Brian H

http://wiki.universal-devices.com/index.php?title=ISY-994i_Series:Migrating_To_Your_ISY-994i

I find the J Status Request in some of your log posts interesting. An X10 J Status Request is all 1 bits in the data stream. 11111111. That was why I had asked about a active x10 repeater. That you verified you don't have. You don't have any Smarthome X10 compatible modules with BoosterLinc technologies or the rare two way X10 Modules?

Link Management Tab Add new Insteon Device Put the six digit Insteon ID the Address Line. Like 12.B3.FF {your devices ID} Give it a name in the Name Line. I believe if blank it used the devices ID. Device Type Leave at Auto Discover. Use the default Remove Existing Links Hit OK.

For the Factory Reset. Holding the set button while plugging it in and holding the set button until the beeping stops. Is perfectly legal and the only way that works, with some versions of the firmware. Like the 2457D2 that does NOT have the Flow Chart method in it. My 2457D2 Lamplincs do not have the Flow Chart Method and I also have to use the set Button Routine. If yours does follow the Flow Chart Method. Then use it. It sounds like you used the Start Linking method to try and add the LampLinc. You may want to try the Auto Discover method. That way you input the six digit Insteon ID. That way the manual pushing of the modules Set Button is not needed. I see some X10 messages in your Event Viewer log. Do you by chance have an active X10 Repeater/Coupler in your setup? If so do you know the model?

OH. I looked at your earlier post and missed the PLM was not on the UPS. The UPS can be one of the signal suckers Teken pointed out. Its AC input filter will absorb Insteon power line signals as noise. I have my UPS on the filtered output of a FilterLinc and the 2413S PLM in its pass through outlet on the front. It is possible with the extension cord. You where on a power feed with less noise or signal suckers. Sometimes outlets close to each other can be on a completely different breaker. Maybe you can verify they are on the same breaker or different ones. The four tap communications tests {called Beacon Test in some manuals}. You tap the set button four times and then observe the LEDs on other modules. To see if they are flashing Red or Green. Some of the newer modules only can do the communications tests through the Flow Chart method shown in the modules users manuals.

Get the PLM off of the UPS or isolated by maybe a Filterlinc. They have power line conditioning filters that absorb Insteon power line signals If it is on the AC Input side. The filter will absorb the power line signals. If it is on the battery backup side the Input filter will absorb the Insteon power line signals. In both cases the RF Insteon signals may not be reaching other Dual Band Module that can then pass the power line signals on.

Symptoms indicate a hardware failure. Relay On/Off LED changing state but the relay not working. Could be a defective relay or circuit driving it. Sensor LED On/Off but no detected change sent back.. Also sounds like a hardware failure.

Some of the early 2412S PLMs . Where made from reworked 2414S PLCs and had their Serial Daughter Board in them. I have a few with the RTC Clock chip and battery backup in them. Along with the mostly unused large 24LC256 EEPROMs, used for both link database and downloaded program storage.

The communications between the PLM and the ISY994i is RS232 not TTL. http://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/17707-isy994i-to-plm-serial-port-ttl-or-rs232/

Larry. The IM {Insteon Modem aka PLM} does not use Xon/Xoff or any other control characters. Command echoing. Is used between the ISY Interface and the PLM serial port. Developers guide explains how it it supposed to work. I can see problems if each part of the serial exchange does not wait for the proper message echoed back. http://cache.insteon.com/developer/2413dev-042007-en.pdf

Has to be a 2413S. As the communications between the ISY994i controller and the PLM is serial. The 2413U is a USB type. You may want to see if a Restore PLM will temporarily fix things. I agree 28 links is way too small.

In the diagnostics tests. How many links are in the PLM? Very few or none is a sign the PLM is going bad. Is the LED on the PLM on at about a normal level? I would suspect a v1.3 1329 maybe starting to fail.

If the module is Off the LED is Red. In the Beacon test if the module you are looking at is flashing Green it is on the opposite phase. Periodically the module doing the Beacon Test pauses and restarts. The module you are looking at momentarily goes Red as it was Off before the test was started. Then flashes Green again when the test starts again. Another possibility is the Insteon RF signal to the module you are looking at during the test is marginal. The led may act that way. I have a 2443 Access Point that the led stops flashing if I stand in front of it. When the test is run from the Access Point in the other end of the house.

It should. The Range Extender they sell. Is a 2457D2 PCB with out the dimmer components. In a case with no external output access. Some here say get a 2457D2 even if you only need Range Extending. Make sense as if you ever need an extra 2457D2 you have it and the Range Extender can't do any load control.

It may work but dimming a LED not made to be dimmed. Will shorten its life and maybe do damage to the dimmer itself.

From your tests. It does appear it has failed. 6-8 weeks is an unbelievably short time for a new unit to just fail. 2.1 was supposed to be the fixed power supply version. Oh well! I don't have much faith in Smartlabs's or Smarthome's Engineers and QC department to get things right anymore. I bought a few 2635-222R refurbished On/Off modules. They claim that they are tested 100%. One had no screws in the PCB and it was floating loose in the case. Another one the Green part of the LED does not work. Only the Red and unused Blue parts worked.

You did unplug the PLM and power down the ISY Interface. Then plug in the PLM and wait for it to totally initialize. Then power up the ISY Interface. The ISY Interface only checks for a PLM at boot up or reboot.

The present manual was published 09/18/2015. The manual I linked you to on the Smarthome Forums. Was an earlier one that was for modules before the flow chart was in its firmware. Yours didn't have the flow chart in its firmware. As far as I could tell from your symptoms. Neither do mine have the flow chart in their firmware. So they will never go into the second slow flashing green state. If you have a moment. Maybe you can post the firmware version reported in the Administrative Console. The data on the white sticker on the back would also allow others to maybe chime in with their versions findings.

Unfortunately some Insteon modules get out of production with test links in them. So factory resetting all new modules is done by many of us routinely. I am still trying to figure out. How you got a brand new 2457D2 Lamplinc that did not follow the flow chart.

I also saw a post that they did reverse their position.

Phillips recently changed the ability of third party devices working with HUE. Not sure if this will impact what is being done by the members here. http://www.extremetech.com/electronics/219450-philips-updates-hue-introduces-lightbulb-drm

I have recently seen reports of the modified sine wave UPS units. Causing big issues with the newer computers with Active Power Factor Correction power supplies. Like instantly shutting down when going into battery backup on a power loss.

If the 200mA supply was close to its rating. There is a possibility it momentarily dropped out as the UPS switched to battery. The UPS may have a stepped modified sine wave output also. That could have played into the observations you had.

Over the last few weeks. I have received a few exclusive for email registered customer sales offers. Yesterday my luck was not too good. Ordered a few of the refurbished On/Off module at $39.99 and the Alert Module. Last night I found a limited time 20% off email for two or more of the new On Off Modules. 20% off the 49.99 new price is $39.992 rounded down to $39.99. Of course the order was processed and on its way. When I read the email offer. Refurbished don't have the I am not happy 30 day return privilege. Just a 30 day DOA exchange warranty.

I suspect the old 300mA minimum current specification. Is low for a ISY994i. Especially if it has any added hardware. Like the Z-Wave board. My ISY994i and the one sold by Smarthome as an option when using a 2413S. Is 100-240 VAC 50/60 Cycles Input. 5 Volts 1 Amp output.