blueman2 Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 I know that Insteon has the ability to verify receipt of a command and retry if not received. But do programs do that same? I ask because I have a program the turns on/off various KPL LEDs. Often, I find that my LEDs are not consistent: one KPL's LED will be on, while another will be off, when both are in the same Scene that is being controlled by a program. I almost never have this happen when a scene is being controlled by an Insteon device. Only when controlled by a program. Any ideas?
MWareman Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) You control a KPL led by having the led be the responder of a scene, and then you call the scene. Scene members do not acknowledge commands. This is an Insteon scene limitation though - not an ISY or program limitation. If the light is more reliable from another device, it could indicate noise causing unreliable comms between your main PLM and the KPL with unreliable lights. Edited February 16, 2015 by MWareman
LeeG Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 A Scene issued from the PLM (as in Program issued) is not ACKed nor retried. When an issue exists when Scene driven from a device it means a Insteon network issue as there are ACKs and retries. When problems are seen here it is common to see problems when driven from PLM.
blueman2 Posted February 16, 2015 Author Posted February 16, 2015 Thanks for the answer, MWareman and LeeG. Makes sense. So any Scene command coming from the PLM itself is not ACKed or retried. Good to know. That actually explains a lot. My issue is that there is one area of my house that seems to have a lot of noise in the line. I have put a filterlinc on some nearby transformers, and put a Dual Band device right next to the KPL (non-DB) hoping that the DualBand device would give clean communication to the KPL. But apparently not. Odd thing is that my PLM (2413S Dual Band) is just about 20 feet away from the DualBand switch located right next to the KPL (non-DualBand). I guess my wireline is so noisy that even with the DB switch right next to the KPL, the noise is still drowning out the signal. Time to replace it with a DB KPL I guess.
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