Brian H

Has anyone actually seen a V2.5? The thread in the Insteon Forums seems to indicate the information was released way too early and may not even be sold yet.

I understand where you are coming from. The older model 2412S PLM with an old fashioned linear power supply. Had a longer life and some users still have them in use now. Only issue was they had a slower processor and memory. So some links took too long to find if you had many modules and scenes. They where also power line only. So some used an Access Point or Range Extender in the pass through outlet on the front From what I have seen. Smartenit module built on the base PLM main board. Went back to a basic 2412 main board with its linear power supply. You can guess same short lives with the base 2413 main boards.

I know it was designed and I believe a few engineering prototype modules where made for testing. Then Smartlabs did a reverse on a commitment to provide the firmware for the Main and RF controller chips. With out the needed firmware the project could not proceed.

They have over the years. Made changes to the design. Larger sized capacitors and higher working voltages. In the power supply. V2.4 has a redesigned Serial Port Daughter Board with a better Serial Post RS232 interface chip. That has a better ESD specification. Along with a surge network to protect the serial signal lines. As I had seen a post that the RS232 chip was sometimes failing and spikes were the possible issue. So they are trying to improve the 2413S. Even with some advanced life test in the labs. You still may have issues as normally it took over two years to see them. As for the 2000 Link Database and V2.5 mentioned on the Insteon Forums. I suspect it was a very premature set of information or management changed their minds. That seem to still follow the Smarthome philosophy being continued by the new owners.

I am not willing to go to a V5 Beta. I had a terrible experience with one of the V5 Betas though not the presently available one. I hosed the SD Card in my ISY994i. The only fix was remove it, reformat it in a PC and start fresh.

As far as I have seen. Smarthome does not have a repair service except for their failing HUBs. If less than the two year warranty. You can get a warranty replacement. I have not seen any third party repair facilities mentioned anywhere.

An empty Link Table is one of the signs of a failing PLM. Try the restore as mentioned. If it works for a short time and then looses the links again. The PLM is on its way out. Two years and a few months of use is a typical time before starting to go bad. There is a very long thread here on the subject and how some of us have rebuilt ours. https://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/13866-repair-of-2413s-plm-when-the-power-supply-fails/

If you go into the Tools, Diagnostics , PLM Info/Status. What does it say? Should show the six digit ID of the PLM and connected. See how many links are in the PLM with the Show PLM Link Table choice. Try powering down the PLM and ISY994i. Then power back up the PLM and let it initialize. Then the ISY994i so it can find the PLM at stratus. Normally the only light on the front is the power On LED and the RX and TX LEDs will flash when the ISY994i is sending and receiving messages through the PLM.

Probably hard to find now. At onetime you could buy a Black Trim kit to change the paddle and trim to black on a SwitchLinc with a different color from the factory.

The 2475D is an older power line only module. The 2475DA1 is Dual Band. The new one may not be a close enough electrically to use the replace with function.

That white smeary film. I probably residue left over from a PCB board cleaning after wave soldering. Some of mine also have a similar film on their PC Boards..

I would also recommend trying a new power supply. Those symptoms do sound like a failing Wall Wart Power Supply. I believe there was one or two others having supply problems here.

The PLM for a ISY994i is a Smarthome product so as you said no control on how strong a power line signal it sends. The 2413S/2413U and hardware revision 2 of the 2443 Access Points. All have a reputation to have a failing power supply at about two years and a few months old. There is a very big thread here on how we have rebuilt ours. I can't say about the latest revision PLM as Smarthome says that have found the problem and it is fixed. Only time will tell if they got it right this time. I understand not wanting to update an X10 system. Who knows how long the present owners will keep it going. After a few years ago X10WTI went bankrupt.

Some X10 users. That want to keep using X10 and have issues with communications. Have used a JV Digital Engineering XTB-IIR coupler repeater with good results. I know it blasts over a 10 volt X10 signal back on to the power lines.

