TJF1960 Posted July 25, 2009 Posted July 25, 2009 During a linking session with the ISY which was linking 2 KPL’s and an appliancelinc, one of my motion sensors (2420m) tripped which turned a couple of scenes on. After the ISY was done linking I noticed one of the KPL’s wasn’t operating the appliancelinc properly (and it was this KPL that was being programmed when the motion tripped). So I removed the 3 devices from the scene, then recreated the scene. While the ISY was programming the devices I made sure none of the motion detectors tripped. Would it be a good idea to prevent the motion detectors and other wireless devices from transmitting during device programming? Actually taking it a step further would it be a good idea to prevent all data transmission while devices are being programmed? Thanks, Tim
Sub-Routine Posted July 25, 2009 Posted July 25, 2009 Hi Tim, Yes, it is always good to have an electrically quiet environment when programming Insteon devices. Most of our installers will only program devices when no one else is in the home. If you do need to program when there is a good chance of interference I suggest adding one device at a time so you will know immediately if it fails. Usually a Restore device can fix failed links, but removing and re-adding works as well and may be quicker in some cases. Rand
TJF1960 Posted July 26, 2009 Author Posted July 26, 2009 Hi Tim, Yes, it is always good to have an electrically quiet environment when programming Insteon devices. Most of our installers will only program devices when no one else is in the home. If you do need to program when there is a good chance of interference I suggest adding one device at a time so you will know immediately if it fails. Usually a Restore device can fix failed links, but removing and re-adding works as well and may be quicker in some cases. Rand Hi Rand, Thanks for the reply. Would you suggest, or do you ever air-gap many of your devices or pull the batteries on the motion sensors while linking KPL’s which typically take longer to program, and seem to be finicky sometimes? Tim
Sub-Routine Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 Hi Tim, It should not be necessary to air-gap any devices but the motion sensors should be avoided or perhaps disconnected. Keep in mind that should you pull the battery from a MS it will need about five minutes to recover when reconnected. Rand
bpwwer Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 You know what would be cool? A way to temporarily disable RF signals on the access points while doing power line device programming. Even better if this could be done progmatically. Or better yet, a way to disable any device from transmitting. Send out a broadcast message that says unless you're in program mode, don't transmit. Then a another message when done that says OK to resume transmitting.
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