Kevin Connolly

Thanks Lee. I thought I'd ask since the ISY writes to the device. It wouldn't be an unheard of thing to have a device take a write incorrectly or to have a device get stuck in a routine. I had a iPhone get stuck in a routine it was trying to execute with an Exchange server. Happened out of the blue and after several months of use, but it drained the battery so quickly that you could watch the numbers tick down and it physically got hot. I did a little internet research, wiped and reinstalled the Exchange account, and never had the problem again. But, on the other hand, if it's not possibly a write issue from the ISY, the comm values look good and consistent, and the wiring is tight than...? As far as communications is concerned, there's a difference between a consistent signal and a strong signal. Any way to test the signal strength and/or use an external antenna on the ISY?

Just to re-summarize the symptoms. I notice a device that's showing the wrong status. A button push makes the LEDS flutter and the device locks. If the affected device is a primary device it is still accessible through secondary devices. A hard reset (so far) seems to correct the issue. (Or at least I haven't had to reset a device twice, so far) Communication in the event viewer indicates for most cases max hops=3 hops left=2. (I say most because there was a section for the KPL that said max hops=1 hops left=0) The solutions thus far are: Factory reset all devices as you install them and make sure your connections are tight. Where there any issues with 4.0.5 that could have caused such issues that may have been fixed in some iteration of the current RCs?

I think so too. That's why I started with the event viewer after the reset. The KPL looks like it is consistently a one hop device.

So far, any affected device has been corrected by a hard factory reset. That said, I like to know the why's of things. I've had some good advice so far. Check communications to the device by the event viewer at level 3, Factory reset devices as you install them, and Check to makes sure connections are tight. Since the device(s) showed a misaligned status just prior to a flutter lock, is there anything else to check that could cause that?

Thanks Stu. If the neutral were loose though wouldn't resetting it than have zero effect? Ie. Wouldn't it still flutter? Personally, I thought that a status on the KPL got misaligned with the ISY or something along those lines. When it occurred with the other two Switchlincs the only reason I noticed it was the misaligned status (ie. The button said it was off when it was on or vice versa). That what happened with the KPL today. One of its buttons "C" said a light was on when it was off. When I pushed the button it fluttered and the device locked. The KPLs on/off is the controlling device to an overhead light and even though it wouldn't let me control anything at the KPL I was able to turn the light on and off from a secondary Switchlinc.

Let me clarify one thing. When I say the lights fluttered what I mean is on the device. NOT the load.

Ok. So l'll factory reset all my devices that havent already been reset. Other than a loose connection, could anything else cause the flutter lock symptoms. I want to use physically taking things apart as a last resort. Also, the Switchlincs I reset initially a few weeks ago haven't acted up since. One would think that a loose connection would make it fail regardless of a reset. I also checked the neutral bar. All connections are tight to both breakers and bar (I know they can have a tendency to loosen IP over time due to heat.)

The KPL chattered (as in chattered and lights fluttered)than locked. I've had two other switchlincs do the same thing. I haven't had a reaccurance with the other two Switchlincs since factory resetting them. I guess its been a few weeks now. The KPL acted up today. Although it could always be a possibility, I tried to make sure all connections were tight as I installed devices.

Good tip! Would the "test address" account for a device working for a while than fluttering and locking?

Just lighting is attached...and none are dimmers. Also, I'm running 4.0.5 firmware and 4.2.8 UI. Is it appropriate/common practice to factory reset devices as you add them to your system?

I've had a few dual band devices that the lights seem to flutter and than the device locks. Seemingly, this type of question would seem more appropriate for the Insteon forum, but since my ISY writes to and controls devices through programs, I thought I'd start questioning things from the ISY. As background, the device that locked today was a KPL. On a level 3 check it consistently shows up as a one hop device (max hop=3, hops left=2). So the question than is:Is there anything that I could check on the ISY, in it parameters,that someone has found through experience that I should either turn on or turn off?

Let's, for now chalk it up to a bad day for me. As usual, my day starts by letting the dog out, turning on the kitchen lights, getting some juice, letting the dog in, turning off the lights, and than getting ready for work. All went well up until the turning out the lights part. I really didn't get to play with it until I got home. I got it back up and running with a soft reset. I really didn' have any device issues until I added a Remotelinc and a Keypadlinc. I went to remove the Remotelinc and things went haywire again. I disabled the Remotelinc and did a hard reset of the affected Switchlinc. It now seems to be working fine....but I'll keep my eye on it.

I thought I'd post here in lieu of Smart home thinking that you guys will be straight up with me. In the past week or so I've had three separate Switchlincs go flaky on me in a new installation. Currently, I have 11 devices so that equates right now to a 30% failure rate. The issue this morning and current problem is that a Switchlinc devices paddle stopped working and just the paddle. It still seems to work through my phone and other linked devices. I've spoken to Smart home and they're sending me a new unit...but the bigger question is the experienced failure rate. The second question than is can you mix and match Z wave devices with Insteon devices through the ISY (assuming I have the ISY Z wave board and module)

I took two screen shots on my phone, but there no way I can see to attach them here. If you have a direct email address I could send them to you. To answer your question...I don't know. Geohopper is a geofence application. it has a space to provide a URL and specify GET or POST. There's another similar application, geofancy, that does the same thing. I somewhat shied off geofancy because I couldn't pin down whether the developer was in the Netherlands or Australia.

The application I'm trying to use is Geohopper on an iPhone. Bear with me, because as far as coding and such goes, I'm pretty much on the Dr.Seuss level. Would the following work? GET /rest/nodes/99999/cmd/DON \r\n HTTP/1.1\x0D\x0AHOST: 192.xxx.x.x\x0D \x0AAuthorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=\r\n\x0D\x0A\x0D\x0A or do I place the (\r\n)'s somewhere else? and will this work for Https? ...and thank you, btw, for the help! You'd think that with the prevalence of mobile devices and such that the correct command would be easy to find where all a knucklehead like me had to do is switch out a few things.

So I tried my own suggestions above in a web browser only to be informed by Google search that it couldn't find a match to the string, soooo?

I found this simple code to turn on a SwitchLinc somewhere on the internet (don't ask me where). it utilizes admin:admin encoded for username and password. GET /rest/nodes/99999/cmd/DON HTTP/1.1\x0D\x0AHOST: 192.xxx.x.x\x0D \x0AAuthorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=\x0D\x0A\x0D\x0A So my questions than (assuming the above will work) is: Do I kick off the command with https://? and do I append the IP with the port number (ie. 192.XXX.X.X becomes 192,XXX,X.X:443?

I guess I just need to do more reading. So all I need is the starting point (for a Noon) to learn how to specify ALL the parameters needed to set an event trigger, such as a Geofence or an iBeacon. I tried Https:<username>:<password>@ipaddress:port/rest/nodes/<node>/cmd/<cmd>...or something like that. It worked fine in my web browser but not in the geofence app I want to use (the app supports GET and POST). I' m not exactly thrilled with the success of my web browser experiment either. Something just strikes as wrong to be sending the username and password as I was doing. I read something about encoding, but it wasn't written for a Noon so... Any help would be appreciated.