User guide

3.2.4 Organizing INSTEON Devices and Scenes

Once added to your ISY, you can manage and organize your INSTEON Devices and

Scenes in a variety of ways:

 Rename. When added to the ISY, devices are named their INSTEON address

by default. If you right-click a device or scene, a Rename option is available to

help make your devices more identifiable. You can also rename by left-clicking

to highlight, then hitting the F2 key. A dialog box will pop up giving you several

rename options if you’d like to rename associated devices as well.

 Folders. Feel free to create folders to help organize your Devices and Scenes.

Folders can be created by either right-clicking on the Network node (located on

the left-hand pane) and choosing New Folder, or using the New Folder icon

located on the Administrative Console’s top toolbar. Devices and Scenes can be

dragged and dropped onto folders, or simply right-click a Device or Scene and

choose Move To Folder and select the appropriate folder to move it to. Folders

can also be moved within other Folders to create a nested hierarchy.

 Delete. By deleting a Device or Scene you remove it completely from the ISY.

The ISY will also remove any links associated with any other Device or Scene.

NOTE: In order to delete a Device or Scene entirely from the node list, it must be

located in the parent “My Lighting” folder. So, to delete a node, be sure to move

it out to “My Lighting” first.

 My Lighting. Clicking the My Lighting node on the left-hand pane will display a

summary of all your devices, their current states, their INSTEON addresses, and

their device types / firmware versions. You can sort by any field simply by

clicking the appropriate column header (Name, Current State, Address, or Type).