efects of query command on insteon network

[eduardo_garcia]

Guys

 

My ISY often misses status updates from the devices. All insteon scenes works perfect, the only issue is the device status update on ISY. It really sucks because I have several programs that uses device status to trigger actions.

 

I was thinking on a program to do periodic queries on the devices that I need constant status update. I know it can impact the insteon trafic, but my ideia is issue a 1 query every 5 minutes on only one device. After 5 min, a query on the second device and so on.  Do you know if this can impact the ISY or insteon performance? My ISY usually freezes for a few seconds when I issue a query command.

 

Regards

 

Eduardo

[stusviews]

Not reporting status usually indicates a communication problem. Does the difficulty exist for only a few devices?

[eduardo_garcia]

Hi Stu

 

It happens with several devices. I can reproduce it easily on a "all off" scene with 30 devices on it. It seems plm looses reports in a high ISY traffic scene (with a lot of devices)

A periodic query would fix it, but I'm not sure the impact on the isy network

 

regards

 

Eduardo

[stusviews]

Hola Eduardo,

 

Any traffic has an impact on the Insteon network, however small. A difficulty may occur if another device sends a signal during the query. I try to keep traffic to a minimum.

[Michel Kohanim]

Hi eduardo_garcia,

 

Please checkout:http://wiki.universal-devices.com/index.php?title=INSTEON_No_Status_Feedback_From_Devices

 

With kind regards,

Michel

[eduardo_garcia]

Hi Michel

 

My link count is 609, but I still have a lot of scenes to be created. Should I remove the large scenes (on my case some all off scenes)?

 

regards

 

Eduardo

[stusviews]

I just completed doing just that. In particular, I had a Dine Out scene that turned nearly all interior devices off except for a few that we wanted on. The scene had more than sixty devices as members. The program required significantly less statements, about one-third. That's because instead of needing to control each and every device including KPL buttons, I only needed to turn off the scenes that had those devices as members.

 

BTW, 600+ links is well below 900, but less links gives you more room to expand your Insteon network