Brian H

Well I did a test. 2413S PLM not connected to serial port, just powered up. True RMS Meter reading total AC current into the AC input and calculating the voltage on a 27 Ohm resistor and AC input current Just powered up and not processing anything. About 50mW. So for testing a 1/4W maybe OK for tests.

You may want to get the Power Integration data sheet on the LNK354 switching supply IC for reference. https://www.power.com/sites/default/files/product-docs/lnk353_354.pdf Hopefully the Drain and Source of the internal power FET are not leaky or shorted. The Amazon resistors maybe too low a wattage. 1/4 Watt may overheat. Making it hard to determine if the problem was caught and it just over heated.

Found this. I would check the dimensions as I don't know about the space to mount it horizontally like the later revision models. https://www.mouser.com/productdetail/united-chemi-con/ekzm500etd101mhb5d?qs=LzZkAsBncKb0dUGUMFIpLg%3D%3D

Looked at a board. Mine are screened R1 and R10. I don't know if the schematic part numbers where what is screened on the board. The original hardware versions where 10uF 35V capacitors. So 10uF 50V should have worked. IMHO. They tried to fix the power supply issues. By increasing the capacity to 100uF and 35V then 50V. Using the same Fujicon RK series capacitors. Starting at V2.3. They changed to a Fujicon TY series 100uF/50V. The TY is rated to be in a switching power supply. I am not too clear on the schematics parts labels matching what is screened on the PCB. I will see if I can find anything on the 27 Ohm. It was used in many modules. I did see it called a 27 Ohm 1/2 watt Anti Surge on the 2412 main board in the developers notes. Unfortunately it was a surface mount and only for the small current Zero Crossing supply. The Panasonic part number would not be a good one for a 2413. I would measure the original resistor and see if it is open or changed value. As the goop the put around the wires turns brown or blackish and maybe on the resistor also.

There is a power supply area schematic in page 12 of this very long thread. Post 282. The rev 1.1 is the later of the two. Yes it is a 27 Ohm resistor. Red Violet Black 27 Ohms Gold 5%. Used as a fuse and surge reducing. Maybe dark but can you verify it is actually open or very high in resistance. It may have some flame rating and don't know the wattage off hand. Depends on which resistor is burned as to what it was protecting. My guess is R2 in the schematic as it is in the main power supply. R10 in the schematic is for the small Zero Crossing supply. Was the 10uF/35V you used for C7. The input for the filter? My thought are it was not a good capacitor for switching power supply use. It failed and maybe overloading the R2 protective resistor. Or you had a short from replacement soldering. Can't say to what 100uF/50V capacitors being used lately. As some of the originals use are no longer manufactured. One made for switching supplies, 105C or higher and long life ratings would be best.

For me. The portal sign in used my email address on file and a portal password. The first time I used it. It asked to verify my forum pass word I can't remember if the forum users name was also asked.. After that the portal credentials got me into the forums.

If you typed AB:CD:EF. Try AB.CD.EF and don't forget to wake it up as it is a RF device and goes into a power down battery saving mode. Unless you have them on a USB power supply and they stay awake.

Yes. I have one on my UPS. In my case. The UPS AC power is using the filtered output on the bottom and my PLM is in the unfiltered outlet on the front.

The module uses the 120VAC Line into the Sense Wire to control it. I doubt a 12V signal would work and it would have to be 12V from the sense wire to the Neutral power feed. Your second thought sounds better. A relay with the proper voltage coil. Could be wired to the 12 volts and have the relay contacts switch the AC Line into the module as you mentioned. Just use caution to do safe wiring as 120 Volts is involved.

Anyone purchasing the latest revision 2477S Dual Band On/Off switch. Will find a new face plate on it. Just the On and Off light pipe positions are on the face plate and all the unused pipe positions are no longer there. I have not seen any confirmation the face plate from an older one with all the pipe positions can be retrofitted to the presently sold ones. If anyone is using the 2400LF Frosted Light Pipe Kits. They are still available. New sales site says 692 kits in stock. They look like the ones in the dimmers and older On/Off models.

Is the old switch a 2476S, 2476D, Icon 2876S, 2876D, or a ToggleLinc? They are power line only models. All the presently sold ones except the ToggleLinc are Dual Band. Both power line and RF communications.

Power strips like the one you linked to. Don't normally have any AC spike suppression or noise filtering in them. It is the filtering components in the surge strip that can absorb the Insteon power line signals. Mine had a .1uF AC rated capacitor across the AC input. That absorbed the signals. I removed them. It can be very confusing as you have seen. Some surge strips just have the MOV across the AC input and maybe each AC input line to the ground pin. They would work fine as there is no filter across the AC to kill the signals. I have seen that type with no filter. No surge mentioned on the package meant no filter or surge suppression. Watch the AC input for many UPS units. They frequently have a nice big capacitor across the AC input. So they too can kill the signals. I have mine feed through a FilterLinc and my PLM in the front unfiltered output. From the description on the strip you are looking at. It is a nice metal cased AC power strip and doesn't have a filter or surge features built in.

I got the same expired certificate message. For the ISY Portal to sign in. I used my old forum name and password method to get here.

The label on the bottom should have the ZWave module is installed in the part number. On the later models there is a screw under the model label near the back edge. I had to punch through one of mine to open it. Here is some information on the ZWave board, installing if you bought it separately or just want to see the general information on it. https://wiki.universal-devices.com/index.php?title=Z-Wave:_Ordering/Assembly_Instructions Unless the Amazon vendor added a module. The box's label would indicates it was not a ZWave enabled ISY994i from the factory. The $1.00 purchase would enable a board you purchased separately and add it yourself.

