Blackbird Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I have 3 motion sensors that blink real fast I believe for about 10 seconds after movement is detected. I have the led brightness turned off in the isy settings but it still blinks. I have two others that work fine and only make a quick blink of light when motion is detected. All five have factory jumper settings and have the same settings in the isy. Any idea? Link to comment
LeeG Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 One or more Motion Sensor Responders did not ACK the motion message. From the Motion Sensor Quick Start Guide Sensor did not receive an acknowledgement from one or more linked devices. If this occurs repeatedly you may need to move a dual-band INSTEON device closer to the Sensor or you may need to unlink a device which is no longer in use in your home. If the INSTEON responders are no longer available, you may either use software or perform a factory reset to remove the unwanted links. Link to comment
Blackbird Posted March 27, 2015 Author Share Posted March 27, 2015 I only have those 3 sending a notification and they are not linked to any other device. Link to comment
LeeG Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Every device added to the ISY is linked to the PLM. Link to comment
Teken Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I only have those 3 sending a notification and they are not linked to any other device.Off the top of my head there are three or four possible reasons for a fast blink. 1. Low battery 2. Bad COM's / not in RF range / Coupled 3. Bad Ack 4. Remote update Ideals are peaceful - History is violent Link to comment
Blackbird Posted March 27, 2015 Author Share Posted March 27, 2015 I meant a light for example. Out of the 5 motion sensors, only the 3 that blink, are not linked to a device like a light. Not sure if that is why Link to comment
LeeG Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 It means that those three Motion Sensors are not communicating with the PLM if no other devices are linked to them. EDIT: They are not in range of a Dual Band device that can communicate with the PLM. Link to comment
Blackbird Posted March 27, 2015 Author Share Posted March 27, 2015 They are no more than 5 feet away from the nearest switch or even the plm. Link to comment
Teken Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 They are no more than 5 feet away from the nearest switch or even the plm. Have you completed the 4 tap (beacon) test? Which confirms bridging / coupling of your Insteon network outlined in the PLM users guide? Ideals are peaceful - History is violent Link to comment
stusviews Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I meant a light for example. Out of the 5 motion sensors, only the 3 that blink, are not linked to a device like a light. Not sure if that is why What's the result if you link the MS to an Insteon device? Link to comment
Jimbo.Automates Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 They are no more than 5 feet away from the nearest switch or even the plm.If that switch doesn't have real good communication to the ISY this can happen. Put the MS in linking mode and run a couple queries with the event viewer running at level 3. Copy and paste to the forum and one of the experts can help. Link to comment
Blackbird Posted March 27, 2015 Author Share Posted March 27, 2015 So this is interesting, I took one of the ms that was blinking and made it part of a scene for my kitchen lights. The blinking stopped and the MS worked fine. I then removed it from the scene and it still works fine for my notifications without the blinking. Link to comment
Blackbird Posted March 27, 2015 Author Share Posted March 27, 2015 Just did the same for the other two and problem solved. I don't know why but it works. Thanks guys for the suggestions Link to comment
stusviews Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 That suggests that there may have been links, actually half-links, that the ISY was unaware of and creating a scene caused a fix to occur. Link to comment
PhanTomiZ Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 This has happened to me when I used HL. I believe it is caused by half links, as Stusviews has said. Putting the the MS in linking mode, searching for half links, deleting half links, deleting scenes associated with the MS and then finally factory resetting the MS, brought my MS back to normal operating. Again, this is when I used HL. Haven't had any problems with ISY...Yet... Link to comment
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