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  1. I had one about two years ago when I first started with Insteon. I thought it would translate X10 code to Insteon. It did, Another feature of the EZX10RF was to repeat X10 signals. I thought this would be a good idea. it was not. It repeated X10 signals so that things got the signal twice. X10 does not have enough intelligence in the protocol or devices to handle this properly. However the unit I had also did another bad thing. It not only repeated every X10 signal it repeated the previous X10 unit code combined with the current house code and command. eg. Turn A4 off X10 = A4 select, House A off Turn B5 on X10 = B5 select, House B on The EZX10RF would now send B4 select, B5 select, House B on This would turn B4 on which was not sent or desired. I had to resurrect my old home brew monitor software to find this. I concluded this was not a bug in the manufacture but a bug in the engineering design. The repeating of X10 was too intelligently done to be a bug in the firmware. and I eventually found a company person bragging on a forum about how they added X10 code repeating after a certain version. The unit went back as defective. I haven't touched any of their products since and they have some nice I/O devices. Too bad for Insteon users. Hearing about some of their other product design flaws has only reinforced my opinion. According to their claims the device should be a perfect fit for your application. The PLM will receive X10 signals on the powerline only and work with other X10 bridges that you must already have.
  2. By changing it to a control trigger, you can select which device signal has turned it on and you can activate the off timer from only that trigger. By sensing the status of the lights it doesn't matter what turned them on, they are going to turn off again the way your second program is written. This seemed to be your complaint.
  3. IMHO this is your problem using status. It measures the device instead of the signal that identifies the source. If Control 'Outside / Outside Rear Spots' is switched On Control 'Outside / Outside Rear Spots' is NOT switched Off Then Wait 3 hours Set Scene 'Outside / Outside Rear Spots' Off Else Set Scene 'Outside / Outside Rear Spots' Off <---switch already does this via load connection
  4. Sounds like an Apple product problem. I live in apple country but the kind some people eat only. Hopefully somebody versed with this, more than I, will jump in here.
  5. There is flux cleaning spray that works well with an old toothbrush but I think if moisture is kept low flux is not a problem for etching the traces. Keep the brush wet and conductive and your other hand on a trace to equalise/neutralise any static or voltage difference.
  6. Your 192.168.0.xx:yyyy is an address that is not allowed out on the Internet and is for local LAN access only. Almost everybody uses the same range of IP addresses on their own LAN and routers will not pass this range outside onto the Internet. Port forwarding in your router allows an external Internet IP address to be converted to a local LAN IP address and vice versa. This is effectively "punching a hole" in the natural firewall created by your router. Usually inside your own LAN the port address is assumed to be 80 and not needed to be specified. http:// is the prefix to be used with this non-secure port. https:// (note 's') would be used for ports like 443 and higher. This is more secure protocols.
  7. Thanks for everything you have done on this Brian. Once I get around to swapping the PLMs I will be researching the forum for "the cure". My PLM is almost two years old now and I think it was in the mid v1.x (fingers crossed)
  8. My settings vary slightly but basically are like this. Timeout (minutes) - 2 LED Brightness - 75 Darkness Sensitivity - 75 LED On - Unchecked On Commands Only - Checked <----I previously (X10) would set these 4 or 8 minutes as a backup to controller timer failure. For ISY I haven't used it, so far. The consequences have to be weighed . Night Only Mode - Unchecked
  9. Yes, I think that logic is the best route. I wonder if these caps go bad with shelf life too. I know the old paper and wax ones or electrolytic breeds would but that was after massive heat treatment in the tube chassis equipment and sitting for years. I guees I should do the swap and get proactive with new caps. See if I can still solder with a 10,000 x magnifying glass yet.
  10. Yes, I am using an almost two year old v1 and have a brand new V2.1 unit in a box. I am wondering if I should avoid the agro and just switch them, while I am still sane, and attempt to fix the older one now, or just leave it in and let it prove itself or not. Trouble is, I have an untested one that may be out of warranty by that time.
  11. What happens in the quantity gap or are these the only size tests that you have recorded? I was just attempting to nail down the size as a binary number to look for some bit pattern .
