2413S taking 30 minutes to do a restore

[sorka]

Odd, I just replaced an older 2412s ver 2.9 with a new 2413s dual mode modem. It took over 30 minutes to do the restore and popped up com failure dialogs to about a third of the wired devices.

 

It only takes about 5 minutes to do a PLM restore on the 2412s and I don't ever get failed com dialogs.

 

Did I get a defective PLM? This is not looking good.

[LeeG]

"Did I get a defective PLM?"

 

No. Changing PLMs means every link record in every device that points to the old PLM has to be rewritten with the new PLM address. A normal Restore Modem (PLM) operation does not affect devices outside of the PLM.

[LeeG]

Here is an 8 button KeypadLinc example. It has 9 link records that have to be rewritten. The newest I2CS devices will be quicker because one Extended command per link record is needed. Older devices that use Peek/Poke write one byte at a time.

 

 

 

Here is a SwitchLinc example that has 5 link records with the PLM address. The number of links in each device varies with the number of Scenes the device participates in.

 

[sorka]

Got it. That makes perfect sense.

 

Does this mean I need to walk around to every motion sensor, leak sensor, and door sensor and put them in programming mode one at a time?

 

It's too bad smart home couldn't have had the wireless devices put themselves into programming mode when receiving an ack when they they send an event. Yes it wouldn't mean instant programming, but it would mean all you have to do is either wait or walk around and trigger motion or open doors to get them to have their updates written.

[LeeG]

"Does this mean I need to walk around to every motion sensor, leak sensor, and door sensor and put them in programming mode one at a time? "

 

Yes, one at a time. Insure that current one is taken out of linking mode before moving to the next battery device.