The 2413S PLM used by the ISY994i. Has a specification of 3.2 Volt signal into a 5 Ohms load. Most X10 controllers are 5 volts or more. Though I don't remember if the specification was at 5 Ohms. So I would say it will probably be weaker. X10 support is no longer listed on the 2413S PLM sales site but as far as I know X10 still works with it. My V2.4 sends and receives X10 power line commands Have you done any noise and signal sucking troubleshooting? http://jvde.us/x10_troubleshooting.htm Do you have a phase coupler between the two incoming power lines? If it is a repeater do you know its part number? Some X10 repeaters would see the end of an Insteon message as an X10 command. Trying to duplicate what it thought was an X10 one and sometimes cause issue. Since the Insteon Modules have a power line transmitter in them. They can absorb some of the power line signal strength. Insteon resend message in the mesh network but not X10. Some have found as more Insteon Modules are added. The Insteon system gets better and X10 may get less reliable. Most of the Insteon Wall Switches use a Neutral power connection. If you have two wire X10 wall switch dimmers. Check to see if there is a Neutral bundle in the back of the electrical box. If not some wiring may have to be changed or you would have to use the Insteon module made for two wire incandescent loads.

2456S3 and 2476D modules are single band. Power line only.

Full support for the Motion Sensor II was added in the V5.x firmware. I have seen some with 4.x adding it as the older model and not having full control of the options. Some used a HUB to set options and had it in 4.x firmware.

Can't say for presently sold LED bulbs. I know some of the earlier ones had a Inrush current when turned On and a Repetitive peek current when running. Some LED bulb manufacturers use to give you a wattage number to determine how many of their bulbs could be on a dimmer. At one time I had some that where 6 watts but the manufacturer said use 80 watts when calculating loads on a dimmer.

If a simple push button works. The I/O Linc should be able to simulate a push button. I have seen some new openers with a wired in wall mounted control panel. Send power and data on the two wires between the opener and controls. Reset with a push button because the power was shorted out to the controls by the manual button.

The I/O Linc has a normally open and normally closed relay contact. It can be set to momentarily pulse the normally open contact and act like a push button. I would not be surprised if your opener used a more sophisticated way of control. Have you verified it can be operated by a simple push button. Many of the new openers can not use a simple push button.

Your first link. The 2487S is an On off relay type only. No it will not dim. They use to be convertible with an 8 button exchange kit and a software change option. I believe the ISY can do it. The 8 button kit is no linger on the Smarthome web site but Amazon still has a few. https://www.amazon.com/Insteon-2401CLB-Button-Change-Kit/dp/B00QL8J7WW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1544787064&sr=8-3&keywords=insteon+keypad+buttons The 2334-222 in your second link is an 8 button keypad dimmer. The 2486D was a 120 volt 60 cycle power line only model. The present one is Dual Band and has a universal power supply. 100-277 VAC and 50 or 60 cycle input.

It is a coil. That is in a resistor style package. L1 was an 18uH when it was a X10 coupler. Looks like it was changed to a 15uH that gets it closer to the Insteon 131.65Khz. From the looks of the colored bands. I changed one in the earlier dryer style case. From the 18uH to a 15uH to get it closer to the Insteon frequency. In my case I didn't see much change. I agree the Leviton is a better coupler. The series capacitor-coil setup passes lots of noise and other signals the Leviton would reject. The X10Pro XPCP also has tuned signal transformers in them. I don't know narrow their band pass is. I do know I used one in a signal monitoring circuit. ELA gave us for looking at Insteon signals on the power lines. He used an ACT CP000 X10 coupler. That also has isolated tuned signal transformers in it.

Link Management. New Insteon Device, Auto Discover, works very well. Start Linking uses the modules Insteon six digit ID for its name. I have not used that method but I believe you can then rename the module to what you want to call it. Remove existing links removes any old links in the module that where left over. If you factory reset the modules first that will remove all the old links in it and reset all the options to default.

Well the IRLinc is a power line only module. If there was intermittent noise or a signal sucker. That could have caused some issues. My information may have been sketchy. Modules with more than one button. You write updates to the main module in the list. That usually does all of them.

If you have not had a chance to look at the UDI Wiki. It has full users manuals , tutorials, tips and videos. That will give you lots of help and data. https://wiki.universal-devices.com/index.php?title=Main_Page