I can't help you on if it would work. I don't think the Sensor Input on an I/OLinc is fast enough to see a rapid On, Off, On sequence. I would not be too surprised if it had a small time delay detecting changes. So contact bounce didn't cause errors. I don't think I got an I/OLinc Developers Notes paper. I can check and see if I have anything on it. I did a reverse schematic of the Sensor Input just to see how it roughly worked.

I don't think an I/OLinc Sensor Input can react that fast. You would still have the time needed to send the status change to the ISY994i on the power lines and be processed. The I/OLinc is strictly a power line only module.

A USB to serial port adapter should work with a 2412S or 2413S. The adapter will be given a Com Port number. You put that number into the Connect To Interface Device screen. Com Port Box and pick Use PLM. Then hit the connect choice. I believe it then says disconnect. Then in the EZIOxx Tab. Pick the EZIO8SA type. It will say not connected. Then put the six digit Insteon ID on the back of the PLM connected to the EZIO8SA. In the Insteon ID (?) box. It should then say Connected and you can use all the functions available for that device. When done. Go to the Connect To Interface Tab and hit disconnect. You can also use a 2412U or 2413U and no external adapter need. As they have a ftdi chip in them. So you just have to have the driver in the computer. It would be assigned a COM Port number NO do not try and put the EZIO8SA's PLM into the linking mode. I have no idea if the 2448A7 would work. It may or may not. I found the 2448A7 Developers Notes we got in the now defunct Developers Group. It indicates it emulates a 2414U PLC and not a PLM. Yet the presently being sold ones say PLM and the specification look like a PLM'. The notes where not always correct or the early ones where in the 2414U age. I don't know of any other devices with multiple I/O. I believe others here have used (IoT) Internet of things to use other devices. I have no data on such connections or devices.

By default mine goes into Documents and Settings Brian folder. It will have a long name. ISY-Backup Firmware Version Date {Year Month Day} Time {Hr. Min. Sec.}.ZIP

Smartenit builds some of their modules on the 2412 base board. They may have an excess inventory. On EBay they have the 2412U USB version for $29.99. If you want to go with an interface. That would be one way to go. The 2412S serial and 2412 bare units where also listed.

The EZICOMM is a serial PLM with their daughter board. Depending on its age. It could be the older power line only 2412 main board or the Dual Band 2413 main board. Your tests seem to indicate it is one of the Dual Band ones. The Ethernet style cable between the EZIO8SA and your EZICOMM is a serial protocol signal. I ran mine on a 2412S PLM. The SHN Utility needs an Insteon PLC (2414U,2814U or 2414S) ,PLM (2412S,2412U,2413S,2413U) or one of their Gateways to talk to their modules. If you wanted USB. The 2413U, 2412U PLM or their EZICOMM USB version would be the easiest. When connected it would be given a COMM port address you could use in the utility. A USB to Serial Port Adapter with a 2412S or 2413S PLM with its serial cable from the box. Should also work. I don't think you need to run the utility unless you wanted to see its setting or change something that can't be done in the ISY Administrative Console.

The four Digital Inputs are opto-isolated. Your instruction sheet should show you how the use them if you have dry closure inputs or a DC Voltage.

The SHN Utility needs an Insteon PLC (2414U,2814U or 2414S) ,PLM (2412S,2412U,2413S,2413U) or one of their Gateways to talk to their modules. Depending on the model of the module. It can read and write information to their module. I looked at the screen for the EZIO8SA. Things like setting locally the relay output times, turn on end off the analog inputs, debounce inputs. Turn On and Off the 1wire inputs. Read what the settings are. Set all options back to factory settings. Do a module test where it cycles the systems through the inputs and outputs. I don't know if you will need it. I don't use mine so I don't know how much the ISY994i can set and control. The revision 2.0 utility they are linked to. Does not need an interface to run it. The slightly newer 2.02b needed the interface to see the options. If you just want to see what options are available. For each of their modules. You can run it and see the options. With no PLC or PLM connected.

EZRain was the name of the older model. Before the Rain Sensor and Water Meter Sensor interface was added. They also changed their name from originally Compacta to SimpleHomeNet and now Smartenit. The presently sold 5010A EZFlora and 5010Z Rain Bee 8 {adds ZigBee to the module along with X10 and Insteon}. Both are specified as Power Line Only, Though the Dual Band module photos seem to be what is shown. Both are marked, Product appearance maybe different than what is shown. If you have a spare PLM. You could try the Smartenit Utility available in the resources tab for the EZFlora. To see it it responds and reports. It is version 2.0. I have the later one 2.03b but that seems to have disappeared. My flashing of the LED may not be right for the Dual Band Ones. I only have used their older models on the 2412 base board. If you have not looked in the section for the EZRain/EZIO/EZSnSRF section here. You may find something there. https://forum.universal-devices.com/forum/5-ezrainezioezsnsrf/

Some large installations close to the maximum links limit or in two locations. Could have more than one. I have one main one and a test one.

When you first power it up. The LED on the side should flicker a few times. That should be the daughter board setting up the PLM base board. To report its Category and Subcategory numbers to identify it as a EZFlora and not a 2413 PLM. I believe linking is done on the 2413 base board. Though it could be the daughter board setting something like ignore the set button linking. Before Smartenit shutdown their Forums. I did see them indicate they had issues with the dual band base board. Power supply is high on my list. They now use the older 2412 base board. That is power line only and made for them by Smarthome.