bfish Posted December 26, 2014 Posted December 26, 2014 Hello All, and Happy Holidays. I have finally decided to get rid of the last of my X-10, which mainly means the "16-button boxes," which I had used to setup X-10 codes to manually run many of my Insteon devices. I found the IRLinc and its associated credit card controllers to be the closest replacement to the X-10 "16-button" boxes. Despite all of Insteon's greatness, affordable manual control seems to be one lacking feature (needing 4 of these boxes, the keypadlinc in the plug in enclosures just isn't really affordable). Anyhow, on to my question(s): 1. Can I have two credit card controllers control the same IRLinc receiver (2411R) 2. The credit card has four "Scene Activation" buttons. Elsewhere in the forum, I have seen reference to them acting as an "on" and "off" toggle. I have an ApplianceLinc controlling a halogen floor lamp (in a scene for that lamp) that I would like to have one of these buttons be the on/off toggle. Yet, I only get the "on" behavior, no off behavior. I can't seem to find a way to change this. Is it possible and if so, how? Thanks in advance for any advice! bfish
LeeG Posted December 26, 2014 Posted December 26, 2014 Multiple Credit Card Remotes should work but would not provide 12 more Scenes. From the IRLinc Owners Manual. Scene Activation Buttons These buttons provide smooth and simple scene transitions for when a scene doesn’t need an OFF command • Tap to activate a scene • Press & hold to toggle between brightening or dimming the scene
bfish Posted December 26, 2014 Author Posted December 26, 2014 Thank you! I did see that in the manual, but at this link http://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/3137-how-do-i-create-an-ir-scene-activatio-command-not-a-toggle/ someone indicated he has this behavior (or very similar) working. I just didn't understand the approach (NEC1 commands?? - never heard of that).
LeeG Posted December 26, 2014 Posted December 26, 2014 That link describes adding a code from other than the Credit Card Remote to have an On/Off Toggle. That information describes setting the Scene Activation buttons as either On only or Off only which is also covered in the IRLinc Owners Manual. That link does not describe setting a Scene Activation button to Toggle mode. NEC is one of the flavors of IR codes, the type the IRLinc R understands. Google IR NEC. Using a Universal Remote set to NEC, the IRLinc will learn codes other than those used by the Credit Card Remote. According to that old post those codes produce a Toggle mode button. The IRLinc Owners Manual does describe setting up a Universal Remote but does not identify which codes actually work. Would need to use a Universal Remote and try various NEC codes to find those that work with the 2411R.
bfish Posted December 26, 2014 Author Posted December 26, 2014 Ahhh.. Thanks! I had to re-read that old post a few more times (after your explanation) to pickup on that. But now get it
bfish Posted December 31, 2014 Author Posted December 31, 2014 (edited) Today I received my 2 new Credit Card transmitters from SmartHome. The buttons don't seem very "stiff" compared to the ones that come with IRLinc. But, assuming they are OK and just different, how do I link them to an existing IRLinc? Also, I bought a 3rd IRLinc (2411R) and when I try to linc it's credit card remote, I hold the "To Scene" for about 5 seconds as instructed but the LED never goes off. This worked flawlessly with my first two that I received about 2 weeks ago. I checked the battery with a multi-tester and it is fine (3v). How do I troubleshoot this? Or has anyone had this issue and know what's going on? Thanks and Happy New Year! Edited December 31, 2014 by bfish
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