  12. Some notes I would like to add for your knowledge using Insteon MS units. When Jumper 5 is on the hardware dials are disabled in the MS. MS has to be put in linking mode before querying or setting options. Two taps to get out. As per PB above, most of us find "On Only" works the best and let ISY decide how long to stay on. With a direct linked scene between MS and Light modules ISY loses some control but the response is really fast. However, ISY programs can, preset values into the scene to adjust brightness to suit your needs based on anything ISY knows. I leave many of my lights responding 100% brightness during the daylight hours because it may be a dull day and also they are LEDs. The 0.005 cents worth of energy to leave them responding 100% for the year is not worth the agro to create complex logic. For testing. A tap of the linking button will toggle the MS status On and Off. Five quick taps will force sending of the current Dark/Light status. Hold under a dark table or in the light for about 3-5 seconds before trying this. Good method to calibrate your dark sensor level. If the MS does really screwy things, factory reset it and use Restore (linking mode). About half of my ten units did weird things until I factory reset them. The other half I reset before even attempting use them (Slow learner) When looking at MS status from anywhere MS status will always show On. 'Control is switched On' the only trigger that can be used. Off never comes. I got a notice of motion in my home once and almost called the cops 'cause I saw every MS showing On instead of viewing program statuses. Looking at more than one proves false trigger from one unit. I have never had false report from any of my 10 Insteon MS units. I thought I had one back a year ago but I believe it caught my bird having a fright attack in his cage abut 25 feet away after car headlights or an indoor mouse flashed his cage.
  13. With the two hardware methods you would probably set one up gor whole house ambient lighting close to your router and hardwire Ethernet to your router. Power may be stolen from a USB port on your router also.
  14. May not be related but... I just discovered with v5.0.2, if I turn off DHCP in ISY, and assign it the same static IP address, none of my notifications get received. And yet, all local and remote access worked just fine. I had to turn DHCP back on to get notifications out.
  15. There has been many discussions of one against the other. Scenes can control more than one device. Scenes can operate without ISY intervention. Scenes are not as secure with checkbacks as individual device commands Scenes can be faster to operate multiple devices simultaneously Scenes are not well suited to IST intervention with logic. Insteon devices can hold about 255 scenes each. Most of us use both methods in programs. Anything in particular you wanted to know?
  16. That appears to be a nice light sensor with an analogue voltage out. The hard part is getting the analogue into ISY for massaging.
  17. Cool unit. Too bad Insteon doesn't have something like that! The stat would give a local value, of some sort, readout and could be battery operated.
  18. Multiple MS units set to different light sensitivities could act as many steps if calibrated properly. The stat sounds like the best bet. Other than a WC8 board with light sensor or Rpi stuffing analogue values into ISY via the REST interface could do it.
  19. In the Admin Console under the device status page, click on the options and then query. You should find an option there to enable/disable this.
  20. IMHO we know that there is only one flashing circuit in the KPL and that anything flashing will be in unison.
  21. That was my idea at first but he has three devices doing it in the video. Maybe Stu remembers some lightning shot close to his heart that may have damaged PS in the three in that box? That was when my first Switchlinc started flashing to Insteon traffic. A factory reset and going to another PC that can accept the option changes to the Tx LED fixed that. I can't get access to the bottom buttons on my Netbook.
  22. This really appears to be a combination of problems. Something weird inside the devices and a grid power disturbance setting it off. The only thing I can think of that vein is that with less daytime load the disturbance is absorbed by load more during the day. Of course would you see the flashing during the day, anyway? Have to walk the neighbourhood at night with your ears open for strange machine sounds. Stu the Night Stalker PV Panels in neighbourhood? Alt energy inverters creating noisy power when the batteries get low in voltage? Did you indicate you tried a factory reset? If not, I would do it on only one device to know for sure it worked, while the others indicate it's happening. After the v5.0.2 upgrade I would recommend it. Most is fixed and smooth.
  23. I like to add this to the bottom of your Then section. Wait 2 seconds Run program (else) 'MBR_All_Off' That way you can observe your program to see if it is being triggered by your stimuli = Fast Off. Watch your program icons in your program tree. You may have to right click and enable icon colours. As oberKC posted above you can test your tapping speed. If it isn't, then you know to look at your communications with your SwitchLinc dimmer or triggering device. You may be missing a link. Each directions and device that talks to your device or from your device takes a link inside your Insteon device and your PLM.
  24. Another thought I had with the blinking is these devices are not dimmers and perhaps the LEDs have no analogue brightness levels.
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