned it on to 0... A factory reset on the switch then a resync in Indigo might fix it if it's internal state is just messed up somehow.

Anyway, glad it's working.

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Tue Dec 15, 2020 4:20 pm
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Re: Indigo "Turn on to 0"%" in response to "Turn On" Action

On further investigation - just a turn on command toggles between on and off. Even if I set to 90% first. If the dimmer starts at 90 and I execute two turn on commands, first brings to 100%, second brings to 0%.

Must be the dimmer failing I guess.

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Tue Dec 15, 2020 5:03 pm
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Re: Indigo "Turn on to 0"%" in response to "Turn On" Action

That's definitely what it sounds like. You can try a factory reset on it to see if that fixes it.

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Wed Dec 16, 2020 8:15 am
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Re: Indigo "Turn on to 0"%" in response to "Turn On" Action

Did not help

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