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So, you feel the diagnostics are worth it? How often do you use them? As far as i can tell, the only *other* thing i would give up is the humidity. Do you agree? thanks!

I was told by the hvac salesman that i could keep my venstar thermostat and use it to control my proposed carrier split system - one stage variable fan system. This unit allows for setting humidity and my venstar & isy99i indicate humidity, but i doesnt seem to work at all... 1) there are newer firmware versions of the venstar that report humidity properly? 2) would one of those be able to report and control the carrier's humidity settings? From what i have read, it looks like there thermostat (infinity/edge) uses rs485 to communicate to the unit. but i have also read that you need their SAM to do comm: http://www.commercial.carrier.com/wcs/p ... 49,00.html rs485 mentioned here: http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php?topic=2852.0 Any light you could shed on this would be greatly appreciated! thanks!

I am sending it back to the seller yes sm120x = smoke i think the other is co120x from amazon's site: Model Number: SM120X|UOM: EA|Properties:|Voltage: 120VAC 60Hz, Amp: .08 |Interconnectable |Switches connected device power when a Smoke/Heat interconnect signal is received |Internal power supply for pull station comparability |Controls and connects auxiliary warning devices|For use with multiple station alarms and detectors my detector is also interconnectable: Kidde KN-COSM-IB Hardwire Combination Carbon Monoxide and Smoke Alarm with Battery Backup and Voice Warning, Interconnectable

not a clue, but i hope it is supposed to be 120, cause that's what mine reads.

Brian- I have the sm120x instructions and both the diagram and the text state that i should do this. However, at this point it is irrelevant, as the sm120x is causing the smoke detector to go into fire detect mode. If i just hook sm120x to line and netral, all is well, as soon as i hook it's interconnect alarm sounds and wont stop, not even 'hush' will work. Regarding the sense input, this is to a inlinelinc, not an i/o linc. inline linc is made for 120v. Thanks

It is a kidde relay that senses the smoke detector interconnect signal. So, when any kidde smoke detector alarms, they all alarm (including the sm120x). BUt, alas, my sm120x seems to be *sending* the alarm!

Help! I dunno why, but i cannot seem to stop the sm120x from setting off the fire alarm. I disconnected the interconnect from the rest of the house's wiring (in order to eliminate the possibility it is my wiring). The alarm sounds when i connect the sm120x: the black/blue (or even just the black) to the line white to neutral red to interconnect Nothing attached to the relay at all (i.e. no inlinelinc attached) The alarm stops when i remove the red wire to the sm120x I tested the voltage between the smoke detector red and ground and it shows as 120v My line/hot is indeed 120v to ground and neutral is 0v to ground, so they are not switched... BTW, i can see the voltage from the NO/yellow it reads 120 to neutral and yellow is 0V Is it the device or is it me? Thanks, Ron

Glad I waited!

Just to be certain, there is no reason i cannot use the 2475S2 with the sm120x, right? I can send 120v through the relay (as indicated in the schematic/using blue as common) and then the NO (orange) will close when smoke is detected and send 120v to the in-linelinc. The in linelinc gets wired to neutral and the bundled line/switchIn get the NO(orange wire) It is my understanding that i dont need to use the sense (yellow wire) as the inlinelinc will detect the 120v when the relay closes. Also dont need the switch out (red wire) either. -Ron

I decided to go with the 2475S2 as the interface. This is because you mentioned elsewhere in this forum that it would work AND... i happen to have a spare one floating around. Lastly, i really am not too concerned about co2 when i am not in the house. Thanks again for all of your help, LeeG & io_guy!

sorry, io_guy, it was quite a bit. either way, it's a whole lot more painful than just buying an insteon smoke detector and being done with it. i mean... i gotta buy the relay, the iolinc and a 12v power supply. relay and power supply go in the detector and then feed two wires out to the iolinc?

btw, upon googling, i came upon an interesting discussion of the merits of doing this. http://cocoontech.com/forums/topic/1864 ... ge__st__15 seems like the proper approach is to use an LV Smoke Detector (LV = low voltage)

perfect, thanks guys!

sorry, my bad: Kidde KN-COSM-IB Hardwire Combination Carbon Monoxide and Smoke Alarm with Battery Backup and Voice Warning, Interconnectable

I have ac powered (110v) smoke detectors. If one alarms, the other alarms as well (in other words they are using some protocol to com over the ac wires) Questions: 1) will this interfere w/ insteon 2) is it possible it is using insteon protocol i.e. could plm detect it? 3) if not, how would i be able to fire an event when the smoke detector alarms? p.s. It is my understanding that iolinc supplies its own voltage and that i would not be able to use it...

not sure what this means: Most of the modules do have the five pin programming pads or headers in them. also, does v.93 accept clock sync commands? thanks!

Hi, two Qs: 1) is it possible for us to update the firmware? (i am sure it is, 'no', but i figure it couldnt hurt to ask...) 2) is v.93 supposed to work with respond to synchronize clock command? TIA